ENUGU Urban Residents have accused the striking Resident Doctors at the State University Teaching Hospital, Parklane, of employing blackmail in a pandemic era, to intimidate the state government into accepting payment of jumbo salaries for the doctors that may not be sustained in a long run.

There is tension in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State over the death of a 27-yr-old 500 level Law student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Augustine Ugwu, who was allegedly murdered by an officer of Nigeria Police Force at Nsukka.

There was tension in Enugu State as residents of Amaokpo Nike village, Enugu East Local Government Area, Enugu State, on Wednesday, discovered the decomposing corpses of a man, his pregnant wife and three of his four children inside his apartment.

LEGISLATORS in Enugu State House of Assembly have disagreed with Resident Doctors at the State University Teaching Hospital, ESUT-TH for withdrawing services in a critical period as this time.

By Dennis Agbo, Enugu National Industrial Court, Enugu division has asked Enugu state government that it could commence contempt proceeding against the Resident Doctors of Enugu state University Teaching Hospital, ESUT- TH Parklane, if it so wishes. The court had forbidden the doctors from embarking on industrial action following an application the state government brought […]

AT least, 300  rural communities in Enugu have been supplied electricity  by the State Rural Electrification Board as part of the government’s effort to extend development and amenities to the rural areas and halt urban drift.

ENUGU State Commissioner for Transport, Chief Mathias Ekweremadu has disclosed that the state government has intensified closure of boundaries with neighbouring states to ensure the lockdown measure was fully enforced in the state.

•We are on top of the index situation in Abia —Abia govt •Oko Poly donates to host community •Ex-lawmaker provides PPEs for Imo journalists •We’ve tightened boundary closures in Enugu —Ekweremadu By Anayo Okoli, Vincent Ujumadu, Chidi Nkwopara, Dennis Agbo & Ugochukwu Alaribe OVER 30 vehicles loaded with passengers coming from the northern part of […]

By Chinedu Adonu Nigerian Correctional Service, Enugu custodial centre says five of its inmates have successfully completed their first degree in diverse fields of study at the special study centre of National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN. The command made this known in a press statement issued to vanguard by its Public Relations Officer, PRO, […]

The Enugu State government on Tuesday said it had begun an investigation into the confirmed COVID-19 patient in Jigawa State of having a travel history to the state. Enugu State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Ikechukwu Obi, said this in a statement in Enugu. “The report of a confirmed case of COVID-19 in Jigawa State, with […]

The second patient of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in Enugu State, who is one of the two cases in the state that were in isolation, receiving treatment, has tested negative for the disease and consequently been discharged by the State Ministry of Health.

By Dennis Agbo ENUGU State government in response to the Coronavirus pandemic, which led to the closure of schools, has commenced Radio School to ensure that school children, especially those in examination classes remain in the study while at homes. The Enugu Radio School is a broadcast tutorial programme that teaches secondary school students and […]

By Ikechukwu Odu NSUKKA – A 48-year-old man, Joseph Ogbonna, has been murdered by an unknown hoodlum in his sleep at his compound, Ama-afor, in Ovoko, Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State on Saturday. A neighbour, Silas Ugwuoke, who had gone to meet him for a crucial appointment in the morning of Sunday […]

By Ikechukwu Odu NSUKKA – Primary school teachers in Enugu State have begun an indefinite strike action over non- payment of the new N30,000 minimum wage by the state government. The National Union of Teachers, NUT, in the state ordered the teachers to embark on strike in the state in line with the directive of […]

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has declared that all precautionary measures put in place in the state to contain the spread of Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), remain in force, in the overall public interest.