Enugu LG Polls: PDP wins all chairmanship, councillorship positions
As party thanks electorate, congratulates its candidates Following the successful conduct of the Local Government elections in Enugu State, on Saturday, the State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC), has declared candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winners of Chairmanship and Councillorship seats contested in all the 17 Local Government Areas and 260 electoral wards in […]
104-year-old Anambra woman lives in agony, rendered homeless by land grabbers
By Anayo Okoli For centenarian widow, Mrs. Margret Onwuelo from Umuenem Otolo Nnewi, Nnewi North Council of Anambra State, life can never be the same again. This is because her home and life-long savings were destroyed by wicked land grabbers who demolished her house. Currently living at the mercy of neighbours, distraught Mrs. Margret Onwuelo […]
Akanu Ibiam Airport: How Enugu govt demolished structures to speed up work, reopening
By Anayo Okoli ENUGU- In a bid to ensure that the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu undergoing repairs reopens for operation by Easter as scheduled, Enugu State Government has demolished all structures likely to impede work on the airport project. The Government, last week moved bulldozers to remove all buildings and structures that encroached on […]
Enugu police arrests 29 crime suspects, recovers 13 arms
The police command in Enugu State said it arrested 29 persons for alleged criminal offences in the state within the last one month. Parading the suspects before newsmen in Enugu on Monday, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Ahmed Abdurrahman, said that the command also recovered 13 arms during the period through various strategic operations. Abdurrahman […]
Four suspected Fulani herdsmen found dead in Nsukka communities
By Chinenyeh Ozor Palpable tension mounts at the university community of Nsukka, Enugu State over the alleged discovery of four dead bodies suspected to be Fulani herdsmen’s. Investigations revealed that one of the dead bodies was recovered along Okpuje in Enugu State and Idah in Kogi State while the other two were recovered between Aku […]
Judiciary: Appeal Court President hails Ugwuanyi’s giant strides
The President of the Court of Appeal, Her Lordship, Hon. Justice Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa, has commended Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, for his administration’s giant development strides, particularly in repositioning the State Judiciary.
Enugu LG Election: Two aspirants attacked in Nsukka
By Chinenyeh Ozor Two chairmanship aspirants of Nsukka local government council, Enugu state in the forthcoming local government election in the state Messrs Chineme Onyeke and Celestine Chisa Onah has been attacked by unknown persons at different locations in Nsukka. Reports revealed that Chineme Onyeke who hails from Opi Nsukka East constituency was allegedly attacked […]
IPMAN: Ugwuanyi douses tension, forestalls strike
By Chinedu Adonu, Enugu Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu state has doused tension in the lingering crisis the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association, IPMAN, Enugu depot was imbued in as he opened their office hitherto shut by the state government. Recall that as a result of the crisis and the shutting down of IPMAN, they embarked […]
Digital Bridge Institute, Enugu, abandoned, at mercy of bush fire
The Digital Bridge Institute, Enugu, completed many years ago has been abandoned and at the mercy of bush fire.
Lassa fever: Medical Expert cautions against drinking garri
The Director of Public Health, Enugu State, Dr Boniface Okolo has cautioned Nigerians against the consumption of soaked garri to avoid contacting Lassa fever. Okolo, who gave the warning in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday in Enugu, said the rats that caused the disease were mostly in contact with Nigerian […]
CP parades 2 child traffickers, recovers 9 children in Enugu
Police Command in Enugu State on Friday paraded two suspected child traffickers who specialize in moving children from Plateau State in North Central zone to River State in South-South zone. Parading the suspects in Enugu, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Ahmed Abdurrahman, said that the suspects were intercepted trafficking nine children on Jan. 4. […]
Three persons confirmed dead in Opi-Nsukka road mishap
By Ikechukwu Odu-Nsukka At least three persons have been confirmed dead while four others are in critical condition when a commercial bus collided with a tipper lorry along Opi axis in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State on Monday. The commercial bus belonging to DIMET transport company with code number 015, loaded from Kaduna […]
ICYMI: Ihedioha pack up, Uzodinma is coming ― Mbaka speaks again
SPIRITUAL Director of Adoration Ministry Enugu Nigeria, Rev Fr. Ejike Mbaka has insisted that his prophecy against Governor Emeka Ihedioha of Imo state must come to pass.
Group denies report on wheelbarrow empowerment scheme in Enugu
Enugu Youth Coalition has debunked the report making round on the social media claiming that the council chairperson for Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, Mrs Chinwe Ugwu distributed some wheelbarrows to youths of the council as part of her youth empowerment scheme under the hire-purchase system. It, however, took us some time to […]
Nsukka indigenes condemn youth empowerment with wheelbarrows
By Ikechukwu Odu – Nsukka A poverty alleviation outreach organized by the transition committee Chairman of Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, Chinwe Ugwu, has received wide condemnation from the general public. Ugwu, in the programme put together in conjunction with National Council of Enugu State Students, NACESS, had distributed wheelbarrows to the youths […]
Murder of head nurse: CSOs insist on 14 days ultimatum to state govt to free alleged suspects
COALITION of Civil Society Organizations, CSOs, in Enugu State, weekend reaffirmed its stand on 14 days ultimatum given to state government to release the suspects accused of murdering head nurse of Nueropsychiatric hospital, Enugu, Mrs Maria Amadi.
