The Enugu State Government,Monday,assured 153 disengaged staff of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology,ESUT,of full payment of outstanding salaries and other entitlements, owed by the University.

The Enugu State government is to build 2, 500 houses for low and high income earners, the state Commissioner for Lands and Urban Development, Solomon Onah, has said.

Though the 2015 governorship election in Enugu State, has been concluded and Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi sworn-in, yet there are insinuations that echoes from the 2011 governorship election before it may still be haunting political stakeholders in the state. This is because of a 2011 gubernatorial pre-election case filed by Dr. Chukwuemeka Obechina of the PDP still pending at the Supreme Court which is due for hearing on Wednesday, April 6. Obechina was an aspirant who filed a court case who filed a case against the PDP governorship candidate for that election, Chief Sullivan Chime who he claimed was not validly nominated.

Residents of Enugu State are in a frenzy following the readiness of the administration of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi to host the Enugu Maiden Investment Summit, christened,”Oganiru Enugu State”(Progress of Enugu State), expected to re-launch the economic fortunes of the state into the global arena.

The re-run election ordered by the Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu for Anambra Central senatorial district to be conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, will hold on March 5.

It was an exercise laced with emotions yesterday as fiery catholic priest; Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka was escorted by thousands of catholic faithful in Enugu to his new parish at Emene, an outskirt of Enugu
urban.

Enugu State poultry farmers have lost about N140 million to the bird flu resurgence within a week, says an official of the state Ministry of Agriculture.

Enugu State Government, yesterday, berated the All Progressives Congress, APC, following what it described as unwarranted attacks on Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi over his administration’s resolve to shore-up its revenue base through robust taxation.

Residents and motorists in Enugu State are wearing long faces occasioned by the acute scarcity of petrol which has drastically affected prices of staple food items sold across markets in the state.

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, has assured that the executive council will continue to work in synergy with the state legislature to move the state forward.

Governor of Enugu State, Chief Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has lamented the poor economic situation in the country following dwindling oil revenue, saying that the sustenance of the state was in the hands of God.

Stakeholders in Enugu State, cutting across political,organised labour unions,civil society groups, among others rose penultimate Saturday in defence of government’s resolve to set up Caretaker Committees to run the affairs of the 17 Local Government Areas in the state.

Nsukka—A middle-aged man has allegedly committed suicide in Ibagwa Ani community, Nsukka Local Government Area, Enugu State over an un-established issue.

The Senator representing Anambra North Senatorial District, Stella Odua, Tuesday, had her election to the 8th Senate which she won by over 30, 000 votes, upheld after an appeal against her victory was thrown out by the Court of Appeal in Enugu.

A coalition of Non-Governmental Organisations, NGOs, including the Women Aid Collective, WACOL and Tamar Sarc, has raised alarm over what it described as a sharp increase of sexual abuse against women in Enugu State.