By Ikechukwu Odu – Nsukka The Enugu State’s All Progressives Congress, APC gubernatorial candidate in the last election in the state, Senator Ayogu Eze, has charged Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State to play a part like his predecessors in choosing the next governor of the state. Senator Eze while assuring the governor of the […]

By Chinedu Adonu In a move to stamp out touting and other criminal activities in the state, the Enugu State Police Command, on Friday, inaugurated an anti-tout task force in Enugu. Inaugurating the task force known as Focus Initiative Against Tout, (FIAT) “Anti-Tout”, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ahmed Abdulrrahman, charged members of the […]

Sachet water hawkers in Enugu metropolis are presently making brisk business, with rising demand for the commodity, due to hot weather. The News Agency of Nigerian (NAN) reports that most of the hawkers have raised their daily purchases to meet the increasing demands. Some of the hawkers, who spoke with NAN on Saturday in Enugu, […]

Kogi State government has refuted reports that a strange disease killed 50 persons in the state, stating that the deaths were recorded in neighbouring Enugu State.

By Anayo Okoli THE 8-member Enugu State Judicial Commission of Police Brutality and Extra-Judicial Killings commenced sitting yesterday with the panel announcing that it has so far received a total of 30 petitions. Speaking at the inaugural sitting, the Chairman of the panel, Justice Kingsley Ude (Rtd), explained that the 30 petitions were so far […]

By Lawani Mikairu Enugu State Governor,  Chief Ifeanyi Uguanyi, on Tuesday commended Dana Air for its decision to restart flights to the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu The Governor made the remark during a courtesy visit by Dana Air’s management team to the Government House on the airline’s inaugural flight to the state. Ugwuanyi while […]

By Prof. Oguejiofo T. Ujam It was interesting reading various rejoinders to my opinion article captioned, “Enugu 2023: Between zoning politics and ethnic revisionism,” which was published on Sunday October 4, 2020 edition of Sun newspapers. In all the personal opinions, including those expressed through the social media, phone calls and emails, I acknowledged specially […]

The story of Nigeria is a deep, intriguing and enchanting metaphor. Its glorious past had contradicted sharply with its current political corundum. A Fulani man from Sifawa in Sokoto Caliphate – Mallam Umaru Altine, had in 1952 become elected as the first Mayor of the City of Enugu, the heart land and heartbeat of the Igbo Nation.

***Says, our lives now in danger By Ikechukwu Odu A retired police officer, Andy Samuel Ugwu, whose son, Augustine Ugwu, was extra-judicially killed by personnel of the just disbanded Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS of the Nigerian Police Force, in April, 2020, cried out over the delay in releasing the remains of his son for […]

…Zamfara, Kebbi, Yobe, Jigawa states on the list Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has approved free transportation for indigenes of the state who reside in other parts of the country and intend returning home to celebrate the festive season with their loved ones. The governor’s approval was contained in a statement by the Managing […]

…Asks victims to submit complaints on or before November 19 The Administrative Panel of Inquiry constituted by the Enugu State government to look into the recent loss of lives and other grievous bodily injuries to private citizens and security personnel, resulting from the hijack by miscreants of the otherwise peaceful #ENDSARS protests, and recommend compensation […]

NSUKKA- Enugu State Government on Saturday, confirmed that yellow fever was responsible for the strange death of 57 persons at Ette, and Umuopu communities, both in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State.

SPEAKER of Enugu sate House of Assembly, Rt Hon Edward Ubosi has asked the federal government to urgently intervene in finding cause of the strange illness which has taking no less that 50 lives in Enugu state.

Enugu State Government has confirmed incidences of unusual deaths in two communities of Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Emmanuel Obi made the confirmation in a statement on Thursday in Enugu. Obi said that there had been a number of deaths suggestive of a disease of public health […]

…. Narrates ordeal in the hands of Govt The association of former ward councilors in Enugu state has threatened to embark on mass protest, to press home the demand for payment of their severance package. Members of the group numbering up to 260 who served in their various local government areas between 2012 and 2016 […]