The 2023 Women Convention in Enugu state was, weekend, marked with different remarkable activities such as sensitisation and lectures from resource persons on women health management and cancer prevention and treatment, including cooking and march past competition among the 17 local government areas in attendance. The occasion also formally marked the end of August meeting for the year. The convention Read More
The Senator representing Enugu West Senatorial District of Enugu State, Osita Ngwu, has lauded what he called pragmatic and people-oriented leadership of the Enugu State governor, Peter Mbah, for rising up to the occasion of the adverse effects of the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government, on the people of the State. The Senator said it was highly Read More
Strong condemnations from Nigerians, particularly indigenes of Enugu have trailed trending pictures of the Model Comprehensive Boys Secondary School, Oji-River local government area, Enugu state. Pictures of the sorry state of the school emerged after a renowned banker, and business man, Sir Magnus Chukwuekezie, shared the pictures of his alma mater on Facebook. In a special SOS, the banker called Read More
A group, Freelance Journalists Federation, has advised Governor Peter Mbah to desist from sponsoring groups and individuals to throw tantrums on the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and its Director General over his certificate saga. The group in a statement signed by its convener, Richard Oduma, said the advice became necessary following findings it made that the governor had deployed Read More
The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) has called for strong collaboration with the state governments to fulfill the mandate of providing electricity to people dwelling in challenging unreached communities in rural areas. Making the call during a courtesy visit to the Enugu state Governor, Mr. Peter Mbah, leader of the REA Board/Management Projects Monitoring team for the South East region, Hon. Read More
A group known as Professional for Good Governance (PGG) has expressed optimism that the incoming administration led by Barr. Peter Mbah will lead Enugu state to greater heights. Spokesman of the group, Engr. Ogbonna Nwaiwu, in a statement said Mbah who is an accomplished businessman exuded an uncommon preparedness and clear-headedness throughout the period of campaign, and has continued to Read More
A group, Concern Enugu Citizens (CEC), has alleged that recent statement credited to the Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Brigadier General Yushau’u Dogara Ahmed smacks of both court contempt and disrespect to the rule of law. In a statement, CEC spokesman Mr Nkem Asogwa said, “The NYSC must raise its operations beyond the manipulation of political interests Read More
The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig Gen YD Ahmed, has said the discharge certificate being showcased by Barr Peter Mbah, the Governor-elect of Enugu State, was not issued by the corps. Brig Gen Ahmed, who appeared as a guest on Arise Television’s breakfast programme on Friday, dismissed any debate about the validity of Mbah’s NYSC Read More
The information reaching my desk is that Peter Mbah went to the Federal High Court, Abuja, seeking to stop NYSC from releasing information about him. Such attempt to use the Court to stop the NYSC from continuing to expose the forgeries committed by Mbah over his NYSC is a classic ex ample of witness suppression. But the effort is too little Read More
Veteran Nollywood actress, Patience Ozokwor, has been inaugurated into the Enugu state governor-elect, Peter Mbah’s transition committee. This was disclosed on her Instagram story on Friday. She wrote, “For the love of Enugu State, for the love of my people I will serve faithfully. Thank you @pnmbah, I pray that all the great plans you have for our people will Read More
The people of Enugu celebrated the last Easter in sadness following a tragic road crash that claimed several lives. CHUKS NWEZE reports. Saturday April 8, 2023 was a black day for residents of Enugu state. This is because on this day as the people were in a festive mood ahead of Easter the following day, a fatal motor accident occured Read More
A group, Probity and Accountability Watch Initiative (PAWI), has condemned the news of a N15 billion last-minute borrowing propaganda circulated in the state. It had been reported that the governor of Enugu state, Chief Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, was asking the House of Assembly to approve N15 billion loan “in less than 60 days to leave office at a time most states Read More
The Enugu state Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate, Chijioke Edeoga, is set to challenge the outcome of the March 18, 2023, governorshipelection. This was disclosed by Edeoga in a press briefing on Friday. He said, “We want to urge our people in Enugu State to remain calm and peaceful, prayerful. Keep faith in God knowing that truth, justice shall prevail. Read More
The 34th Enugu Int’l Trade Fair billed to take on March 24th, 2023, will take off as scheculed but official opening ceremony will take place on Saturday ,March 25, 2023. The acting Director-General, Uchechukwu Mbah, who disclosed in a statement on Wednesday said, the Minister of Trade will perform the opening ceremony. Mbah also said the minister would use the Read More
Veteran political and media strategist, Chief Mrs Mary Ikoku, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to delay any further in declaring winners of 2023 governorship elections in Abia, Enugu and Adamawa states. Ikoku, an All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirant for House of Representatives for Arochukwu-Ohafia Federal Constituency in the 2023 general elections who spoke through a terse Read More
In spite of late arrival of Electoral Materials and INEC Officials to election venues across Enugu state, the area has witnessed massive turnout of Voters who waited patiently for their turn to perform their civic responsibility. Unlike past elections, today’s exercise was devoid of voter aparthy and skirmishes across the state as both youths and elderly trooped out en mass Read More
Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) in Enugu state, Barrister Casmir Agbo, has said the slain Enugu East Senatorial candidate, Oyibo Chukwu, was coasting to victory before he was cut down. Addressing newsmen at the LP secretariat at Chime Avenue, Enugu, on Friday, Agbo said Chukwu looked good to win and that his opponents knew it. “We thank INEC for Read More
Enugu East senator Dr. Chimaroke Nnamani has urged calm, saying there was no cause for alarm over the call to postpone the Enugu East Senatorial District election following the gruesome murder of the Labour Party (LP) Senatorial candidate, Mr. Oyibo Chukwu, and five others. Nnamani in a personally signed statement issued Friday said the suggestion for the postponement of the Read More
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has postponed the Enugu East senatorial election till March 11, due to the murder of the Labour Party (LP), candidate, Barr. Oyibo Chukwu, on Wednesday, February 22, 2023. This was confirmed by INEC chairman Mahmood Yakubu during a press conference a while ago in Abuja. He said the postponement was in line with the Read More
As citizens continue to groan under fuel scarcity and the attendant price hike, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, (IPMAN), Enugu state branch, has called on the federal government to make haste to restore the Enugu depot that has been lying comatose for 25 years. The IPMAN chairman, Chief Chinedu Anyaso, made the call in Enugu Wednesday evening at Read More
A human rights based organisation, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Justice Network (SJN), Thursday, sought collaboration with the Enugu State Justice Reform Team, to establish the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) law in the state. The group also sought not only the establishment of VAPP committee but also its implementation. The group is made up of Lawyers Alert; Legal Awareness for Read More
The representatives of Igbo-Eze North/Udenu Federal Constituency, Hon Engr Simon Chukwuemeka Atigwe, has praised the organisers of the annual Ette Football Championship for meeting the yearning and aspirations of youths in the community. Disclosing this to Journalists at the closing ceremony of the Championship at Ette in Enugu State, said the annual football event was well organised by the Ette Read More
Enugu State Agricultural Development Programme (ENADEP) and the farmers’ associations in the state have strategised ways to boost agricultural production in the state. Programme Manager of ENADEP, Dr Ogbonna Onyeisi, disclosed this in an interactive session with the farmers at the agency’s headquarter, Friday in Enugu. Onyeisi said it was important for ENEDEP to have cordial relationship with farmers in Read More
A native doctor whose name wasn’t ascertained immediately has been arrested alongside others who allegedly invaded graves located inside a Catholic cemetery. The cemetery to reports is located at Ajaba Mmaku, in Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State. Some of the suspects were later caught by the vigilante operatives within the area, while others are on the run The Read More
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu state, Hon. Chukwuemeka Aneke, has accused some officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of forgery of the commission’s monitoring report of the Labour Party primary of Enugu West Senatorial District held on June 8, 2022. In a petition dated November 10 and written by his solicitors, Bonaventure Madu Read More
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