The Police in Enugu state have said that the command will soon arraign in court a man, Mr. Somadina Orji who allegedly killed and buried his mother, Charity, and sister, Ukamaka, in shallow graves at Umuagu Inyi, in Oji River Local Government area of Enugu State. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Daniel Ndukwe confirmed the development on Read More
The Enugu state government has disclosed that it would spendN178, 000,000.00 to empower indigent and vulnerable people in the state in 2024. The Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Dr. Roberts Ozongwu, made the disclosure Friday during a breakdown of the 2024 budget proposal which was presented by Governor Peter Mbah to the state on Tuesday. “While the state will Read More
The Association of Resident Doctors of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology Teaching Hospital (ESUTH) has issued a 14-day ultimatum to Enugu State government to employ more doctors and ensure security. This is contained in a communique issued on Saturday at the end of the Emergency General Meeting (EGM) of the association in ESUT Teaching Hospital, Parklane, Enugu Read More
The nationwide strike called by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) commenced Tuesday despite warning by the federal government that the unions should avoid contempt of court. The lead labour bodies called out their members on an industrial action following the November 1 attack on the NLC President Joe Ajaero in Owerri, the Imo state Read More
An appellate court sitting in Lagos, on Friday, upheld the election of Barr Peter Mbah as the governor of Enugu State. The judgement was delivered by a three-man panel of the Appeal Court in a case filed by Barr Chijioke Edeoga of the Labour Party, LP. The court affirmed the judgment of Enugu Tribunal delivered on September 9, 2023, by Read More
To equip university students with the skills and knowledge necessary to utilise social media platforms for advocacy and engage responsibly in the digital sphere, the Signpost Team successfully conducted a comprehensive digital safety and social media advocacy training program for over 300 students. These training sessions were held at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and Coal City University, Emene, to Read More
For the final phase of the Signpost Project, TechHer hosted a comprehensive training session for over 40 young people from diverse civil society organisations in Enugu state. The training session focused on project tracking and monitoring and freedom of information requests to equip young people with the skills and knowledge to hold their leaders accountable. The Signpost Project initiative seeks Read More
The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has voided the verdict of the Enugu State National Assembly and State House of Assembly tribunal which earlier nullified the election of Professor Sunday Nnamchi. The tribunal on September 8, 2023 nullified the election of Nnamchi of the Labour Party and declared Prince Cornelius Nnaji (Ike Nike) of People’s Democratic Party as the Read More
Enugu state Governor Dr. Peter Mbah has assured investors of his administration’s commitment to de-risk the business environment in the State in order to ensure high return on investments (ROI). Mbah, who gave the assurance when the management team of Globus Bank Plc. led by the Managing Director (MD)/Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Elias Igbinakenzua, who paid him a courtesy visit Read More
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has expressed profound gratitude to the British High Commission and the Government of the United Kingdom for granting the request by the President General, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, MFR, OFR, CFR, for the establishment of a Visa Office in Enugu, the headquarters of the South-east of Nigeria. The request for a visa office in Enugu was made Read More
Guinness, the country’s premium beer brand has empowered 50 women of Iwollo Community in Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State with mobile business infrastructure and tools with millions to enable them excel in business ownership. The brand also empowered 200 others across Imo, Anambra, Ebonyi, and Abia states with the same mobile business infrastructure and tools. Marketing and Innovation Read More
Governor Peter Mba’s effort to end the ongoing sit-at-home in Enugu is a right step in the right direction. Mbah had earlier in June declared an end to sit-at-home in the state, effective from June 5, 2023, saying such orders were restricting creativity, entrepreneurship, and productivity in Enugu State. The governor said, “there is no time to waste. The clock Read More
The son of convicted Ike Ekweremadu, Lloyd, has made the commissioner-nominees list of Enugu state governor, Peter Mbah. Ex-governor Sullivan’s daughter, Ada Chukwu, also made the list that was sent to the state’s House of assembly. The list was read on the floor of the House by the Speaker, Uche Ugwu, on Friday. Others on the list include veteran broadcaster, Read More
The Special Public Works (SPW) department of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) on Friday began a three-month training of 30 youth in Enugu state on environmental beautification programme tagged, Environmental Beautification Training Scheme (EBTS). The lucky participants for the scheme would be trained on Floor Tiling, POP, Flower Gardening, Hard Landscaping and Interlocking. Speaking at the orientation ceremony for Read More
Many people Tuesday were feared dead while others sustained different degrees of injury in a fatal road accident on the Ugwu Onyeama – Enugu-Onitsha Expressway. It was gathered that the incident occurred when a tanker had a head on collision with a trailer, carrying cement and the crash affected other vehicles. It was also gathered that a fully loaded GUO 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
Plans are at an advanced stage between the federal government and the Enugu State government to complete and operationalise the International wing of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport. There are also talks on how to build a cargo terminal to boost the state’s and nation’s economy and tourism capacity. The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Airports Read More
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Igbo socio-cultural organisation, has lauded the immediate past administration of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi in Enugu State for what it called aggressive rural development and huge investment in education and health sectors. The National President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, on behalf of the group in a press statement issued on Sunday said Ugwuanyi bequeathed Read More
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has disbursed N1, 480, 000 as loans to 74 beneficiaries of the 2022/2023 micro-enterprise enhancement scheme (MEES) in Enugu state. The NDE director-general, Malam Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo, represented by the Enugu state coordinator, Mrs. Ifeoma Ezepue, while disbursing the money on Friday in Enugu, said the beneficiaries were drawn from the 17 local government Read More
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Enugu state, has offered transient job for 36 graduates of tertiary institutions to help coach students of secondary schools with deficiencies in their grades in WAEC. NECO, GCE, NABTEB. Speaking at the flag off and orientation ceremony for the graduate coaching scheme (GCS) in Enugu, the director general of NDE, Mallam Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo, Read More
Former governor of old Anambra state, Senator Jim Nwobodo, has called on journalists and newsmen to ensure that they always fed the public with verified stories and to avoid falsehood and misrepresentation of facts at all times. Nwobodo said that to do so, the media stood the risk of losing credibility in the eyes of the masses. To eschew losing Read More
Over 200 indigenes of Eha-Amufu community, in Isi-Uzo Local Government of Enugu State have protested against the incessant killing of their people by armed men on Thursday. This was revealed in a Facebook post by Friday Olokor on Friday night. “The protesters held placards with inscriptions such as ‘PMB, Stop the massacre! Eha-Amufu is bleeding!’, “The life of Eha-Amufu people Read More
The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Enugu State, Hon. Chijioke Edeoga, has bemoaned the poor state of roads infrastructure in Nsukka under the administration of Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi even as he vowed to restore credibility to governance through quality service delivery if elected governor. Speaking at a Townhall Meeting organised by Nsukka Progressives Forum, a non-partisan political pressure Read More
A yet to be identified nursing mother who allegedly beat up her stepdaughter, leaving her with welts on her head and all over her body, has been arrested in Enugu State. A concerned Twitter user took to the platform to share a video of the injured little girl. The user added that the beating is a normal occurrence and when Read More
The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at Ogurute, in Igboeze North Local Government Headquarters, Enugu State has been set ablaze by unknown arsonists Sources gathered that the office was set on fire Sunday night and the affected building was totally burnt. The Council Area has come under attack recently by unknown gunmen leading the state government to Read More
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