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By Our Reporter Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has called on the Federal Government to address the reasons behind the separatist agitation in the South-East. Umahi said this on Wednesday in Abakaliki at the ongoing one week fasting and prayer against insecurity in the state. The governor said that addressing such issues would engender peace and unity in the country. He blamed the separatist agitations in parts of the country on the actions of the leaders and the hardship in the country. According to the governor , the promoters of separations think erroneously that a new country will give birth to a new set of leaders who will have the interests of…

“Around evening time on Monday, we saw some people in a bus approach the police station, shoot the gate open, killing all the six officials who tried to resist them.” That was how one eye witness account, narrated the dare-devil attack on a police facility in Imo state that happened on Monday April 26th. Meanwhile, in the nearby city of Port Harcourt, River state, five security officers including two soldiers were also murdered in cold blood around that same time.According to a Premium Times report,between February 23 and March 9, a space of just two weeks, at least 10 police…

By Our Reporter The Executive Secretary, Enugu State Agency for Universal Health Coverage (ESA-UHC), Dr Edith Okolo says 29, 000 vulnerable persons will be enrolled in the Social Healthcare Insurance Scheme in the state. Okolo disclosed this on Wednesday in Enugu during a workshop on Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHCPF) 2020 Guideline and National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Implementation Protocol for Staff of ESA-UHC. The executive secretary said that the state government had by such move shown its readiness to provide social health insurance for the vulnerable persons in the informal sector. She said that the state government had paid…

By Our Reporter Protesting youths on Wednesday in Enugu invaded the official residence of the Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Bishop Callistus Onaga and vandalised the building..The irate youths numbering over 1000 stormed the property located at Igboeze Street, Independence Layout in protest of the alleged arrest of Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka.Mbaka is the founder and director of the popular Adoration Ministries, Enugu and Parish Priest, St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Emene. The protesters, who were chanting anti Bishop Onaga songs asked the bishop to resign for denigrating his office by purportedly masterminding the disappearance of the priest among other sundry corrupt allegations.One of the protesters who spoke anonymously, said that they had gone…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has decried the low participation of the people of the South East in its economic intervention policies and programmes. The Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department of the bank, Mr Osita. Nwanisiobi, disclosed this on Tuesday during the CBN Fair in Enugu. Nwanisiobi said that the CBN intervention programmes were meant to create jobs, engender financial inclusion and to make the people have access to finance. He said that at a time when inflation was spiking and prices of food items souring, Nigerians needed to leverage on the intervention programmes of the apex bank for…

An Enugu State High Court presided over by Justice K.I. Okpe has directed members of Outdoor Advertising Association of Nigeria (OAAN) to register their signage structures in the state. Okpe gave the directed while delivering a judgment in a suit filed by OAAN seeking interpretations of certain provisions of the Enugu State Structures for Signage and Advertising Agency Law. The judge directed members of OAAN operating in the state to register all their structures for signage erected anywhere in the state. He also held that out-of-home advertising practitioners in the state should register their practice as well as obtain the registration permits and codes for each signage. He described as unambiguous the provisions…

Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama has called on local government councils to take advantage of the various reforms of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to improve their economic environment. Onyeama made the call on Saturday in Enugu during the maiden Economic Summit organised by Udi Local Government Council. The minister said that the call had become necessary following dwindling Federal Allocation as well as the need for the local councils to explore more sustainable means of income. He said that investment in agribusiness and support for local entrepreneurs were some of the surest ways the local councils could enhance their revenue. He…

By Our Reporter The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will create 1, 189 new polling units in Enugu State. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Mr Emeka Ononamadu disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Enugu. Ononamadu said that the new polling units would be created from the existing 2, 958 polling units in the state. The REC said that the move had become necessary following the need to decongest overcrowded polling units in the state. He also said that the move would create more units for newly established settlements and residential areas in the state. He said…

By Our Reporter Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama on Saturday flagged off the donation of educational materials worth millions of naira to public primary and secondary schools in Enugu State. Some of the items to be donated to three schools in each of the 17 local government areas of the state include 1800 chairs and 1800 desks. Others are 1000 school bags containing New Wave English and Mathematics textbooks, five exercise books, mathematics sets and cash donations to hire more teachers. Onyeama said that the donation was done through his pet project ‘Kwusike Foundation’ in collaboration with a Chinese…

By Our Reporter The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has just sacked the entire members of the board of First Bank Holding and First Bank Nigeria Ltd. The sack was announced on live television, covered by Arise TV and other news channels. Emefiele, in his speech, cited insider abuse, insider credit and breakdown of corporate governance as the reason behind the apex bank’s move. The CBN governor further went ahead to announce that Dr Sola Adeduntan had been reinstated as the Managing Director of the interim Board. More detail soon…