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Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State Government and the European Union (EU) are to partner in areas of renewable energy, education, security amongst other areas of public interest. This was made known when the EU delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS led by the Head of Cooperation, Mr Massimo De Luka, paid a courtesy call on Governor Peter Mbah at the government house, Enugu. The delegation was in government house to discuss projects funded by the EU in partnership with the state government. The delegation commended the governor for his approach to infrastructural and human capital development. De Luka expressed the…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia A group known as PDP Frontiers for Change and Progress, has blasted a former Vice Chairman of the PDP for Abia North, Elder Abraham Amah, for purportedly suspending the Chairman, PDP Board of Trustees, BoT, Senator Adolphus Wabara. The group, which addressed a press conference in Umuahia on Tuesday, dismissed as “untrue and a huge joke,” the purported suspension of Wabara. The National Coordinator of the group, Mr Emeka Yellow Ikpegbu, urged members of the public to totally disregard the purported suspension of Wabara, saying it does not hold water. According to the group, Amah “lacks the…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State on Tuesday granted amnesty to 159 inmates of the Abakaliki Custodial Centre. Those freed are indigenes of Effium Community who were arrested over the intra-communal war that has decimated the community since 2021. The freed inmates, who have been in detention at the facility for about four years, were granted the amnesty during the governor’s official visit to the Centre. Hundreds of persons have been killed with thousands displaced due to the crisis which started as a disagreement over the leadership of a motor park in the community but quickly snowballed…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Anambra State Government has denied allegations that it outlawed traditional worship in the state. This clarification was made in response to recent concerns raised by some stakeholders and traditional leaders in the state over the activities of the state’s new homeland security outfit, Agunechemba. Anambra State Executive Council (ANSEC) during its second meeting of the year, emphasised that the the present administration has always recognised and respected the importance of traditional worship and cultural heritage in Anambra State. Reviewing the impact of the new Anambra State Homeland Security Law 2025, the Council chastised those demonising and…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has clarified that he did not order the arrest of Mr Igboayaka O. Igboayaka, a youth leader, by the police. In a statement by his Spokesperson, Monday Uzor, the governor emphasised his commitment to justice, peace, and the protection of all residents of Ebonyi State. “The role of the governor is to collaborate with security agencies to safeguard lives and property, not to interfere with law enforcement procedures,” Uzor said. He denied claims that Nwifuru was involved in Igboayaka’s arrest following the deadly attack at Amagu Nkalaha, which resulted in loss…
By Press Statement The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) has condemned the deliberate attempts by the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) chapters of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to malign the reputation of Yisa Usman, a whistleblower at JAMB, who was unjustly dismissed for exposing illegalities in the institution. In a press statement signed by Dr Chido Onumah, Coordinator of AFRICMIL, the organization said “the allegations and attacks launched at the whistleblower by the two unions were not only misleading but also a calculated effort to…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The chairman of Igbo-etiti Local Government Area of Enugu State, Dr. Eric Odo, says the council has enrolled 1000 indigenes of the area into the Enugu State Health Insurance Scheme. Odo disclosed this when a delegation from the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Ituku/Ozalla, paid him a courtesy visit at the Council’s Headquarters in Ogbede. He said that the essence of enrolling the people into the health insurance scheme was to ensure that they have access to quality healthcare. He added that the move was his own way of providing…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu A philanthropist and advocate for girls’ empowerment, Dr Amaka Ngene, has cleared West African School Certificate Examination (WAEC) fees for all SSS3 students of Girls Secondary School, Akegbe Ugwu Awkunanaw, Nkanu West Local Area of Enugu State. Speaking during the event, she said that the gesture was in fulfilment of the pledge she made during her 5th Annual International Day of the Girl Child celebration in October 2024. Ngene further urged the principal of the school to refund any WAEC fee already paid by any parent(s) of the students. She said that her intervention underscored her dedication…
By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo “Do you have a story?” Grandpa would ask anyone who visited him, testified his son-in-law, Sam Maduegbuna. He loved stories. If you rushed, he would ask you to slow down. If you didn’t tell it well, he would say, “You don’t know how to tell a story.” For him, it was not enough to have a story; you had to know how to tell it well. In October 2014, many people stood up in a chapel and told stories about him. His doctor. His daughter. The pastor of the church he attended when he visited America.…
Ugo Nosiri, Owerri Police operatives on stop-and-search duty in Okigwe have intercepted a forty-year-old lady, Ms Onyinyechi Emeka, from Isiala Ngwa South LGA, Abia State, en route Ebonyi State with a five-year-old boy alleged to have been kidnapped. The suspect initially claimed the boy was her sister’s son, but inconsistencies in her statements and the boy’s display of remarkable awareness, raised suspicion. The boy provided his father’s phone number, leading to his identification as a missing child who had been stolen from his mother’s shop at No. 22 Chimezie Street, Obohia, Abia State, and reported to the state police command.…