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Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Coordinator, National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), Enugu State, Mrs Christiana Salmwang, says no graduate of Science and Laboratory Technology (SLT) was denied registration during the 2024 Batch B Stream two orientation programme. Salmwang made the clarification during a press conference on Tuesday at the NYSC orientation camp, Awgu in Enugu. She said that all the 101 SLT graduates from various institutions sent to Enugu State for the 2024 Batch B Stream two NYSC orientation programme were duly documented and registered alongside their colleagues at the orientation camp. The press conference was called following the unfounded allegation…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu Five Political Parties in Enugu State namely Accord Party (AP), African Action Congress (AAC), Action Democratic Party (ADP), Youth Party (YP) and Young Progressives Party (YPP) have filed an application at the Vacation Court of the High Court of Enugu State presided over by Honourable Justice C.V.C Ezeugwu praying His Lordship to set aside his judgment in Suit No. E/608M/2024 delivered on 27th August, 2024. This was contained in a statement jointly signed by leaders of the parties in Enugu State. According to the statement, the suit sought to be set aside was instituted by all the Seventeen (17)…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has totally rejected the upward review of fuel pump price to N897 per litre, describing it as both traumatic and nightmarish. Recall that the Federal Government on Tuesday, through the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited, announced a jack up of petrol price from N617 to its current price. Public outcry and wide condemnation have trailed the develop NLC in  a statement signed by its National President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, demanded immediate reversal. It described the development as a betrayal of labour by the Federal Government in the new minimum wage negotiations. Labour said…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has announced that Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol, from his 650,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Lagos, will be hitting the market in 48 hours. Dangote who made the disclosure while speaking to Arise TV on Tuesday from the facility in Lagos, however, did not disclose the pump price of the commodity. This is as a viral message on the social media said the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Limited, had increased its pump price of fuel from N617 per litre to N897 per litre. According to  Dangote, petrol from his refinery will be available to marketers…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Media Rights Agenda (MRA), has called on the Lagos State Government to comply with the order of a Federal High Court in Lagos directing it to ensure an investigation into the death of Mr. Pelumi Onifade, a 20-year reporter with Gboah TV. Onifade was reportedly arrested by the Police while covering the #EndSARS protests in 2020 and was later found dead. In a letter written on the organisation’s behalf by its lawyer, Mr. Kingsley Kenechukwu, of the law firm of Charles Musa and Co., dated August 22, 2024, and addressed to the State’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has named the Obinagu Road newly constructed by his administration after the folktale music icon, Gentleman Mike Ejeagha. Mbah had described the highlife music maestro, Ejeagha, as a great legend. The governor made the pronouncement when he commissioned four completed road projects including Mike Ejeagha Crescent formerly known as Mike Ejeagha Street. He said that the state government deemed it wise to celebrate the nonagenarian while he is still alive. Aside Obinagu road and Mike Ejeagha Crescent, other roads were Texaco/Ifo road and Mkpo street. Mbah said the event was in…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia There are fears that the pump price of petrol may hit up to N1,500 per liter as indications emerge that the Federal Government may no longer be able to sustain fuel subsidy following the rising cost of importation of the essential commodity. Already, petrol sells for between N980 and N1000 in some petrol stations especially in South-East and Northern parts of the country. Protests, Monday, erupted in Abuja where petrol sold for above N1000, with protesters calling for the immediate dismissal of the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, Mele Kyari, over the…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia As part of efforts to proffer solution to the biting economic hardship and hunger in the land, Agricultural and Industrial Entrepreneurs of Nigeria (AIEN), said it was in talks with the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) to create 10 million jobs through agriculture. This, according to the National President of AIEN, and former Director General of National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Chief Chuku Wachuku, will not only provide lucrative jobs for the teeming youths but also help crash crime wave. Chief Wachuku regretted that Nigeria is suffering in the midst of plenty due to neglect…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Traditional Ruler of Amaeze Owerre Community in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, Igwe Emeka Ugwu, and members of his community have expressed shock and sadness over four family members in his community who died in their sleep on the night of Saturday August 31. Ugwu said this in Nsukka on Monday while speaking with newsmen on the tragedy that hit his community on Saturday night, wherein mother, two daughters and grand daughter died in their sleep. “Everybody in Amaeze community is still in shock over this tragic incident that took the lives of…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia A middle-aged artisan, in Umuahia, Abia State, Mr Lawrence Uzor, has allegedly plucked out his wife’s eyes for rituals. The incident occured around 2:00am Sunday, while the victim was deep asleep. The landlady who was said to have rushed out to save the woman when she heard her cries was almost slaughtered by the suspect. She was, however, lucky to escape but with machete cuts and some of her teeth cut off by machete. Both victims are currently receiving treatment at the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Umuahia. The landlady, Madam Lovejane Nwaiwu, narrated her near-death experience when…