Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, said in Enugu on Wednesday that Nigeria is so blessed that her citizens needed not to seek greener pastures elsewhere. Tinubu, who made the declaration while addressing a campaign rally, said there is no country like Nigeria in Africa,...
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The Advocacy for Alleged Witches (AfAW) is disturbed by the banishment of a man for being responsible for mysterious deaths in his family and community in Enugu in Southern Nigeria. The man identified as Uwakwe Ugwuanyi is accused of causing the death of over five people. He has been banished for...
Victims of the fire incident that occurred on Dec. 24 at Iva Valley, Enugu North Local Government Area, are calling on members of the public for help. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who visited the scene on Dec. 27, reports that the fire gutted over...
Enugu became largely deserted on Tuesday as many residents have travelled to their villages to herald 2023. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that many parts of the Enugu State capital were empty without the usual vehicular movements and gridlocks. Only few vehicles were found on the roads...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The Enugu State Police Command has rescued four kidnapped victims in a forest at Akama-Oghe in Ezeagu Local Government of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Enugu. DSP Ndukwe said that...
Nigerians living in Enugu, capital of Enugu State, have decried the high cost of live chickens as they prepare to celebrate this year’s Christmas. They barred their minds in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Enugu. NAN reports that prices of chickens ranged...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Troops of 82 Division, Nigerian Army have raided the camps of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra and its Eastern Security Network (IPOB/ESN) in Ebonyi and Enugu State. The Army spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, the raid...
Enugu metropolis is currently wearing a new look as beautiful and colourful decorations are displayed at various locations, premises of corporate organisations and shopping malls, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A NAN correspondent who went round the metropolis on Wednesday, observed that Enugu has been lit up...
The Enugu State Police Command has arrested four suspected high profile criminals within a week time as the former upped their game to bring those instigating criminality and violence to book. The operatives within the period recovered one AK-47 rifle with 51 live ammunition of 7.62mm calibre, three locally-fabricated...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will begin full online accreditation of tertiary institutions and admissions in January, 2023. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, made the disclosure in Enugu on Tuesday at the training of heads of tertiary institutions in the South East on its newly...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The Nigerian Army has described as false an allegation from a South-East-based non-government organisation, International Society for Civil Liberty and Rule of Law (INTERSOCIETY), against its internal security operations in the South-East”. The Acting Deputy Director, 82 Division Army Public Relations, Lt.-Col. Jonah Unuakhalu,...
A joint police and army security team has neutralised two assailants involved in the killing of a former Commissioner and Council Chairman in Enugu State, Chief Gabriel Onuzulike, and his brother. It would be recalled that Onuzulike and his brother were attacked and shot dead by the assailants in...
The Enugu State Chairman of Labour Party (LP), Mr Casmir Agbo, has said the chapter is waiting for directives from the party’s Headquarter to conduct fresh gubernatorial primary. He said this on Monday in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu in reaction to...
Some residents of Abakaliki, Ebonyi capital have expressed worry over the sudden upward adjustment in the pump price of Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) in the state. In a visit to some filling stations by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday, the product is sold between N200 and...
Gov Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State and security agencies in the state have vowed to end the incessant kidnapping along Ugwuogo Nike-Opi Nsukka road where scores of people were abducted recently. They made the vow on Thursday in Enugu when the governor led the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82...
Mr Peter Mbah, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Enugu State will replicate Pinnacle oil successes in the state when elected governor in 2023, his support group said on Monday. Mr Emeka Ogbu-Nwobodo, Director-General, Peter Mbah Support Group (PMSG) said this on Monday in a message to...
Gov Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State on Saturday inspected the newly-built Asphalt Plant at Emene, Enugu, by an indigenous construction company, Eketeson Resources International Limited. Ugwuanyi commended the resilient spirit of indigenes of the state in excelling in their various business endeavours nationally and internationally, in spite of the...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested no fewer than arrested twelve bankers for suspected insider fraud in Enugu State. The EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday, said the suspects were arrested on Friday....
Some cement dealers in Enugu State have blamed hike in transportation fare, for the increase in the commodity in the state. A survey conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Thursday, showed that there was an increase of about 30 per cent in the commodity....
Veteran Nollywood actor, Pete Edochie and his wife, Josephine, have celebrated their 53rd wedding anniversary. The event to mark the 53rd anniversary took place at the Base Landmark Event Centre, Enugu on Saturday, October 1, 2022. The event was graced by Enugu State Goverenor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, the deputy governorship candidate...