By SAM EFERARO – Almost a year after the loss of her two children, the young woman is still too traumatised to tell her story. But neighbours remember her ordeal. Her baby had suddenly taken ill that fateful morning, under a pouring rain. With no help around and the child’s health deteriorating by the...
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By PAUL EJIME – After its commissioning on 23rd November 2023 by its chief benefactor, General TY Danjuma, the Goodwill Medical Centre (GMC), Enugu, is transforming lives in its host poor and under-served communities. The Centre has just completed an iron metal bridge across a river to link at least three urban slums to essential services...
A 32-year-old woman has been arraigned before the Enugu North Magisterial District Court after giving a fake testimony in a Lagos church, police in Enugu have said. In a statement on Tuesday, the Command’s spokesman, SP Daniel Ndukwe, said the suspect, Loveth Alo, was apprehended on Feb. 1. According...
Telecom subscribers in Anambra, Ebonyi and Enugu States have rued the recent increase in telecommunication tariffs by the Federal Government noting that it was not commensurate with the services provided. The subscribers interviewed in a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) survey on the impact of the tariff hike in...
The embattled National Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South-East Zone, Chief Ali Odefa, was on Wednesday re-elected for another four years. Odefa was re-elected at the party’s South-East Zonal Delegates Congress held at Okpara Square, Enugu. Also re-elected were Zonal Secretary, James Ugwu, Treasurer, Ochebu Regina,...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima, has said President Bola Tinubu is seriously worried by the frequencies of tanker explosion incidents on public roads and residential areas. Shettima stated this on Monday in his condolence message to the Enugu State Government and families of those who lost their lives in the recent...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday said it remains one big and united party in the South-East, capable of handling any issue arising from the zone. The party’s National Vice Chairman, South- East, Chief Ali Odefa, disclosed this in a communique issued at the end of a meeting...
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo has said that President Bola Tinubu’s visit to Enugu State demonstrates the Federal Government’s attention to South-East development. Governor Soludo made the assertion in a statement signed by his Press Secretary, Mr Christian Aburime, on Saturday in Awka. President Tinubu would make his first...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Abia Sector Command, has confirmed the death of two people in a road accident which occurred on the Umuahia-Enugu Expressway. The Sector Commander, Mrs Ngozi Ezeoma, made the disclosure in a statement on Friday in Umuahia. She said that the accident, which occurred...
By BARBARA KALU, Umuahia – Troops of the Joint Task Force South-East Operation UDO KA, have cleared the camps of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, the Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Imo, Enugu and Ebonyi states. The spokesman for the task force, Lt.-Col....
Some state governments in the South East have embarked on ways to get alternative source of electricity supply following the incessant collapse of the national grid. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the national grid has collapsed no fewer than seven times between January and October, 2024,...
The Police Command in Rivers has rescued a teenager, who was kidnapped in Enugu and transported to Port Harcourt in a ‘Ghana-Must-Go’ bag. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Olatunji Disu, announced this during a news conference in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. Disu said that the teenager,...
A The sit at home order by the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) was partially observed in Anambra, Ebonyi and Enugu states as some residents went about their normal businesses. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that IPOB had designated every May 30, as “Biafra Hero Day...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday said its operatives have arrested 78 persons over suspected involvement in internet fraud in Imo and Enugu states. The Commission’s spokesman, Mr Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Mr. Oyewale...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The funeral arrangement of late Nollywood actor, Junior Pope has been released. It would be recall that the actor drowned on April 10 along with four crew members, while travelling by water for filmmaker Adanma Luke’s film “The Other Side of Life”.
The Police Zone 13, comprising Anambra and Enugu States, has announced the venue and time for both General Duty and Specialist Constable recruitment medical screening for the candidates of the two states. This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the Zonal Police Public Relations Officer,...
Gunmen, suspected to be abductors, on Tuesday kidnapped a senior matron serving with the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Ituku-Ozalla in Enugu State. Dr Augustine Duru, Chairman, Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) UNTH Chapter, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Women from Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State have placed a N1 million bounty on an Anambra woman, Mrs Adachukwu Okafor, who reportedly brutalised her 11-year-old househelp. Operating under the auspices of Umuada Awgu Global Association (UAGA), the group also issued a 48-hour ultimatum to...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has slated a supplementary election in Taraba and a new re-run election in Enugu State on February 14, 2024. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, disclosed this in a statement issued...