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The Chairman of Igboetiti Local Government Area of Enugu State, Dr Eric Odo, has promised that the council area will attain Open Defecation Free (ODF) status by June. Odo said on Wednesday that the council would inaugurate a task force to ensure that all households, schools, churches and markets in the area would soon have…
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The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Bishop Stephen Adegbite, says Pilgrimage is not tourism, but rather a spiritual rejuvenation. Adegbite said this during the airlift of the 8th batch of intending Christian pilgrims of Ebonyi to Israel and Jordan at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, on Wednesday in Enugu. A…
4 days ago
The Primary Healthcare in Enugu State has received a boost with the engagement of Local Government Authority Health Secretaries (LGAHS) to superintend its operations in the 17 local government areas of the state. The appointment of the 17 Local Government Authority Health Secretaries, who are Medical Doctors, to oversee primary healthcare is in line with…
13 Feb
76 years after they were brutally massacred by their British employers for lawfully demanding fair wages in Enugu, families of the 21 deceased coal miners have gone to court to demand justice and adequate compensation for the unfair treatment meted to them. Those sued at the Enugu State High Court are the Foreign, Commonwealth &…
3 Feb
A Non-Governmental Organisation, Custos Care Foundation (CCF), has expressed concern over the alarming increase in domestic violence cases against women and girls in Enugu State. The CCF Managing Director, Mrs Egodi Igwe, made its feelings known while addressing the press on the organisation’s activities in January 2025. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that…
2 Feb
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has expressed anger at "leaders like me, who, out of greed and insatiable desperation for material acquisition, have made life a living hell for others." This was after he encountered an elderly woman who left him "seriously worried about the depth of insensitivity that characterises…
1 Feb
The Forum of Local Government Area Chairmen of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu has denied maligning a former Enugu House of Assembly
31 Jan
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State on Friday moved to swell its ranks ahead of the 2027 general elections with a plea to the 2023 Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate, Chijioke Edeoga, to return to the ruling party in the state. The party also urged Edeoga to return home and use his political…
31 Jan
The Enugu State Police Command has said that the viral WhatsApp post alleging that “four persons were kidnapped and taken into the bush on Tuesday evening at Api-Opi, along Enugu/Opi/Nsukka Road” is false, malicious, and clearly intended to incite fear and panic. In a statement, the Police Public Relations Officer for the command, SP Daniel…
31 Jan
The Blue Door Scholars Foundation (BDSF) has completed the construction of its second set of bathroom facilities at two schools in Enugu State, marking a significant milestone in its mission to improve educational infrastructure in Nigeria. The foundation, led by American Chief Executive Officer, Alan Singleton, has a unique connection to the region. After discovering…
29 Jan
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has provided medical supplies for the treatment of injured victims of the tanker fire explosion in Enugu State. The Director General of NEMA, Mrs Zubaida Umar, made this known in a statement she shared on her official X account after visiting Enugu State. "Following the tragic tanker fire explosion…
29 Jan
The Enugu State Electricity Regulatory Commission (EERC) has banned payment for meter installation in Enugu State. Announcing the ban in a statement on Wednesday morning, the management of EERC said the law is against paying for meter installation. "It has come to the attention of the Enugu State Electricity Regulatory Commission that some members of…
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Former Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, has faulted the notion held in certain quarters that he plotted the elimination of 159 officers in the ill-fated C-130 Air Crash on September 26, 1992. According to Babangida in his autobiography titled "A journey in Service" launched on Wednesday in Abuja, such talks spoke volumes of…
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The World Sustainable Development Goals (WSDGs) Organisation, has announced the appointment of Engr. Raphael Chukwudimma Chukwu
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The Federal government on Friday implored governors of the 36 states of the federation to deepen the implementation of Human Capital Development (HCD) programmes in their respective states. It observed that the path chosen by Nigeria in the 21st century can only be determined by the strength of the nation's workforce, the education of its…
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A Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt has issued a restraining order against the People's Democratic Party (PDP) from conducting its South-South Zonal Congress. The court's decision was in response to a suit filed by Tony Uchechukwu Ehogu and Field Nkor, candidates for the scheduled congress. Justice G.V. Obomanu, presiding over the case, directed…
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The Osun State chapter of the All Progressive Congress has berated the State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party over an enrolled order
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An Ilorin-based Non Governmental Organisation (NGO,) Lekan Adewoye Foundation, has obtained Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) forms for 1,000 admission seekers in the state. The sponsor said that the gesture covers 83 wards spanning the seven local governments of Kwara South senatorial zone. Beyond the JAMB sponsorship, the Foundation also pledged full academic scholarships…
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Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has disclosed that none of the 31 requests for state creation have met the constitutional requirements. Speaking at a two-day retreat in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, Kalu, who also chairs the House Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, stated that the submission deadline…
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A cholera outbreak in western Ethiopia has killed 15 people and struck more than 200 people this month, a regional health official said Friday, appealing for more medicine. Several regions of Ethiopia and other African countries have been fighting cholera outbreaks in recent weeks, including Sudan and Angola. "Fifteen people have died, and we have…
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky faced pressure on Friday to sign a deal to hand the United States preferential access to Ukraine's mineral deposits following harsh criticism from US President Donald Trump. Trump wants Ukraine to give US companies access as compensation for the tens of billions of dollars of aid delivered under his predecessor Joe…