Operatives of the Enugu State Police Command and the Neighbourhood Watch Group have rescued kidnapped victims following a gun duel with the abductors along Eke/Ebe Road in Udi Local Government Area. This was made known in a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, today. The statement reads, “Enugu State Polic...
•Peter Mbah Two Igbo groups in America – the World Igbo Congress (WIC), and the American Veterans of Igbo Descent (AVID), have called on the Enugu State governor, Peter Mbah, to rescind his idea of establishing a cattle ranch in the state, noting that cattle herders are often associated with violence and disorder. In a […]
•Gunmen Suspected kidnappers have abducted the corpse of late Ugwuanyi Israel from Ameze Owerre, Umabor community in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State. The deceased’s corpse was being conveyed from Lagos to Nsukka for funeral arrangements when the abduction occurred, reports The Nation. The incident happened along 9th Mile Road in th...
•Fulani herdsmen Some indigenes of Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State under the aegis of Uzo-Uwani Professional Association (UZPA), have protested against proposed establishment of a ranch in Nimbo community, by Governor Peter Mbah. Enugu State Commissioner for Information and Communication Aka Eze Aka said in a statement that the ...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that some hoodlums disrupted the re-run election in the Enugu South 1 State Constituency. The commission said this in a tweet posted on its X (formerly Twitter) handle today, Wednesday, February 14. The tweet reads: “A report from our Enugu State office indicates that hoodlums ...
•IPOB The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has urged Enugu State governor, Peter Mbah to halt his plans to establish a cattle ranch at Nimbo in the Uzowani community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area (LGA) in the state. IPOB disclosed this in a statement made known by its media and publicity secretary, Emma Powerful, today. […]
An Enugu State High Court, sitting in Enugu, has sentenced, Chiamaka Ifezue to death by hanging for killing an Enugu-based make-up artist, Ijeoma Nweke. The court, presided over by Justice Kenneth Okpe, in a two-hour judgement on Wednesday, found the accused, Chiamaka Ifezue, guilty of killing the victim by forcing her to drink a poisonous [&h...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that no fewer than 67,315 eligible voters will participate in the February 3 re-run elections in Enugu State. INEC’s Head of Department for Voters Education and Publicity, Mr Rex Achumie, disclosed this to our correspondent in Enugu yesterday while speaking on the voting popula...
The Umu-Azoribe kindred, Ukana, in Udi Local Council of Enugu State, yesterday, revealed that their brother, Peter Okolongwu; wife, Petronilla, and two members of the family died of poisoning. Peter, his wife, and their nephew and niece, who were living with them, had died days apart after developing similar clinical manifestations on January ...
•IGP Kayode Egbetokun Obollo community in Udenu Local Council of Enugu State has urged the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Agbetokun, to act fast and nip in the bud alleged attempt by a former governor of the state to acquire communal land with support from security officials. The community made this known through a petition […]
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