•Late Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu The Enugu State Waste Management Authority has cancelled the monthly clean-up exercise that was scheduled to be held on Saturday, October 26, 2024. A statement today by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Water and Waste, Andreas Gebauer, said the cancellation was due to the state-wide funeral rites in honour of [&...
•Festus-Keyamo Five airports are set for concession, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has said. Keyamo spoke when he received the Regional Vice President (Africa and Middle East) of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Kamil Awdhi, at the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja, reports The Nation. A state...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu, today, upheld the ruling of the House of Representatives tribunal that sacked the member representing Igboeze North/Udenu federal constituency, Hon. Simon Atigwe. The appellate court rather returned the candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Hon Dennis Nnamdi Agbo who was declared winner in the February 25, 20...
•Kidnappers’ den in Enugu The Enugu State Government has demolished yet another property linked to kidnapping activities in the state, warning landlords that it would not entertain any excuses in enforcing relevant laws of the state mandating the government to bring down any property linked to such evil acts. Section 315 (Second Amendmen...
A police officer has allegedly shot a man dead in the Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State. The incident happened on June 23 at Echara Road in Nsukka, according to police authorities in the South-East state. Confirming the incident in a statement yesterday, the Enugu Police Public Relations Officer, Daniel Ndukwe, said the Commissioner ...
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 ...

