The Association of Newspaper Vendors in Anambra State has taken a bold step by going on strike due to the continuous harassment and destruction of their newsstands and newspapers by officials of the Anambra State Government. In response to this ongoing harassment, the vendors lodged a complaint with the police and the Department of State…
Anambra State Housing Commissioner, Hon Pauly Onyeka, recently urged real estate developers to enhance the quality of their estates by adopting Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s solution master plan for constructing livable housing in the state. This call was made during a visit by the executives of the Anambra State Chapter of Real Estate Developers Association of…
 A stalwart of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abia State, Augustine Uchenna Stephen on Friday, dumped the party, alleging that the party ‘is not in order’. In a resignation letter addressed to the state Party Chairman and his Ward Chairman in Ubakala Ward B, Umuahia South LGA, Stephen said he made the decision…
Vice President Kashim ShetÂtima is expected to launch the Light Up South East Initiative to accelerate power supply to inÂdustrial clusters in the region. The launch will hold on Monday, February 26, 2024 in Enugu, the Enugu State capital. According to the presidency, it is in continuation of the onÂgoing efforts to improve enerÂgy supply…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned manufacturers and dealers in regulated products to desist from producing and selling fake and substandard items. The South East Zonal Director of the agency, Mr Martins Iluyomade, issued the warning at a stakeholders’ meeting on Friday in Owerri. The meeting was organised by…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested ten suspects for their alleged involvement in illegal mining activities at different mining sites in Umuahia, the Abia State capital. While parading the suspects in Umuahia on Friday, the State Commandant Usman Ishaq Alfadarai, said the arrest was made in strict compliance with the directives…
Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has said that the South East Governors are working together to achieve regional integration, despite party leanings. Otti, who stated this while receiving a delegation of a joint body of South East Council of traditional rulers and representatives of Igbo Archbishops and Bishops, led by the Obi of…
Some residents of Surulere area of Lagos State were seen scooping oil after a 33,000 liter tanker crashed on Friday. It was suspected that the tanker, which was carrying motor oil, accidentally overturned while traveling up the Dorman Long Bridge opposite Abalti Barracks on Western Avenue. First responders currently on the scene include the Lagos…
The Nigerian Senate has passed a bill for an Act to establish the South-East Development Commission (SEDC). The Bill was passed after it was read for the third time during the plenary of the upper chamber on Thursday and will be transmitted to President Bola Tinubu for assent. The Bill was initially passed by the…
Corpses in mortuaries in several Nigerian Army bases are reportedly decomposing due to the ongoing power outage, according to Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja. This was revealed by Lagbaja when he paid the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu a visit to seek intervention about its N42 billion debt to the Abuja Electricity…
