The Ahani Achi Development Union (ADU) in Oji River Local Government Area, Enugu State, has called on the state and federal governments, along with representatives from Enugu West Senatorial District, to invest in developmental projects within the Oji River Urban forest reserves. This appeal comes as a strategic measure to tackle the rising insecurity in…
A deadly accident occurred on Thursday along Warrake Road in Owan East Local Government Area, Edo State, when the campaign convoy of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the upcoming September 21 governorship election, Senator Monday Okpebholo, collided with a Toyota Camry. The collision tragically claimed the lives of five people. The accident happened…
The Federal Government has inaugurated a committee to examine the necessary adjustments in salaries related to the minimum wage of 70,000. The Committee is chaired by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation and comprises 16 members made up of 8 members each, from the Federal Government and the Trade Union sides. The…
The Federal Government has declared Monday, 16th September 2024, as a public holiday to mark the celebration of Eid-ul-Mawlid, the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. Me The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated the Muslim Ummah both at home and in the diaspora…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Friday, dared any Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governor and leader, to come on national television and call him a mole. Wike issued this threat in a television interview in Abuja. The FCT minister said, “Before I accepted my appointment as Minister, I wrote a…
The Abia State government has announced that schools in the state will now resume for the 2024/2025 academic year on Wednesday, September 23. Prince Okey Kanu, the Commissioner for Information and Culture, made the announcement during a briefing on the outcome of the State Executive Council meeting chaired by Governor Alex Otti on Monday. The…
IPOB in a statement issued on Monday by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, described the taxing of generator users by Governor Mbah and Governor Uzodinma as anti-people and anti-economic action. The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has asked Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State and Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State to immediately…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention says 55 confirmed Monkeypox cases have been recorded out of 935 suspected cases across 39 local government areas in 21 states, and the Federal Capital Territory. This is according to the Mpox situation report for week 35, ending September 1, 2024, obtained from the NCDC on Monday….
The Enugu State Government has issued a stern warning to butchers and poultry farmers to desist from the unwholesome practice of the sale of animals and chickens that died under mysterious circumstances. The warning, contained in a press statement jointly signed by the Commissioner for Health, Ikechukwu Obi, and the Commissioner for Agriculture and Agro-Industrialisation,…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed indefinitely its scheduled National Caucus and National Executive Committee (NEC) meetings slated for Wednesday and Thursday, September 11 and 12, respectively. APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, who announced the development in terse statement on Monday night, said new dates for the meetings will be communicated in…
