The people of Ameze Owerre, Umabor community in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State have recovered a decomposing abducted corpse of a kinsman, Israel Ugwuanyi, who died in Lagos. Ugwuanyi’s body was abducted by gunmen who also kidnapped all family members and the driver conveying his remains to Nsukka for funeral rites on Sunday…
A bill seeking to establish the South East Development Commission (SEDC) enjoyed the Senate’s resolve on Wednesday, to forward it to the House of Representatives concurrence. The Upper Chamber also passed for second reading a bill seeking to establish similar commissions in the South West, and North Central regions, to be named the South West…
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has called for support from the United States consulate in promoting trade, investment and other areas of interest in the state. The Governor made the appeal on Wednesday when he received in audience, the Political and Economic Section Chief of the US Consulate, Lagos, Mike Ervin, who was in the…
Abia State House of Assembly has passed a resolution mandating the state government through the Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Industry, Ministries of Environment and Homeland Security to go against the siting of scrap dump sites in the state without the government’s approval. This followed a motion on the need for immediate intervention by the…
The immediate past Commissioner for Works, Ralph Nwosu at the instance of Governor Hope Uzodimma, today led officials of Ministry of Works and team of development partners on a post completion inspection visit to Owerri-Orlu Road, Owerri – Okigwe Road and the Balloon technology flood control tunnel, situate in dick tiger Road. The inspection exercise…
A former Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON), Osita Okechukwu, has said the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, is not fit to continue as the Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF). In a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, Okechukwu appealed to the Forum to immediately remove Uzodinma as chairman for the mismanagement of…
The Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court sitting at the Chief Magistrate’s Court in Awka, has remanded a lawyer, Adachukwu Okafor, at the State Criminal and Investigative Department custody in Awka, for allegedly inflicting physical injuries on the body of her 11-year-old housekeeper. Okafor, who resides at Chris Igwilo Street Akapka GRA, 3-3 Onitsha of…
Embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has demanded N1bn damages from Senate President Godswill Akpabio for alleged defamation. Emefiele’s lawyer, Matthew Burkaa, in a notice to the Senate President dated February 19, 2024, faulted a “we don’t know what to charge Emefiele with” statement credited to Akpabio on February…
The Abia state govt and has reacted to the street protest by the Umuahia Butchers Association over an unfounded speculation that it plans to relocate the abattoir to another area. The government described the protest as ill-conceived, saying there was no truth in the speculate. Recall that the butchers took to the streets of the…
The Abia State Government, through the Department of Climate Change of the Ministry of Environment and Urban Renewal, has expressed concern over the recent changes in the climate, resulting in heat waves during the day and at night. The adverse effects of the current situation ranges from dehydration which can lead to fainting, outbreak of…
