The National Agency For Food and Drug Administration and Control ( NAFDAC) has commenced mop up of alcoholic drinks in packaging materials it banned in all parts of Enugu. The agency disclosed that it banned alcoholic drinks in sachets and small bottles below 200ml, adding that the timeline it gave to companies has elapsed. NAFDAC…
Former Senate Minority Leader and current senator representing Abia South, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has said the arrest and continued detention of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu, by the Federal Government, is a major factor contributing to the escalating insecurity in the South East region of Nigeria. Speaking at an event in Enugu,…
ABC Transport has confirmed that its driver and two passengers on board one of its luxurious vehicles headed for Abuja en route Enugu were indeed held hostage by unknown gun men. Following the video circulated on the social media about the attack on the company’s vehicle, it issued a press statement on Monday confirming not…
The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Prof. Abayomi Fasina, has urged the Federal and state governments to be more innovative by investing in the development of robotics technology to tackle kidnapping, banditry and other criminalities beleaguering the country. Fasina urged the government at all levels to provide an enabling environment that…
Chief Justice of Nigeria Olukayode Ariwoola is scheming to install his daughter as a judge on the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, the country’s seat of power, Peoples Gazette learnt through documents and judiciary sources familiar with the process. Oluwakemi Victoria Ariwoola is the latest beneficiary of an active determination of the nation’s…
Family members of abducted pupils and teachers of the Apostolic Faith Group of Schools, Emure-Ekiti, have said that they gave tramadol, N15 million, and fried rice as ransom to secure the release of the hostages. Gunmen had last Monday ambushed the school bus conveying the pupils and staff to Eporo-Ekiti and whisked away five pupils…
Ifeanyi Ubah, a member representing Anambra South senatorial district in the National Assembly, has expressed gratitude to the electorate for ensuring victory for the Young Progressives Party (YPP) on Saturday. Mr Ubah made this commendation while reacting to the outcome of the rerun elections in Nnewi on Sunday. In the election rerun for Nnewi North/Nnewi…
Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, says his principal, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, saved Nigeria from economic recession in 2023. Onanuga disclosed this in his response to Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, in the February 2023 election. Recall that the former Vice President, Atiku,…
Fiery Enugu priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, on Sunday, tackled the President Bola Tinubu administration over the level of insecurity and hardship in Nigeria. Mbaka, who said there were many obstacles on Tinubu’s way to becoming the president, including the Naira redesign policy, said he succeeded by an act of providence. He, however, said the…
Enugu State Government has constituted a standing committee for property, land reconciliation and compensation with the mandate to review all title documents, construction approvals, double and wrongful allocations, and double certificates of occupancy, as well as evaluate compensations in respect of the government’s acquired lands, among other functions. Residents of the state have welcomed the…
