Governor Peter Mbah Thursday, the New Enugu City Management Agency bill scaled through the second reading in the parliament. The bill, if passed, is designed to decongest the Enugu metropolis. Leading a debate on the bill, the member representing Ezeagu Constituency, Chima Obieze, said the idea of creating a new Enugu city was commendable because…
Amaja, a community in Enugu- Ezike situated in Igbo Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State, has placed a curse on adulterated palm wine dealers. The development followed unending complaints by members of the community about the activities of some palm wine dealers who were accused of engaging in adulteration of palm wine. This…
Governor Chukwuma Soludo Governor Chukwuma Soludo has sponsored the Anambra Startup Team, Foris Labs, to participate in the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield in California, United States of America. Foris Labs, which is an Anambra-based startup, is a gamified virtual science lab startup simplifying complexities of science experiments, and the startup was selected among top startups to…
Eze Ohiri The Imo Commissioner of Police, Danjuma Aboki said security agencies have successfully rescued the kidnapped former chairman of the Imo State Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Samuel Ohiri. The abduction of the traditional ruler occurred approximately two weeks ago when gunmen invaded his palace, coinciding with the state’s celebration of a crime-free Christmas…
Abia CP in apology visit to ABN studios in Umuahia Abia State Police Commissioner, Mr Kenechukwu Onwuemelie has visited the headquarters of All Breaking News (ABN) on Azikiwe Road Umuahia, to conduct an assessment of the station. Recall that some Policemen on Tuesday, stormed the live studio of the station to effect the arrest of…
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, of the Abia State University Uturu, have suspended their strike action seven days after they downed tools. The union suspended the industrial action after it held an emergency congress today at the university’s main campus in Uturu, where the academic staff resolved to return to class….
The agro seedlings handing over ceremony About 2,000 households in Anambra State have received agriculture inputs from the Federal Government through the National Emergency Management Agency. The NEMA team lead from Abuja, Olusegun Afolayan, said on Thursday that the input distribution was the final phase of the exercise which started in September last year. He…
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has listed Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former CBN governor Khaleefa Sanusi II and 17 other prominent people as members of his newly inaugurated Global Economy Council. The governor who announced on Thursday, January 18 2024 during the inauguration of the economic council stated that the team aimed at building Abia into…
Prominent businessman Chief Chris Odinaka Igwe on Tuesday dumped the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC) after a marathon meeting with the lawmaker representing Abia North Senatorial District, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu. A source close to the former Abia State Governor confirmed the defection of Chief Igwe, along with over 5,000…
A former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, senatorial aspirant for Enugu North District, Chief Chinedu Eya has told outgoing council chairmen in the state to brace for probe and possible prosecution. Eya said going by observed maladministration by some of the council helmsmen, they would not escape probe to be initiated by the Governor of Enugu…
