The Unubiko Foundation has officially unveiled an N300m scholarship grant for Abia State students. The unveiling ceremony took place during a thanksgiving service held at the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria in Atan Abam, Arochukwu Local Government Area, recently. The Founder of Unubiko Foundation, Chief James Ume, announced the N300 million scholarship fund earlier this month…
MTN Nigeria has reaffirmed its commitment to the completion of the reconstruction of Enugu- Onitsha expressway under the federal government’s Road Infrastructure Tax Credit Scheme (RITC). The Enugu-Onitsha Expressway is a vital link connecting major economic hubs in the southeastern region of Nigeria. Through the Public-Private Partnership signed with the Federal Government of Nigeria, the…
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State, Samuel Anyanwu has been restrained by the High Court of Enugu State from parading himself as National Secretary of the party. The restraining order was handed down in a judgment delivered on Thursday by Justice C.O. Ajah in a suit with number E/882/2023, filed by…
Mayhem in Bokkos and Barkin Ladin LGA last week The Senate has summoned security chiefs and others over Christmas Eve killings in Plateau State. Those summoned include the Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, the Director General of the National…
Abia Deputy Governor, Ikechukwu Emetu The Deputy Governor of Abia State, Ikechukwu Emetu, has said all lingering boundary crises between Abia communities and their neighbours from other states would soon be resolved. He gave the assurance at the Okai Item Day celebration organized by the Okai Item Development Association (OIDA) in Bende Local Government Area,…
Umuahia Plaza razed by fire with millions destroyed Goods and other properties valued at about N70 million were destroyed in a fire incident at No. 2C, Aba road, opposite Penco Plaza in Umuahia, Abia State, on Thursday night. Several mails containing international passports were also burnt during the inferno. Although the cause of the fire…
Suspect Amanda Uchechi who allegedly shot her Police Officer lover, Cosmas Ugwu in Imo A 23-year-old girl, Amanda Uchechi Ugo of Umumbiri in Ahaizu Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo state confessed to killing her police boyfriend last Tuesday. Amanda said during police interrogation that she shot Police Corporal, Cosmas Ugwu, who was her lover…
The younger brother to the Minister of Works, Chief Austin Umahi, has withdrawn his senatorial ambition in the February 3 re-run election. In a statement that was signed on behalf of the family by High Chief Nwaze Umahi and made available to journalists by Chief Austin Umahi, he was prevailed upon by his family members…
The Bayelsa State Government has invited the parents of a four-year-old girl and the 54-year-old man involved in a purported marriage in the Akeddei community in the Sagbama Local Government Area of the state. The state government, through the Ministry of Women Affairs, Children and Social Development and the State Gender Response Initiative Team, GRIT,…
A woman reportedly lost her life while two others were injured in a road accident that occurred along the Okija-Owerri Expressway in Anambra State on Thursday. The accident involved a Nissan commercial bus with registration number: NEM608XA and a Nissan Pathfinder Jeep. An eyewitness said the driver of the Nissan Pathfinder Jeep while driving against…
