Peter Obi, has said President Bola Tinubu should be recognised by the Guinness World Records for “causing Nigerians the most hardship.” Recall that Tinubu had recently bragged that he deserved to be included in the Guinness World Records over his performances in the country since he assumed office. Speaking in a recent interview, Peter Obi…
FEATURE In certain Southeast states, Mondays and any other day designated as a sit-at-home day—not public holidays— are off-limits to students. Large shopping centres like Roban Stores, Spar, and ShopRite, as well as several other large marketplaces like the main markets in Ogbete, Onitsha, Nnewi Automobile, and many other states like Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi, Imo,…
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, has given reasons for the poor electricity supply in Anambra and the Southeast states. A statement by EEDC Head of Corporate Communications Emeka Ezeh stated this, saying the company is seeking the understanding of its customers as it can only distribute what the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, allocates…
The Abia State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the recovery of government property and funds, headed by Justice Florence Duruoha-Igwe (Rtd), has granted bail to the former Chief of Staff to the immediate past Governor of the state, Prof ACB Agbazuere for five hundred thousand naira and one surety in like sum. Recall that the…
Former chairman of the Imo State Council of Traditional Rulers, Samuel Ohiri has stated that the police did not secure his release from his abductors. The traditional ruler was kidnapped in Orodo Mbaitoli LGA of Imo State on June 6, and was released after 12 days. The Imo Police Command had claimed it secured the…
The Labour Party in the South-East has said the 2023 presidential candidate of the party, Peter Obi, will not leave the party like the former Director General of Peter Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Organisation, who tendered a resignation a few days ago. This followed several issues that surrounded the party after the Supreme Court judgment upheld…
The Deputy Vice Chancellor of the Abia State University, Uturu, Professor Godwin Emezue, was on Friday abducted by hoodlums in Umuekwu Amachara, Umuahia South Local Government Area of the state. Disclosing this in a statement, the Public Relations Officer of the Abia State Police Command, ASP Maureen Chinaka, said the DVC was in company of…
The Abia State Government has advised the public not to make use of the Aro Ajatakiri stream in Ajata na Igu community in the Ikwuano Local Government Area of the State henceforth, saying the water in the stream has been contaminated and unfit for human consumption. The Commissioner for Environment, Philemon Ogbonna, gave the advice…
Enugu State Government has observed that scavengers with evil motives are infiltrating the state, breaking into people’s homes and stealing their valuables. The determined government has had reinforced their commitments to protect the lives of the citizens and safeguard their properties against intruders. Citing section 20 of Enugu State Environmental Law, the commissioner for environment,…
The Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ebonyi State, Stanley Okoro Emegha, on Friday, said there will be no second tenure for the council chairmen of the thirteen LGAs in the state. Emegha warned council chairmen not to think of second terms in office but be preoccupied with how to ensure the…
