By Izunna Okafor, Awka What could be best described as divergent reactions have been sparked off on social media, following the circulation of a viral video showing a man who constructed an electric car that also utilizes solar energy in Nnewi, the automobile hub of Anambra State. The 20-second video captures the innovator test-running…
In accordance with the directive from Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, the state government has begun disbursing gratuities to civil servants who retired from January of this year. Confirming this development to reporters in his office on Tuesday, State Accountant General Mr. Anthony Okenwa explained that the process started with those retirees who had…
The Enugu State Government has disbanded an illegal anti-scavenger taskforce which has been allegedly extorting unsuspecting members of the public, even as it vowed to go after impersonators, arrest and jail them in order to deter future criminal behaviours, adding that Governor Peter Mbah’s administration was committed to running a transparent and accountable government. The…
Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has dismissed claims that he banned evangelism in the state, clarifying that his focus was strictly on curbing noise pollution, which is already prohibited under an existing public health law. Soludo faced criticism after a viral video showed him confronting an unidentified street preacher in a market on Saturday….
The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has urged governors in the Southeast region and religious leaders to place a ban on keeping de@d bodies in mortuaries. The group also called on churches to ban bringing in de@d bodies in caskets into the church during funerals. Comrade Uchenna Madu, Leader…
The Nigerian House of Representatives has issued an order to the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC. The House ordered NCC to block all p0rnographic sites in the country. The House wants the Commission to compel on all internet service providers to block all such contents with immediate effect. An All Progressives Congress, APC, lawmaker from Katsina…
Enugu State has a new Commissioner of Police as CP Mamman Bitrus Giwa officially takes over from AIG Kanayo Uzuegbu, who was recently promoted and redeployed. The Enugu State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Daniel Ndukwe, confirmed Giwa’s appointment on Tuesday. A native of Paikoro, Niger State, CP Giwa holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics…
Suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central, has taken her battle against Senate President Godswill Akpabio to the international stage. Speaking at the Women in Parliament session during the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) meeting at the United Nations in New York which started trending on Tuesday, she called for justice and intervention from global democratic…
The Federal High Court of Nigeria has clarified that no judge on its bench stepped down from the trial of Biafra nation agitator Nnamdi Kanu on terrorism charges. The court also denied the claim attributed to its Chief Judge, John Tsoho, that Kanu’s arrest and detention were illegal. In a statement on Tuesday in Abuja,…
The wife of the Abia State governor, Mrs Priscilla Otti, and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intervened in the case of Miss Glory Benjamin, who is suffering from a drug-induced mental health crisis. A press statement from the office of the Governor’s wife on Tuesday stated that Mrs Otti reached out to…
