According to a directive from Works Minister David Umahi, MTN must pay N15 billion per month to the contractors working on the Enugu-Onitsha Motorway or risk having their contracts revoked. A delegation from the Anambra and Enugu caucus of the 10th National Assembly paid the minister a courtesy call to request the Nigerian government’s intervention … [Read more…]
…As IGP Directs Due Enforcement Nationwide In line with the directive of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM., the Nigeria Police Force once again reiterates the enforcement of the Mandatory Third Party Insurance which will commence on February 1st, 2025. According to ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, … [Read more…]
Governor Hope Uzodimma has given the hint that a new Chief Judge will emerge in Imo State soon. Speaking Friday at the New Exco Chambers, Government House, Owerri, he demonstrated resolve to ensure adequate and most effective justice dispensation in the State, charging the newly inaugurated Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to commence, immediately, the process of … [Read more…]
The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, has said corps members would start receiving the new monthly allowance of N77,000 this February, 2025. Ahmed, who disclosed this on Thursday while addressing the 2024 Batch ‘C’ Stream 11 corps members in Katsina, said the allowance has been captured in the 2025 Federal … [Read more…]
The former Governor of Anambra State and the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, has declined the proposal to have a magnificent hall at Shanahan College of Nursing Sciences, Nsukka named after him. Speaking after Obi presented a cheque of N20 million to support the institution’s ongoing infrastructural development, the school’s manager, Rev. … [Read more…]
…Urges FG to revisit macroeconomic policies over hardship The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors Forum rose from its first 2025 monthly meeting held in Asaba, Delta State capital, on Friday, with a resolution backing the judgment of the Court of Appeal, which pronounced the former National Youth Leader of the party, Hon. S.K.E Udeh-Okoye, as … [Read more…]
The Enugu State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Labour Party, LP, governorship candidate in the 2023 general election, Hon. Chijioke Edeoga, have reopened talks that could pave way for the return of the erstwhile party member to the PDP fold. Edeoga, a former PDP Member of the House of Representatives between … [Read more…]
Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has ordered the immediate release of the sum of N548 million to the Nigerian Union of Teachers Endwell scheme which was withheld by the past administration. The release of the fund has therefore resolved the long-standing industrial dispute between the union and the Kaduna State Government. The acting Executive … [Read more…]
The Enugu State Police Command informs the public that the viral WhatsApp post alleging that “four persons were kidnapped and taken into the bush on Tuesday evening at Api-Opi, along Enugu/Opi/Nsukka Road” is false, malicious, and clearly intended to incite fear and panic. There was no such incident recorded on the said day and time … [Read more…]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has postponed the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination registration. The announcement was made on Friday on X by the Board’s Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, who revealed that the postponement is until Monday, February 3. The exercise was initially slated for Friday, January 31 but was shifted to “allow the … [Read more…]
…As PEBEC survey lists Enugu as one of the llikely states for multinationals investment expansion for the first time Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has assured prospective multinational corporations that his administration would work with them every step of the way to not only create an enabling business environment, but to also de-risk … [Read more…]
Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has said that President Bola Tinubu’s administration inherited 2,064 projects, totalling about N13 trillion. Today, those projects, he said, will be over N20 trillion, by reason of the floating of the naira and the removal of fuel subsidy. Umahi said this during a courtesy call by a delegation from the Anambra … [Read more…]