The Enugu State Government has nullified the underage marriage between a teenage girl, Precious Oyiga, aged 15, and an adult man in Enugu Ezike, Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area, Sopuluchukwu Odoh, who is 33 years old, after disturbing images and reports of the incident went viral on social media. The Commissioner for Children, Gender Affairs … [Read more…]
The simmering leadership crisis in the Enugu chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) assumed a new dimension on Friday after Barr. Steve Oruruo declared that both a subsisting court judgment and the PDP Constitution have conclusively settled the question of who leads the party in the state. Addressing journalists at a press briefing, Oruruo … [Read more…]
By Muiz Banire In the last two weeks, the wave of violence in the country, be it terrorism, kidnapping, or banditry, has become a disturbing phenomenon. While the reality validates this position, the rate of sensationalism and hyperbole involved in the reportage of these incidents is, however, worrisome. As Nigerians wake up daily, they are confronted … [Read more…]
By Dr. Brian Vincent Ikejiaku Introduction The prosecution of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), remains one of the most complex intersections of law, politics, and international relations in contemporary Nigeria. His trial – originating from alleged acts of terrorism, secessionist agitation, and unlawful broadcasting – has become a crucible … [Read more…]
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Enugu State Chapter has commended the re-election of Dr. Uchenna Cyril Anioke as a Director/ member of the International Publishers Association (IPA) Executive Committee. In a congratulatory message by the Chairman of NUJ Enugu, Comrade Obinna Ogbuka, described Dr. Anioke as a distinguished journalist, publisher, and writer who has … [Read more…]
Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has officially joined the African Democratic Congress, months after leaving the All Progressives Congress. The former governor registered with the ADC and collected his membership card at the party office in U/Sarki Ward, Kaduna State. Recall that on March 10, the former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory … [Read more…]
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, said on Thursday that the Nigeria Police Force has recalled a total of 11,566 personnel attached to private citizens across the country. The withdrawal, according to the IGP, followed the order by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The IGP, at a meeting with strategic police officers in Abuja, … [Read more…]
By Uche Anichukwu While discussing the 2025 edition of BudgIT’s State of the State Report, an annual publication that evaluates long-term fiscal performance and sustainability of Nigerian states, Arise News ace presenter and social activist, Rufai Oseni, described Enugu State’s emergence as the likeliest state to survive outside of the receipts from the Federation Account … [Read more…]
The Enugu State Police Command has recorded further breakthroughs in its sustained efforts to clamp down on cultism, illicit drug activities, and associated crimes across the State. This follows the raid of criminal hideouts, the arrest of three male suspects for cultism and drug peddling, and the recovery of large quantities of Ghanaian Loud and … [Read more…]
…Charges Tinubu to Confront Issues The debate over rising insecurity took a fiery turn in the Senate on Wednesday as Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (Abia South) berated the President Bola Tinubu’s administration for failing to hold the military accountable for the withdrawal of troops from a Kebbi school where dozens of students were recently abducted. Speaking … [Read more…]
…Observer Missions, Former Heads Of Gov’t Trapped in Guinea‑Bissau The election observation missions to Guinea-Bissau set up by the African Union and Economic Community of West African States, and the West African Elders Forum, have condemned the halt of the announcement of presidential and legislative elections and subsequent military takeover in the West African country. … [Read more…]
Echoes of state police, true federalism and effective grassroots security reverberated loudly yesterday as governors of southern states met in Iperu, Ogun State to discuss the state of the nation. Governors of Ekiti, Enugu, Ondo, Rivers, Abia, Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi, Anambra, Lagos, Bayelsa and Imo states were in attendance while governors of Cross Rivers, Edo, Oyo … [Read more…]