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The Enugu State Government has concluded a multi-million dollar agreement with Del-York Group to construct a state-of-the-art entertainment and sports park in the state. Governor Peter Mbah, while signing the venture agreement with the investors over the weekend at the Government House, Enugu, said investors have started picking interest in the state in their numbers … [Read more…]

In a joint operation, the Federal Capital Territory Police anti-kidnapping squad, in collaboration with the Nigerian Army, successfully rescued five out of the six Al-Kadriyar sisters abducted from the Bwari area of Abuja in early January. The kidnapped victims from Zuma 1 area in the Bwari Area Council were rescued from the Kajuru forest in … [Read more…]

…Vows to protect investors’ interest, rights …Police arrest suspected kidnappers, recover 8 riffles, surveillance gadgets Following the trending videos of demolition of properties at the Enugu Lifestyle and Golf City, also known as Enugu Centenary City, the Enugu State government has refuted the videos, saying it only demolished illegal and uncompleted structures, among them buildings, … [Read more…]

In a bid to get rid of ghost workers and ensure an effective and productive workforce in the local government administration in the state, the Enugu State Government has begun the physical verification of local government workers in the state. Workers in the local government have also commended the exercise as overdue, saying it would … [Read more…]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has re-arraigned a former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele before Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja. According to a post by the EFCC on their official X handle, he was re-arraigned on Friday, January 19, 2024 on … [Read more…]

Supreme Court Upholds PDP’s Oborevwori As Delta State Governor The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Oborevwori of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the March 18 governorship election. But unsatisfied, the three parties headed to the court. While Oborevwori was victorious in the tribunal and at the appeal court, the parties … [Read more…]

The Nigerian government is to pay the sum of N1.6 trillion as subsidies for electricity consumers in 2024, as the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) reviews existing tariffs to avert adverse impact of additional charges on consumers. The Chairman of NERC, Sanusi Garba, who disclosed this at a Press briefing in Abuja the nation’s capital, … [Read more…]

Nigeria’s Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has implored African leaders to work towards ramping up the continent’s $3.1 trillion Gross Domestic Product (GDP), amounting to a paltry three per cent of the overall global GDP. Senator Shettima who gave the charge during the African Economy of Scale Plenary on the sidelines of the ongoing World … [Read more…]

Chetanne Chinelo, Enugu Determined to put an end to open defecation within the local government area, lawmakers of Udenu LGA of Enugu State have held a public hearing to pass the bye-law prohibiting open defecation and other related offences. The public hearing which was held on Thursday, January 18, 2024, at the local government Council … [Read more…]

The Nigerian Army has attributed the death of a soldier deployed for standby duty at the Headquarters 81 Division Nigerian Army (NA) cantonment in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, to an accidental discharge due to negligence. This contradicts reports alleging that a soldier of the 35 Artillery Brigade took his own life due to non-payment … [Read more…]

An operative of the Nigerian Army, attached to 35 Artillery Brigade, Alamala, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Boyi ThankGod, has allegedly shot himself in the head and died immediately. A source in the Army, who pleaded for anonymity, said the soldier killed himself while on standby duty on Monday, the day Nigeria marked Armed Forces Remembrance Day. … [Read more…]

Two people have been confirmed dead and 77 others injured in the explosion that occurred in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Tuesday evening. The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, who visited the scene of the explosion, confirmed the casualties. He also said the explosion occurred at Adeyi Avenue, Bodija, although it was heard and felt in … [Read more…]