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The Ebonyi State Government says it will establish a state-owned cement factory as part of its drive to accelerate industrial growth. Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru made the announcement on Friday during the public presentation of the state’s 2026 budget for citizens’ inputs. Nwifuru commended President Bola Tinubu for what he described as bold economic and … [Read more…]
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State on Friday visited the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, at the Sokoto Correctional Centre, assuring him that efforts to secure his release have entered a more decisive phase. Otti told Kanu that engagements he initiated over two years ago — which the … [Read more…]
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has begun enforcement actions on 1,095 property titles revoked over non-payment of statutory land charges, the Minister’s media aide, Lere Olayinka, said on Friday. According to Olayinka, the affected properties cut across Asokoro, Maitama, Garki and Wuse districts of the Federal Capital City (FCC). He said the minister approved … [Read more…]
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 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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
The Senate on Wednesday resolved to amend Nigeria’s Anti-Terrorism Act to prescribe a death penalty without the option of a fine for all kidnapping offences. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced the decision after a majority of senators supported the proposal through a voice vote during plenary. The resolution followed an additional prayer moved by Abdul Ningi, … [Read more…]
The schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS) Maga in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State have regained their freedom. A source familiar with the government’s coordinated rescue effort disclosed that their release followed a non-kinetic intervention spearheaded by the Federal Government. According to the source, the operation succeeded through close … [Read more…]
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday led a Senate delegation to condole with the family of Senator Okechukwu Ezea, who died on November 18. The Senate had earlier adjourned Tuesday’s plenary to allow senators to pay a condolence visit to the Abuja home of the senator who, until his death, represented Enugu … [Read more…]