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ENUGU: Nweke, APGA Guber candidate condemns demolition of Kenyatta market by state govt …Promises greater sensitivity and accountability in decision making if elected Chetanne Chinelo, Enugu The Enugu State Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Frank Nweke II, has described the demolition of Kenyatta market by agents of the state government as … [Read more…]
After about 15 years of negotiation on how to move to a more befitting permanent site, the Kenyatta building materials market located along Kenyatta Street in Uwani- Enugu has been demolished by the Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority (ECTDA), on Thursday. The permanent site for the market located at Ugwuaji, along Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway, has … [Read more…]
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it has no preference among the political parties or candidates in the next year’s presidential election. Its Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, who gave the assurance in his keynote address at the fourth Abubakar Momoh memorial lecture in Abuja, yesterday, promised to ensure all valid votes count and winners decided … [Read more…]
Ahead of the 2023, general elections, the police force headquarters is organizing an election security management workshop to educate police personnel, the military, paramilitary and the public. The workshop titled “Enhancing national security capacity for a secure and credible electoral process in Nigeria”, is being organized by the Nigerian Police force and Solar security and … [Read more…]
INSECURITY: No single country can contain challenges of insecurity – Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has said the challenges of insecurity across the globe cannot be contained by one single country. The President said this Tuesday while receiving Letters of Credence of Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ambassador James Kingston Christoff and Ambassador of Mexico to … [Read more…]
Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says he is worried about the ongoing ASUU strike, promising Nigerian youths students’ loans if elected president in 2023. He also called for increased collaboration between the UK and Nigeria on issues of mutual benefits. He made the call on Monday in Abuja … [Read more…]
Leader of terrorist group Al Qaeda Ayman al-Zawahri has been killed by a U.S. drone strike. On Monday, President Joe Biden announced that the operation had delivered justice, adding that “one more measure of closure” would’ve been provided to families of the victims of the 9/11 attacks on the United States in 2001. “Justice has … [Read more…]
Despite filling stations across the nation now selling petrol way above the approved N165 per litre, the federal government claims it has not removed subsidies on the essential commodity. Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, disclosed this while speaking with journalists on Monday in Abuja. The minister spoke on the sidelines of the … [Read more…]
Nigerian award-winning film actress Hilda Dokubo and her colleague, Lizzy Gold Onuwaje have both reacted to the kidnap of their colleagues. On Thursday 28th of July, Nollywood thespians Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Cornel were kidnapped in Ozalla town, Enugu while returning from a movie set. It was learnt that the abductors of the film stars … [Read more…]
The killing, on Friday, of a Nigerian street vendor, Alika Ogorchukwu, in a beach town in Italy has elicited outrage. A video footage, widely circulated on Italian news websites and social media, showed how an aggressive man beat and strangled Ogorchukwu, a physically challenged, to death. Italian police said they had arrested the murderer. The … [Read more…]
Following the lingering insecurity in the country cum the recent attacks in Abuja, the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has warned South-East politicians to jettison the idea of returning to the region without its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The residents of Abuja have been gripped with fear, following incessant attacks by terrorists last week. Many … [Read more…]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended the ongoing strike by another four weeks. ASUU president, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, disclosed the union’s decision in a press statement on Monday. He said the National Executive Council (NEC) of the Union took the decision after extensive deliberations on government’s past failures to abide by its … [Read more…]