The Federal Government has commenced emergency remedial works to contain an erosion threat along the Obosi Bypass in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra. The Anambra State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Arc. Okey Ezeobi, disclosed this on Thursday after inspecting the affected corridor with officials of the Federal Ministry of Works. Ezeobi said…
The Enugu State Commissioner of Police, CP Mamman Giwa, on Thursday led heads of sister security and law enforcement agencies in the state to pay tribute to the late Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Corps Commander Franklin Onyekwelu Agbakoba. Giwa led members of the Forum of Interagency Security Heads in Enugu State…
The Enugu State Government has clarified that it plans to dispose of only unserviceable assets located at selected government facilities, and not the facilities or institutions themselves. The Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development, Dr. Nathaniel Urama, made the clarification in a statement issued in Enugu on Wednesday, August 27, 2026, following reports circulating on…
ENUGU— The Managing Director, Enugu East Senatorial District Bus Terminal, High Chief John Egbo, has endorsed Gov. Peter Mbah for re-election in the 2027 Enugu State governorship election. Egbo, also known as De Sheriff, gave the endorsement on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026, at the ALGON Office, Enugu, during a one-day grand endorsement retreat organised by…
SALAGA— The Member of Parliament for Salaga-South Constituency, Hajia Zuwera Mohammed Ibrahimah, has urged National Democratic Congress (NDC) branch executives and members to remain united and committed to strengthening the party ahead of the 2028 general elections. Ibrahimah made the call during a three-day tour of electoral areas in the constituency where she engaged party…
A five-month-old baby girl and her mother have been rescued from a canal at Abule-Ado along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway by operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps, popularly known as KAI. The rescue was carried out on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, during routine clearance operations in the Abule-Ado area, according to the agency’s spokesperson,…
UMUAHIA — The Abia Government and the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the construction of an access road across the railway corridor linking Okpara Square and Akanu Ibiam Street (Goodshed) to Bende Road in Umuahia. The MoU was signed at the Governor’s Office, Umuahia, as part of efforts…
PORT HARCOURT— Rivers Governor Siminalayi Fubara on Wednesday commissioned the 14.5-kilometre Agba-Ndele Road and a 239.4-metre bridge linking communities in Emohua and Abua-Odual Local Government Areas of the state. Fubara, who spoke at the commissioning ceremony at Elegedi Junction, Agba-Ndele, said the projects were designed to improve connectivity, ease transportation and open up the area…
AWKA— A 20-year-old man, identified as Pascal Ogbogu, has allegedly killed his 56-year-old father with a machete at Abatete, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra. The spokesperson for the Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Wednesday in Awka. Ikenga said preliminary information indicated that the…
ENUGU— The Enugu State Commissioner of Police, CP Mamman Giwa, has urged political parties to ensure peaceful and violence-free campaigns ahead of the 2027 General Elections. Giwa made the call on Wednesday in Enugu at an interactive meeting with political party leaders, held under the umbrella of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCESS)….
