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…
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…
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 Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, CP Mamman Giwa, has called for sustained interstate operational synergy between the Enugu and Benue police commands to tackle crimes across the two states. Giwa made the call during his routine patrol through Udenu, the Enugu-Opi-Nsukka Road and the Enugu-Benue boundary, where he met the Otukpa…
The Commissioner of Police in Anambra, Mr Nnanna Ama, has urged communities and residents to provide timely and credible information to the police to enhance crime prevention and security in the state. SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the Police Public Relations Officer in Anambra, quoted Ama in a statement as saying this on Tuesday in Awka, during…
AWKA —The Management of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, has suspended Prof. Ifeanyi Sunny Odinye, a lecturer in the Department of Chinese Studies, for three months with half salary following the preliminary findings of a six-member investigative panel into an incident involving the lecturer and a student. The university also referred the student involved, Chikamso Favour…
ENUGU— The Enugu State Police Command says its operatives have rescued three victims of abduction and recovered two locally made firearms, ammunition and other exhibits following a carjacking incident in Enugu. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Enugu. Ndukwe said operatives attached to the…
ENUGU— The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Enugu State Command, has arrested a woman, Mrs Serah Uchechukwu Onyemerela, for allegedly defrauding 16 job seekers of N6.139 million under the guise of securing employment for them. The Commandant of the NSCDC in Enugu, Dr Elijah Willie, disclosed this on Monday while briefing journalists on…
ENUGU— The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) branch, has suspended its two-week warning strike with immediate effect, paving the way for the resumption of academic activities at the institution. The Acting Chairman of ASUU-ESUT, Dr Andrew Apeh, announced the suspension during a press briefing in Enugu,…
