The Anambra State Pilgrims Office has welcomed the lifting of the suspension on Christian pilgrimage to the Holy Land by the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC). The Executive Secretary of the NCPC, Rt. Rev. Stephen Adegbite, announced the lifting of the ban on Saturday, August 1, 2026, from Jerusalem, following an assessment of the security…
Otti Commissions 20 Electric Buses UMUAHIA — Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, has commissioned 20 additional electric buses for the state’s Green Shuttle fleet and extended the operational hours of the Abia State Road Traffic and Safety Management Agency and other traffic enforcement authorities to 10pm daily, including weekends. Otti announced the measures on…
AWKA — Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has inspected the ongoing reconstruction and infrastructural upgrade of the Onitsha Main Market, assuring traders that the project is progressing steadily ahead of the 2026 Christmas shopping season. Soludo, who toured the market to assess the pace and quality of work, interacted with traders and sought their…
The Enugu State Police Command has condoled with the family of Insp. Ikechukwu Obodo, who was killed in a hit-and-run road accident on Bisala Road, Enugu, on July 5, 2026. The Commissioner of Police, CP Mamman Bitrus Giwa, expressed his condolences during a visit to the deceased officer’s wife and family on Wednesday. The visit…
The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State has tasked parents and guardians on children and youth proper upbringing to stem use of hard drugs/substances that encourage cultism and other vices. Giwa gave the task on Tuesday during the official Re-Launch of Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV) in Enugu State and Stakeholders Meeting…
ENUGU, NIGERIA — The National Population Commission (NPC) has commenced the full digital registration of births and deaths in Enugu State under its Electronic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics system, E-CRVS. The NPC Federal Commissioner representing Enugu State, Hon. Ejike Ezeh, disclosed this on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, during a joint media briefing at the…
ENUGU, NIGERIA — The Enugu State Council of Presidents-General of Town Unions on Tuesday endorsed Hon. Chimaobi Atu, the member representing Enugu North/South Federal Constituency, for a second term in the House of Representatives. The council announced the decision during a courtesy visit to the lawmaker at his residence in Ugwuaji, Enugu. Speaking on behalf…
File Photo: President Tinubu The Federal Government has directed vice-chancellors, rectors and provosts of tertiary institutions across Nigeria to dismiss any student found, after due investigation, to have participated in or planned the kidnapping of fellow students. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, gave the directive in Abuja during a meeting with the Pro-Chancellor,…
Protesters at the MainPower Electricity Distribution Limited office in Awkunanaw District, Enugu. ENUGU, NIGERIA — Residents of Onu-Agu village in Amechi Awkunanaw, Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State, have appealed to Governor Peter Mbah and MainPower Electricity Distribution Limited to restore electricity to the community after more than three months of blackout. The…
The Abia Government has disbursed N1.2 billion to support 81 vulnerable groups through life-saving medical interventions and other social protection programmes. The state Commissioner for Information, Mr Okey Kanu, who disclosed this on Monday while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the State Executive Council meeting, in Umuahia Kanu said that the disbursement was done…
