ENUGU— The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, CP Mamman Giwa, has received the 2025 Best Crime Busting Police Chief in West Africa award, while the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Daniel Ndukwe, received the Best Police Public Relations Officer in Nigeria award. The awards were presented on Sunday at the Enugu State…
CAIRO — An Egyptian court has sentenced television presenter Sarah Khalifa and 11 other defendants to death by hanging after convicting them in a major drug manufacturing and trafficking case. The Cairo Criminal Court delivered the verdict on Saturday, Sept. 5, following the court’s consideration of the opinion of Egypt’s Grand Mufti, a required step…
ENUGU— As seven political parties prepare to contest the Sept. 26 local government elections in Enugu State, the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) has urged candidates and their supporters to focus on issues and avoid personal attacks capable of heating up the polity. The election will produce chairmen for the state’s 17 local government…
|By Franklin Ebuka Something worries me about Anambra State—not because the state is not making gains in infrastructural development, and not necessarily because the government of the day is not performing. My concern is about the democratic credentials of the state and the growing tendency of government to interfere in institutions and structures that ought…
ABUJA — The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has offered to support the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) with biometric verification technology to strengthen the integrity of the Board’s examination processes. INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, SAN, made the offer on Friday when JAMB Registrar, Prof. Segun Aina, led his management team on a…
ENUGU — Youths in Enugu State, including students and National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members, have marched through parts of Enugu metropolis, declaring their opposition to terrorism, cultism, criminality and violent extremism. The youths, who converged at Government House, Enugu, were received by the Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, and pledged to mobilise young…
ENUGU — The Enugu State Police Command says it arrested 6,240 suspects, recovered 156 firearms and 1,486 rounds of assorted ammunition, and rescued 211 kidnapped and abducted victims in 17 months. The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Mamman Bitrus Giwa, disclosed this on Friday while receiving the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge…
ENUGU — The Executive Chairman of Enugu South Local Government Area, Dr Caleb Ani, has inaugurated a campaign council to mobilise grassroots support and secure victory for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming local government elections. Ani inaugurated the campaign council at the Local Government Headquarters, Uwani, Enugu, charging members to promote inclusiveness…
ABUJA — The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has commended the Bureau of Public Procurement, BPP, for supporting capacity building for the Scheme’s procurement officers. The NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, gave the commendation when he paid a courtesy visit to the BPP Director-General, Dr Adebowale Adedokun, at his office. Nafiu said the training…
ENUGU — Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has approved the appointment of new members and principal officers to key state institutions. This was contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, on Friday. The appointments are part of the administration’s efforts to strengthen governance, reform institutions and…
