By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – Enugu State Police Command has busted a child-stealing syndicate and arrested a suspect at Igogoro village in Enugu-Ezike community of Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday...
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has issued a road advisory to motorists and diverted traffic along Enugu–Port Harcourt Dual Carriage Expressway following the collapse of a Flyover Bridge on the road. One of the flyover bridges across Enugu–Port Harcourt Dual Carriage Expressway collapsed on Monday...
The troops of 103 Battalion (Rear) of 82 Division, Nigerian Army, presently on Operation UDO KA II have rescued Dr Maxwell Ayim from suspected kidnappers between Four Corner and Amokwe Junction in Udi LGA of Enugu State. This is contained in a statement issued in Enugu on Saturday...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – Enugu State Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Kanayo Uzuegbu, has ordered the deployment of more men to rescue a Rev Father and three other persons abducted on Sunday in the state. Recall that the victims were abducted along Eke-Egede axis of...
Troops of 82 Division, Nigerian Army, and the Nigerian Police have neutralised six combatants of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, Eastern Security Network (ESN) in different encounters in Abia and Enugu States. This is contained in a statement by the Director of...
The National Assembly Elections Petitions Tribunal sitting in Enugu, on Tuesday, sacked Rep. Sunday Umeha of the Labour Party (LP), representing Udi/Ezeagu Federal Constituency of Enugu State. The panel, led by Justice A.M. Abubakar, declared Dr Festus Uzor of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of...
The Enugu Capital Territory Development Agency (ECTDA) has confirmed four children of the same family killed in a building collapse in the Agric Quarters in the Mgbemena axis of Coal Camp in Enugu. The Chairman of ECTDA, Mr Uche Anya, made the confirmation to journalists on Saturday after...
Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, will on Sept.1, unveil ₦1.6 trillion ($2.1 billion) pipeline of 30 projects at the first Enugu State Investment and Economic Growth Stakeholder Roundtable (EGSR). The governor is also scheduled to launch the Enugu State Integrated Sector-Based Productivity Growth Strategy. Prof. Chidiebere Onyia,...
The 82 Division Nigerian Army, has warned troops deployed to check points against taking gratification and any unprofessional conduct capable of portraying the service in bad light. The warning was conveyed during a lecture on the responsibility of troops deployed to various check points in the Division...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) arrested no fewer than 40 suspected illegal coal miners in Enugu, the Commandant, Mr Muhammed Dada said. Addressing newsmen on Friday in Enugu, Dada said that during the operation items recovered included pumping machines, diggers, head-pans, shovels, and four Hanvan G7...
Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, has inaugurated a committee for the verification and payment of retired primary school teachers and other local government retirees in the state. The governor, while inaugurating the 9-member committee at the Government House, Enugu, on Wednesday, said the decision was in continuation of his...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – Police have arrested three famous skit makers for making a fake outrageous viral video showing a woman beaten and her hair forceful shaved in Nsukka axis of Enugu State. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this in a...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – Enugu State Police Command has arrested 12 suspect over a communal land dispute that left four people dead in two communities in Ezeagu Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – No fewer than 3 gunmen have been killed by the police while others escaped with severe bullet wounds after a gun battle with hoodlums in Imufu community within Igbo-Eze North LGA of Enugu State. The police spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, confirmed...
Youths from the five South-East states took to the streets of Enugu metropolis on Monday, in support of efforts to end the illegal sit-at-home order, which is crippling the zone’s economy. Speaking to newsmen after the march, Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youths Worldwide, Mazi Chukwuma Okpalaezeukwu, said the...
Goods and property, worth millions of naira, have been destroyed by fire at Afor-Opi Market in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State. An eyewitness, Mr Linus Eze, Chairman of Opi Traders Association, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the scene of the incident on Friday...
The Enugu State Government on Monday sealed 106 shops and two banks for allegedly observing Monday’s sit-at-home order by a faction of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra. . The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the exercise was carried out by officials of the State Government and Enugu...
Enugu State Government has again, urged Enugu residents to disregard Monday’s sit-at-home order by the factional members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and go about their normal businesses. The government directs resumption of normal activities on Monday and threatened to sanction civil servants, schools, markets, and...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a suspect for alleged connection to the gruesome murder of a lawmaker in the Nsukka axis of the state. The Command’s spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Monday in Enugu. He...
The World Bank/Federal Government Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihoods Improvement Support (APPEALS), Project, says the project has lifted over 55,000 Nigerians out of poverty. Mr Mohammed Jobdi, the National Project Coordinator of APPEALS disclosed this during the inspection of the level of implementation of the project in Enugu State on...