(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Government, Wednesday, demolished properties used by kidnappers for detaining their victims in the outskirts of Enugu, the state capital. Among the properties were an uncompleted storey-building with an underground tunnel at Nkwubor Layout in Emene Nike where a large cache of arms and ammunition were recovered and a large […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Since the discovery of crude oil in Nigeria in the 50s, both present and successive administrations at all levels of governments, have deliberately neglected and relegated to the background the all important Agricultural sector which use to be the mainstay of the economies of some regions, and has the capacity to raise […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of measure aimed at equipping youths of Enugu state in acquiring relevant knowledge on digital innovation and skills, necessary for sustainable development, a non governmental organization, South Saharan Social Development Organization SSDO, in partnership with Action aid Nigeria, has put together a training workshop for youths of the state. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Angered by the alarming rate of noise pollution in Enugu metropolis, the State government has said it has concluded a plan towards launching an anti zero noise policy aimed at combating the menace. Executive Chairman of the Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority (ECTDA), Chief Uche Anya, who disclosed this in Enugu weekend […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely 48 hours to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Chairmanship primary election, slated for Wednesday 14th August, 2024, Lady (Mrs) Benedicta Okunna Oji, a Frontline Deputy Chairmanship Aspirant for the upcoming Awgu Council area election in Enugu State, and Legislative Aide to the Senator Representing Enugu West Senatorial district, Osita Ngwu, has […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Irked by a recent negative statement issued against the leader of the youth wing world wide of the apex Igbo Socio cultural organization, Ohaneze Ndigbo, Mazi Chukwuma Okpalaezeukwu, by the national publicity Secretary, Chief Alex Chiedozie Ogbonnia, the youth group has come hard on the the spokesperson and the National Secretary, Ambassador […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Enugu state-based entrepreneur and real estate developer, Hon Chidera Nwodo has applauded the state governor, Barr Peter Mbah, over the recent infrastructural rebirth in the state, including award of 141 urban and 20 rural roads across the three senatorial zones in the state. Nwodo, who said the governor was already playing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Nigeria continues to face alarming rate of youth unemployment across the country, wife of Enugu State governor, Mrs. Nkechi Mbah, has declared that empowerment through skills training remains the Cornerstone for community developments, even as 68 talented citizens of the state trained on Leather works graduated over the weekend. The about […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Media Rights Agenda has announced her plans to sensitize journalists in Nigeria on laws governing media operations in the country so as to report ethically and safely. The organization in a statement issued Monday by the Programme Officer, Mr. Timileyin Adams, disclosed that the 2-day workshop will be conducted in different geo […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF and wife of Enugu state governor, Mrs. Nkechi Mbah, have advised nursing mothers in the state to always embrace exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) practice, saying it is a natural vaccine for newborns. They further posited that the health benefits to newborns through such age long practice are enormous […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu state governor Dr. Peter Mbah, and the Minister of Works, Engr. Dave Umahi, have commended the South East zone for heeding the call not to join in the August nationwide protests. Both Igbo leaders spoke on Sunday during an inspection tour of various road projects by the Federal Government and the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – For fear of the unknown, Residents of Enugu, the Enugu State capital, South East Nigeria Thursday shunned the Nationwide bad governance protest which commenced today, 1st August 2024 across Nigeria, as they remained indoors, even as shops and private offices were closed. The protest is expected to end on August 10th, 2024. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, says it has uncovered sinister plots by the leaderships of the Enugu State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Labour Party, LP, to hide under the cover of the proposed nationwide action to sponsor instability in the state. In […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Troops of the Joint Task Force South-East, code-named “Operation UDO KA” has neutralised two members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafara (IPOB) and its affiliate Eastern Security Network ESN trying to enforce illegal sit-at-home order. The troops, on joint patrol in collaboration with other security agencies such as the Nigerian Navy, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the nationwide bad governance protest scheduled to take place in Nigeria between 1-10 August 2034, the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) has cautioned security agencies against the use of brute force during the exercise. “In similar circumstances, we appeal to the protesters to be peaceful and conduct themselves and activities in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the suspension of Chairman of the Enugu state Chapter of the All progressives Congress APC, Chief Ugochukwu Agballa, by the State Executive Committee continues to generate reactions, the Pioneer Deputy State Chairman, Comrade Adolphus Ude, has applauded the decision, saying founding members and Stakeholders of the party in the state have […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The protracted crisis bedevling the Enugu state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) weekend took a new twist, as members of the state Executive Committee announced the suspension of its state chairman, Chief Ugochukwu Agballah and other executive members over alleged acts of abuse of offices. The State Publicity Secretary, Chief […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Wives and kinsmen of five natives of Amagu Agbada Nenwe Community in Aninri Council area of Enugu state, arrested by the police in 2023, have staged a peaceful protest over the development, insisting that they are innocent on the murder allegation leveled against them, calling on governor Peter Mbah and the federal […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has expressed deep grief over the death of the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, describing it as the fall of a great iroko and an incalculable loss to Ndigbo and Nigeria in general. Mbah said Iwuanyanwu was unapologetically Igbo, yet a consummate […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President General of apex Igbo socio cultural organization, Ohaneze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has passed on at the age of 82. He died this afternoon, in a medical facility in Abuja. The Octogenarian Imo state born businessman took over the Mantle of leadership of the Igbo umbrella body in April, 2023, after […]
