(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Participants and parents of one hundred youths of Enugu state that took part in the just concluded 3- day youth boot camp organized by the Custos Care Foundation (CCF), founded by Wife of then state governor, Mrs. Nkechinyere Mbah, have applauded the organization for the kind gesture. The programme held at Nike […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Community leader, and Igweship Aspirant for Ishienu Amofu Nkerefi Community in Nkanu East Council area of Enugu state, Hon. Ogbuefi Sunday Mbah (SMC) has applauded governor Peter Mbah over the appointment of their kinsman, Barrister Chimaobi Okorie as the new state Commissioner for Lands and Urban Development. The Monarch hopeful, in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has condemned the incessant harassment and intimidation of journalists in Nigeria, saying recent incidents of abductions, arbitrary arrests, detention and other forms of attacks against media professionals by security and law enforcement agencies have reached alarming levels and posed a grave danger to media freedom and democracy in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nsukka local government area on Sunday emerged overall winner of the just concluded U- 15 Enugu youth games held at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, with a total 21 gold 11 silver and 11 Bronze just as they smiled home with one Million naira. Oji River the first runners up went home […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Worried by the age long traditional practices that denies widows, girl-child, orphans, and other vulnerable persons rights to inheritance in Igbo land, a non governmental organization, Women and Orphans Rights to Family Assets Foundation WORFAF, has taken a sensitization campaign to the church as part of measure to change the ugly narrative. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Drug law Enforcement Agency NDLEA Enugu state command has vowed to fight drug abuse in the state through traditional rulers and town union president Generals (PGs) across the 17 local government areas in the state. State commander of the Agency, Mr. Abel Sanu Wadashi who stated this noted that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Enugu-based non governmental organization NGO, Custos Care Foundation, (CCF), founded by Wife of the state Governor, Mrs. Nkechinyere Mbah, is set to host the biggest youth Boot Camp event in Enugu State under its Enugu Youth Aspire (E-ASPIRE) Project. The project is targeting 100 youths from across the state, made up […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Internal Revenue Service, ESIRS, has hinted that it’s application of disruptive innovation in tax collection has yielded tremendous dividends in the past one year, saying it generated N35.9 billion within seven months of 2024, as against 33.9 billion that the state collected in the whole of 2023. Recall that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Determined to rid the state of criminal elements, the Enugu State Police command has disclosed that it apprehended a total of 123 suspects between July and August 2024. The state commissioner of police CP, Kanayo Uzuegbu who made this known while briefing newsmen at the command headquarters on Thursday, said the operational […]
(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 […]
