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Friday, January 23rd, 2026
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commandant General (C-G) of the Nigeria security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC, Ahmed Abubakar Audi, has charged the newly promoted (one hundred and forty seven) 147 officers and men of the Enugu state Command of the security agency to uphold highest standards of professionalism, integrity and discipline. Our Correspondent reports […]
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Monday, January 19th, 2026
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Management of the University of Nigeria UNN, acting on behalf of the Governing Council, has consented to students’ request that sundry fees should be increased by 60 percent as against planned 100 percent increment earlier proposed by the Management for the 2025/2026 academic session. The decision follows constructive engagements with the Student […]
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Friday, January 16th, 2026
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Convener and National Chairman of Igbo Agenda Dialogue (IAD), Chief Chekwas Okorie has declared that never again will the votes of the vast Igbo voting population in Nigeria be taken for granted and without conditionalities. Okorie, a founding national chairman of the opposition All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) and former presidential […]
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Friday, January 16th, 2026
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Civil society groups, lawyers, and human rights Advocates in Nigeria have condemned the continued detention of a Citizen, Mr. Anthony Okpala, in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), demanding his immediate release for medical treatment. The case raises Fundamental Questions About Inmate Rights, Medical Care in Nigerian Prisons. Followers of […]
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Thursday, January 15th, 2026
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The joy of natives of Umuchima Community and environ in Ideato Council area of Imo state, South- East Nigeria with various health challenges knew no bound on Wednesday, as they received free medical attention courtesy of the Rev. Fr. Theo Okpara primary healthcare foundation. Our Correspondent reports that the colourful annual free […]
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Monday, January 5th, 2026
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Police Command has recorded operational successes in its sustained crime-fighting efforts, as it disrupted an interstate vehicle theft syndicate, arrested suspects, and recovered two Mack trucks and a Toyota Highlander Jeep stolen in different states. According to the state public Relations officer PPRO SP Daniel Ndukwe, the success was […]
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Wednesday, December 31st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The chairman of Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area, Dr. Eric Odo, has officially launched the Igbo-Etiti Development and Humanitarian Initiative (IDHI) for inclusive growth. He described the Initiative as a coordinated framework aimed at repositioning the council area for sustainable and inclusive development. Speaking during the launch Tuesday at Ogbede, Odo said the […]
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Sunday, December 28th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A non governmental organization NGO, Women and Orphans Rights to Family Assets Foundation (WORFAF), has condemned in strong terms the practice of female disinheritance in Igbo land, saying such continued dispossession of women and other vulnerable persons under the guise of customary practice offends the principles of justice, equity and Constitutional supremacy. […]
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Monday, December 22nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The joy of natives of Nkpomkpo-Umuneri, Ugwunani in Aku Diewa, Igbo-Etiti Local government area of Enugu State, weekend knew no bound as a state of the art South East Pilot bottle toilet facility funded by the Canadian Embassy was officially commissioned and handed over to the people. Our Correspondent writes that the […]
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Friday, December 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Executive Chairman of Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu state, Dr. Eric Odo, has presented a ₦7.74 Billion budget proposal for the 2026 fiscal year to the Legislative Council. Presenting the budget, tagged “Budget of Continuous Infrastructural Development and Empowerment of the Needy,” Friday in Ogbede, headquarters of the Council area, […]
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Tuesday, December 16th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu state, has sworn in 13 newly appointed permanent secretaries, charging them to immediately align with his administration’s delivery-oriented governance model. He stressed that there would be no honeymoon period for them in office. The governor gave the directive during the swearing-in ceremony held at the Executive Council […]
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Tuesday, December 16th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2027 general election, the Chairman of Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu state, Dr. Eric Odo, has reiterated commitment of the council area to ensure the re-election of Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah. The Council boss said Igbo-Etiti would collaborate with other local government areas in the Enugu […]
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Sunday, December 14th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – International civil society group, Solidaridad, which promotes oil palm production globally, with headquarters in the Netherlands, in partnership with Propcom plus, a climate-smart agricultural programme powered by the United Kingdom (UKs) Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCO) is supporting Enugu state government in the development of a sustainable oil palm policy. Solidaridad, […]
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Friday, December 12th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Executive Director, Women Aid Collective (WACOL), Professor Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, has expressed concern over the alarming rate of gender based violence in Nigeria, calling on governments at all levels to do everything within their powers to end the menace. Ezeilo, a Senior Advocate of Nigerian (SAN) and former Commissioner for Women […]
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Friday, December 12th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abia state Governor, Alex Otti has sacked the Secretary to the State Government, (SSG) Professor Kenneth Kalu. He has been directed by the governor to proceed on leave of absence, just as Dr. Emmanuel Meribole, has been appointed as the Acting SSG. This Chief press Secretary, CPS to the governor, Ukoha Njoku […]
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Wednesday, December 10th, 2025
AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In a historic move that further consolidates the administrative structure, the Governing Council of Federal Polytechnic Orogun has ratified the election of Dr. Efetobor Ogheneyoma Elijah as the institution’s pioneer Deputy Rector (Academic). The ratification, announced at the Council’s meeting held on Wednesday, December confirmed his appointment for a single, non-renewable tenure […]
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Thursday, December 4th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu state, South East Nigeria, Dr. Eric Odo, has received the overall best chairman of the year award from the Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ) Enugu state council. He was presented with the award on Thursday in Enugu by the NUJ State Chairman, Mr […]
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Sunday, November 30th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Government of Enugu state, South East Nigeria and the European Union, EU, have committed to strengthening their partnerships across various sectors of the economy. This was made known over the weekend during a courtesy visit to the Enugu State governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, by a delegation of the EU at Government […]
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Wednesday, November 26th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prominent personalities from ‘Agbaja’, a culturally related people found in Udi, Ezeagu, and parts of Enugu North, Enugu south Council areas of Enugu state and have excelled in their various fields of human endeavours have stressed the need for Nigeria to start focusing on producing youths that possess both academic qualifications and […]
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Sunday, November 23rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2027 general election, a group, under the banner of Emerging Leaders Institute, ( ELI), has rekindled a call for Nigeria president of Igbo extraction, in 2027 to redress imbalance in the governance equation in Nigeria where South East seems to have been neglected or relegated to the background. The […]
