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Tuesday, October 7th, 2025

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The crisis rocking the Enugu state chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken a worst twist, as the National working Committee (NWC of the party has reportedly dissolved the State working Committee of the party, led by Chief Ugocukwu Agballa. Our Correspondent gathered that the development may not be […]
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Monday, October 6th, 2025

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leadership of the Women wing of the Enugu state progressive Group, a political pressure body, founded by the immediate past Chairman of the Enugu state All progressives Congress APC, Dr. Ben Nwoye has been officially inaugurated, with a vow to promote good governance in the state. The women’s body, operating under the […]
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Sunday, October 5th, 2025

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Speaker of the Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Moses Odunwa, has assured people of the state of the lawmakers commitment towards the passage of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Bill currently before the House. He hinted that the current 7th Ebonyi state House of Assembly under his watch is […]
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Sunday, October 5th, 2025

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Minister of Innovation , Science and Technology, Chief Nnaji may have landed in trouble, as the university of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) has disowned his degree academic Certificate, saying it’s fake. It would be recalled that the said certificate had been under controversy for quite a long time, until UNN made the […]
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Friday, October 3rd, 2025

…As Group Trains NULGE, CSO Officials On Budget Issues (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Immediate past Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Enugu state, and Executive Director of a Civil Society group, Citizens Centre for Integrated Development and Social Rights (CCIDESOR), Dr. Emeka Ononamadu, has identified absence of Transparent procurement system, open budgeting, and accountability framework as some […]
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Monday, September 29th, 2025

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Disturbed by the high rate of Gender based violence (GBV) in the contemporary society,, Women Aid Collective WACOL, has trained students of Saint Patrick’s College, Emene, Enugu on prevention of the menace and promotion of positive masculinity and healthy relationships. The programme, put together by the organization in partnership with Ford Foundation […]
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Monday, September 29th, 2025

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has launched a groundbreaking report highlighting the risks posed by an inadequate national response to environmental and climate challenges to ecosystems, public health, livelihoods, and national stability. It therefore called for a more robust implementation of frameworks for access to environmental information in Nigeria to mitigate their negative […]
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Friday, September 26th, 2025

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A human rights group, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law Intersociety, has alleged that an estimated 19,100 Churches were razed or sacked as a result of wild spread armed religious conflicts perpetrated by suspected Islamic Jihadists across Nigeria in the last sixteen years. It said “apart from estimated 13,000 […]
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Thursday, September 25th, 2025

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state chapter of the crisis ridden-opposition Labour party LP, has suffered another major set back, as the Senator Representing Enugu East Senatorial District under its platform, Kelvin Chukwu, has announced his decision to defect to the ruling All progressives Congress APC. Senator Chukwu, who hails from Amuri Community in Nkanu […]
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Sunday, September 21st, 2025

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Enugu-East Senatorial district have threatened to stage a protest in Abuja to ask president Ahmed Bola Tinubu to sack his Minister of Innovation science and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji, who is also from the zone, should the (latter) continue to sabotage their effort of […]
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Sunday, September 21st, 2025

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu State Government has condemned in strong terms the gruesome murder of Rev. Fr. Mathew Eya of Nsukka Catholic Diocese by unknown assailants. The government also commiserated with the late priest’s immediate family, the Catholic Diocese of Nsukka, and indeed the Catholic faithful in general over the tragic incident, which occurred at […]
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Friday, September 19th, 2025

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) — One of the key factors that has been militating against development and economic growth as well as remaining a clog in the wheel of progress amongst African nations, including Nigeria for several decades, has been the issue of near non availability of transformational leaders in the continent. The enthronement of political leaders […]
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Friday, September 12th, 2025

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu state police Command says it arrested a total of 5,176 criminal suspects involved in various crimes in the last six months, just as it warned its operatives against all manner of corrupt practices, including extortion. The state Commissioner of police CP, Mamman Bitrus Giwa, disclosed this to newsmen on Thursday while […]
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Tuesday, September 9th, 2025

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of activities to mark this year’s World Spinal Cord day, members of the Enugu Metropolitan Lions Club have donated some essential items to the Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) patients in the area. Presenting the Items which includes toiletries, surgical gloves, detergents and cartons of toothpaste at the Spinal Cord Injury […]
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Monday, September 8th, 2025

… Again, Calls For Higher Custom Duty on Sugary Drinks (AFRICAN EXAMINER) — The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has commended the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu led federal Government’s decision to develop a draft policy that will earmark revenues from excise taxes on alcohol, tobacco, and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) for health financing. It […]
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Monday, September 8th, 2025

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has welcomed the adoption of a Policy Framework on Information Integrity in West Africa and the Sahel, describing it as a timely and necessary step towards addressing the growing challenges of disinformation, misinformation, and other threats to the information ecosystem in the region. The outcome document was adopted […]
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Sunday, September 7th, 2025

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command, attached to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Awkuzu, have arrested a suspect in connection with the production of fake and potentially toxic soft drinks in Okpoko, Ogbaru Council Area of the state. The 48-year-old Suspect identified as Chigozie Okafor, was nabbed after the police uncovered […]
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Friday, September 5th, 2025

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Government has accused the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sujimoto Luxury Construction Limited, Olasijibomi Ogundele, of defrauding the state of nearly N6bn, saying he vanished into thin air after he was paid the said sum for the construction of 22 Smart Green Schools in different parts of the state. […]
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Saturday, August 30th, 2025

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu state government has ordered all its former Executive Appointees whose appointments have either been terminated or expired to as a matter of urgency return their official and Diplomatic Passports. The retrieved announcement was contained in a statement issued weekend in Enugu by Secretary to the Enugu state government (SSG), professor Chidiebere […]
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Friday, August 29th, 2025

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ebonyi state Civil servants are in jubilation, following the announcement of a new minimum wage ofN 90,000 as against the previous N70,000. This comes a few days after Governor Hope Uzodinmma of Imo state announced a new minimum wage of N104,000 for workers in the state. Ebonyi State Commissioner for Information and […]