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Friday, December 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Local government workers in Enugu state, South East Nigeria, may soon start smiling home with the new minimum wage salary package like their other colleagues in the Ministries and agencies, as the Council Chairmen have expressed their disposition towards doing the needful in that regard . This followed a passionate appeal to […]
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Thursday, December 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Heavily armed men numbering about ten, in the early hours of Thursday kidnapped the traditional ruler of Mbutu in Aboh Mbaise Council area of Imo State, Damian Nwaigwe, A close Source in the Community where sacked governor of the state, Emeka Ihedioha hails from, said the unfortunate incident occurred at the Monarch’s […]
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Thursday, December 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – What could have resulted to a major tragedy was averted in the Commercial city of Aba, Abia State, when a High Court building suddenly collapsed just twenty minutes after sitting. The disaster which happened at High Court Four Aba being presided over by Justice Clinton Okoroafor, has put fear on Court users, […]
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Thursday, December 9th, 2021
…Directs police, DPR, Others To Act (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi led government in Enugu State, has raised alarm over the illegal circulation, distribution and sale of compromised Dual Purpose Kerosene (DPK) and other related products to unsuspecting residents of the state. A statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Information, […]
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Wednesday, December 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Touched by the untold hardship currently facing Nigerian workers as a result of the present economic instability in the nation, the Enugu State Branch of Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Civil Society organizations CSOs have urged Council area Chairmen in the state to consider payment of the […]
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Wednesday, December 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Ifeanyi Lawrence Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, has presented a budget estimate of 186 billion naira to the state House Assembly for the 2022 fiscal year. Presenting the proposal titled: ‘budget of Sustained growth and consolidation’ to the state lawmakers Tuesday, the governor, expressed determination to complete all ongoing projects embarked upon […]
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Monday, December 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely two weeks after Godfrey Okoye University (GoUni) Enugu, Conferred award of leadership Excellence on immediate past Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) Enugu State chapter, Dr. Ben Nwoye, another feather was on Sunday added to his cap, as he received a Chieftaincy title from the Revered Traditional Ruler of Ibagwa Nike, […]
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Sunday, December 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state police Command has arrested two brothers, Chima and Michael Nnamani, for their alleged involvement in raping a nine-year-old girl in an Enugu community. According to the police, the two brothers, who are from same biological parents, are natives of Akpawfu community in Nkanu East Council Area of Enugu State. […]
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Sunday, December 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Commissioner for lands in Enugu State, Surveyor Victor Nnam, who recently resigned from office has been arraigned and remanded in prison custody over alleged scam committed while in office . Nnam, who fell out with his former principal, governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, leading to his resignation, was arraigned before Honorable Justice I. […]
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Saturday, December 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of measure to check insecurity, the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bionomics Nigeria Ltd a Lagos based technology company to install 1000 Closed-Circuit Televisions (CCTV) cameras in the institution. Speaking during the signing ceremony in Nsukka, Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof […]
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Saturday, December 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu Zonal Command of the Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of three students over alleged forgery, impersonation and obtaining money from unsuspecting foreign nationals under false pretences. The agency identified the suspects to include Nonso Adudu, Anichebe Christopher and Onyedika Austin Leonard. They […]
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Saturday, December 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Owerri, Imo state, South East Nigeria, has ordered an autopsy to be carried out on the corpse of Noel Chigbu, allegedly killed by Soldiers early this year. The deceased, an Owerri based businessman was allegedly shot dead on April 30, in Owerri, by suspected soldiers for […]
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Friday, December 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Male students of Community Secondary School Obeagu Awkunanaw, in Enugu South Council area of Enugu State have made a commitment to be Champions in the campaign to end violence against women and girls in their schools, homes and the community where they reside They made the commitment at an event put together […]
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Thursday, December 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An international Solution oriented Civil Society organization, Solidaridad West Africa, promoting Agriculture in Nigeria, has appealed to the federal government to prevail on states and local government Areas in the country to remove certain barriers associated with land acquisition so as to enable oil palm farmers, particularly women embrace agriculture, in order […]
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Tuesday, November 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police Authorities in Ebonyi State has confirmed the attack on its personnel by unknown armed men at Igbuduoke village in Effium/Ezza Clan in Ohaukwu Council Area of the state, during which two officers were kidnapped by the hoodlums. The State police public Relations officer PPRO, DSP Loveth Odah disclosed this in a […]
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Latest Headlines, Maritime, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Tuesday, November 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The South East Amalgamated Markets Traders Association (SEAMATA) has rejected the recent astronomical and indiscriminate increment of import duty on cargoes charged by Nigerian Customs Service. African Examiner reports that the body is the umbrella union of traders in all the markets in the South-East Geo-political Zone of Nigeria and traders of […]
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Sunday, November 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP), has lashed leaders of the nation’s labour unions, including the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), accusing them of “representing their personal interests and not that of their members. The association in statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by its Secretary General, […]
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Friday, November 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Controller, Nigerian Correctional Service Enugu state command, Mr Obiako Obinna Nicholas has stressed the need for synergy among security agencies in the state. The Controller issued the statement through his Command’s public Relations officer PRO Monday Chukwu Emeka during a familiarization visit to the Enugu state police Commissioner Abubakar Lawal Daura. […]
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Friday, November 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A total of 72 female Students of Comprehensive Secondary School, (CSC), Mbulu- Owo, in Nkanu East Council Area of Enugu state, went home smiling, as a non- governmental organization NGO, Women Information Network, (WINET), in partnership with a Spanish body, Mundo Cooperante awarded them Scholarship. The gesture is part of the Spain […]
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Thursday, November 25th, 2021
…..Says It’s Politically Motivated (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Anambra State Government has officially reacted to the Economic and financial Crimes Commission EFCC placement of governor Willy Obiano on its watch list, describing it as politically motivated and in bad taste. The nation’s anti- graft agency had on Wednesday in a letter to the Nigerian Immigration Service […]
