From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A human rights organization, operating under the banner of Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network (CRRAN), has filed a suit against Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi led administration of Enugu state over an abandoned health facility. CRRAN filed the Suit at the Federal High Court Against Enugu State Government Over Refusal to Equip […]
By Steve Oruruo (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The annals of Nigerian history vividly document the events of the second half of 2014 in golden tablets. On Sunday, precisely the 20th of July 2014, an American-Liberian lawyer, Mr. Patrick Sawyer, collapsed upon arrival at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. He was taken to First Consultant Hospital for […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was a mild drama on Saturday at the premises of the Enugu state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ, as members of the association rejected the palliatives from the state Government over alleged interference in the union activities. The governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi led government had brought […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state government on Friday sealed – off headquarters premises of the Pastor Lazarus Muoka, led Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Movement in Enugu, for erecting the structure on waterway. According to the Enugu capital territory Development Authority (ECTDA,) which carried out the sealing exercise, the structure built on waterway have been ravaged […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the deadly Coronavirous pandemic continues to spread across states in Nigeria, Enugu State has recorded 1 new case and 9 total of number of confirmed cases. The state Commissioner for Health, Professor Obi Emmanuel Ikechukwu, who announced this Thursday night, said the new case “is a nine-year-old child” and a “contact […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu State Grassroots Football Managers Association on Thursday mourned the sudden death of the state Chairman, Chidi Ofo-Okenwa, who died on May 5. The Secretary of the association, Henry Akosa, described the FA boss’ death as unexpected. ”It is unexpected and shocking to us, the managers of grassroots football clubs in Enugu, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chidi Ofor-Okenwa, the Chairman of the Enugu State Football Association (ENSFA) is dead. The media officer of Rangers Football Club, Norbert Okolie and a very close member of the family, who pleaded anonymity confirmed the death to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday. They told NAN that Ofo-Okenwa died in his […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The opposition All Progressive Congress APC in Enugu State, weekend extended its coronavirus lockdown palliative benevolence of food items to health workers on duty at the Enugu state University Teaching Hospital (ESUTH) Parklane, and their counterpart at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Ituku Ozalla, as well as […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Ministry of Health has discharged one patient who had earlier tested positive of the dreaded Coronavirus disease after treatment and Isolation for the pandemic. African Examiner reports that the Nigeria Centre for Decease Control NCDC had announced 2 cases of COVID 19 in Enugu that have […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Residents of Enugu state, South- East Nigeria, particularly those living in the state capital, have lamented the high level of intimidation and extortion of the people by men of the Nigerian police force in the guise of enforcing the state government’s order on closure of markets as well as ban […]
…Says Disease Not Only For Rich People , Big Cities From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the entire globe, including Nigeria continues to grapple with the dreaded Coronavirus , popularly known as COVID 19, the committee set up by the Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu state, South- East Nigeria for the handling of issues […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state government was on Saturday thrown into shock as its Commissioner of Health, Professor Anthony Ugochukwu died after a Protracted Illness. . African Examiner reports that the late surgeon died Friday night at Memphys Hospital, Enugu. Confirming the development, the Member representing Oji River state Constituency in the Enugu House […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu …Not True, We Have Enough Medical Supplies –Management (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unhappy with the poor state of facilities and lack of protective equipment for work in this period of the dreaded COVID 19 pandemic, the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) at the Enugu State University Teaching Hospital (ESUTH) staged a […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the recent confirmation of two cases of the dreaded Coronavirus pandemic in Enugu state, SouthEast Nigeria, a serving member of the Federal House of Representatives from the state, Rt. Hon. Ofor Chukwuegbo, has urged president Muhammadu Buhari, to extend the special COVID-19 palliative approved for Lagos and others, […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Serious crisis is currently looming in Nsukka council area of Enugu state, Southeast Nigeria, over the alleged revocation of the autonomy granted to fowl dealers association at Ikpa market by the immediate past caretaker committee chairman of the council, Hon. Chinwe Ugwu, just as the group has vowed to […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the Enugu state government begins total closure of public places, such as markets, border crossing inter-state transportation, amongst others, on Tuesday, the State Police Command has vowed to enforce the government’s directives to the fullest. Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, had through Secretary to the State Government SSG, Prof. Simon Ortuanya announced that all […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s premier league side, Rangers Inter. FC of Enugu was on Sunday thrown into mourning, following the news of the death of its top striker, Ifeanyi George, who died in ghastly auto crash, along the Benin Agbor road in the early our of Sunday. The late George, and some of his […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of proactive safety measures arising from the global coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), the Enugu State Government has directed public and private primary and secondary schools in the state to conclude all activities in their various schools and shut down on or before Friday, March 27, 2020. A statement issued […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State government, south East Nigeria has confirmed that a suspected case of Corona Virus (COVID- 19) had been discovered in a health facility in the state. Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry of Health, Dr Ifeanyi Agujobi made this known in a statement he signed and issued on Sunday in Enugu on behalf […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi led administration in Enugu State, South- East Nigeria, says it has appropriated a total sum of N3.4 billion in the 2020 budget for the establishment of a Small/Medium-sized Industry in each of the seventeen (17) council areas of the state. This was revealed on Friday by […]
