Former Deputy President of the Senate, Chief Ike Ekweremadu has announced his withdrawal from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial primaries. The Director-General, Ikeoha Campaign Organisation, Mr Charles Asogwa, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Enugu. Recall that the PDP had fixed May 25, 2022 as its primaries to select the flag-bearer of […]
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No fewer than 25 rape cases were recorded in Enugu State from January to March 2021, the Centre Manager, Tamar Sexual Assault Referral Centre (Tamar SARC), Mrs Evelyn Onah, said.Onah disclosed this on Saturday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu. She said that 31 cases of attempted sexual assault […]
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One of the returnees from South Africa has been arrested by the police in Enugu State for alleged involvement in armed robbery. Kingsley Okonkwo, the suspect, from Agbogugu, Awgu Local Government Area of the state, was among 15 suspects paraded at the headquarters of the State Police Command on Tuesday. Speaking to journalists at the […]
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The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has identified nine major challenges militating against stable power supply in the South-East. The Head of Communications of the company, Mr Emeka Ezeh, said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Wednesday. Ezeh listed vandalism, energy theft, accidental destruction of […]
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The widely publicized sit at home protest planned by the indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) today got underway in full force as some major cities in the Eastern part of the country were in full compliance. Business areas, schools, banks, offices, and even transport companies were all on total lock down as residents observed the […]
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The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested a school Headmaster, one Idoko Nathaniel, aged 50, of Mkpamteulo village, Enugu Ezike community, Igbo-Eze North Council for allegedly defiling four pupils put under his care. Police spokesman, Ebere Amaraizu, in a statement on Monday, said that the incident happened at Migrant Farmers Children School located at […]
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The Police Command in Enugu have confirmed the death of a family of seven in an autocrash which occurred at Ugwu-Onyeama on the Enugu-Onitsha expressway on Sunday morning. The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, in the state, Ebere Amaraizu, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday, said it occurred at about 8 a.m […]
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The Police have commenced investigation into an alleged accidental shooting at an Enugu burial ceremony which led to the death of a woman and wounding of the chief mourner on Saturday. The Enugu State Police Command’s spokesman, SP Ebere Amaraizu, made this known in a statement on Saturday. Amaraizu said the incident occurred at Amanato […]
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The struggle over ownership of oil wells by Kogi, Anambra and Enugu states is soon to be brought under control, as the Senate has mandated its committee on petroleum (upstream) to investigate the matter. On Thursday, Chukwuka Utazi (Enugu-PDP) raised a point-of-order on the matter seeking the intervention of the Upper Chamber to stem brewing […]
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The Enugu Zone of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has arraigned four former bank staffers for N129 million fraud. They were arraigned on a 12–count charge of stealing, conversion and obtaining N129 million by false pretense. The bankers, Nwachukwu Placidus, a former manager of First City Monument Bank Ltd, Onitsha Branch and three former […]
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