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… _Govt to foot medical bills of the wounded_ … _Awards scholarships, jobs to bereaved_ … _Community wants neighbourhood watch strengthened_ Governor of Enugu State, Dr Peter Mbah, has described the recent attack that resulted…

The immediate-past governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, on Sunday, asked his counterpart in Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, to come out of his hiding and answer his case with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Bello has been…

Vietnamese authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have arrested a 28-year-old Nigerian man, Eneh Davidson Caleb, along with his Vietnamese wife Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy, 35, and 11 others on suspicion of money laundering and cross-border money…

****to revive Nigergas Company The Governor Peter Mbah Administration in Enugu State Government has awarded the contract for the revamping of Hotel Presidential, a premier hotel in the heart of the state's capital. The…

The Nsukka Journalists Forum (NJF) has mourned Sen. Ayogu Eze, former Senator representing Enugu North Senatorial Zone, which is within the Nsukka cultural zone of Enugu State. "Sen. Eze demise has left a vacuum among members of the…

…as NDLEA intercepts Italy-bound illicit consignment The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says two notorious drug kingpins: Uwaezuoke Ikenna Christian and Agbo Chidike Prince have been sentenced to life imprisonment for…

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, attached to the Taskforce on Currency mutilation, Dollarization of the Economy and Forex Malpractice, have arrested 34 suspected currency speculators for alleged…

Lionel Messi continued his rich vein of scoring in MLS, finding the target twice as league leaders Inter Miami came from behind for a 4-1 win at the New England Revolution on Saturday. With his brace Messi, the top scorer in MLS, took…

The age-long superiority claims between Benin and Ile-Ife assumed a twist yesterday with the Benin Palace suspending some traditional functionaries for what it described as their “sacrilegious show of shame and falsehood against the Benin…

• Alleges fierce ongoing battle to destroy state Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara vowed yesterday that he would not rule the state on bended knees regardless of what he called the ongoing fierce fight to destroy the soul of the…

Nigerian-British boxer, Anthony Joshua has confirmed a date for his next fight and his four possible opponents. The former heavyweight champion had previously confirmed his next bout will take place at London’s Wembley Stadium in…

The remains of Ezinne- Margaret Nwomeh, mother of the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Mainstream media, Hon Dan Nwomeh, has been committed to mother Earth in her compound, Umuokorouba village, Ozalla, Nkanu West Local…

The Central Planning Committee for the Burial Ceremony of late Chief Dr John Ikechukwu Okafor(Mr Ibu) has formally released the lists of Sub Committees and Burial Ceremony/Funeral Rites Schedules for the late Comic Legend. In a…

...As CP Kanayo orders a manhunt for others at large ...Says media report on the incident a total misinformation, mischievous Police Operatives of the Enugu State Command, acting on intelligence-guided discreet investigations, have…

Rivers Governor Siminalayi Fubara  has visited the scene of the fire disaster that consumed over 100 vehicles and lives along Eleme axis of the East -West Road. https://youtu.be/BijrjPha3GE?si=kP0D63ZYlzB2TdNK The…

THE Anambra State Police Command has arrested 16 suspected cultists and declared 21 others wanted in its continuing move to end the resurgent cult-related killings in Awka, the capital city of Anambra State. No fewer than 34 persons…

•He told us to bring his son’s head, heart, fingers and legs to him – accomplice •Lagos police burst den of ritual killers, arrest 10 suspects The police in Lagos, recently, recorded a breakthrough by arresting 10 members of suspected…

Sierra Leone’s minister of energy resigned on Friday, according to the president’s office, against a backdrop of recent interruptions to the country’s electricity supply. The reasons for Alhadji Kanja Sesay’s resignation were not…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abuja Zonal Command, on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 secured the conviction and sentence of two internet fraudsters to various jail terms. The convicts,  Adeleye Olanrewaju and Ayo…

Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has expressed deep grief over the death of member representing Enugu State on the Board of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation, and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) and a former lawmaker representing Enugu…

The Second Prosecution Witness, 2PW, Hamza Abdullahi in the trial-within-trial of former Sokoto State governor, Attahiru Bafarawa and four others, on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, told Justice Y. Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory,…

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, April 22, 2024 arraigned two Chinese: Duan Ya Hong and Xiao Yi alongside their company, Ebuy Concept Limited before Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the…

Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested seven suspected internet fraudsters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. They were arrested following actionable…

Prosecution Witness Eight, (PW8), Hamma Adama Bello in the trial of former Head of Service (HoS), Winifred Oyo-Ita on Thursday, April 25, 2024 narrated before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, how the…

Performing the inauguration at the Government House Enugu on Thursday, Mbah said the electoral body’s new board was highly qualified in capacity and character as testified to by the dispatch with which their nominations were ratified by the…

The federal government said yesterday it has set a target of $100 million contribution from the creative industry to the nation’s gross domestic product, GDP, by 2030. The Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa…

“I am ever ready to take tough decisions in the best interest of the people, even if with initial pains,” President Bola Ahmed Tinubu affirmed yesterday. He spoke in Hague, The Netherlands during the business session of the bilateral…

The Naira depreciated to N1,405 per dollar in the parallel market, from N1,305 per dollar on Wednesday. Similarly, the Naira depreciated in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market, NAFEM, to N1,309.88 per dollar. Data from FMDQ showed…

LP, PDP kick as US report says 2023 poll reflected Nigerians’ will The opposition Labour Party, LP, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, expressed shock over how the United States 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices…

The Ogun State Police Command has nabbed two brothers, Olamijuwon Noibi and Lukman Olatunbosun, for alleged gang rape in Oke Eri, Atan Ijebu Area of Ogun. It was learnt from a reliable police source, on Thursday, that Noibi deceitfully…

The Senate panel probing the N30tn Ways and Means loans secured from the Godwin Emefiele-led Central Bank of Nigeria by the Federal Government has said it will seek an extension of the time allotted for the investigation. At the…

The Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria has said that there is a need for a good tax system to enable the country to attract foreign direct investment. The Chairman of Ikeja District Society of CITN, Mr Abiodun Oke, disclosed…

Telecommunications operators in the country including MTN Nigeria and Globacom have asked for Federal Government approval through the Nigerian Communications Commission to raise their tariff. The development came after foreign exchange…

A Federal High Court, Abuja, has dismissed a suit instituted to sack the Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa. The 1st to 3rd plaintiffs – the Incorporated Trustees of Concerned Nigeria, Dr. Patrick Eholor and…

Justice H.H. Kereng of the Gombe State High Court sitting in Gombe, Gombe State has convicted and sentenced President of National Association of Charcoal Producers and Exporters , Edu Babatunde Azeez to one year imprisonment.…

Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, on Thursday, flagged off another round of the distribution of palliatives in the state, warning against the politicisation of the exercise to ensure it gets to the independent and vulnerable people…

The Senior Special Assistant to the Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, on Mainstream Media, Hon. Dan Nwomeh, is set to commit late mother to earth on Saturday, April 27. Nwomeh’s mother, Mrs Ezinne Margaret Nebechi Nwomeh, who…

The Senator who represented Enugu North Senatorial Zone and former Senate Committee Chairman on Information and Media, Senator Ayogu Eze is dead. It was gathered that Eze who was in the National Assembly between 2007 and 2015 died on…

Residents of Gombe State on Wednesday bemoaned over 48 hours of power outage caused by four 330kV towers that were vandalised by the wind. The Transmission Company of Nigeria had on Tuesday stated that four towers along the Jos-Gombe…

The Oyo State Police Command, on Thursday, announced the arrest of some officers, led by one inspector, Rasheed Saheed, who was involved in the alleged killing of a Corps member, Damilola Iyanda, in the Ogbomoso axis of the state. A…

The Nigerian Correctional Service has said it would soon display the names and pictures of the fleeing inmates from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Suleja, Niger State. The Spokesperson NCoS, Federal Capital Territory Command,…

A downpour on Wednesday night has wreaked havoc on the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Suleja, Niger State, resulting in extensive damage to the facility and facilitating the escape of 118 inmates. This was disclosed in a statement…

.. _Assets to be deployed to optimum benefit of Enugu people - Gov Mbah_ The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday, released 14 properties initially forfeited to the Federal Government to Enugu State…

The Nigerian movie industry has again been thrown into mourning after the news of the death of another veteran Nollywood actor, Zulu Adigwe, surfaced on social media on Tuesday. Adigwe’s death was announced by a movie producer, Stanley…

The Federal Road Safety Corps Marshal, Dauda Biu, has suggested imposing jail terms on drivers responsible for road accidents. Biu made this proposal in response to recent avoidable crashes in Oyo, Kano, and Kaduna. Biu, who spoke at…

The Anambra State House of Assembly has passed a bill for a law to prohibit secret cultism and similar activities and to provide for related matters. The bill was read for the third time and passed into law by the state House on…

Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, on Wednesday, announced that a forensic audit is being carried out on the party’s accounts in line with his request. The demand for an independent audit firm to probe the party account…

_Sets up service centres, cancels haulage revenue collection contracts by MDAs The Enugu State Government has banned all forms of illegal tolls and extortion of motorists by touts, warning that flouters of the order would face…

The Enugu State Police Command has arrested six suspects accused of engaging in a range of criminal activities, such as “one chance” robbery, unlawful possession and trafficking of suspected cocaine, weed (“Ghana Loud”), theft of a motor…

https://youtu.be/FIRV8-A-y8o?si=Xyv0BEqZdiLL0j3U A Dana Air-owned aircraft overshot the runway at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Tuesday morning. The incident was reported to have occurred a few minutes past…

Two Malaysian military helicopters collided and crashed during a training session on Tuesday, killing all 10 crew onboard, the country’s rescue agency said. “The two helicopters collided during flight training. All 10 victims on board…

Following the Enugu State Electricity Law signed by Governor Peter Mbah and the recent constitution of the Enugu State Electricity Regulatory Commission, ESERC, by the Mbah Administration, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission…

A Bureau de change (BDC) operator identified as Abubakar Mannir has been accused of defrauding the Chief Executive Officer of Allkraft Technology and Industries Limited, Mr Manas Das, of $737,015.00. It was gathered that Das, a…

The Enugu State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists has condemned attack on its Member, a reporter with the Vanguard Newspaper and called on the police Commissioner of Police in the state to investigate the matter thoroughly and…

https://youtu.be/SH_SsQybSQE?si=1XcA241EHok0ct4o The Kenya Police Service has arrested fleeing Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, as the International Criminal Police Organisation moves to extradite him to…

The Presidency has said it is set to launch about 2,700 Compressed Natural Gas-powered buses and tricycles before May 29 when President Bola Tinubu turns one year in office. It said the federal government was set to deliver 100…

The mutilated corpses of soldiers killed in last Friday’s attack by suspected bandits have been recovered in Niger State. The soldiers were reported to have been killed when they engaged bandits in a duel in the Roro, Karaga, and Rumace…

https://youtu.be/SH_SsQybSQE?si=1XcA241EHok0ct4o Enugu-based journalist, Mr Dennis Agbo, on Sunday, escaped death by the whiskers after he and four other persons were brutally attacked by armed youths allegedly from Neke…

A pastor with Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, identified as Olugbenga Olawore, and other passengers of a 14-seater bus have been kidnapped in Oyo State. It was gathered that the cleric and other passengers of the bus were…