LAST week, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) threatened to impound 29 private jets on which the owners had not paid statutory duties to the Federal Government. Speaking at a news conference in Abuja, the NCS Public Relations Officer (PRO), Joseph Attah, disclosed that the agency had, in June, commenced the verification of all privately owned…
Many journalists who came for the event were denied access to the courtroom. The security operatives stationed at the entrance of the Ministry of Justice building told journalists that only accredited judiciary reporters would be allowed in. It was however, observed that even accredited journalists were also not yet allowed to enter the court. As…
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), working with over 600 journalists from 150 media outlets in 117 countries across the world, pored over 11 million pages of financial documents, has exposed financial irregularities. The investigation penetrated the underbelly of the international financial system that provides cover for some politicians, government officials, businessmen in different…
The U.S Consultate has announced plan to equip 300 teachers from Nigeria with 21st Century Teaching Skills through the launch of “Re-imagining EducationX 2021: The Teacher on the Move” programme. Through the teacher capacity-building workshop, 300 high school teachers from Lagos, Rivers and Enugu states will acquire skills in effective virtual classroom pedagogy, best practices…
The leadership of ODENGENE PEOPLES MOVEMENT (OPM), congratulates the people’s Governor and his wonderful team players for the dawning of a new era in the viral economic fortune quest of Enugu State. Having been officially discovered to be blessed with large deposits of crude oil in the State’s borders with Anambra and Kogi States joint…
…Takes baby to hospital for extensive medical examination, treatment Following the sad news of the death of a couple, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Chukwu, their three-year-old daughter, Nazareth and maid, Ukamaka Chukwu, after eating a meal suspected to be poisoned in their residence at Umuchigbo, Iji-Nike in Enugu East Local Government Area of Enugu State,…
It is said that the youths of a nation are the trustees of posterity; and their power the common wealth for the entire world. Thus the Enugu state government under the leadership of his Excellency Rt. Hon. Dr. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has been working tirelessly to ensure that youths are fully involved in sustainable development. Speaking…
Onuorah Ndubuisi Godwin and Ifeanyichukwu Arthur Edeh 13/10/2021 Today again, High Chief Friday Emeka Edeh in the company of his wife Dr Mrs Chioma Emeka Edeh along with his numerous friends, visited the Central School I &II Akpugo and the Community Central School, Ogonogo-Eji Ndi-uno Akpugo. To make further presentations to the pupils of the…
…Proposes 50-50 revenue formula among Enugu/Anambra/Kogi statesGovernor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has requested the leadership of the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to expedite action on the process of formally designating Enugu as an oil-bearing state in the country. Gov. Ugwuanyi made the request when he received Commissioners and top management team…
This xenophobia is not only applied against the Hausa-Fulani northerners or the Yoruba south-westerns but also their closest cousins, the Niger-Deltans. This approach is based on three exclusionist strategies of Igbonomics. First, the market and product, and indeed the value-chain must strictly remain an Igbo affair. Second, other regions’ markets, their products and value-chains must be proportionately…
