Preamble Obeagu Town is a popular agrarian community in Awgu local government area of Enugu State, Nigeria. Obeagu has an undulating topography like most Towns in Enugu State, from where the name of our state was derived. A boundary community between Awgu and Oji River local government areas, bordering Achi , Amoli, Ugbo, Mmaku and…
The Peter Obi Support Network has called for the immediate discontinuation of the negotiations and alliance between the Labour Party and the New Nigerian Peoples Party. The group said the NNPP’s presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwanso,’s continuous association with the Peter Obi candidacy will be a liability rather than an asset. They said Kwakwanso’s utterances and…
…As indigenes protest against imposition of monarch by ‘political cabals’ Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has directed the Commissioner for Chieftaincy Affairs, Dr. Charles Egumgbe, to take all necessary measures to address the injustice in Ishi-Ozalla Autonomous Community, Nkanu West Local Government Area, over the Igweship tussle in the community. Gov. Ugwuanyi who gave…
…Push for more testing of Coronavirus in the zone Governors of the South East geo-political zone, on Sunday, met with some leaders of the zone, at the Government House, Enugu, directing all Igbos, living in and outside Igbo land, to obey all the extant restriction orders by the Presidency and the state governments where they…
BIRTH AND EDUCATION:Born to Mr. Stephen Azaiki and Mrs. Abirindi Azaiki, both late of Yenebebeli-Atissa in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the State, Prof. Steve Sinikiem Azaiki did his primary educatio in St. Peter’s School, Yenagoa. He proceeded to Bishop Dimeari Grammar School, Yenagoa, and later Government Secondary School, Kaiama, where obtained a Grade One…
President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has warned that another 39 million people in the continent could fall into poverty at the end of this year. Adesina stated this at the ongoing virtual Africa Singapore Business Forum. He said the 39 million people could pass on as an added number to…
In his first coming as military head of state, Major General Muhammadu Buhari was remarked for his unconventional economic policies. Foremost of them was the non-descript counter-trade policy that was framed on his conservative proclivities and perceived disinterest in Western culture. In fact, it was during that first advent that the flag of patriotism was…
Aliyu Abubakar, the property developer, has told a federal high court sitting in Abuja that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) asked him to implicate former President Goodluck Jonathan and Mohammed Bello Adoke, former attorney-general of the federation, in money laundering. Speaking under cross examination on Tuesday Abubakar said Bala Sanga, then-EFCC prosecutor, asked…
A former Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, has blasted the former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, over his attitude towards the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu. Shittu is the Director General of the Asiwaju Tinubu-Shettima Coalition for Good Governance. In an interview with The Punch on Thursday, Shittu said the former minister had…
Nigerian music star, Davido has fulfilled his promise to donate N250m to 292 orphanage homes in Nigeria. Recall that the ‘OBO crooner in November 2021, was the talk of the social media after he asked his friends and colleagues to donate one million Naira each. The singer’s target initially was surpassed, as he received N200m from friends…
