By Roland Ike The Ebonyi State government has announced the floating of a new football club which will compete in the forthcoming Nigeria National League season. Commissioner for Youth Development and Sports, Richard Idike made the announcement on Tuesday while overseeing the screening of intending players for
By Goodluck Ikiebe The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says Monday’s national grid collapse was partial. Recall that Nigeria, on Monday at about 6:48 pm, was thrown into darkness. Enugu Electricity Distribution Company confirmed the national grid collapse in a statement by its spokesperson, Emeka Ezeh, on
By Kehinde Osayemi Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has approved N77,000 as minimum wage for the lowest worker in the state, and the payment takes immediate effect. Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Tokunbo Talabi, announced this at the end of a crucial meeting with Organized
By Roland Ike The Chairman of the Anambra Football Association, Chikelue Iloenyosi, has poured encomiums on the Founder/ Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Metro Frank Group Limited, Chief Ambassador Frank Obi Anyijiofor on his nomination for the National Crime Watch Magazine Awards 2024. The Anambra FA boss
Group Hails Nwifuru For Actualising The Ebonyi Dream By Roland Ike A group known as Ebonyi South in the Diaspora has been speaking on the performance of Governor Ogbonnia Nwifuru of Ebonyi State. The President of the group, Barr. Oko Ewa Enyim, gave the Governor a pass mark
By Ngwuoke Ngwuoke Court of Appeal, Enugu, has affirmed the election of Dennis Nnamani Agbo of Labour Party, (LP), as duly elected candidate to represent Igboeze North/Udenu federal constituency. The Wednesday ruling of the three-member panel, read by the presiding judge, Justice Joseph Eyo Ekanem, thus upheld
Onyeka Nnabu A Magistrate Court sitting in Abakaliki has remanded the former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ebonyi state, Mr Augustine Nwazunku and three others over alleged cultism, forgery, impersonation and illegal suspension of the South East National Vice Chairman of PDP, Chief Ali Odefa
By Roland Ike Senator Onyekachi Nwebonyi, representing Ebonyi North Senatorial District at the National Assembly, has flagged-off the construction of 1.5km Obama–Obegu–Azuiyiokwu Inyimegu road in Abakaliki local Government Area of the state. Nwebonyi, Senate Deputy Whip, said during the flags-off on Wednesday that the road was part
By Roland Ike The member representing Ohaozara/ Onicha/ Ivo constituency at the House of Representatives, Dr Nkemkanma Kama has offset the hospital bills of his constituents in various health facilities totalling N59m. Kama announced this on Monday at Uburu, Ohaozara Local Government Area of the state during
By Daniel Peters The Federal Government has expressed its desire to partner Trans Sahara Consortium’s Soybean and Sugar Projects’ initiatives to revolutionize the agricultural sector. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, stated this Monday in Abuja, when he met with a delegation
By Roland Ike The Special Senior Assistant (SSA) to President Bola Tinubu on Community Engagement (South East) Mrs. Chioma Nweze has said that the students loan scheme is a veritable catalyst for poverty alleviation. Nweze made the declaration while addressing students during the maiden South East citizens engagement,
By Daniel Peters President Bola Tinubu has elevated the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, to the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON), the nation’s second-highest national honour. This decision follows a protest from members of the House of Representatives. During his 64th
By Roland Ike The Ebonyi state Government says it has revived the state pipe production factory, located at Ezzamgbo with over N1 billion making it optimally operational. The factory established by the Elechi administration, had been moribund with tales of vandalisation of critical equipment, trailing it. The
By Goodluck Ikiebe The Federal Government has introduced groundbreaking concessions aimed at revitalizing the oil and Gas industry in its avowed determination towards boosting the upstream and downstream sectors. This is just as the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, unveiled two
By Daniel Peters In a decisive step towards addressing Nigeria’s flood-related challenges, the Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, participated in the inaugural meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Technical Committee on the Evaluation of Dams. The Committee chaired by the Minister of Water Resources
By Ikemefuna Asika The National Orientation Agency, NOA, has advised residents of riverine communities in Anambra State to make plans to move to the higher grounds for safety of lives and property. The advice was given by the Director Planning , Research and Strategy in the Agency,
