FG Set To Achieve Sustainable Development In Environment Sector – Minister
Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed has reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to sustainable use and management of the environment in the fight against poverty and food security. The Minister said this on Thursday 4th February, 2016, in her office in…
Osinbajo Assumes Duty As Acting President
Prof Yemi Osinbajo has assumed leadership of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in acting capacity following commencement of vacation by President Muhammadu Buhari. Osinbajo will be Acting President for about five days. This was contained in a statement issued by…
Military Warns N-Delta Militants Over Planned Sabotage
Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has vowed to crush individuals or group planning acts of sabotage in the Niger Delta region of the country. A statement signed by the Military spokesman, Rabe Abubakar, the military authorities observed that “the attention of…
Unapproved Drainage System: How Enugu Shoprite Mgt Enraged Ugwuanyi
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has bemoaned poor drainage system at the state’s branch of Shoprite, a multi-billion Naira expatriate shopping mall. The governor at a visit to the mall discovered a substandard work done by the firm in its bid to…
Business Failure Rate in South East Alarming – ECCIMA President
New president of the Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, ECCIMA, Rev. Surveyor Ugochukwu Chime has expressed worry over the rate business owners are closing shops in the South-East zone of Nigeria. Chime, who spoke on the occasion…
NULGE Lauds Ugwuanyi for Instilling Sanity, Accountability in Enugu LGs
The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees on Monday commended Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State for his administration’s commitment to instilling sanity and accountability in local government councils’ operations. The commendation was contained in a communiqué issued after the…
Ugwuanyi Intervens into Umode, Oruku 6-yr Communal Clash
Respite may have come for the warring Umode and Oruku communities in Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State, following Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s intervention the six years long conflagration, that had claimed lives and properties worth millions of Naira….
N60bn Health Fund Missing From Buhari’s 2016 Budget – Nigerian Doctors
Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has expressed shock that N60 billion, equivalent of 1% of consolidated revenue guaranteed by the National Health Act to fund basic health, is missing from the 2016 budget. The group lamented that President Muhammadu Buhari’s N6.08…
Kogi Election Petitions Tribunal Relocates to Abuja
The election petitions Tribunal, set us to entertain complaints arising from the Kogi state governorship poll, has been relocated to Abuja for further sittings on the order of the President of Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkashua. Prior to its…
Ugwuanyi Maps Out Strategies To Combat Bird Flu In Enugu
Enugu State Ministry of Agriculture has mapped strategies to check the spread of bird flu following the death of more than 130,000 birds estimated to cost N 150 million. Dr Emmanuel Onyeka, Director of Veterinary Services in the ministry, said…
Ireland Promises Commitment To Enugu’s Investment Drive
The Irish Ambassador to Nigeria, Amb. Sean Hoy, has assured Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu state of the readiness of his country, Ireland, to show visible commitment to advance the realization of the aims of the recent economic mission to the…
