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Can Innovative Developers Like COPEN Group Bridge The South-East’s Affordable Housing Gap?
(Also published in Sunday New Telegraph of June 7, 2026) By SHEDDY OZOENE Last week in Enugu, a promotional campaign by COPEN Group caught my attention. The housing development company was advertising an upcoming forum on affordable homeownership, promising solutions to one of the most persistent challenges facing not only Enugu State but the entire South-East region: access to affordable housing. The housing forum, themed "A Home for Every Dream, A House for Every Pocket" is scheduled to hold next Tuesday at the Amadeo Event Centre in Enugu. Millions of residents trapped by the high cost of owning a home,…
Don’t Close Markets Because Of Rally For Mbah, Tinubu -Enugu Govt Warns Traders
By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Enugu State Government has warned against an alleged plan by some market leaders to shut down major markets within the state capital tomorrow (Saturday) to show support during a rally backing re-election of Governor Peter Mbah and President Bola Tinubu. The government stated that such a move contradicts the Mbah administration's determined effort to boost investment, business and productivity in the state, and therefore does not have the government's blessing. The government made its position known in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Communication, Dr. Malachy Agbo, today. It said that people should…
Brutal, Emboldened: How Nigeria’s Bandit Crisis Spun Out Of Control
Beneath the shade of the wide-spreading branches of a neem tree, five young gang members wearing camouflage and beanies and cradling AK47 rifles took refuge from the harsh midday sun. They passed around cold bottles of water and a popular energy drink called Fearless. To their left, a dreadlocked teenager with his own rifle rested on one of three motorcycles parked on the sparse grass. To their right, another teenager sat with his back to the others, rolling a spliff. The rendezvous of some of the most dreaded men in Nigeria took place near Batsari, a settlement in the north-western…
Mbah Repositioning ESUT Teaching Hospital As Flagship Tertiary Health Institution – CMD
By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Enugu State University Teaching Hospital (ESUTH), Parklane, Enugu, is currently undergoing an extensive and deliberate transformation aimed at repositioning it as the State’s flagship tertiary health institution. This followed a series of infrastructure expansions, policy interventions, and institutional reforms driven by the administration of Governor Peter Mbah. Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the hospital, Professor Bethrand Ngwu, disclosed this during a media interaction with the press. At the event, he provided an update on ongoing developments in infrastructure renewal, medical education, specialist training, and healthcare service delivery at the institution. According to Ngwu, the scale of…
Major Stakeholders Justify Support For Benue Senatorial Candidate Eunice Ortom
By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Ahead of the 2027 general elections, strong backing has come for candidate of opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) for Benue North West Senatorial District, Dr. (Mrs) Eunice Erdoo Ortom, as leaders, elders and stakeholders of the party insisted that she has the capacity to deliver effective representation. Flaying what they see as deliberate smear campaign and coordinated misinformation circulated on social media targeted at Dr Ortom, the major stakeholders further described such campaign as "desperate propaganda of political jobbers and merchants of falsehood whose stock-in-trade is blackmail and distortion." In a statement jointly signed by Sen.…
Alia Swears In New High Court Judge
By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has sworn in Justice Christine Terlumun Clement Ende as a Judge of the Benue State High Court. Performing the ceremony at the Old Banquet Hall of the Benue State Government House, the Governor described the appointment of the new judge as a significant milestone in the administration of justice in the state. Governor Alia said that the appointment was in recognition of Justice Ende's distinguished career which has spanned over three decades in legal practice, judicial administration, human rights advocacy, and public service. According to the Governor, "the new judge's wealth…
FG, Imo Seal Pact On Federal Medical Centre Okigwe
*Uzodimma Applauds Humanitarian Ministry, Highlights State's Youth Empowerment Drive Imo State has a new Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Okigwe following the conversation of the former FMC,Owerri, into a Teaching Hospital for Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) not long ago. The pact to have the former General Hospital, Okigwe become Imo State's new FMC was sealed Wednesday, June 3, 2026 between a Federal Government delegation, led by the Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Salako, and those of Imo State led by Governor Hope Uzodimma. These were disclosed in a statement made available to…
Schoolchildren Abductions: Protest Rocks Abuja As Sowore Leads Nigerians To Seek Action From Leaders
*Pours Invectives On Tinubu A mass protest today rocked Abuja with hundreds of people storming streets in the nation's capital to express their feelings over recurring abduction of school children and general insecurity in the country. Led by human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, they called for the immediate rescue of the schoolchildren. Sowore also launched a damning attack on President Bola Tinubu, whom he alleged as being responsible for the worsening insecurity in the land. The protest, which followed a nationwide mobilisation, according to Sowore, is a prelude to what he described as an imminent revolutionary push against poor governance…
INSECURITY: Pandemonium In Remote FCT Suburb, Gbagalape, Over Alleged Terrorist Attack On Primary School, Police Say ‘It’s False Alarm’
*Panic Escalated Into Nasarawa State By Felix Durumbah, Abuja Scores of residents ran helter skelter, some screaming in palpable fear, many visibly shivering, sparking widespread panic today in Gbagalape, a suburb of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), following reports of an attack by alleged terrorists on LEA Primary School in the community. An account referred to the group as "cult boys" and not terrorists or bandits. The pandemonium even spiraled into contiguous communities, including Rugar and Mararaba, both in Nasarawa State. Panic-stricken parents/guardians hurriedly sought out their children/wards and withdrew them from the primary school and other schools. Obviously shaken by…