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*Enugu Geographic Agency, Lands Ministry Meet Property Owners In Estates, Layout Holders to Resolve Ownership Disputes By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu The good work he is doing has attracted the attention of even the military, with Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, on Thursday, commending the pace of transformation and quality of governance in Enugu State under Governor Peter Mbah. Apparently impressed by what he has seen on ground, the Air Chief described the governor as “a new sheriff in town.” Air Marshal Aneke made the remarks during a courtesy visit to the Governor at Government House, Enugu,…

To ease the burden on society's vulnerable persons, Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Department (FEMD) and a non-governmental organization (NGO), NEAR Foundation, as part of Ramadan outreach, are to distribute 11 kilograms worth of food packages to 300 households rendered helpless by disasters in the Territory. Director, NEAR Foundation, Mr Abdul Hakem Salaudeen, made the disclosure during a courtesy visit to FEMD. Ramadan, the month-long Muslim period of fast and holiness, is expected to kick off sometime this month. According to a press statement issued on Thursday by FEMD's Head of Public Affairs, Nkechi Isa, the NGO boss added that…

*'Terrorist Jihadists Wrote Letter To Come Preach Shariah To Us, When Noone Attended Event, They Returned To Take Lives' *Red Cross Says 162 Killed, Amnesty International Cites 'Security Failure' Umar Bio Salihu, the traditional ruler of Woro village in Kwara State, where jihadists massacred residents on Tuesday, has recounted a night of terror during which the attackers killed two of his sons and kidnapped his wife and three daughters. President Bola Tinubu has condemned the “beastly attack," deployed an army battalion to the troubled region, and blamed the Islamist extremist Boko Haram movement – though the name is often used…

*Why Minister Caved In To Workers' Demands *Staff Members React To Promotions By Felix Durumbah, Abuja Apparently reeling from the effects of the now suspended 16-day indefinite strike embarked upon by workers of Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), authorities of the Administration have swiftly moved to resolve the welfare and career progression demands of the staff members,which prompted the industrial action in the first place. The strike paralyzed activities in not just the office of FCT Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike, but in all FCTA's Secretariats, Departments and Agencies (SDAs). With the constitutional provision that FCT be treated as if it…

*It Was A Massacre, He Says *Tinubu Okays 'Operation Savannah Shield' For Besieged Area The last has not been heard of Tuesday's attack by terrorists on two villages in Kwara State as State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, threw up a shocking perspective to what happened. A Red Cross official on ground in the area said earlier today that about 162 persons were massacred by the terrorists in the attack which occurred on Woro and Nuku communities of Kaiama Local Government Area (LGA) of Kwara North Senatorial District. Leading a high-level team of local security chiefs, top government officials and others on…

*VP Shettima Launches Vision 2050 Blueprint for Region's Economic Devt By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State said the South-East zone must be re-imagined and built into a common market and economic block in order to realise its potential as an economic powerhouse. Mbah emphasised that the South-East could no longer afford to operate as five parallel states and commended President Bola Tinubu for the establishment of the South-East Development Commission (SEDC), a clear demonstration of an understanding that regional development does not occur in isolation. Mbah made the case today as Vice President Kashim Shettima officially…

Apparently seeking a way to upturn his life imprisonment, leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has appealed his conviction and life sentence. His lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, disclosed this via a post on his verified X handle today. "The mother of all appeals has been filed, as Mazi Nnamdi Kanu personally appeals against his conviction/sentence today, the 4th of February 2025," Ejimakor posted. Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court had on 20 November, 2025, sentenced the Biafra agitator to life imprisonment on seven-count charges of terrorism-related offences, for inciting violence and directing the proscribed group, among…