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By Okwudiri Okafor, Umuahia Abia State Government has kicked off the distribution of 53 transformers it procured for various communities across the South-Eastern state. The move is part of its policy of ensuring rapid socio-economic transformation of communities and boost industrialization so as generate greater wealth among the citizenry. Already, Aba, the commercial hub of the South-East, has for long now enjoyed regular power supply,provided by a private firm and facilitated by the state government's provision of a conducive investment environment, even as attention shifts to electrifying the rural areas. Speaking while distributing the first phase of the transformers to…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Relief has come for injured victims of the January 25,2025 Enugu tanker explosion incident as Director-General (DG), National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mrs Zubaida Umar, visited them in hospitals within Enugu metropolis. At least 21 persons lost their lives in the fire while many others sustained different degrees of burns and are battling for life in hospitals. Umar led top management staff of the agency from its Abuja NEMA headquarters on the visit. It was a joyous occasion too as they came bearing sundry relief materials for the victims. At National Orthopedic Hospital, Enugu, the DG…

By Felix Durumbah It was a show of shame at the Abuja National Secretariat of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday, January 29, as a free-for-all broke out between rival supporters of two party titans jostling for the position of National Secretary of the opposition party. Passers-by were obviously embarrassed by the eye sore for a political party bidding to take over power amid the acclaimed poor performance of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), as fists flew,voices rang out in high tones,dresses were rumpled with shoving and pushing, and strings of curses hurled in the generally despicable atmosphere…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Enugu State Government has caused the arrest of a man, Mr. Sunday Echegi, who chopped off the hand of his wife, Chinonso Loveth. The government has also moved the wife to a top hospital in the state capital for proper medical care even as an angry wife of the State governor, Mrs Nkechinyere Mbah, has sought full dosage of justice in the matter. These were disclosed by the State Commissioner for Children, Gender Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Ngozi Enih, Tuesday, January 28. Mrs. Enih said that Echegi, who hails from Ibagwa Ani in Nsukka Local…

By our reporter One of the founding fathers of ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, on Tuesday, January 28, took aim at the party, slamming it for not even being a one-man show but "a zero-man show." The attack, one of several in recent months by party men, signals rising discontent within the party in government. The former two-term governor (2015-2023) stated that he no longer recognizes the APC, saying none of the party's organs had met in the last two years. Almost two years ago, President Bola Tinubu,who belongs to…

By Okwudiri Okafor, Umuahia Abia State Government has assured restive judiciary staff that the state Governor, Alex Otti, is irrevocably committed to honouring all the terms of an agreement entered into with them on the heels of the workers' two-month industrial strike. Among others, the staff were demanding payment of arrears of enhanced salary structure. Speaking to journalists Tuesday, January 28, on the details of the weekly State Executive Council (SEC) meeting which held the previous day, the State Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu disclosed that all government officials whose mandate it is to effect the payment, are working…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Major-General Olzuyemi Olatoye has taken over as the 39th General Officer Commanding (GOC), 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Enugu . In this capacity, he doubles as Force Commander, military Joint Task Force South-East, code-named Operation UDO KA. Olatoye took over from the outgone GOC of the Division, Maj.-Gen. Hassan Dada, who has been deployed to Nigerian Army Heritage and Future Centre. Taking over the baton on Monday, January 27, at the Division's Headquarters in Enugu, the new GOC charged officers and men to brace up, redouble all efforts and surpass every known operational successes. Olatoye said that…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu The lawmaker representing Aninri, Awgu, and Oji-River federal constituency, Representative Anayo Onwuegbu, has expressed sorrow over the tanker explosion that took place at the weekend on Enugu-Onitsha Expressway. The incident, which occurred along the Ugwu-Onyeama section of the Expressway on Saturday when a fuel-laden tanker lost control, resulted in an explosion that claimed at least 18 lives and left several others injured. Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, has visited the scene, commiserated with families of the dead and declared that the State government will foot the medical bills of the injured. Onwuegbu, in a statement on…

By Okwudiri Okafor, Umuahia Abia State Commissioner for Industry and SMEs, Mazi Michael Enyinnaya Akpara, has disclosed that the state Governor, Alex Otti, is poised to reactivate moribund industries located across the state so as to create job opportunities for youths. Speaking to journalists in his office at the Ministry's headquarters in Umuahia, the state capital, Akpara said the measure is accommodated in the 2025 state budget recently signed into law by Gov. Otti. He said that the plan is to accelerate industrial growth, development and harness the potentials of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in the South-Eastern Nigeria…