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By Felix Durumbah, Abuja After a battle come peace, laughter and conviviality. Minister of Federal Capital Territory FCT Barrister Nyesom Wike (3rd right), flanked by labour leaders, forget the bitterness of the just-ended 'war' over workers' demand for better conditions of service, and cozy up in a light-hearted moment after agreement is reached on the demands. War, any sort of war at all, profits nothing indeed.

By Felix Durumbah, Abuja, and Sylvia Udegbunam, Enugu Dignitaries from all walks of life showed up when Enugu State Governor, Dr Peter Mbah, presented the state's record N1.62 trillion budget for 2026, on Tuesday, 2 December this year. Reeling out subheads on which the mammoth figure will be spent,to uplift lives and reposition the South-East state as number one investment destination in the zone, Gov Mbah explained that,due to his administration's robust economic policies and Federal Government's fiscal management, money was coming into the state in a manner never seen before --a tacit invitation to investors, job seekers and others…

These are the faces of our new Service Chiefs, appointed today by President Bola Tinubu, following his sack of the previous ones. Top left: Lt.Gen. O.O Oluyede, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS); top right: Major. Gen. W. Shuaibu, Chief of Army Staff; Bottom left: Rear Admiral I. Abbas, Chief of Naval Staff; and Air Vice Marshal S.K. Aneke, Chief of Air Staff.

Seeking to improve security, end illegal logging and deforestation in the South-East State, Enugu State Governor, Dr Peter Mbah, has okayed fresh recruitment exercise into the outfit,headed by retired Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Dr. Akinbayo Olasoji. In this picture, Dr. Olasoji (centre, standing, with staff) poses with some existing Forest Guards and officials after a recent stakeholders' meeting.

In yet another instance of fidelity, Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, kept to his electoral promise to re-engineer, reinvigorate,retool and revitalize the state's economy and transform it to a preferred business destination for everyone. Fast on the heels of hosting the Annual General Conference (AGC) of Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), which featured the creme de la creme of the revered profession in the country, whose members breathed and utilized the state-of-the-art facilities in place in the state, Gov. Mbah yesterday unveiled the revamped, upgraded Nigergas factory, to resolve the nation's medical and industrial gas needs and save scarce foreign exchange…

A Cross Section Of Legal Practitioners And Other Personalities At The Conference… today.

Former Minister for Education, Dr Oby Ezekwesili (left) exchanging greetings with Enugu State governor, Dr Peter Mbah.

Built 62 years ago by the high-performing government of then Premier of defunct Eastern Region, the now-late Dr Michael Okpara, but left derelict by several successive administrations, the iconic Hotel Presidential Enugu has been reconstructed and modernized by Enugu State Governor, Dr Peter Mbah, and has thrown its doors open for business. Picture shows the mammoth crowd at the hotel's unveiling, with a section of the hotel building in the background. Gov. Mbah waves to the pleased crowd.

Part of the majestic Hotel Presidential, the former pride of the East built by then Premier, defunct Eastern Region, the late Dr Michael Okpara, now reconstructed and modernized by Enugu State Governor, Dr Peter Mbah.