Barely 48 hours after unknown armed men attacked and killed three policemen on duty in Enugu, four officers of the Command were on Saturday evening shot dead at a police check point by yet to be identified hoodlums at Amodo area of Enugu South Council area of the state. Meanwhile, tension has enveloped Enugu city […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two Northern traders at the recently demolished new Artisan Goat market, Enugu, Alhaji Sani Na Dada and Alhaji Lawan Ayavgar, have appealed to the Enugu state governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, to pay them 47 Million naira compensation for the destruction of their shops in the market by his administration. They said the ugly […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Enugu based lawyer, Barr. C.D Ezeh, and Civil Liberties organization (CLO), have urged the inspector General of police (IGP) Baba Alkali, police Service Commission (PSC), and Enugu State CP, Abubakar Lawal, to use their good offices to probe alleged acts of impunity, insubordination, and attempt to truncate justice leveled against a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Authorities of the Railway Police Barrack in Enugu, South- East Nigeria, have served Ejection notice and 24-day ultimatum to some serving police officers to pack out from the Barrack. The ejection Notice signed by the Area Commander, Railway Area Command, Eastern District, ACP Bawa Daniel ordered the concerned officers to vacate their […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state police Command has paraded a total of 120 criminal suspects arrested between the months of August and December 2021 in parts of the state for various crimes. Some of the criminal offences includes, kidnapping, murder, armed robbery, rape, arson, unlawful possession of firearms and Ammunition, amongst others.. Commissioner […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Local government workers in Enugu state, South East Nigeria, may soon start smiling home with the new minimum wage salary package like their other colleagues in the Ministries and agencies, as the Council Chairmen have expressed their disposition towards doing the needful in that regard . This followed a passionate appeal to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Touched by the untold hardship currently facing Nigerian workers as a result of the present economic instability in the nation, the Enugu State Branch of Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Civil Society organizations CSOs have urged Council area Chairmen in the state to consider payment of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A total of 72 female Students of Comprehensive Secondary School, (CSC), Mbulu- Owo, in Nkanu East Council Area of Enugu state, went home smiling, as a non- governmental organization NGO, Women Information Network, (WINET), in partnership with a Spanish body, Mundo Cooperante awarded them Scholarship. The gesture is part of the Spain […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, (CP) Abubakar Lawal, has ordered the State CID and the Motor Traffic Unit of the Command, to thoroughly investigate the circumstances surrounding the fatal motor accident, involving a Water Tanker and parked tricycles, that occurred at Nza Street by Bush Bar, Independence Layout, Enugu, in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Enugu State Command, says it is deploying no fewer than 350 personnel for the forthcoming Anambra governorship election. African examiner reports that the Anambra gubernatorial poll will hold on Saturday, Nov. 6 under INEC’s supervision. The Public Relations Officer of the command, Chief Superintendent […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Enugu State High Court presided over by Honourable Justice Cyprian Ajah (PHD), has convicted and sentenced Mr. Anidiobi Oliver Chukwuka, a former Branch manager of Sterling Bank Plc, Enugu, to eight years Imprisonment for stealing the sum of 219 million naira deposits funds. He was found guilty of stealing and converting […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Troop of Joint Security Operatives have reportedly raided a hideout belonging to the militia wing of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra/Eastern Security Network (IPOB/ESN) at Mgbowo in Awgu Council Area of Enugu State. According to Army Spokesman, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, who confirmed the development, said it happened in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The newly elected Chairman of Enugu State Chapter of All Progressive Congress (APC), Comrade Adolphus Ude, has mocked the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over its pledge to rescue Nigeria. Ude, said before rescuing Nigeria, PDP should first account for the uncountable underdevelopment obstacles the party is embedded in the system, prior […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner for lands and Urban Development Enugu state, South East Nigeria , Dr. Victor Nnam, has given reason why he resigned his appointment, saying his action is in protest against the sudden removal of some departmental Heads under his ministry by the Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi led government. Nnam, a Surveyor by profession […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some hoodlums enforcing the sit- at home order declared by the proscribed Indigenous people of Biafran IPOB, on Thursday set ablaze a trailer, commuter bus and a provision shop at Emene area of Enugu. The group Championing Biafran Republic, had declared another sit-at-home on Thursday in all parts of South Eastern region […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Heavily armed men have attacked a police checkpoint at Nachi in Oji River Local Government Area of Enugu state, killing two officers. The victims, who were said to have died on the spot were on duty at the checkpoint when the hoodlums struck. It was gathered that the gunmen shot sporadically, a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has said that no candidate in Enugu state missed its ongoing examination in spite of the IPOB-declared Mondays’ sit-at- home order. The Deputy Registrar/Zonal Coordinator, WAEC, Mrs Eucharia Onodu disclosed this in Enugu. Onodu said the sit-at-home order only affected the students emotionally, as many of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Seven human rights groups in different parts of Nigeria, have petitioned the Enugu State Commissioner of police over alleged defrauding of a church, Calvary Victory Mission Church, the sum of 4 Million naira by its landlord, Mr Chijioke Nsonwu, who also unlawfully demolished the property. The organizations in a petition, entitled “Appeal […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arsonists set the INEC office at Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State ablaze on Sunday. The Chief Fire Officer in Enugu State, Chief Okwudili Ohaa, confirmed the incident in Enugu. Ohaa said that a distress call was received by the Enugu State Fire Service at about 1.30 a.m. “As usual, when […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has suspended its strike and directed its members at Enugu depot to resume supply of petroleum products. “As a result of the intervention of higher authorities in the unwarranted and unprovoked invasion of our secretariat at Enugu depot, the National Executive Committee (NEC) of […]
