The management of Opeans Nigeria Limited, a safety training operator at Opete in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State, has attributed the going investigations of its operations by operatives of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to a frivolous petition by a rival company based on desperation for monopoly.
Specifically, it mentioned the Managing Director of Lym Consults Nigeria Limited, Mr. Larry Otu, as the mastermind of its ongoing travails, following a running battle both have had since the company’s business interest in Warri area had grown, in leaps and bounds, insisting that Otu had resorted to peddling …
The Prince of Mburubu Kingdom in Enugu State, Engr Lawrence Ezeh, in company with over 20,000 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, will today exit the party for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
This disclosure was made by the Media Aide to Prince Lawrence Ezeh, Mr ThankGod Ofoelue.
According to him, “all preparations have been made and Prince will be returning to the PDP on Sunday. The state governor, Dr Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and all PDP stalwarts in Enugu East Senatorial Zone will be gathering to welcome him back to the party.”
He said: “Ezeh is …
A student of Girls’ Secondary School, Abakpa-Nike, Enugu State, Miss Chidiogo Jane Onoh, has emerged the overall winner of the maiden edition of the essay writing competition of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE).
In a letter to the principal of the school, the Director-General of BPE, Alex A. Okoh, stated that Miss Onoh’s entry in the essay writing competition titled: The Reason for Government Reforms and Privatization of Public Enterprises, “was adjudged the best by the Bureau’s team of evaluators”.
Okoh congratulated the student for emerging the overall winner in the country as well as the school for producing …
The Minister of State, Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah, has disclosed the readiness of the federal government to revive the coal mines in Enugu State to contribute meaningfully to the socio-economic development of the country as well as the state.
Addressing newsmen after a meeting with Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi at the Government House, Enugu, on Friday, Dr. Ogah, who came with a delegation from the ministry, stated that they are in Enugu on a fact-finding mission with regard to “what is already on ground, what the federal government has done and what we can do to revive …
A statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Simon Uchenna Ortuanya, said the decision was in commemoration of the second anniversary of the death of the Ide of Oko Kingdom in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State. He passed on November 19, 2017.
The statement described the late former VP as …
The statement said that the cause of the incident could not be ascertained.
The statement reads: “@NigAirForce Helicopter has crashed on landing in Enugu after a routine flight today. Fortunately, there were no fatalities or injuries to any crew member or persons on the ground.
Chairman of Enugu East Local Government Area, Chief Alex Ugwu, said on Tuesday that council chairmen had no reason to underperform as they were fully in charge of their council’s finances and allocations.
Ugwu stated this during a Good Governance Tour by a coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and the state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He said the council had received over N1.9 billion of Federal Allocation from December 2017 to date.
Ugwu said under his watch, the council had judiciously utilised its revenue as evident in numerous projects executed by his administration.
He …
The local government took action in response to a need for greater awareness about the ecological and cultural values of the primate species found in the region and also to the global biodiversity crisis.
To draw attention to the plight of
Aviation Minister, Senator Hadi Sirika, informed the Senate yesterday that the much completion of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, depends on the time the Federal Government releases money for it.
He, however, expressed optimism that the project would be completed by April 2020, “if the money is released now.”
Speaking at the defence of the 2020 Budget of the ministry before the Senate Committee on Aviation, Hadi noted that money to complete the project had been approved by President Muhammadu Buhari, but “we are waiting for the release and I am sure it will be released very soon.”…
The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has given assurance that Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, would be reopened before the 2020 Easter celebration.
Sirika gave the assurance during the ministry’s budget defence before the House Committee on Aviation at the National Assembly, Abuja.
He also promised that the airport would be one of the best in the country at the end of the reconstruction work.
This is a departure from the earlier statement made by the minister that the airport would be reopened in time for the Christmas celebration this year.
Earlier in the month, President Muhammadu Buhari approved …
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu has directed the state fire service to reassess its emergency response capabilities given the onset of the dry season and the need to ensure the safety of lives and property should there be any fire outbreak.
A statement by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof. Simon Uchenna Ortuanya, said the directive became necessary given the need to take measures that would forestall deaths and destruction of property from unexpected fire outbreaks.
Ortuanya said the government has also directed the fire fighting marshals to visit disaster-prone locations, such as markets, housing estates, satellite towns, …
The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has opened an area office in Enugu to meet the needs of the increasing number of corps members mobilised annually in the South-East.
The Area Coordinator, Alhaji Ahmed Ikaka, at the inaugural meeting with members of staff of the scheme on Tuesday in Enugu, said the office would serve the five states in the South-East.
Ikaka said the management of the scheme had experimented with the area offices in the six geopolitical zones in the 1990s, but could not sustain them.
“However, the number of corps members mobilised annually which stands …
