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We’re safe in Enugu —Northerners (Thank God for civility)

Posted by admin Enugu, Headlines, State News Saturday, March 23rd, 2013

Northerners residing in Enugu said at the weekend that they were safe and going about their business without any fear of attack or molestation. The confirmation came againsty the background of Tuesday attack on the Igbo in Kano State. But the usual piece which existed between the Igbo and their northern guests in areas heavily […]

Enugu pledges N10m for information leading to the arrest of Kwara CP

Posted by admin Enugu, Headlines, State News Tuesday, March 5th, 2013

Enugu State Governor Sullivan Chime on Monday said the state government would give N10m to anyone with information that could lead to the arrest of the killers of Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Chinwike Asadu. The police chief was gunned down on Saturday in Enugu. Chime said the offer was born out of the need […]

Floating corpse: Chime assures of assistance of Enugu govt

Posted by admin Enugu, Headlines, State News Thursday, February 28th, 2013

BY TONY EDIKE ENUGU — GOVERNOR Sul-livan Chime of Enugu State said yesterday that the government and people of the state were ready to assist in the ongoing investigation into the discovery of floating corpses at the EzuRiver with a view to fishing out those responsible for the act. The governor applauded the decision of […]

Enugu State: Collective Amnesia or Gross Myopia? – By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Enugu, NNP Columnists, Raheem Oluwafunminiyi, State News Monday, February 25th, 2013

By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi | Ibadan, Nigeria | Feb. 25, 2013 – It is not uncommon to hear that the Nigerian race is quite different, unique and specially moulded to fit into any situation and circumstances. We are a people who, if properly put, belong to a somewhat genetically re-engineered race, openly defying even the Aryan […]

I had cancer – Chime

Posted by admin Enugu, Headlines, State News Tuesday, February 12th, 2013

• Enugu gov recounts battle with deadly tumour From CHIDI NNADI and PETRUS OBI, Enugu Four days after he returned from his accumulated leave which he spent in London, Governor Sullivan Chime on Monday night told journalists in Enugu that he used the period of his vacation to treat himself of nose cancer. Soon after […]

Jubilation as Chime returns to Enugu, keeps mum

Posted by admin Enugu, Headlines, State News Saturday, February 9th, 2013

By Tony Edike, Enugu Governor Sullivan Chime of EnuguState, yesterday, returned to a tumultuous reception in Enugu after his extended vacation abroad. Chime, who wore dark glasses and acknowledged cheers from the crowd that gathered at Akanu Ibiam airport, Enugu, did not speak with newsmen who were anxious to have his message to the people […]

Absentee gov, Chime, returns after 140 days

Posted by admin Enugu, State News, Top Stories Thursday, February 7th, 2013

The Governor of Enugu State, Mr. Sullivan Chime, returned to Nigeria on Thursday after 140 days sojourn abroad where he reportedly attended to his failing health. The governor was said to have arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, from London in the early hours of the day. Chime left the shores of the […]

Quote me, Chime ‘ll return in 10 days —Akpabio

Posted by admin Akwa Ibom, Enugu, Headlines, State News Friday, February 1st, 2013

THE intrigues that followed the absence of Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State from office over ill-health may soon be laid to rest, as his Akwa Ibom State counterpart, Governor Godswill Akpabio, on Friday, hinted that Governor Chime, who has been hospitalised in a London hospital since September 2012, would return to the country in […]

Outrage over govs’ visit to Chime

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Enugu, Governors, Latest Politics, State News Monday, January 28th, 2013

The Action Congress of Nigeria, human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN), and civil society groups have slammed the Nigeria Governors’ Forum for sending a delegation to visit Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State, who is reportedly receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness, in London. According to them, the governors are helping Chime to perpetuate has […]

Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu Has Cancer

Posted by admin Enugu, Headlines, State News Friday, January 25th, 2013

By SaharaReporters, New York Enugu State governor, Sullivan Chime, has Thyroid cancer according to one of the sources knowledgeable about his true medical condition. The governor who was visited by colleagues in London last Tuesday developed swellings around his left cheek last year that was diagnosed as Thyroid cancer. The governor has reportedly undergone three […]