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Enugu State governor, Sullivan Chime, feared dead

Posted by admin Enugu, Headlines, State News Sunday, December 16th, 2012

DECEMBER 16, 2012 BY AGENCY REPORTER 121 COMMENTS Enugu State Governor Sullivan Chime Enugu State Governor, Sullivan Chime, was feared dead on Saturday. Unconfirmed reports had it that Chime passed on at an Indian hospital after battling an undisclosed ailment for some months. Meanwhile, The PUNCH’s Enugu State correspondent, Ozioma Ubabukoh, was harassed by seven […]

Ex VC of UNIZIK kidnapped in Enugu

Posted by admin Enugu, Headlines, State News Monday, November 26th, 2012

By SaharaReporters, New York Kidnappers today snatched Professor Ilochi Okafor (SAN), a former vice chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) Awka in Anambra state. Professor Okafor was kidnapped Sunday morning in front of residence at the Independence Layout in Enugu while on his way to church. The kidnappers later took off with him in a […]

Where is Governor Chime?

Posted by admin Enugu, Headlines, State News Saturday, November 17th, 2012

Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has been away from official duty for two months. While his spokesman said he was away on ‘extended leave,’ the residents are apprehensive of this unusual absence, reports Ozioma Ubabukoh The two-month absence of Governor Sullivan Chime from work seems to be generating anxiety among residents in Enugu […]

Gov. Okorocha punches Gov. Obi’s aide over seat (No class)

Posted by admin Anambra, Enugu, Governors, Headlines, Imo, State News Sunday, October 21st, 2012

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State on Saturday punched a protocol officer who refused to allow him sit on a chair reserved for the Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi, at the 80th birthday celebration of former vice president, Chief Alex Ekwueme, in Enugu. The incident occurred 20 minutes before most of the invited guests […]

Widow battles Nollywood actor, Osuofia, over land

Posted by admin Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Enugu, General Politics, Nollywood (Film Industry), State News, Top Stories Monday, October 15th, 2012

A secondary school teacher, Mrs. Gloria Ayogu, on Sunday said she would consider legal actions against Nollywood actor, Nkem Owoh, popularly known as Osuofia, if he failed to pay damages for allegedly demolishing her house in Enugu State. Ayogu, a widow and an employee of Federal Government College, Enugu, has since 2008 been at war […]

Youth sack Kalu’s meeting in Enugu

Posted by admin Abia, Enugu, Headlines, State News Monday, October 8th, 2012

Some youths on Saturday in Enugu, Enugu State sacked a political meeting that was to be addressed by the former governor of Abia State, Chief Orji Kalu. The PUNCH learnt that Kalu had planned to use the platform to address some Igbo youths and women leaders on his plans for 2015 general elections. Justifying the […]

Enugu community alleges attacks by neighbours

Posted by admin Enugu, Headlines, State News Saturday, September 15th, 2012

By DONALD AJI THE people of Umuode Town in Nkanu East local government area of Enugu State have sent a save- our- soul, SOS, message to the state government and security agencies over alleged attack by their neighboring Oruku community. The message is contained in separate letters to Governor Sullivan Chime and the state police […]

Man electrocuted in Enugu

Posted by admin Enugu, State News Sunday, September 2nd, 2012

By Tony Edike ENUGU—A Middle aged man from Umuoka village, Umuavulu Abor community in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State, Mr. Aaron Odo has been electrocuted. The State Police Command’s spokesman, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, who disclosed this in a statement yesterday, said that investigations had commenced to unravel the circumstances surrounding his death. Odo […]

ESUT VC’s abductors demand N200m ransom as cults kill four

Posted by admin Enugu, Headlines, State News Friday, August 17th, 2012

By Tony Edike ENUGU – CULT related killings resumed in Enugu Thursday with the shooting to death of four persons including a councilor. This is coming on the heels of unconfirmed reports that the abductors of the Vice Chancellor of Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT, Professor Cyprian Onyeji, have demanded a ransom […]

Open Letter to Governor Sullivan Chime – By Nwaorgu Faustinus

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Enugu, Governors, NNP Columnists, Nwaorgu Faustinus, State News Tuesday, July 17th, 2012

By Nwaorgu Faustinus | NNP | July 17, 2012 – Your Excellency, I want to commend you for the unparalleled infrastructural projects, especially in the area of road construction both in urban and rural areas which you have bequeathed on Enugu State not to mention other roads that are still under construction. The reading public, […]