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Enugu, Nigerian Police, State News
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
Policemen shoot dead an Inspector returning from night duty, leaving his family in tears AFTER serving 31 years in the Nigeria Police Force, Clement Onwuegbuta, had slowly and painfully risen to the rank of an Inspector and was head of Surveillance Unit, Uwani Police Division, Enugu, till last Saturday. On that day, as he walked […]
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Boko Haram, Enugu, Latest Politics, State News
Sunday, January 15th, 2012
Northern govs deny alleged plot against Christians Police guard churches in Jigawa, others AS some state governments unveiled fresh strategies to curb terrorism through strong partnership with security agencies, panic yesterday swept through Enugu State when news filtered in that about 50 members of the Boko Haram had stormed the state capital. This situation was […]
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Bayelsa, Cross River, Enugu, Headlines, Imo, Osun, Oyo, State News
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
THE strike embarked upon yesterday by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) over fuel subsidy removal was peaceful in Cross River, Imo State while it was aborted in Bayelsa State. Early in the morning, business activities went on as usual in Calabar as the markets opened while commercial drivers […]
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Boko Haram, Enugu, South-East, State News
Sunday, January 8th, 2012
A FRESH dimension may have been added to the parlous security situation in the country, as non-indigenes especially from the Northern parts of the country have begun fleeing the South-East in droves. At Lokpanta on the Enugu-Port-Harcourt highway, Ugwuoba and Artisan village, all in Enugu State occupied by Hausa communities, several lorries were noticed over the […]
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Articles, Columnists, Enugu, Governors, NNP Columnists, State News, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Thursday, October 27th, 2011

By Tochukwu Ezukanma, Lagos, Nigeria – October 27, 2011 – Over the years, I heard of Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka, especially, about his then long running conflict with Chimaroke Nnamani, the then governor of Enugu State. Lately, for the first time, I listened to a few of his CDs. They are usually a combination of […]
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Enugu, Local Govt, State News
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
Chairman of the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC), Dr. Boniface Eneh has disclosed budgetary plans by the commission to spend N502 million in the planning and conduct of the December 10 local government elections in the state. Dr. Eneh, who had foot dragged before releasing the figure to newsmen in Enugu yesterday, said he […]
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Enugu, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
Some women groups in Enugu State have condemned the recent raping of old women by youths of Opi in Nsukka Local Government Area, describing it as ‘’barbaric and bizarre’’. Mrs. Joy Ezeilo, the Executive Director, Women Aid Collective, WACOL, said yesterday that it was a violation of women’s rights and a crime against humanity. She […]
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Enugu, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
Family of traditional ruler of Obuofia autonomous community in the Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State, Igwe Obiora Igwesi who was kidnapped last Friday in Enugu has expressed worry over the failure of the gunmen to establish contact with the family. A close family source who spoke to Daily Sun in Enugu expressed […]
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Enugu, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
Over 100 women from Ogbaozalla and Ibeku communities in Opi, Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State on Tuesday protested against the rape of old women by young men in their community. The perpetrators, aged between 17 and 25 years, had recently been caught raping old women of 60 to 80 years, including blind women […]
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Enugu, Headlines, State News
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
Tension is currently mounting in Amaechi, Awkunanaw, Enugu South Local Government, home of former Senate president, Chief Ken Nnamani, where some Church leaders are gearing up for a showdown with the parish priest of St. Jude’s Catholic Church in the community. Women from the Church yesterday staged a protest calling for the removal of the […]