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EDUCATION MINISTER INAUGURATES UNN’S SOLAR PROJECT The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman has inaugurated the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) Phase 1 Solar Photovoltaics (PV) Mini Grid Field Laboratory for the training of staff, students, corporate body, and others on conventional and alternative energy generation. The Minister inaugurated the project in Nsukka as part of activities lined up for …

ENUGU DIASPORA REJECTS  STATE ASSEMBLY GRAZING BILL Enugu State indigenes in Diaspora under the auspices of Concerned Patriotic Enugu Indigenes In Diaspora (CPEIID) have condemned and rejected the recent passing of the grazing bill by the State House of Assembly. To this, the concerned indigenes have asked the State governor, Peter Mbah and the Speaker of the State House of …

GUNMEN KILL THREE POLICEMEN, FRSC OFFICIAL IN ENUGU A wave of terror swept through Orba and Eha-Alumona in Udenu and Nsukka Local Government Areas of Enugu State as gunmen targeted two personnel from both the Nigeria Police Force and the Federal Road Safety Corps on Saturday. The attack came barely 24 hours after two policemen on a stop-and-search duty were …

TINUBU DIRECTS CBN TO SUSPEND IMPLEMENTATION OF CYBERSECURITY LEVY The president of Nigeria, Ahmed Bola Tinubu has informed the Central Bank Of Nigeria(CBN) to suspend the implementation of the Cyber security Levy policy. The president also ordered a review of the policy, which a large number of financial experts rejected. Recall that on Monday, 6th of May, The CBN issued …

29 NIGERIAN ARMY GENERALS RETIRE The Nigerian Army on Friday pulled out 29 generals of the Infantry Corps who retired from active military service. Out of the 29 retired infantry officers pulled out of active service at the Jaji Military Cantonment in Kaduna State, 19 were major generals and 10 brigadiers general. Leading the pack was Victor Ezugwu, a major …

WHY BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION SHUNNED PRINCE HARRY, WIFE VISIT TO NIGERIA The British High Commission in Nigeria has failed to acknowledge the presence of Prince Harry. Harry and his wife, Meghan, arrived in the most populous black nation on earth, on Friday, and there have been different activities to welcome them. The couple was received by military authorities on Friday …

ENUGU GOVT SET TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION OF HOLY GHOST MOTOR PARK – COMMISSIONER The Enugu State Government says it is ready to commence the building of a dual terminal for interstate and intrastate transportation at the Holy Ghost area of Enugu city. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Obi Ozor, disclosed this on Saturday in Enugu while briefing journalists on the …

NIGERIA’S NEIGHBOURS REJECT NAIRA, OPT FOR CFA, DOLLARS There are many challenges in transborder trade at Seme Border, Badagry, especially the constraints of exchanging the Naira for the CFAs, coupled with the over 100 road blocks manned by Security agencies along the Lagos-Badagry-Seme Expressway with the attendant daily harassment and extortion of innocent Nigerians by security officials on the 62 …

WHY 40 PEOPLE WERE MASSACRED IN ENUGU COMMUNITY – CONVICT Eight years after the tragic massacre of April 25, 2016, which claimed the lives of at least 40 individuals in Nimbo, Enugu State, Mohamed Zurai, the sole individual convicted for the mass murder, has come forward to confess his involvement in the crime. However, he maintains that his role was …

40 NIGERIAN LAWMAKERS MAY LOSE SEATS OVER CONCURRENT MEMBERSHIP OF NASS, ECOWAS PARLIAMENT Over 40 Nigerian lawmakers are likely to vacate their seats for concurrent membership of the National Assembly and ECOWAS Parliament as well as the Pan-African Parliament, if a suit filed against them succeeds. The suit was filed by the Association of Legislative Drafting and Advocacy Practitioners, ALDRAP, …