Enugu State government has announced 30 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the to 372. Commissioner for Health, Prof. Ikechukwu Obi, made the announcement in a statement on Sunday. He stated that the ministry confirmed the 30 new cases in the update provided by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control […]
The Enugu State Police Command says it will set up a COVID-19 mobile court to ensure strict compliance with directives of federal and state governments to check the spread of the pandemic. Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ahmad Abdurrahman, made this known on Friday during a meeting with leaders of markets in the state on how […]
Enugu state Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr. Greg Nnaji, has called on communities to constitute task forces that will check the indiscriminate dumping of refuse in the state. Nnaji made the appeal on Sunday, while responding to a recent wash-out in two locations of a link road in Enugu. “We are commending the Umuchigbo […]
The Enugu state government has announced 30 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease, bringing the total number to 174. The state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Ikechukwu Obi, made the announcement in a statement on Thursday. Obi said that the Ministry of Health confirmed the 30 new cases in the update by the Nigeria Centre […]
Civil society organisations in Enugu state have demanded for proper implementation of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) law across the country. The organizations made the demand in Enugu on Thursday, during a peaceful protest against incessant sexual abuse at the Government House and the state House of Assembly. Groups that participated in the peaceful […]
The Commissioner of Police in Enugu state, Mr. Ahmad Abdurrahman, has reiterated the command’s resolve to arrest and prosecute violators of COVID-19 containment orders. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Daniel Ndukwe, said in a statement on Wednesday in Enugu that it had observed with dismay the flagrant violation of COVID-19 containment orders issued by […]
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Tuesday, gave a directive for the upgrade of Awgu Hospital facilitates. Ugwuanyi gave the directive in Enugu, when he visited the Basic School of Midwifery, Awgu, and the General Hospital. The governor, after inspection of the facilities, expressed dismay at the condition of the general hospital and reiterated […]
The Enugu state Primary Healthcare Development Agency (ENS-PHCDA), says it has trained 1,875 health workers on COVID-19 case identification and response to stem the further spread of the pandemic. The four-day step down training started on June 11, was organised by ENS-PHCDA in collaboration with National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA). Executive Secretary of […]
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State on Friday inaugurated a new court complex and roads in Nsukka, built by the state government. Ugwuanyi, in a remark before handing over the new buildings to Enugu State judiciary, said it was aimed at improving access to justice delivery. “I swore an oath as governor to protect the […]
The Enugu state Police Command has arrested 22 suspects involved in offences ranging from conspiracy, armed robbery, unlawful possession of firearms, stealing and cultism. The command also recovered one Berretta pistol, eight locally-made firearms, nine rounds of live ammunition, one live cartridge, one motorcycle, 12 handsets, two axes, one dagger, three knives, one laptop, N6,000 […]
The Okpebe Autonomous Community in Nkanu West Local Government Area, Enugu State, has supported no fewer than 200 indigent households in the area with cash palliatives. Mr Charles Ngene, the President General of the community, made the disclosure on Sunday at the inauguration of the first phase of the cash transfers to the beneficiaries. Ngene […]
The Enugu State Ministry of Health says it has begun intensive sensitisation of residents on the dangers of Lassa fever in all the 17 local government areas of the state. The Director of Public Health in the ministry, Dr. Okechukwu Ossai, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in […]
The Enugu State House of Assembly has urged the State Government to deduct salaries of primary school teachers and other Local Government staff from the State’s Joint Allocation Committee (JAC). This follows the adoption of a motion on the need to unify the salaries of primary school teachers and other local government workers. The motion […]
The Police Command in Enugu state has ordered its men to arrest any individual or group suspected to be sabotaging the ongoing enforcement of boundary closure in the locality. A statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Daniel Ndukwe, on Sunday in Enugu, quoted the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ahmad Abdurrahman, […]
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu state on Wednesday, addressed residents of the state on confirmed positive cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), disclosing that all the 11 cases are people who entered the state illegally. He said this was in spite of the presidential order on restriction of inter-state movements and the state government’s closure of […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has extolled the former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, for his outstanding patriotic roles toward the unity, stability and growth of the country. The PDP in a congratulatory message to Senator Ekweremadu on his 58th birthday, described the former deputy Senate President “as a detribalized Nigerian and […]
Four suspected cultists with guns were apprehended on Sunday, May 10, by Ngwuru Neighbourhood Watch in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State. The chairman of the neighbourhood watch, Mr Ferdinand Onah said that the boys who are in their early 20s were apprehended at Ogbaegu, in Ngwuru following intelligence reports from the residents. He […]
By Kelechi Emmanuel The Covid-19 pandemic has ravaged the world since the turn of 2020, with every country battling to stem the blitz of infections and deaths that has resulted from this deadly virus. Nigeria has not been spared by this global scourge, with 4,151 cases confirmed by the NCDC as at May 10, 2020, […]
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu state has directed the 17 local government chairmen, neighborhood watch groups and traditional rulers to man their council borders to contain the spread of coronavirus in the state A statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Simon Ortuanya in Enugu on Thursday, said this followed reports that persons […]
The National Orientation Agency (NOA), Enugu state directorate, says it has sensitised no fewer than 170 communities in the state on the dangers and precautionary measures against coronavirus (COVID-19). In a statement on Wednesday in Enugu, the Head, Media and Protocol of the directorate, Mr. McDonald Odenigbo, said that the campaign was done in partnership […]