Category: Local

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has said that a contractor has been arrested for perpetuating a ₦1.09 billion procurement fraud in Enugu State.

Former Inspector General of Police, and a contender for the Ohanaeze Ndigbo President General position, Mike Okiro, has officially withdrawn from the election scheduled to hold this Friday.

Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of 17 suspects in Enohia Itim village, in Afikpo Local Government Area of Ebonyi of State for murder of Uromchi Okorocha who was accused by local youths of being involved in the killing of several individuals through alleged witchcraft and spiritual means.

A 40-year-old Ebonyi man, identified as Joshua Nwafor, has allegedly killed his wife, Charity, over a tuber of yam in Nsokkara, Ezza South Local Government Area of the state.

The Anambra State Primary Health Care Development Agency has commenced the 2024 second round maternal, newborn and child health week in Okija, Ihiala Local Government Area.

The Anambra state primary healthcare development agency, ASPHCDA, and the United nations children’s fund, UNICEF, are set to begin a routine immunization for children between the ages of 0-59 months, who have never been immunized, and those who have not completed their routine immunization.

Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has said the state will cover the medical expenses of the former President of the Onitsha Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture, Okey Akaneme.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities at Bayelsa State Government’s Niger Delta University has declared an indefinite strike over the government’s alleged failure to enforce the agreements reached with the union.

Abia State Government has kicked off community engagements to communicate the government’s intentions to the people of the Nsulu clan in the Isialangwa North Local Government Area on the proposed citing of Abia airport in their community.

The Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo, has promised to end the 21-year power outage at the Uli Campus of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, in Ihiala Local Government Area of the state.