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By Agency Reporter Chief Andy Omeje, the new Commissioner for Transport in Enugu State has pledged to resuscitate  the state owned transport company, Enugu State Transport Company (ENTRCO). Omeje who said this on Monday in Nsukka while  speaking with newsmen shortly after his meeting with Ebube Adada,  a social political group whose membership is drawn from Enugu North Senatorial District. The commissioner said he had identified challenges of the transport ministry and would go ahead to tackle them as soon as possible. The immediate past Council Chairman of Igboeze-South Local Government Area said he would first resuscitate and reinvigorate ENTRCO to bounce back to life because of its importance in transportation in the state and beyond. "I know the important role  of ENTRCO  as transport company of Enugu State and other states in the country the company covers. "There is no ministry in this country that has no challenges, the good thing is to identify the challenges s

By Our Reporters Dr. Linda Agua-Onyekwelu, the Chief Executive Officer, Linda Agricultural Products and Services Ltd Lagos has alleged that some university managements in the country are responsible for crisis in Alumni Associations. Agua-Onyekwelu said this in Nsukka on Thursday in a remark during the  University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN),  Maiden Alumni Homecoming of Faculty of Biological Science. She said that as a result of the crisis many of that alumni feel reluctant donate to their Alma mater , hence they are not sure if their donations will be judiciously used for the development of the instructions. "Some of the universities in Nigeria, especially premier universities have alumni that are movers and shakers of the economy capable of taking their Alma mater to the next level in terms of infrastructural development . " But because of this crisis rocking many alumni associations in the country, they feel reluctant to donate since they are afraid of management inter

Aminu Kano Democratic Centre  urges councilors to say no to corruption By Our Reporter The Aminu Kano Centre for Democratic Studies (AKCDS) Monbayya House, Bayareo University Kano has urged councilors in Enugu West Senatorial District to say no to corruption while discharging their duties in order to impact positively on people who elected them. Mallam Abdulllahi Usman, the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer of the centre said this in Enugu on Tuesday during a sensitisation seminar for elected  councilors in the Enugu West district with the theme;  " Promoting Accountability and Anti-corruption Through Behavioural Approaches." Our correspondent reports that, the seminar was organised by  University of Nigeria Nsukka Muslim Community (UNNMC) in collaboration with AKCDS and funded by the John D and Catherine T MacAurthur Foundation. He said if councilors as elected public officers closer to the people would say no to corruption, they would leave good legacies at the end of

UNN-SUG President sends SOS message to Gov Ugwuanyi By Our Reporter Mr Micheal Abuchi, President, Student Union Government (SUG) University of Nigeria Nsukka sends Save Our Soul (SOS) to Gov Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State over the dilapidated roads leading to university first gate. Abuchi raised the alarm  in Nsukka  on Thursday  while speaking with  newsmen on the need for Enugu State Government quick intervention on the roads. He begged Ugwuanyi to come the rescue of UNN students and other road users by urgently repairing the dilapidated portions of University Road and University Market Road leading to UNN first gate. "Governor should come to our rescue urgently before the situation gets out of hand, by repairing these portions of roads so as to save us from the impending fatal accident, vehicle breakdown and loss of lives. "If nothing urgent is done the university will be entirely cut-off from Nsukka town because of deplorable condition of the roads. "From the

Why I walked out from Nsukka/Igboeze-South House of Rep  PDP primary election - Asogwa By Our Reporter Chief Jude Asogwa, one of the Aspirants in  Nsukka/Igboeze-South Federal constituency  in People Democratic Party (PDP) election primary on Sunday, said he walked out because the faces of deligates he saw were strange to him. Asogwa made the allegation at the newly built Nsukka stadium the venue of the primary on Sunday while speaking with newsmen. He said he would not participate in the  primary because faces of deligates that would vote were  strange and not delegates elected by PDP in congress. " I will not participate in this primary , l am walking away because it appears somebody somewhere have produce new list of delegates to meet his purpose. "I am walking away because I will not be part of this illegallity," he said. When asked what would  be his next line of action, Asogwa said he would consult his lawyers before he would take decision of what next to do

DG-ECN says  50 per cent of African population have no access to electricity By Agency Reporter Prof Eli Bala, the Director General, Energy Centre of Nigeria (ECN) says over 50 per cent of African population have no access to electricity according to recent data by United Nations. Bala said this in Nsukka on Thursday during the 5th International Conference and workshop for Energy Sustainable Development in Africa held at National Centre for Energy Research and Development, (NCERD), University of Nigeria Nsukka, (UNN) with the  theme ; "Sustainable Energy: The Solution To Post Covid-19 Energy Crisis in Africa." He said the consequences of this depravations had manifested in increase health, scio-economic and environmental problems  and poor electricity supply among others. According to him "Africa even before the COVID-19 outbreak was the most energy-poor region in the world. "The most recent data by the United Nations shows that over 50 per cent of the contine

PDP chairmen in Enugu North district say, delegates didn't endorse Edeoga as governorship candidate By Agency Reporter Mr Fabian Onah, Coordinating Chairman, People Democratic Party (PDP) Local Government chairmen in Enugu North Senatorial District, says  the district didn't endorse Mr Chijioke Edoaga as governorship candidate on Tuesday. Onah who is the Chairman of PDP in Nsukka Local Government Area said this in Nsukka on Thursday while briefing newsmen. He said the clarification had become necessary because of reports in some section of online media platforms that Edeoga was endorsed  as governorship candidate by deligates from the district during his consultation visit on May 17. "PDP  delegates in the six local governments of Enugu North district didn't endorsed Edeoga as governorship candidate during  his visit to LG party offices to tell party members his intention to contest for governorship in PDP primary. "Deligates  in the district lacked the p