A source said he identified four policemen, one pastor and a neighborhood watch officer among the casualties… The Enugu State Police Command have confirmed a deadly attack on its officers at a checkpoint in Obeagu-Amechi Community in Enugu South Local Government Area. The community is one of the outskirts in the Enugu metropolitan area. Bodies … Read more
The latest attack has brought to three the number of INEC offices in Enugu State that have been attacked by arsonists in two weeks Hoodlums have razed the Igboeze South Local Government Area office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Enugu State. This came barely a week after the INEC State Headquarters was attacked … Read more
The IGP has flagged off operation restore peace in Enugu, noting that Special operation would return region to its historical peaceful path. The Inspector-General of Police, Ag. IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc (+), NPM, fdc has flagged-off a new special operational action plan code-named “OPERATION RP” for the stabilization of security order in the South-East … Read more
A yet to be identified group of gunmen have reportedly killed Emmanuel Mba, the traditional ruler of Oruku community, Nkanu-East Local Government Area in Enugu state. News Agency of Nigeria reports that the monarch was shot by unidentified assassins on Saturday afternoon. As gathered by Eko Hot Blog, the killers staged an attack while Mba … Read more
NOVEMBER 19, 2020 Enugu State Commissioner for Health, Emmanuel Ikechukwu Obi has blamed the strange deaths in the state on the failure of communities to report irregular health symptoms. Obi, who made the disclosure on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, said people stay away from hospitals, opting for care from herbalists and from patent medicine … Read more
Brother Attempts To Kill Elder Sister Over Family Property Ekohotblog, September 30, 2020… A 50-year-old woman identified as Maureen escaped death, suffers serious injuries after being brutalized by her brother over their late father’s property in Enugu. A Human rights group, Women’s Aid Collective WACOL, shared the story online. WACOL said the victim’s late father left some property in her custody and … Read more
– Enugu government has demolished the house of the man who pull down the airport fence – The action was carried out Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority, ECTDA – Although the government has denied that the demolition has anything to do with the action the man has taken against the government property Residence of Architect … Read more
An unidentified gunmen have killed a military officer along Enugu-Makurdi Highway, Enugu State Ekohotblog gathered that the incident happened at about 11:30pm on Friday. The deceased officer whose name was given as Sergeant Bulama Aji, was serving at 3 Division of the Nigerian Army, Jos, Plateau State, when he was killed while travelling back to … Read more
The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a dismissed soldier identified as Ifesinachi Nwankwo for murder and armed robbery. The State Commissioner of Police, Abdurahman Mohammed, who disclosed this to newsmen, said the dismissed soldier who is 24-years-old, joined the Nigerian Army in 2017 and served in Damboa, Maiduguri. The police boss said Ifesinachi reportedly … Read more
A magistrate court sitting in Enugu State on Monday has ordered that the guardian, Mr Jude Ozougwu and Ifeoma who pierced a nail into the head of a 10-year-old Nneoma Nnadi be remanded in the state’s correctional centre. It as reported last week that the accused were arrested following a report that the they had … Read more
A former Secretary to Enugu State Government, Prof. Samson Ukpabi, is dead. Ekohotblog gathered that he died during a brief illness at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, on Sunday. Speaking on his death, a family member of the deceased, said he had spoken to the family in the wee hours of Sunday before … Read more
The Enugu State Chief Judge, Justice Priscilla Emehelu, has set 24 inmates free from two different custodial centres within the state. Emehelu, who was assisted by other judges in the state, also granted bail to 53 other inmates from Nsukka Custodial Centre and Enugu Custodial centre respectively. According to her, the jail delivery exercise was … Read more
Women Aid Collective (WACOL) Enugu State Chapter is demanding justice for a ten year old girl who was brutally punished by her superior or Madam in Nsukka. The little girl (names withheld) was sent by her poor mother who is also a widow, to live with the Madam identified as Ifeoma Ozougwu with the hope … Read more
The Enugu state police command has successfully rescued a 40-year-old Philippino lady identified as Irene Torento Panas from the captivity of her supposed Nigerian Lover, Chukwudi Odo at Neke-Uno Village, Enugu East LGA. The inspector general of police, IGP M.A Adamu, made this known in a press release signed by the public relations officer, DCP … Read more
The Christian Council of Nigeria (CCN), Enugu State chapter, has said that normal services will resume in churches in the state on May 10. The council said that this was part of the agreements reached with the state government on Thursday. A statement issued in Enugu by Most. Rev. Christopher Ede, the state Chairman of … Read more
Abba Kyari Mohammed, a young man from Jalingo, Taraba state, has been arrested after he raped a 68-year-old farmer in Enugu state. Abba Kyari Mohammed was arrested on Saturday, April 4, in Umulungbe Community, Udi Local Government Area, Enugu State. The victim and another woman had gone into the farms to pick cashew nuts when … Read more
Her kids have been crying uncontrollably, waiting for their mother to return. At Ogbete town in Enugu State, a 38-year-old woman Identified as Ezinne Oguzie, was stabbed to death by robbers during a scuffle with them. Initially, the robber ran into the woman and tried collecting her bag. See Also: I’m On Self Isolation Not … Read more
Nollywood actress, Rachael Okonkwo has been appointed as an ambassador for Youth Development in the in Enugu state. In a post shared by Okonkwo’s friend, Joy Helen indicates that the actress received the appointment letter from the state governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi. “Well deserved.. Enugu state Ambassador on youth development. It can only be God @rechaelokonkwo … Read more
The Enugu State Executive Council has approved over N1.1bn for infrastructural development across the urban and rural areas in the state. The council approved the infrastructural contracts on Wednesday stressing that it was in furtherance of the state government’s renewed vigour in providing democracy dividends to the people of the state. The Commissioner for Information, … Read more
The Coalition of Civil Society Groups in Enugu State has given the state government a 14 days ultimatum to release the alleged culprits of the murder of the former head of nursing services, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, late Mrs Maria Amadi. The group demanded their immediate release from detention. It could be recalled that health … Read more