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Punch Newspapers Sections Raphael Ede, Enugu THE Enugu State Government on Thursday gave reasons why some categories of civil servants, including primary school teachers, had not been paid the new minimum wage. The Commissioner for Finance, Mrs Adaona Uyawune, said the state government was working to fully capture every worker in the payment of the new wage. Uyawune, who spoke during a press briefing on the 2021 Appropriation Law of Enugu State, said departments and agencies of the state relied...

Punch Newspapers Sections Our Reporters A former Nigerian ambassador to the United States, Israel and Cyprus, Prof. George Obiozor, has emerged the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo. Obiozor emerged in an election held at Dan Anyim Stadium in Owerri, the Imo State capital. This was even as other candidates for the position boycotted the election. Chief Jackson Omenazu, who spoke with newsmen at the venue of the election, declared the process that brought Obiozor to power as fraudulent. Omena...

George Obiozor emerges Ohanaeze Ndigbo President-General Chidiebube Okeoma and Raphael Ede A former Nigerian ambassador to the United States, Israel, and Cyprus, Prof. George Obiozor, has emerged President-General of the Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo. Obiozor emerged in an election held at Dan Anyim stadium in Owerri, the Imo state capital, on Sunday. This is as other candidates for the position of the President General boycotted the election.\ Chief Gerry Igariwe, announced the re...

Raphael Ede, EnuguThe former national team coach, Christian Chukwu has dispelled the rumour making the rounds that he had died.Chukwu had o...

Punch Newspapers Sections Tony Okafor and Raphael Ede The Ohanaeze Ndigbo general assembly has threatened to arrest Prof. George Obiozor, a frontline presidential contender in the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation. Others being threatened with arrest are those contesting elections into chapters of the organisation at various levels. The President-General of the Ohaneze General Assembly, Basil Onyeacholam, disclosed this to our correspondents in Awka, Anambra State, on Thursday. Saying any a...

Punch Newspapers Sections Our Reporters The Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, has asked the military chiefs to act honourably by resigning their appointment amid the worsening insecurity if the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), refuses to sack them. He stated further that the Buhari-led Federal Government should admit failure in the area of security, noting that governing the country and protecting lives and property is not rocket science. In the same vein, elder states...

Punch Newspapers Sections • Poor testing rate will affect contact tracing, says Academy of Science president • Low tests: Kogi 451; Zamfara, 1,211; C‘River, 2,166; Kebbi, 2,766; Jigawa, 3,273; Anambra, 3,395 Our Correspondents Virologists and other health experts on Wednesday warned that low COVID-19 testing by state governments was dangerous to the battle against coronavirus. The experts stated this in separate interviews with The PUNCH as the Nigerian Medical Association attributed the...

Adelani Adepegba, Gbenga Odogun, Olufemi Olaniyi, Raphael Ede and Peter Dada Churches in Kogi State have been told that they can observe the cross...

Raphael Ede, Daud Olatunji, Umar Muhammed, Ada Wodu and Armstrong Bakam The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has  signed the state 2021  N338.6b...

Punch Newspapers Sections Raphael Ede, Enugu Hundreds of indigenes of Obeagu Awkunanaw in the Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State, on Wednesday, protested against the demolition of the community’s civic centre under construction and said to be worth over N100m. They alleged that the demolition was carried out by one Kingsley Eze, a private estate developer and promoter of the Private Estates International West Africa, on December 15, 2020, with the backing of policemen from the S...