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Viral video: Police order arrest of operatives assaulting masquerade
The Enugu State Command of Nigeria Police Force has ordered the arrest and thorough investigation of operatives involved in the physical assault on a...
Man in court for allegedly raping 17-year-old girl
One Daniel Eze, on Tuesday, appeared before Justice A. O. Anidi of Enugu High Court for allegedly raping one Nworie Nnenna, 17, and defrauding her...
Hoodlums attack catholic priest, shoot leg
Unidentified gunmen have reportedly attacked a priest with the Enugu Catholic Diocese, Rev Fr Bartholomew Chime, and shot his leg during the attack....
Job scam: Federal Psychiatric Hospital staff jailed for 7 years
A senior staff of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, Mrs. Stella Acharra has been sent to prison over an employment scam. Nationnewslead reports that...
JUST IN: Five feared killed as gunmen attack polling units
Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen have reportedly killed five persons, injured many others, and burnt vehicles during separate attacks at two polling units...
BREAKING: Govt declares Wednesday, February 23 work-free day
The Enugu State government’s statement issued by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Information, Steve Oruruo reads: “The Enugu State Government...
BREAKING: Man asks wife to pay back his money, holds her, children hostage at Lekki
A man identified as Felix Akeze, staff of FIRS, is reportedly holding his wife and children hostage with gun at their residence in Chevron Drive, Lekki,...
BREAKING: Panic as gunmen kill another 4 policemen
Gunmen on Saturday evening killed another four cops at Amodo Obeagu in Enugu South Local Government Area. The latest incident is less than 48 hours after...
Man bags 3-year jail term for vandalizing EEDC facility
A 22-year-old-man, identified as Ifeanyi Ugwu, has been sentenced to three years imprisonment for vandalizing a property of the Enugu Electricity...
New Masquerade actor, Natty is dead
Veteran Nollywood actor, Romanus Amuta, popularly known for his role ‘Natty’ in ‘New Masquerade’, is dead. Amuta died at the age of 79 in a...
Benin Republic man charmed, trafficked Enugu teenager to Osun
The Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, on Monday, said it has handed over to the police, a teenager, Pamela Ibe, allegedly...
Osun NSCDC hands over rescued 14-year-old girl to police
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Osun State Command, has handed to the police, a 14-year-old girl, Pamela Ibe, who was allegedly...
Community drags monarch to court over alleged harassment of subjects
The people of Agunese-Mmaku Autonomous Community, in Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State, have dragged their traditional ruler, HRH Igwe Cyprian...
Enugu on total lockdown as resident observe sit-at-home
Following last Monday’s sit-at-home enforcement in Enugu by some hoodlums , the state witnessed total lockdown today. Recall that normalcy had...
Man nabbed with 96 wraps of cocaine, five undergraduates arrested for drug trafficking
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 44-year-old father of three, Gabriel Patrick, for allegedly ingesting 96 pellets of...
AIG approves dismissal, prosecution of cop involved in shooting incident
The Assistant Inspector-General (AIG) of Police in charge of Zone 13, Mr Muri Musa, on Friday approved the recommended punishment of dismissal for...
Woman bites off neighbour’s ear during fight over nylon
Agulese Ugwueme Street, Akwuke, in the Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State, was thrown into confusion on Wednesday when a mother of four,...
Enugu man murders son for ritual, boy kills A’Ibom father over misfortune
A man, Chidi Onyishi, has allegedly killed his seven-year-old son, Chimdalu, for a money ritual. The Enugu State Police Command, while confirming the...
Police arrest man and a pastor over ritual killing of man’s son
Police in Enugu have arrested a man and a pastor over the disappearance and murder for money ritual of the man’s seven-year-old son. Police spokesman in...
Police set date, venue for CBT test for constable recruitment
The police in Enugu have set a date and venue for Computer-Based Test (CBT) in the 2020 Recruitment of 10,000 Police Constables into the Nigeria Police....
