Sam Udekwe

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Sam Udekwe is a journalist working in the News and Current Affairs department, Enugu State Broadcasting Service (ESBS) Enugu. He is well trained in all genres of journalistic venture. Mr Sam read Mass Communication, graduating all with Distinction in National Diploma, Higher National Diploma and Postgraduate Diploma at IMT, Enugu and Madonna University, Okija, Anambra state, while he is presently on his M.Sc programme also in Mass Communication, at National Open University of Nigeria. He was  the NUJ Chairman, Enugu state who handed over to the Caretaker Committee currently in the Council. samowailo@gmail.com

Gov. Ugwuanyi Tasks Administrators To Take Lead In Grassroots Development

 Gov. Ugwuanyi Tasks Administrators To Take Lead In Grassroots Development Enugu state governor, Chief Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has sworn in, the adminstrators of the sixty-eight local government development areas of the state recently appointed by him. The Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary of the state ministry of justice, Mr Victor Emeribe, administered the oaths to the fourth…

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PSC Suspends DCP Abba Kyari Pending Investigation Report

PSC Suspends DCP Abba Kyari Pending Investigation Report  The Police Service Commission (PSC) has suspended Abba Kyari, deputy commissioner of police, following US court documents linking him to Ramon Abbas, self-confessed international fraudster better known as Hushpuppi. Usman Alkali, inspector-general of police (IGP), had recommended the suspension of Kyari to allow for an independent investigation of…

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Expert Assessment Projects Emerging Enugu Teaching Hospital Reversing Medical Tourism Overseas

 Expert Assessment Projects Emerging Enugu Teaching Hospital Reversing Medical Tourism Overseas Expert Assessment of the on- going construction of Enugu State University Teaching Hospital, Igboeno, has revealed an emerging modern healthcare facility with the capacity and content to reverse oversea medical tourism in the country. The management team of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital,…

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Incumbency Versus Opposition: PDP Govs Insist On Electronic Transmission Of Results

  Incumbency Versus Opposition: PDP Govs Insist On Electronic Transmission Of Results   The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has maintained the National Assembly must approve electronic transmission of election results. The National Assembly had rejected the proposal during a plenary on Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill. But the PDP Govs insist the National Assembly…

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COVID DELTA VARIANT:Enugu Govt Inaugurates COVID-19 Preparedness Committee Enugu state government has inaugurated the state’s project steering committee of the Nigeria COVID-19 Preparedness project, CO-PREP, with the state commissioner for health, Dr Emmanuel Obi as chairman. The committee inauguration was in response to the new wave of the coronavirus pandemic of the delta variant, with increased cases across the country.

 COVID DELTA VARIANT:Enugu Govt Inaugurates COVID-19 Preparedness Committee Enugu state government has inaugurated the state’s project steering committee of the Nigeria COVID-19 Preparedness project, CO-PREP, with the state commissioner for health, Dr Emmanuel Obi as chairman. The committee inauguration was in response to the new wave of the coronavirus pandemic of the delta variant, with…

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Gov. Ugwuanyi Visits Families Of Victims Of Gunmen Attack, Announces Consolation Offers

 Gov. Ugwuanyi Visits Families Of Victims Of  Gunmen Attack, Announces Consolation Offers Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu state, has paid condolence visits to the families of the police officers on duty at Ibeagu-Amodu axis, Enugu South local government area, reportedly killed by unknown Gunmen. Governor Ugwuanyi who defied all the terrible terrains to the residences…

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Constitution Review:ALGON Strengthens Demand For End To State, LG Joint Account

 Constitution Review:ALGON Strengthens Demand For End To State, LG Joint Account Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, ALGON, has demanded increase in the allocation to the local governments, to 35.5%, while advocating the abrogation of the state and local government joint account, to strengthen the third tier government. This was part of the resolutions reached…

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Gov. Ugwuanyi Plays Host To PDP B.O.T Meeting In Enugu

 Gov. Ugwuanyi Plays Host To PDP B.O.T Meeting In Enugu Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu state on Wednesday, 7/7/21, played host to members of the Peoples Democracy Party Board of Trustees meeting in Enugu, where matters of national interest dominated discussions. The PDP chieftains were in the domain of the governor at Government House, Enugu,…

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