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The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) said that it has put measures in place to deliver timely and good electricity supply during this Christmas holiday period and beyond in the South-East. The company said that operationally, it has put in measures to ensure timely clearing of faults this period. The Head of Corporate Communications, EEDC, Mr Emeka Ezeh, in a release issued on Tuesday in Enugu, facilitated with Christians in the South-East as they celebrate Christmas. He advised residents of South-East to avoid unsafe acts that could result in electrical…

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Troops of Joint Task Force South-East, code-named, “Operation UDO KA” have neutralised suspected 13-armed members of pro-Biafra agitation and nabbed three kidnappers in the South-East Zone of Nigeria. The Spokesman of Operation UDO KA, Lt.-Col. Jonah Unuakhalu, said in a statement on Monday in Enugu that the feat was in furtherance of its clearance operations to make the South-East safe and peaceful throughout the yuletide. Unuakhalu said that the Force Commander of Operation UDO KA, Maj.-Gen. Hassan Dada, had called on all well-meaning citizens to continue supporting the Joint Task…

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By Tony Adibe Rice farmers preparing for dry season farming in Enugu State have bemoaned the encroachment of cattle on their farmlands and destruction of the newly completed concrete canal facility at Ada Rice Irrigation System.   The multi-billion naira 22.45km long canal lining project was undertaken by the Federal Government under the Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Program Phase-One (ATASP-1) with funding from the African Development Bank (AfDB). The project was designed to provide steady water supply to the over 1,500 hectares of rice field for dry season farming in…

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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has deployed no fewer than 2,200 personnel and 17 patrol vehicles for yuletide special operation in Enugu State. The Commandant of NSCDC Enugu State Command, Dr Elijah Willie, disclosed this to newsmen in a press briefing in Enugu on Monday, which he titled: “Goodwill Message on the Yuletide and New Year Deployments.” The Commandant said that the already deployed 2,200 personnel included officers and men both on plain-clothes and uniform, adding that they had been deployed to every nook and cranny of…

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Anambra State Governor Charles Soludo has ordered the state Police Command to arrest anyone parading himself as the Traditional Ruler of Oba Autonomous Community in Idemili South Local Government Area. Governor Soludo further announced that there was no election conducted in the community for the election of a new Igwe of Oba, insisting that whatever activity or actions taken by the community is illegal and criminal. According to the Anambra state Commissioner for Local Government and Town Union Affairs, Chief Tony Collins Nwabunwanne, who spoke on behalf of the governor,…

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Resident doctors in Abuja have given the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, two weeks to meet their demands, threatening to shut down hospitals if their requests are not granted. In a statement on Monday, the President of the FCTA Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), George Ebong commended Wike for his infrastructure strides in Abuja but described the doctors as “abandoned projects. While he fixes the infrastructural abandoned project, we are the human abandoned projects”. Ebong said the “injustice” to doctors “is alien to FCT” and warned that “if this…

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