Justice Mohammed Garba-led fiver-man Supreme Court on Friday, in a unanimous judgment, upheld the election of Peter Mbah as duly elected Enugu State Governor in the March 18 governorship election in the state while dismissing the appeal by the Labour Party and its candidate, Chijioke Edeoga, saying did not substantiate their allegations of non-compliance. Mbah…
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25 presidential election has donated N20m to Enugu Hospital. The former governor of Anambra State, while revealing this in a post on his X handle on Monday, November 13, said the act is in line with his commitment to investing in critical…
The election of Governor Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was on Friday affirmed by the Appeal Court sitting in Lagos as duly elected governor of Enugu State. Justice Tani Hassan-led three-man panel of the appellate court, in its unanimous decision, resolved all three issues argued against the appellant, Edeoga Jonathan of the…
The allegations of forgery of a discharge certificate brought against Barrister Peter Mbah, the Enugu State Governor, by the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) was on Monday, dismissed by the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. The Informant247 gathered that Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo threw away the allegations following the inability of the Corps to…
The Chief Executive Officer /General Manager of Rangers International FC of Enugu has revealed that the club will return to its traditional home ground of Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium in Enugu very soon. Ezeaku revealed this in an exclusive interview with The Informant247 on Sunday after his team played a 1-1 draw with Kwara United in…
Peter Mbah, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday affirmed as the duly elected governor of Enugu state by the governorship election petition tribunal in the state. Justice Kudirat Akano-led three-man panel, while delivering the judgement, dismissed the petition filed by Chijioke Edeoga, candidate of the Labour Party (LP). The Informant247 reports…
Barr Peter Mbah, the Enugu state governor on Thursday, sworn in 20 commissioners, while urging them to get down to work immediately, saying his administration is in a hurry to deliver on its campaign promises. The Informant247 gathered that the newly sworn-in commissioners are Prof. Ndubueze Mbah, Mrs. Ngozi Eneh, Engr. Lawrence Ezeh, Prof. Sam…
The Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah has been ordered by the State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal to appear before it on Friday. This is coming sequel to an application made by Barr Alex Amujiogo, the counsel to the candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP). Elder Christopher Agu, the PRP candidate of the PRP, is…
Fire has razed the office of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC in Enugu State. The fire incident happened around 12:30am on Friday May 5th. The fire incident destroyed one of the buildings of the Enugu command of the anti-graft agency. A source from within the command revealed that the inferno was triggered by an…
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, former Senate President, Chief Ken Nnamani, and others have been suspended by Enugu State chapter of the All Progressives Congress APC. The suspension of the stakeholders of the party was announced by the state secretary of the party, Dr. Robert Ngwu. He announced the recommendation of expulsion of…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that collation of results for the Enugu State governorship election which took place on Saturday, March 18 will proceed at 5pm, Wednesday, March, 22, 2023. The Informant247 recalls that the INEC suspended the collation of results in the state on Monday, March 20, on the ground that…
The collation of governorship and the house of assembly election results in Enugu and Abia States has been suspended by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). This was revealed in a statement released by the electoral commission on Monday, March 20. The INEC said it has suspended the collation for the governorship and state assembly…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has come victorious in the presidential election which took place on February 25, 2023 in Enugu State with 428,640 votes. He defeated his political challengers from other political parties across all the 17 local government areas of the State. Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party…
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has lost his senatorial bid to theLabour Party (LP) candidate for the district, Okechukwu Ezea. Mr Ezea, the LP candidate, polled a total of 104,492 votes to defeat Mr Ugwuanyi of the PDP, who came second with 46,948 votes. Mr Ugwuanyi, who is rounding off his second term as…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has shifted the senatorial election of Enugu East over the death of the candidate of the Labour Party, Oyibo Chukwu. This was announced by the Chairman of the electoral commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, on Friday, February 24, 2023 while addressing the media at the national collation centre in Abuja,…
The family of 6 and 2 other persons killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen have been buried in Benue State. The Informant247 recalls that the herdsmen invaded and launched an attack on a community opposite Abagana Internally Displaced Persons camp in Makurdi, on Thursday night, January 19, 2023. It was gathered that eight persons lost their…
Some gunmen have attacked the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Enugu South Local Government Area. The incident was confirmed by the INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, in a statement released on Monday. He said the incident which happened around 9.12pm on Sunday, caused the…
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) says a barbing salon operator in Nsukka has been electrocuted while trying to vandalise electrical installation in the area. The deceased, Tochukwu Onah (alias Toshiba) as identified by the company is a barber and an indigene of the Ede-Oballa Community (the same community where the transformer is located). Mr…
Emmanuel Sombo, the accountant of the Federal College of Education, Eha-Amugu, Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State has been sentenced to 304 years imprisonment over forgery and fraud. He was sentenced by an Enugu State High Court. He has pleaded not guilty to the 61 count charges levelled against him by the Economic and…
The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Ahmed Ammani, has ordered area commanders, divisional police officers and commanders of tactical and operational units to go after hoodlums trying to paralise business activities in the state. Ammani gave the order on Saturday in Enugu following pockets of violence by armed-wielding hoodlums bent on causing fear…
