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Tanker Explosions: Gov Mbah Reiterates Call for Enforcement of Anti-spill Lock

Posted January 28, 2025 by Freedom Square TV

Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has reiterated his call for the enforcement of anti-spill lock on fuel tankers across the country, saying that disasters arising from tanker-spill had become too frequent. Mbah restated the call on Tuesday when he received in his office the Director-General of the National…

PERSISTENT PETROL TRUCK ACCIDENT AT UGWU ONYEAMA: NEVER AGAIN, SAYS PYRATES CONFRATERNITY

Posted January 28, 2025 by Freedom Square TV

The National Association of Seadogs aka Pyrates Confraternity, Enugu Chapter commiserate with the Enugu State Government, families and loved ones of those who tragically lost their lives and properties in the unfortunate accident along the Ugwu Onyeama axis of the Enugu - Onitsha expressway on Saturday, January 25, 2025.…

Enugu Govt, Police nab man who chopped off wife’s hand, move woman to hospital

Posted January 28, 2025 by Freedom Square TV

In line with the administration's zero tolerance for domestic and gender-based violence, the Enugu State Government has caused the arrest of a man, Mr. Sunday Echegi, who chopped off the hand of the wife, Mrs. Chinonso Loveth Echegi. The government has also moved the wife to a top hospital in…

NEITI Applauds NNPCL for Revitalizing Port Harcourt and Warri Refineries

Posted January 27, 2025 by Freedom Square TV

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has congratulated the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) for successfully completing the first phase of the Port Harcourt Refinery rehabilitation project and for the gradual resumption of operations at the Warri Refinery. NEITI, in a statement, hailed these achievements as significant progress…

Enugu to Repair Road Following Fatal Tanker Explosion that Claimed 20 Lives

Posted January 27, 2025 by Freedom Square TV

The Enugu State government has announced plans to reconstruct the hazardous Ugwu Onyeama section of the Enugu-9th Mile road, which has been the site of numerous deadly accidents. Last Saturday, a petrol-laden tanker exploded on the road, resulting in the tragic deaths of about 18 people, according to the Federal…

Afe Babalola Drops Defamation Charges Against Dele Farotimi After Pleas from Yoruba Monarchs

Posted January 27, 2025 by Freedom Square TV

Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, the founder of Afe Babalola University in Ado Ekiti, has decided to drop the criminal defamation charges against human rights lawyer and activist Dele Farotimi. This decision followed appeals from several influential Yoruba monarchs, including the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and prominent leaders from…

Over 30 Graves and Shrine Discovered in Hotel, Leading to Demolition in Anambra

Posted January 27, 2025 by Freedom Square TV

Tensions have erupted in Oba, a community in Anambra State’s Idemili South Local Government Area, following the discovery of over 30 graves and a shrine at a hotel in the area. The hotel, known officially as Udoka Golden Point Hotel and Suites and informally called La Cruise Hotel, was demolished…

Enugu State Govt Approves Landmark Climate and Off-grid Electricity Policies and Strategies

Posted January 26, 2025 by Freedom Square TV

… Targets 792,000 new jobs in renewable energy, waste management In yet another pacesetting move, the Enugu State Government under the leadership of Governor Peter Mbah has approved the Enugu State Climate Policy and Action Plan, ESCPAP, making it the first subnational government in Nigeria to adopt a long-term climate…

Obasa: Lagos na wa!

Posted January 26, 2025 by Freedom Square TV

Lagos State and the drama of its embattled lawmaker and ex-Speaker of its parliament, Mudashiru Obasa, appropriately answer to an idiom in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. Insatiably curious about the mysteries of Wonderland, Alice had used the word, “Curiouser and curiouser” to express the mysteries of how…

Gov Mbah visits fuel tanker accident scene in Enugu, expresses sadness

Posted January 25, 2025 by Freedom Square TV

… 11 die as government takes over treatment of injured victims Enugu State Governor, Dr Peter Mbah, has expressed sadness over an accident involving a fuel tanker along the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, claiming 11 lives. The governor, who was at the scene of the accident for on-the-spot assessment, said the government…

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