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Akpabio Launches 10th Senate Magazine to Strengthen Senate-Citizenry Communication

Posted May 22, 2024 by Steven

Akpabio Launches 10th Senate Magazine to Strengthen Senate-Citizenry Communication Akpabio Launches 10th Senate Magazine to Strengthen Senate-Citizenry Communication: The 10th Senate Magazine, a 98-page publication, has been launched to bridge the gap between the Senate and the citizenry. The magazine, published by the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio,…

House of Representatives Calls for Improved Maternal Healthcare, Free Delivery Services

Posted May 22, 2024 by Freedom Square TV

House of Representatives Calls for Improved Maternal Healthcare House of Representatives Calls for Improved Maternal Healthcare: The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to ensure that public healthcare institutions provide free medical treatment to pregnant women during and after delivery. This directive…

FOSAD condemns the gruesome murder of Abia State University final year student

Igbos to protest: We stand in solidarity with Ohaneze Ndigbo

Posted February 25, 2024 by Freedom Square

Call for Igbos to Protest: FOSAD is in solidarity with Ohaneze Ndigbo's decision. Press Release The Forum of South-East Academic Doctors (FOSAD) expresses its full support for Ohaneze Ndigbo's recent call for restraint amidst the planned protests against the current hardship in Nigeria, as a result of the economic policies…

Enugu gov’t raises alarm over fake title documents, building approvals, illegal structures

Posted February 22, 2024 by Freedom Square TV

...revokes illegal approvals … says unapproved buildings threaten major bridges, human safety The Enugu State Government has raised the alarms over what it described as proliferation of fake land title documents, forged building approvals, and illegal structures across the metropolis, vowing to bring the perpetrators to book and ensure they…

New Enugu City: ‘No homes demolished’, land grabbers creating problems’, says govt’

Posted February 19, 2024 by Freedom Square

The Enugu State government has faulted claims of demolitions and forceful ejections of residents of Nchatancha Nike, one of the many communities affected by the ongoing construction of New Enugu City, a smart city flagged off by Governor Peter Mbah in October. It blamed the protests and disturbances, including the…

Advocate for Clarity: Nweke Calls for Transparency in Enugu’s Property Demolition Controversy

Posted January 21, 2024 by Freedom Square

A former minister of information and the former APGA gubernatorial candidate in the 2023 elections in Enugu State Mr Frank Nweke Jnr has called on the Enugu state government to implement law and order with empathy. The former minister noted that he has consistently supported the government's authority in…

EnuguAir: Lofty dream, misplaced priority. – Frank Nweke Jr

Posted October 16, 2023 by Freedom Square

We have only one state in Nigeria with a functional airline. It is arguably one of the best in the country. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the state had a poverty rate of 28% when the airline was launched in 2019. Today, the poverty rate is 71%, showing…

Enugu State Government demolishes OSISATECH

Former Reps’ Leader, Okechukwu hails Enugu Guber tribunal judgement

Posted September 22, 2023 by Freedom Square

Immediate past Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Toby Okechukwu, has congratulated the Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, on his victory at the election tribunal. It would be recalled that, the Enugu Governorship election petition tribunal, sitting in Enugu, on Thursday,…

Subsidy Palliatives – Analysts urge Gov. Mbah to reintroduce mass transit buses, pay arrears of pensions, gratuties to workers, etc.

Posted July 22, 2023 by Freedom Square editor

The Enugu State Governor, Dr Peter Mbah, has been urged to revitalise the state owned Mass transit buses bought during ex-governor Sullivan Chime’s administration, for conveyance of workers and other residents, as part of measures to cushion the effects of economic hardship brought about by the removal of the fuel…

Frank Nweke’s advisory on insecurity in Enugu State

Posted July 5, 2023 by Freedom Square

In the past one month, we have witnessed a disturbing trend in criminal activities across the State, and particularly across the city of Enugu. As we navigate this political season, I would like to point out that security remains a paramount issue that must not be politicised, downplayed, or…

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