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Enugu mining communities fault mining activities over health, environmental safety

Posted March 5, 2024 by Freedom Square

_…urge gov’t intervention, withdraw consent_ Mining communities in Enugu State have expressed concerns over the frequent violation of their environmental safety and disregard for their health by coal miners operating in their areas. The communities, while lamenting that their sources of drinking water and livelihoods have been contaminated by…

Nollywood Mourns: Comic Icon Mr. Ibu Passes Away at 62 After Cardiac Arrest

Posted March 3, 2024 by Freedom Square

Renowned Nollywood comic actor, John Okafor, famously known as Mr. Ibu, has tragically passed away at the age of 62. His demise occurred on Saturday, March 2, 2024, following a sudden cardiac arrest. Mr. Ibu was admitted to a Lagos-based hospital after experiencing a relapse about a week prior. According…

Central Bank of Nigeria Tightens Regulations on Bureau De Change Operations

Posted February 25, 2024 by Freedom Square

In response to the recent economic challenges facing Nigeria, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has rolled out new directives aimed at regulating Bureau De Change (BDC) activities more effectively. The Nigerian naira's value plummeting to an unprecedented low of N2,000 against the dollar prompted this move, with the…

NYSC lauds Gov Mbah over massive renovation, revamp of orientation camp

Posted February 21, 2024 by Freedom Square

…as governor inspects projects, promises more. The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has commended Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State over his intervention at the dilapidated NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp in Awgu local government area of the state, saying since the assumption of office by the governor, the camp had…

His Holiness, Pope Francis bestows Papal Knighthood of St Sylvester on Uchenna Cyril Anioke

Posted September 29, 2023 by Freedom Square TV

The Managing Director of Acena Publishing Limited, Sir Uchenna Cyril Anioke, has been inducted and decorated as a Papal Knight of St. Sylvester.Anioke, who is also a media guru, was decorated along 19 others on Friday during a Pontifical Mass at the St. Michael’s Catholic Cathedral, Awgu, by Most Rev.…

Breaking!!! Godswill Akpabio wins 10th Senate President

Posted June 13, 2023 by Emmanuella

The Former governor of Akwa Ibom state, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has been elected the 10th Senate President of Nigeria.He defeated former governor of Zamfara state, Abdullaziz Yari.Senator Orji Uzor Kalu stepped down before the race.Akpabio, former minister of Niger Delta affairs, was elected at the inauguration of the 10th assembly…

“Emefiele allowed himself to be used by cabals” Ohaneze Ndigbo

Posted June 11, 2023 by Emmanuella

The sociocultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has expressed its support for the suspension of Godwin Emefiele, the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Ohanaeze claimed that Emefiele allowed himself to be manipulated by the cabals that controlled the previous administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Recall that President Bola Tinubu…

“INEC deserves the urgent Investigation not Emefiele” LP to Tinubu

Posted June 11, 2023 by Emmanuella

The Labour Party (LP) has criticised the suspension of Godwin Emefiele as the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) by President Bola Tinubu. President Bola Tinubu has on Friday suspended Emefiele and directed that he transfers his responsibilities to the deputy governor, operations directorate Folashodun Adebisi Shonubi. The deputy…

I left 24 Billion, 50 million Dollars and April Allocation for my Successor – Ikpeazu.

Posted June 11, 2023 by Emmanuella

Agitations and questions grew in the minds of Abians as to what the former Governor Okezie Ikpeazu had left in the coffers for his successor to work with, and in 2-weeks of the new administration there has been silence to that effect and the wrong impression was created that Ikpeazu…

Rising from Town-hall Meeting, Enugu Stakeholders Endorse Ban on Sit-at-home

Posted June 10, 2023 by Freedom Square

Stakeholders and representatives of various bodies, institutions, organisations, associations, professional bodies, government officials, and heads of security and intelligence agencies who rose from a town-hall meeting in Enugu have endorsed the ban on Monday sit-at-home by the Enugu State Government, saying it was detrimental to productivity, investment flow, and the…

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