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3 days ago | 
thewhistler.ng | Chinedu Aroh
[mc4wp_form id=33047] Enugu farmers, Monday, expressed joy over the multi-million naira farm inputs distributed to them by the International Fund for Agricultural Development-Value Chain Development Programme (IFAD-VCDP) and the Enugu State government. Some of the farmers who spoke with THE WHISTLER said the support would aid their farming activities this wet season. Louis Ugada is from Agbudu in Udi Local Government.
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6 days ago | 
thewhistler.ng | Chinedu Aroh
[mc4wp_form id=33047] The Nigerian Senate’s proposed two-day national security summit has come under heavy criticism from security experts and civil society stakeholders, who warn that the effort may amount to a futile exercise without a clear policy framework to implement its outcomes.
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1 week ago | 
thewhistler.ng | Chinedu Aroh
[mc4wp_form id=33047] Farmers in parts of Enugu State are blaming alleged rainmaking activities for an unusual drought that has devastated crops and raised fears of looming food insecurity in the region. The dry spell, which set in shortly after the onset of the planting season, has left many farmlands scorched and crops dead, particularly in rural communities such as Udenu and Nsukka local government areas.
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1 week ago | 
thewhistler.ng | Chinedu Aroh
[mc4wp_form id=33047] The Chairman of Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu State, Dr Eric Odo, has charged security agencies in the area to redouble efforts to ensure the security of lives and property, especially during this farming season. Dr Odo stated this when he held a meeting with heads of security agencies at the council headquarters, Ogbede, on Tuesday. He warned that no territory of Igbo-Etiti land would be ceded to any person or group.
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1 week ago | 
thewhistler.ng | Chinedu Aroh
[mc4wp_form id=33047] The call by Mr Joe Igbokwe, a staunch supporter of President Bola Tinubu and member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, for all South-East people to join the APC has attracted diverse reactions.
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1 week ago | 
thewhistler.ng | Chinedu Aroh
[mc4wp_form id=33047] Media practitioners, on Monday, made a clarion call for press freedom in Nigeria to enhance the nation’s democracy. This was advocated by some media experts during a parley hosted by Enugu’s Dream FM to mark World Press Freedom Day. According to the resource persons, government officials have contributed towards the subjugation of the press in the country.
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1 week ago | 
thewhistler.ng | Chinedu Aroh
[mc4wp_form id=33047] Ede-Oballa Community in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State was in the news for the wrong reason recently. A lady, said to be in her 60s, successfully rented a room in the Ede-Oballa community and ‘lived’ like a genuine tenant for some time before pouring her venom. “The lady claimed to be from Igalla in Kogi State,” narrates a native of the community who chose not to be mentioned. “No one even cared to know her occupation.
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1 week ago | 
thewhistler.ng | Chinedu Aroh
[mc4wp_form id=33047] The Minister of Science and Innovations, Chief Uche Nnaji, over the weekend, urged the people of Enugu State and indeed the South East to sustain their support for President Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s administration to enable it to continue its transformation of the region through infrastructural development.
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1 week ago | 
thewhistler.ng | Chinedu Aroh
[mc4wp_form id=33047] A former Public Relations Officer of the Labour Party in Enugu State, Mr Ibuchukwu Ezike, says the defection of high-ranking members of the party to other parties in the state is a blessing in disguise. According to him, it is a normal and healthy development in a democracy, and a means of enforcement of one’s political rights and social relationship. Ezike told THE WHISTLER on Friday that, “Everyone has a fundamental right to choose who to relate with.
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2 weeks ago | 
thewhistler.ng | Chinedu Aroh
[mc4wp_form id=33047] Enugu traders who stored beans for appreciation in the first quarter of this year are counting their losses following the crash in the prices of the essential commodity. According to them, a bag of 100kg of beans they purchased for around N160,000 last year now sells at N140,000 in some markets. Mrs Onyinye Ozioko sells beans at the New Market in Enugu. She said this year was the worst ever in her business. In her words, “I stored 10 bags of 50kg beans.
