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About NAFEST 2025

About NAFEST 2025 – All eyes are on Enugu which plays host to NAFEST, National Festival of Arts and Culture. Scheduled for November 22–29, 2025, NAFEST is easily one of Nigeria’s most significant cultural events. Enugu expects to welcome thousands of Nigerians at the week-long celebration, themed “Connected Culture,” Africa’s biggest cultural Olympics. The organisers […]

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Why Nigerian journalists struggle with image promotion

A reflection on why Nigerian journalists struggle with image promotion, contrasting Enugu coverage by editors and the Nigerian Bar Association. The two major national conventions that held in Enugu City laid bare the paradox of journalism in Nigeria—particularly why Nigerian journalists struggle with image promotion. When the editors’ guild converged on the Coal City, everyone […]

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Enugu Smart Schools on Broken Foundations

Broken Foundations: Contents An Enugu Metro Investigation by OGBUAGU ANIKWE, with reports from Regis Amauche, Zik Ogbuagu, Jane-Frances Onyema, and Amechi Chidiogor A Grand Vision on Shaky Foundations Enugu Governor Peter Mbah’s Smart Green Schools promise a digital learning revolution in Enugu State is rising on broken foundations. But weak oversight, poor contractor practices, and […]

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Nigergas revives Enugu’s industrialization dreams

Our analyst dives deep into how the resurrection of Nigergas company at Emene, a hitherto wasting asset, revives Enugu’s industrialization dreams. For more than three decades, the once-busy Nigergas Company Limited in Emene stood silent—a decaying reminder of the industrial promise Eastern Nigeria once held. Yesterday, Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State broke the silence. […]