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In a continued crackdown on illegal taxation and multiple levies across Enugu State, Peter Mbah Market Monitoring Team, alongside officials of the Enugu State Internal Revenue Service, has apprehended two suspected illegal tax collectors at Obollo-Afor Market and Orie Orba Market, both in Udenu Local Government Council. The enforcement operation was carried out on Thursday, January 22, 2026, by a Special Taskforce under the Enugu State Market Liaison Office, led by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Market, Hon. Dr. Chinedu Mbah. The team stormed the markets following reports of unauthorized levy collection from traders. Addressing market leaders and traders during the exercise, Hon. Dr. Mbah reiterated Governor Peter Ndubuisi Mbah’s zero-tolerance policy on multiple taxation and illegal revenue collection, stressing that no trader in Enugu State should be forced to pay unapproved levies to individuals who are neither authorized nor accountable to government. He described ...

...Vows that Governor Mbah will be re-elected for continuity and reward to his good work The Enugu Grassroots Mobilisation Force (G-17), the most formidable and populous political support movement in Enugu State, has officially launched a comprehensive endorsement and registration process aimed at securing the re-election of Governor Peter Ndubuisi Mbah in the 2027 governorship election. The initiative, unveiled at a high-level leadership meeting held in Enugu on Saturday, January 17, 2026, marks the commencement of a massive ward-to-ward mobilisation and endorsement exercise across the state’s 260 political wards and 17 Local Government Areas, targeting the registration and mobilisation of over 500,000 grassroots members in support of Governor Mbah’s second-term bid. At the heart of the exercise is a specially designed Endorsement Register, consisting of 1,000 pages per Local Government Area, structured to capture names, phone numbers, polling units, wards, and signatures of members e...

              By Uchenna Nwafor Arum The learner who makes it obvious in his junk chooses to appear a begger in the current government in Enugu State. The Esau and Jacob's voice and finger we know any point.  Facts has it that the said article strings together political events spanning over two decades and attempts to convert coincidence, rivalry and speculation into proof of wrongdoing. That approach may excite partisan emotions, but it does little to advance truth or justice. When examined calmly and objectively, the narrative against Chief Uche Geoffrey Nnaji collapses under the weight of its own assumptions. Just imagine, eee Late Okey Ezea sikwa, Edeoga nwee mekwa, Eugene Odo nwe kwuo, all na imaginery. Just to gain sympathy and commence his usual betrayal lifestyle. First, it is important to state a basic principle: *allegation is not evidence.* Repetition of an allegation from 1999 to 2023 does not magically transform it into fact. If anyth...

  ...Convener, Hon Dr Chinedu Mbah Urges LG, Ward Coordinators to take Endorsement Register to 260 political wards  ..Targets to mobilise, register over 500,000 grassroot members ...Vows that Governor Mbah will be re-elected for continuity and reward to his good work The Enugu Grassroots Mobilisation Force (G-17), the most formidable and populous political support movement in Enugu State, has officially launched a comprehensive endorsement and registration process aimed at securing the re-election of Governor Peter Ndubuisi Mbah in the 2027 governorship election. The initiative, unveiled at a high-level leadership meeting held in Enugu on Saturday, January 17, 2026, marks the commencement of a massive ward-to-ward mobilisation and endorsement exercise across the state’s 260 political wards and 17 Local Government Areas, targeting the registration and mobilisation of over 500,000 grassroots members in support of Governor Mbah’s second-term bid. At the heart of the exercise is a...