Day: December 6, 2022

By NewsBits The Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has terminated a road contract in Aguata Local Government Area of the state over alleged poor job by the contractor. During an unscheduled visit to the construction site, Soludo observed that the company lacked the capacity to deliver the job. Directing the contractor to remove his equipment from the site immediately, Soludo, who was visibly angry said: “I just called the Commissioner for Works and I have told him that this contract has been terminated. “See what you are doing. I…

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By NewsBits Indonesia’s parliament on Tuesday approved legislation that would outlaw sex outside marriage in a move critics said was a huge setback to rights in the world’s most populous Muslim country. After the new criminal code was endorsed by all nine parties in a sweeping overhaul of the legal code, deputy house speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad banged the gavel to signal the text was approved and shouted “legal.” A revision of Indonesia’s criminal code, which stretches back to the Dutch colonial era, has been debated for decades. Rights groups…

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By NewsBits The Archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical Province and Bishop, Enugu Diocese, Anglican Communion, Most. Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma has again lashed out at President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, alleging that it is the most corrupt in the country’s history. Chukwuma spoke to newsmen in Enugu on Monday evening, rating the Buhari administration as a failure in the anti-corruption fight. The cleric said it was saddening that a government that was voted into power owing to its promise of coming to fight corruption and improve the economy, had worsened the state of…

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File photograph of the so-called unknown gunmen ravaging the Southeast By NewsBits Two persons were reportedly shot dead on Monday night when gunmen attacked a police check-point near Presco Junction, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital. Ebony Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Chris Anyanwu, who confirmed the attack said one mobile policeman and one of the Gunmen were killed. A shootout between the rampaging gunmen who operated on a motorcycle was reported during the attack which happened at about 7:pm on Monday. Identity of the deceased policeman wasn’t yet clear as…

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By NewsBits As the 21-day ultimatum given to the Abia State Government by medical doctors to pay Abia State University Teaching Hospital their salary arrears comes to an end, the government is yet to show any serious commitment to that course. In a communique issued at the End of an Emergency General Meeting of the Nigerian Medical Association, Abia State branch held at their Aba Zonal Secretariat, on Sunday, December 4, 2022, the doctors regretted the inability of the state government to honour that ultimatum. They noted that doctors working…

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By NewsBits The Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has urged the church to confront the common enemy of idolatry, which he described, as the fastest growing religion in the state. Speaking at a religious function in Onitsha, Soludo said he had declared war on criminals, their shrines, and priests and burnt down their idols since he became the governor of the state. Governor Soludo said: “They can come with whatever they want to, but with the bible in our right hand, we shall prevail. Anambra is in the hands…

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