Day: May 28, 2023

By NewsBits Crisis has rocked the ancient city of Ebenebe, Awka North Local Government Area, Anambra State following abrupt removal from office of the community’s women leader otherwise referred to as Chairperson or Women President General, Mrs Favour Nworah, by the State government. Nworah, who has been the Women President General of Ebenebe Town Union Women Wing (ETU WW) since April 2019, was sacked on the directive of the Governor Chukwuma Soludo on April 2023, few months after the 2023 general elections. According to sources, the Women PG was sacked…

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By NewsBits Nigeria’s celebrated afrobeats singer and a scion of the Afrobeat legend- Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Seun Kuti, says being in prison is better than dining with politicians. He said this in a post via his Instastories. “Dem put me for hard cold floor, in the midst of prisoners still better than sitting in the devil’s house with politicians,” he wrote in pidgin. This follows his release on Tuesday on bail after being detained on the order of the Inspector General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Alkali Baba, for allegedly assaulting…

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By NewsBits The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in Oyo State has reported the arrest of 20 drug suspects during its mop-up operations in preparation for the inauguration of the new administration on May 29. The State Commander, Mr. Olayinka Joe-Fadile, announced at a press conference in Ibadan on Saturday that the command had arrested 20 individuals, consisting of 18 males and 2 females, who were primarily drug users, and seized 2.96kg of cannabis sativa. Joe-Fadile explained that the command increased its mop-up operations in response to a directive from…

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By NewsBits A Socio-cultural organisation under the aegis of Abia Forum Nsukka (AFN) in University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) has alleged that indigenes from the Abia State have been excluded in top appointments in the Institution. Professor Jonah Onuoha, Director, Centre for American Studies UNN and pioneer President of AFN said this in Nsukka on Friday while delivering the forum’s maiden lecture series.  In a paper entitled: “The Last Kick of a Dieing Horse: An inquiry into the challenges and way forward for Abia Forum, UNN”, Onuoha said to ensure…

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By Magnus Aluma, Abakaliki Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers have shot dead a student on internship at­tached to the Dental Therapy Department of the Federal Teaching Hos­pital, Abakaliki. The deceased, Kelvin Onuchie, a native of Agbor in Delta State, was shot dead in front of the entrance gate of his resi­dence at Mberi Street, Abakaliki, at night, early this week. NewsBits gathered that late Onuchie was outside the gate taking a call at about 8 p.m, when the men of the underworld shot at him, while his lifeless body…

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By NewsBits Over 200 indigent rural dwellers of Ahani-Achi Community in Oji-River Local Government Area of Enugu State at the weekend, received succour when some concerned citizens of the Community gave them free medical services. The group provided eyeglasses, drugs of various kinds as well as mobilising volunteer health workers who came to the village to offer free medical tests, health talk, home management and the various ways to prevent certain diseases. The Team Leader, Dr Edwin Nwokolo, a native of the community expressed joy that some concerned citizens heeded…

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By NewsBits Three days to the end of the regime of the President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari’s (retd.), the outgoing Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said he would have stopped work as minister last year as his handover note was prepared in September 2022. He disclosed this at the contract signing ceremony for the value-added concession under the highways development & management initiative. The minister was reacting to the recent uproar by the public after the president directed all cabinet members to continue work in their various offices…

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By NewsBits Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State has commissioned the remodelled Suleja General Hospital, amidst excitement and jubilation by residents of Suleja. The hospital which has been in a dilapidated condition for close to 59 years now wears a new look. Speaking during the commissioning of the project, Gov. Sani Bello said the hospital needed expansion and total rebuilding to allow it serve indigenes as well as other Nigerians. “This hospital was built 59 years ago. This means that the hospital needs expansion and complete rebuilding which we…

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Rochas (left) with Adams By NewsBits A former Governor of Edo State, Adam Oshiomhole, at the weekend, shed light on his political differences with a former governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, saying it was purely on issues of obeying the law and nothing personal. He also tackled former Senate Whip, Victor Oyofo, for alluding that former governors go to the Senate to display opulence. Oshiomhole stated these at the first Senator Ekpe Moriri Lamai Memorial Lecture organised by Senator E. A Lamai Foundation where Okorocha who was one…

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