Day: November 29, 2023

Two Persons Missing, 17 Houses Burnt In Enugu Communal Clash

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By NewsBits At least two people have been declared missing and 17 houses burnt down, while property worth millions of naira were lost in a communal clash that ravaged the Ikolo community in Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu State, yesterday. Members of the community, who wore gloomy faces when Daily Sun visited yesterday, alleged that over 50 youths from the neighbouring Aku community swooped in on them around 2am, yesterday, with guns, machetes, and petrol bombs with which they set many houses on fire. As a result, hundreds of…

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Supreme Court Rules The Old, New Naira Notes To Co-Exist Till Further Notice

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After all the punishment suffered by Nigerians on the altar of Nigerian political play brought upon Nigerian by the immediate past administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari, and his gang, the Supreme Court has ordered that the old N200, N500, N1000 notes should continue to co-exist with the new notes till further notice. It would be recalled that in their bid to change the dynamics of election rigging (or so Nigerian were told at the time), Buhari and the now embattled Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele had…

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Press Release By Labour Party On Supreme Court Ruling On Presidential Election

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1. The Supreme Court issued a hearing notice dated 25th October 2023, notifying the Labour Party (LP) and its candidate in the Presidential Election, Mr Peter Obi, that judgment would be delivered in their appeal to the Supreme Court in Appeal No. SC/CV/937/2023 on Thursday, 26th October, 2023. 2. On the 26th of October, 2023, LP and her lawyers were in Court. The Supreme Court proceeded to read the judgment in Appeal No. SC/CV/935/2023 filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). After that, the Presiding Justice, His Lordship John Inyang…

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Former CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele To Spend Christmas In Prison

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Embattled Mr Godwin Emefiele with his lawyers Former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, will spend both the Christmas and New Year Day celebrations behind bars. This is as he failed to meet his bail conditions on Tuesday. NewsBits gathered that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) charged Emefiele with six counts for alleged breach of procurement procedure in the award of the contract to April1616 Investment Limited. The story has it that in August, the anti-graft agency had first charged Emefiele and one…

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Enugu Prisons Register 1,137 Inmates For National Examination Council Of Nigeria (NECO)

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By NewsBits The Nigeria Correctional Service, Enugu State Command said it has registered 1,137 inmates for the National Examination Council of Nigeria (NECO) external exams in the last 12 years. The Controller of Corrections in Enugu State, Mr Nicholas Obiako, disclosed this on Tuesday in Enugu to the News Agency of Nigeria. The controller said that 124 inmates were taking the ongoing NECO external examination at the Special Study Centre within the Enugu Custodial Centre. Obiako noted that the three custodial centres in the state, comprising Enugu, Nsukka, and Oji…

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Ezuruezu Mbaise On Recent Killings In Mbaise Nation

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Press Release On The Security Situation In Mbaise In recent weeks we have seen an escalation in violence in Mbaise. An already bad security situation has become worse, and we are concerned. The latest reported incidents include: (i) The assassination of the PDP Chairman of Ife/Akpodim/Chokoneze Ward of Ezinihitte, Hon. Smith Chiedoziem Anyanwu on Friday November 24, 2023. (ii) The abduction on Saturday November 25, 2023, of Eze J. B. Ochulor, the Traditional Ruler of Otulu Amumara Autonomous Community in Ezinihitte Mbaise LGA. Sadly, he was found shot dead on…

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COVID-19 Funds: Reps Probe Water Ministry Over N25million Borehole

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By NewsBits The House of Representatives Public Account Committee on Tuesday queried the Federal Ministry of Water Resources for allegedly sinking a single unit of borehole at N25million and others at N12.5million per unit. This is even as the Committee’s chairman, Bamidele Salam, faulted the N4bn reportedly spent by the ministry on the recruitment of 100 personnel for a three-month project tagged Youth Engagement for Sanitation across the 774 Local Government Areas of the country. Appearing before the committee at the National Assembly Complex on Tuesday, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry…

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Ex-Petroleum Minister Excelled In Corruption, Says Lt. General TY Danjuma

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By NewsBits A former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Theophilus Danjuma (retd.), on Tuesday, said he used to say that any job that is expected to be done properly should be given to a woman. He said he had a change of mind when the nation had a female minister of petroleum who he claimed excelled in corruption. Although he did not mention the name of the former minister, he said she set a record that was yet to be beaten by anybody. Danjuma spoke in Enugu while inaugurating…

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Citizen Petitions Abia CP On Notorious Policing At Ndiegoro Police Division

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A concerned citizen, Chief Emeka Emenyeonu has petitioned the Commissioner of Police in Abia State, CP Kenechukwu Onwuemelie for the alleged intimidation and extortionist actions of the police authorities at the Ndiegoro Police Division, Aba.. Emenyeonu pleaded with CP Onwuemelie to urge the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge at Ndiegoro and one Inspector Oscar to respect the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria which has human rights enshrined in it while discharging their lawful duties.. In the petition which he copied the Aba Federated Chapel of the Nigeria…

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Automation Of Passport Application Takes Off In One Week – Says Interior Minister

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Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on Tuesday said the automation of Nigeria’s passport application is 99 per cent completed. Ojo, speaking in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today said the automated application will become operational in a week’s time noting that after completion, Nigerians will only go to immigration centres to do fingerprint biometrics for their passports. He further revealed that with the new system, Nigerians can upload their passport photographs and other supporting documents from the comfort of their homes. The minister said, “We gave a date —…

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