Day: April 12, 2024

The Ebonyi State Government has wooed investors with an enticing enabling business environment that guarantees profitability and business growth. The state Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Business Development, Chief Oguzorkanu Offia-Nwali explained what the state was offering would-be investors during the Ebonyi State Special Day at the ongoing 35th Enugu International Trade Fair. The fair, which began on April 5, is themed: “Promoting made-in-Nigeria products for global competitiveness.” Offia-Nwali said that the serene business environment, which had been luring investors into the state, included the government commitment to providing access…

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Gunmen kidnapped a journalist and reporter with Channels Television, Mr Joshua Rogers, at his residence in Rumuosi in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State on Thursday night. Rogers, who covers the Rivers State Government House for his organisation, was reportedly trailed after he closed from work to his residence. The miscreants accosted him before he alighted from his car, pointed a gun at him and whisked him along with his vehicle off to an unknown destination at about 9 pm. A source who said he doesn’t want his name…

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Former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has been granted bail by Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos Special Offences Court on Thursday. The bail, set at N50 million, comes in the wake of allegations including abuse of office and fraud totaling $4.5 billion and N2.8 billion. During the ruling on the bail application, Justice Oshodi required two sureties in the same sum of N50 million. The bail conditions demanded that the sureties be employed with evidence of tax payments to the Lagos State Government for the past…

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By Tony Adibe The former Director-General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr Osita Okechukwu, has said that the former governor of old Abia State, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu was an immaculate person, both in body, soul, and his white apparels. NewsBits recalls that the late Dr Onu served as the first civilian governor of old Abia state, before the creation of Ebonyi State in October 1, 1996, by the then military Head of State, late General Sani Abacha. Onu, who was a former minister in the immediate past President Muhammadu Buhari-led…

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