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By Tony Adibe The late former lawmaker, Senator Ayogu Eze has been described as a compassionate husband, devoted father and selfless sibling to all family members. This was made known in a statement signed and issued on behalf of the family by his son, Kenechukwu Ayogu Eze. Part of the statement read: “Distinguished Senator Ayogu Eze who represented Enugu North Senatorial District in the  6th & 7th National Assembly has passed on. “Senator Eze died in the early hours of today, April 24, 2024, in an Abuja hospital after a…

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By NewsBits The Enugu State Government says it will 2 million treated insecticide nets through the Immunization Plus and Malaria Progress by Accelerating Coverage and Transforming Services (IMPACT) project. The Enugu State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Emmanuel Obi, disclosed this during an event to commemorate the 2024 World Malaria Day with the theme “Accelerating the Fight Against Malaria for a more Equitable World,” held on Thursday at the ministry. According to reports, the objective of the World Bank IMPACT project for Nigeria is to reduce under-five mortality rate in programme…

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Armed bandits on Wednesday attacked the palace of the Emir of Zurmi, Alhaji Bello Muhammad Bunu, killing three people and abducting some residents of the town. The bandits, who stormed the town around 10pm, according to locals, also attacked the residence of the former Military Administrator of Nasarawa State, Colonel Bala Muhammad Mande (rtd). While Col. Mande, a former minister of environment under Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration was not in the house, Emir Bunu was in the palace when the bandits launched the attack, Daily Trust learnt. During the attack,…

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The Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned the trial of Godwin Emefiele, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to June 24. Emefiele is standing trial before Justice Hamza Muazu, sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on an amended 20-count charge bordering on a criminal breach of trust, forgery, abuse of office, conspiracy to obtain money by false pretence, and obtaining money by false pretences. He is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on behalf of the Nigerian government. The embattled Emefiele was, among others,…

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By NewsBits Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, on Thursday, flagged off another round of the distribution of palliatives in the state, warning against the politicisation of the exercise to ensure it gets to the independent and vulnerable people across the state. Mbah, however, said that the palliatives were a quick-fix and efforts of the federal government and the state to cushion the effects of the economic hardship in the land while the positive results of the state’s economic policies and programmes crystalise. Performing the official flag-off after the…

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A popular Enugu State-born politician and former spokesperson of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ayogu Eze, is dead. The former Enugu APC Guber candidate who represented Enugu North Senatorial District between 2007 to 2015, died at the age of 66 years. A founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ayogu Eze according to reports died in an Abuja Hospital after a protracted illness. The family is yet to issue a formal announcement as at the time of this report.

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By NewsBits The Senior Special Assistant to the Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, on Mainstream Media, Hon. Dan Nwomeh, is set to commit late mother to earth on Saturday, April 27. Nwomeh’s mother, Mrs Ezinne Margaret Nebechi Nwomeh, who passed away on 25 February, 2024, would be given a benefitting burial this weekend, at Ozalla,  according to the burial programme signed by the family. The family has also announced a vigil Mass and wake for the late Margaret Nwomeh at the family compound, Old Four Corners, Ozalla, in Nkanu…

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By NewsBits Hours  after the resignation of Rivers State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Zacchaeus Adangor, another commissioner in the oil-rich South-South state, Isaac Kamalu, has exited the cabinet of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Like Adangor, Kamalu, in a letter to the Secretary to the Rivers State Government, Tammy Danagogo, on Wednesday, rejected his redeployment from the Finance Ministry to the Ministry of Employment Generation and Economic Empowerment. Kamalu cited absence of peace in Rivers State despite the peace pact by President Bola Tinubu last December. He said it was…

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