Gov Mbah Inaugurates ESUT Governing Council, Says Education Strongest Weapon To Fight Poverty

By Tony Adibe The Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah has inaugurated the newly constituted Governing Council of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), in line with Section 6 (1) of ESUT Establishment Law, emphasising that education remained the strongest weapon to fight poverty. The Governing Council has Sir Chinyeaka Ohaa as Chairman with Prof. Ikenna Chukwu, Engr. James Ifeanyi, Mrs. Gladys Okoro, Hon. Chinedu Onu and Dr. Eric Oluedo as members. Governor Mbah said that the Governing Council was constituted based on competence and the expressed…

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Suspected Killers Of Soldiers In Delta Demand Waterways Security Contract

By NewsBits A militant group, Amagbein Force, suspected to have killed the 17 military personnel at Okuama, Delta State on March 14, 2024, has made a demand from the Federal Government. A member of the group, in a video on Tuesday, said he was speaking for the leader, Amagbein, also known as River Lord. The Nigerian Army had since identified Amagbein as the mastermind of the March 14 killing of its Officers and soldiers. It tracked him to Igbomotoru community in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State…

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Florida Signs Controversial Bill Banning Kids Under 14 From Opening Social Media Accounts

With the state preparing for a legal challenge from the tech industry, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a controversial bill aimed at keeping children off social-media platforms. “You better believe, I am going to fight like hell to uphold this in court,” Attorney General Ashley Moody said during a bill-signing event in Jacksonville. Lawmakers this month overwhelmingly passed the bill (HB 3), which House Speaker Paul Renner, R-Palm Coast, made a priority of the annual legislative session. The bill, in part, seeks to prevent children under age 16 from…

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Low-Key Birthday: ‘Tinubu ’Will Apologise To Newspapers Later’

By NewsBits President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not unmindful of the loss his directive against congratulatory advertorials to mark the anniversary of his 72nd birthday will cause media organisations. He plans to apologise to newspaper organisations for denying them the opportunity to generate revenue through celebratory advertorials when he turns 72 on Friday, the Presidency said yesterday. Admitting that the directive to make the anniversary low-key might have hurt newspapers, the Presidency said the prevailing challenges across the land informed the President’s choice. For almost two decades, well-wishers have been…

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Governor Otti Mourns Death Of Three Medical Students Of ABSU

By NewsBits Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, has expressed deep sadness over the tragic death of three medical students of the Abia State University, Uturu, last Thursday. The students died after a ghastly road accident that occurred on the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, while traveling back to their destinations from the campus at Uturu after the induction of their senior colleagues, who had just graduated from the university. Two others, who were traveling in the same salon car thankfully survived. Governor Otti in a statement issued from his office regretted…

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Okuama Killings: Army Raided My Country Home With 40 Personnel, Apologised — Clark

By NewsBits Elder statesman and National Leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, Chief Edwin Clark, has condemned a military raid on his country home in the Kiagbodo Local Government Area of Delta State. Clark, in a statement he signed on Tuesday, recounted how he was inundated with calls informing him of the raid of his country home by military men in search of one Vote, suspected to be linked to the killing of 17 soldiers in Okuama, following a call from a person identified as the Commanding Officer Nigerian Army,…

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Governor Peter Mbah Signs Bill To Establish Teaching Hospital In Enugu North

By NewsBits Governor of Enugu State, Dr Peter Mbah, Tuesday, signed the Enugu State University of Medical and Applied Sciences (SUMAS) Teaching Hospital Bill 2024 into Law, promising to expedite action to actualise the teaching hospital immediately to provide quality training and healthcare services in the Enugu North part of the state and the state in general. Mbah, while commending the Enugu State House of Assembly for accelerating action on the processing and passage of the executive Bill, said that establishing SUMAS Teaching Hospital, Igbo-Eno, Udenu LGA, was in line…

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Outrage As Bandit Flaunts Ransom On Social Media

•A bandit seen displaying cash supposedly collected from victims in a viral video Strong reactions have trailed bandits seen in viral videos displaying cash supposedly collected from victims. Videos of the ransoms were uploaded on Tiktok. The monies were seen in a series of post on X by a counter-insurgency expert and security analyst, Zagazola Makama Makama said the user of the social network account has over 3000 followers. He noted that some of them are bandits who openly show off their rifles and are dressed in military or police…

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Gumi Speaks After Meeting With Security Agents

Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, says he had a fruitful discussion with Nigerian security agents who invited him over security issues. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, had on Monday told reporters at the State House, Abuja, that Mr Gumi had been invited by the security agencies. Mr Gumi, after honouring the invitation of the security agencies on Monday said in a statement on his Facebook page that he is not above the law but only the innocent are above the law. He said there was no…

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Governor Reveals Biggest Challenge State Police Will Face

Nasarawa State governor, Abdullahi Sule, says state governors would find it difficult to run state police because of funds. Sule, who spoke as a guest on Channels Television’s ‘Sunday Politics’ said governors would seek a review of the revenue sharing formula if they have state police. He said: “I went to school, grew up and went to school in a country where it is not even state police; you have county police, which is local government police. “The institution I attended, Indiana University, had Indiana University Police. So, I grew…

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