Day: October 2, 2024

By Tony Adibe The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Enugu State Council has tasked the state Governor, Dr Peter Mbah on the urgent need to distribute potable water to other parts of the Enugu metropolis where, hitherto, water reticulation has not yet reached. This was contained in a communiqué issued on Friday by the Enugu NUJ at the end of its Congress held on September 26, at the Press Centre on Rangers Avenue, Enugu, which the State Chairman, Comrade Sam Udekwe presided over. NewsBits reports that in the last 180…

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The family of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu has accused Southeast governors of preventing the release of the pro-Biafra agitator. Kanu’s brother, Prince Emmanuel said Southeast governors should learn from other zones who worked for their freedom fighters. In a statement he signed, Emmanuel accused Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court Abuja of being an obstacle to Kanu’s freedom. The statement reads partly: “South East Governors, why are you stopping the freedom of your own son? To what benefit is it to…

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Senator Representing Southern Borno, Ali Ndume, says former President Goodluck Jonathan was able to flush the Boko Haram insurgents out in the last minutes of his administration through the services of Private Military Consultant (PMC). Ndume reminisced the success story while interacting with journalists on the sidelines of the just concluded 10th Senate retreat of the Committee on the review of the 1999 constitution held in Kano. He recalled how the engagement of the services of the PMCs from South Africa in collaboration with the Nigerian Army significantly flushed insurgents…

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A road crash in Gusau, Zamfara state, left a family of six dead on Sunday. The victims, who were riding a motorcycle, were struck by a truck near Gusau Hotel. One of the children was said to be an infant. “Innalillahi wainna ilaihi-rraji’un. Six people died after their Motorcycle speeding collided with a truck, near (gusau waterboard) in gusau town of Zamfara early morning today,” an X user, @Kdankasa posted. “The accident shocked many people, may God forgive them all, May their soul rest in peace.” When SaharaReporters reached out…

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The Technical Sub-Committee on Domestic Sales of Crude Oil in Local Currency, on Sunday, confirmed that the supply of crude in naira by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to the Dangote Petroleum Refinery is to begin on Tuesday, October 1, 2024. On September 13, 2024, the committee announced that the Federal Executive Council under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu approved the sale of crude to local refineries in naira and the corresponding purchase of petroleum products in naira. “From October 1, NNPC will commence the supply of about…

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The people of Agu Umabor community, in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State have sent a Save Our Soul (SOS) message to Governor Peter Mbah. This is following the devastating gully erosion which has cut off the community from the remaining parts of the state. In a statement made available to journalists on Monday, signed by Abonyi Gilbert Emeka and Ogbu Christopher, the President and the Secretary General, respectively, of Agu Umabor Elites Group, they begged the governor to urgently intervene and save them from the harrowing experience of…

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Hamas has confirmed that its leader in Lebanon, Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin, was killed in an Israeli strike on Monday, along with his wife, son, and daughter. Reuters reported that the strike targeted their home in a Palestinian refugee camp in Tyre, located in southern Lebanon. The Palestinian militant group issued a statement mourning the loss, calling the attack “an escalation of Israel’s aggression.” Meanwhile, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) also reported that three of its leaders were killed in a separate strike in Beirut’s Kola…

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