Day: December 15, 2024

By Tony Adibe Governor Peter Mbah has urged dog owners in Enugu State to vaccinate their dogs against rabies as the government plans to eliminate continued transmission of the disease in the state. Mbah said this on Sunday while flagging off the Zero Rabies in Enugu Campaign Initiative at the State Veterinary Clinic in Enugu. The governor, represented by the Commissioner for Agriculture and Agro-industrialisation, Dr Patrick Ubru, said that rabies remained one of the most preventable yet devastating diseases affecting human and animal health. He noted that the state…

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By Magnus Aluma The Nigeria Union of Medical Herbal Practitioners, NUMHP, Ebonyi State Chapter has warned Traditional Rulers in the state to stop interfering with the activities of the union. The warning was contained in a communique issued at the end of an emergency meeting of the Union, held in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital. The communique reads, in full: “Arising from an emergency meeting of the National Union of Medical Herbal Practitioners, Ebonyi State Chapter held at the Union’s Secretariat Abakaliki on 11th December 2024, members unanimously resolved that:…

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The immediate-past Deputy Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Enema Paul, is dead. Before his death, Paul, a second termer to the Assembly, was the member representing Okura State Constituency in the current 8th Assembly in the state. Paul stepped down as the deputy speaker on health grounds and was replaced by the member representing Ibaji State Constituency, Comfort Nwuchola. The Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Aliyu Yusuf, confirmed the death in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mohammed Yabagi, on Saturday. He said that…

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By Tony Adibe The Enugu State Governor Dr Peter Mbah has said that the State remains the safest for foreign investors and Nigerians to do business, live, and come to spend leisure time. Governor Mbah said this on Saturday in Enugu at a Town Hall Meeting with a cross-section of various professionals, associations, unions, and bodies as well as religious, traditional, and political leaders in the state. The governor, who spoke at the Town Hall Meeting themed: “Governance Issues: The Journey So Far”, said that his administration had stopped the…

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By Tony Adibe A new President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has emerged in the person of Nze Fidelis Ozichukwu Chukwu. The new PG is to complete the Imo State balance of 27 days which ends on January 10, 2025, and this, ordinarily, would perhaps make Chukwu the shortest-serving leader of Ohanaeze Ndigbo at least for now. In a statement issued on Saturday by the national publicity secretary of Ohanaeze, Dr. Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia, the socio-cultural organisation said that the emergence of Chukwu was due to “a chain of catastrophe,…

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A witness and X user, @DanKatsina50, who made this known in a post on Saturday said that the bandits who attacked the town on Thursday night also rustled several cattle. No fewer than five people were reportedly killed while three others were injured when bandits attacked Kuringafa town in Kafur Local Government Area of Katsina State. A witness and X user, @DanKatsina50, who made this known in a post on Saturday said that the bandits who attacked the town on Thursday night also rustled several cattle. He made the disclosure…

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