Category: ARTS & LIFESTYLE

Magnus Aluma, Abakaliki The joy of the people knew no bounds yesterday at the Iziola Village Square, venue for the visit of the Ebonyi State Commissioner for Boarder Peace and Conflict Resolution, Hon. Donatus Ilang and the Chairman of Ebonyi Local Government Area, Hon. Augustine Uburu. The essence of the joint meeting was to seek ways of restoring peace in the area and the possible reintegration of the members of the village, who were banished in the aftermath of the crisis that ensued in the area in 2017. NewsBits gathered…

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By NewsBits The Oyo State Police Command said it has apprehended the policemen sighted in a now-viral video demanding money from a female biker who was on a tour of Nigeria from the Netherlands. The command, in a post on X on Thursday, said the operatives will face disciplinary actions. “Viral video portraying the regrettable misconduct of certain policemen along Moniya-Iseyin Road has been accessed. All those involved have been apprehended for immediate disciplinary actions. Supervision will be increased. Please report any misconduct to Xsquad on +2348023535470,” the post read.…

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By Tony Adibe The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has condemned the accidental bombing by the Nigerian Army which claimed the lives of about 85 villagers and injured several others at Tudun Biri village in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. In a statement issued by the National Publicity Secretary, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Dr. Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia, the President General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo World-wide, Engr. Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu said it was indeed a “paradox that at a time Nigerians are facing various challenges and losses of lives in the hands of bandits,…

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By Tony Adibe The Rwandan High Commissioner-Designate, Christopher Bazivamo has encouraged the Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ECCIMA) and indeed, the business community in the southeast zone of Nigeria to take advantage of the abundant business opportunities in Rwanda. Ambassador Bazivamo said that the investors in southeast needed a larger space for their business expansion. He said the ease of doing business in Rwanda is so guaranteed that the Rwandan government has a free-visa policy for all Africans travelling to Rwanda. “This is to ensure free movement…

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The Federal Government has initiated a process to resolve challenges bordering on the supply and pricing of Liquefied Petroleum Gas in the country’s domestic market better known as cooking gas. A statement by Louis Ibah, spokesman for the Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, said the minister waded into the issue following a rise in the price of LPG per kg from about N700 to above N1,100 in some parts of the country. He said the meeting, at the instance of the minister, which was held at the…

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An Awka Chief Magistrates’ Court, otherwise known as the Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court of Anambra State, has remanded a Catholic Priest, “Rev”. Fr. Nwaigwe Stephen to the Nigerian Correctional Center, for allegedly raping and impregnating a teenager. The priest was also accused of forcefully taking the pregnant minor to Benin City, Edo State, where she was delivered of her baby, but police investigation revealed that the whereabouts of the said baby is still unknown. The offence of sexual intercourse with a minor, is punishable under section 34(2) of…

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By NewsBits The founder of Christ High Commission Church, Araromi-Ugbesi, in Omuo-Oke, Ekiti State, Pastor Noah Abraham, has been accused of snatching and impregnating the wife of his choirmaster. The church choir coordinator, Dare Ikuenayo alleged that Abraham announced in the church that he had taken his wife and there was nothing anybody could do. Ikuenayo said the cleric deceitfully snatched the mother of his three children when he told him that she had the gift of prophecy, and she should allow her to stay with him. “I joined the…

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