Category: ARTS & LIFESTYLE

By NewsBits Veteran Nollywood actor Usman Pategi, popularly known as Samanja, has died at 81. This was revealed by a theatre consultant, Husseini Shaibu, on Sunday via his Facebook page. The cause of his death is yet unknown as at the time of this report. Shaibu said, “I have been reliably informed that light has dimmed on the veteran actor, Usman Baba Pategi, popularly known as Samanja Mazan Fama. “The actor, who rode to national prominence in the 80s playing Samanja in the defunct NTA drama series (about the life…

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By NewsBits Two persons died on Friday morning in a crash that occurred at the Kara turning of the inward section of the Lagos – Ibadan expressway. Saturday, Tribune learnt that ten others were seriously injured in the accident that involved a white colour Mazda bus marked XV 945 EPE and an unregistered white and blue colour Howo Sino Truck. The suspected causes of the crash were route violation and dangerous driving. The injured victims had been taken to a private hospital, and the dead bodies were deposited at a…

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BOOK REVIEW Author: Tochukwu C. Ezeh Publisher: Vision Point Graphics, Enugu Year of Publication: Not Stated Page: 95 Reviewer: Lawrence Njoku The Bureau Chief of The Guardian Newspaper in the Southeast Zone, Enugu, Nigeria, Lawrence Njoku here reviews “THE EMERGENCE: Preparing The Next Generation of Visionary Leaders”, written by Tochukwu C. Ezeh, poet, trumpeter and a graduate of Biochemistry from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, who is into training of youths for leadership. The book was presented to the public at the Universal Hotel, Enugu on Saturday November 4, 2023.…

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By Tony Adibe The Enugu State Government has distributed financial palliatives and relief materials to victims of flood, fire, and building collapse in the state to reduce their suffering. Performing the exercise at the Government House, Enugu, Governor Peter Mbah, who was represented by the Head of the Enugu State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Mrs. Chinasa Mbah, urged the beneficiaries to make proper use of the palliatives presented to them by the government. She said: “This is not paying you for what you lost; the government does not pay for…

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Pensioners in the Calabar branch of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) say the 400 bags of rice given to 2.5 million of them to share as palliative are grossly inadequate. The Calabar branch of NUP covers Odukpani, Calabar Municipality, Calabar South, Akpabuyo and Bakassi local government areas in the Southern Senatorial District of Cross River. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar on Wednesday, the Chairman of the branch, Mr Godwin Effiong, said it was absurd to share two or three cups of rice with each…

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By Tony Adibe The Obi-of-Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe, has advised all tiers of governments to invest in youths’ creativity and talents to give them a sense of belonging and promote creativity, industry and productivity. Igwe Achebe said this on Sunday while speaking in Enugu at the Grand Finale and Award Night of Life In My City Art Festival (LIMCAF) 2023, with the theme, “Fix It”. NewsBits reports that the art festival grand finale, which got 111 entries from all regions in the country and witnessed regional art exhibitions, was…

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Nigerian music entertainers Rema and Davido were the top winners at the 2023 Trace Awards held in Kigali, Rwanda, on Saturday (October 21). The Trace Awards are a new awards franchise created by Trace, a global TV and multimedia platform. The purpose of the awards is to recognize African and Afro-influenced musicians from Africa and around the African diasporas. Rema won two awards — song of the year for his global smash “Calm Down” and best global African artist (in a tie with Nomcebo). A remix of “Calm Down” with…

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By NewsBits The indigenous Tiv people of Nasarawa state have cried out to the state and the federal government over the incessant killing of their kinsmen by suspected herdsmen in the state. They also alleged that the constant attacks were in collaboration with some traditional rulers in the state. The Tiv communities spoke through the president of the Tiv Youths Organisation in the state, Barr Barnabas Zayol, in a world press conference held in Lafia on Thursday. Zayol alleged that traditional rulers who were supposed to be peace builders were…

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