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The Lagos State Government has announced a traffic diversion for emergency repairs of the Eko Bridge by the Federal Ministry of Works. The diversion is expected to start on Monday, September 16, 2024, and last for eight weeks. The announcement was made in a statement by the State Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, on Friday. “The repairs will be carried out in four phases, during which the bridge will be intermittently fully or partially closed, depending on the work schedule,” he said. The commissioner provided alternative routes for motorists to…

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Bandits have attacked Kurfi General Hospital in Kurfi local government area of Katsina state, shooting a watchman and abducting four women, including the wife of one of the health officials on duty. A reliable source from the area told our reporter that three of the bandits who entered the hospital around 10:45am unarmed, later engaged the guardsman who intercepted them to inquire about their mission at the hospital. “Whey they started arguing, the watchman quickly went and locked the hospital gate, unknown to him that other armed members of the…

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Ahead of the United States, US, Presidential election, President Joe Biden stirred controversy when he wore a red cap belonging to the Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump. Biden wore the Make America Great Again, MAGA, cap at an event to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. During a visit to firefighters in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, near where one of the four hijacked planes crashed, videos showed the president having a friendly chat with a Trump supporter before they swapped headgear. In the video, Biden offers a Trump supporter…

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The Executive Chairman of Enugu State Universal Basic Education Board (ENSUBEB), Prof. Hyginus Okibe, has said that the board is ready to partner with the State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ENPHCDA) to ensure the success of the immunisation campaign against measles and other epidemic diseases in the state. Prof. Okibe stated this on Thursday in Enugu when he received in audience, the Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Agency, Dr. Ifeyinwa Ani-Osheku, and other senior delegation from the health sector, who were on a courtesy visit to…

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The operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, in collaboration with the Army, have arrested a top commander of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), in Ebonyi State. A competent security operative revealed that the DSS, acting in concert with sister security agencies, carried out the operations which led to the arrest of the notorious IPoB commander in the Southeast state. The source, however, declined to release the name of the arrested IPoB commander, saying he was under investigation and would be made known later. The operative disclosed…

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By Tony Adibe Some northern traders who deal on cattle and other livestock in Enugu metropolis have bemoaned the lull in their business, leading to a drastic reduction in the number of cows they sell daily, a development they attributed to the current hike in the petrol pump price in Nigeria. NewsBits learnt that following the current increase in the cost of petroleum products in the country, there has been a lull in their business and as a result, the number of cows they sell daily has reduced drastically. They…

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By Tony Adibe The Enugu State Traditional Rulers Council, on Thursday, endorsed maiden Igbo language concert, which is tagged: “Surugawa Igbo”, being organised by Igbo Efula (Otu Asusu Igbo) Movement. The Chairman of the Council, Igwe Ikechukwu Asadu, gave the endorsement when Mazi Ikechukwu Oji, President of Igbo Efula, led members of the organisation on a courtesy visit to him at the council’s chambers in Enugu. Asadu, who was the immediate past Chairman, the South East Council of Traditional Rulers, expressed gratitude to the members of Igbo Efula for making…

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A socio-political group, The Collective Movement (TCM),  has advised the Federal Government to jettison any harmful economic policies to reduce the present socio-economic tension among Nigerians. TCM, an NGO, stated that the recent hike in petroleum prices from ₦568 to ₦855 per liter is poised to cause severe damage to Nigeria’s economy. The National Youth Leader of TCM, Mr Muhammad Safeeyan, said this in a statement issued on his behalf by the movement’s Director of Media, Mazi Edwin Nwachukwu, on Thursday in Enugu. Safeeyan noted that the impression out there…

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The Enugu State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Oji River Local Government Area in the September 21st Council election, Greg Anyaegbudike, has assured to stimulate industrialisation of Oji River Urban area to enhance socio-economic empowerment of the citizens and also contribute to raising the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the state. Anyaegbudike gave assurance during the unveiling of his manifesto that the council area would be developed if voted into power. He bemoaned the fact that, from the records, Oji River town ranks as the third urban town in…

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By Nnamdi Mbawike, Enugu. A former Director of Amnesty International Northern Zone, Chris Agu has described the emergence of President Bola Tinubu as a divine mandate. Though he acknowledged the state of the country, he stated that the prophet who prophesized that Tinubu would be president instructed him to deliver a message to him when he became president. He said when the message is delivered to the president, things will change for good and as a result, Nigerians will smile again Abu, a former gubernatorial candidate of Peoples Redemption Party…

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