By Tony Ugwuanyi, NsukkaMay 29, 2023, would be remembered in annals of Enugu history as a day another important prophecy was fulfilled: the birth of a new Enugu, the coming of a ‘messiah’ to the throne.Barr. Dr. Peter Ndubisi Mbah, an International Maritime Lawyer, Business Magnate, Public Administrator and Philanthropist,
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Three oil marketers have told a Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, that the alleged planned monopoly of the energy sector by Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals will spell doom for the country’s oil sector.According to them, the plan to monopolise the oil sector by Dangote is a recipe for
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The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, on Thursday announced free cesarean sections for Nigerian women.Pate said this at the ongoing three-day Nigeria Health Sector-Wide Joint Annual Review in Abuja, when he launched the “Maternal Mortality Reduction Innovation Initiative.”The initiative is an ambitious commitment to reducing
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The Federal Government has revealed plans to provide Nigerians with at least 20 hours of daily electricity by 2027.However, it has conditioned this target on sufficient investment in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector, which it has said is currently far below expectations.The Special Adviser to the President on Energy, Olu
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced the death of Lt. General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, Chief of the Army Staff.Lagbaja died at age 56.According to a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, he passed away on Tuesday night in Lagos after a period
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President Bola Tinubu has congratulated President Donald Trump on his re-election as the 47th president of the United States of America.Tinubu, in a statement on Wednesday by his Spokesman, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, said that he looked forward to strengthening the ties between Nigeria and the United States amid the complex
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaThe forum of Special Advisers on Women Affairs to state governors in Nigeria has commended the Minister of Women Affairs, Barrister (Mrs.) Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye for her commitment to the development and empowerment of Nigerian women.The National Coordinator of the group and Special Adviser to the Governor of Gombe
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A bill to establish the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Federal University of Nigerian Languages has been passed for first reading on Thursday, by the House of Representatives.The bill, sponsored by the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, and eight others, is aimed at establishing a university for the promotion of the learning of
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President Bola Tinubu has departed the United Kingdom for Paris, France, for an “important engagement.”The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Political and Other Matters, Ibrahim Masari, confirmed this on his verified X handle, @KabirIbrah64, on Friday.Masari wrote, “Today, I had the honour of visiting President Asiwaju Bola Tinubu GCFR at
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Justice John Tsoho, the chief judge of the Federal High Court Abuja, has refused a request for Justice Binta Nyako to recuse herself from the case of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.The request was made by Kanu on his last appearance in court.Kanu, while speaking
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