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1 month ago | 
nannews.ng | Uchenna Ugwu |Magdalene Ukuedojor |Rabi'u Sani Ali |Tosin Kolade
By Uchenna UgwuThe Wife of the President, Oluremi Tinubu, on Friday inaugurated the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) Agriculture Support Programme in Ebonyi. Mrs Tinubu launched the Grand Agro Empowerment Programme for Women, Youths, and Young Farmers Club in schools. The event, promoting sustainable agriculture, took place at the Old Presidential Lodge, Abakaliki.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
newsexpressngr.com | Uchenna Ugwu
News Express |2nd Dec 2024 | 12By UCHENNA UGWUThe Ebonyi Government says it has begun evacuation and rehabilitation of destitutes and persons with mental disorders from the streets of Abakaliki. The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs Felicia Nwankpuma, who disclosed this on Monday in Abakaliki, said the exercise was to sanitise the environment and ensure safety of residents.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
iyamagazine.com | Uchenna Ugwu
The Nigerian Governors’ Wives Forum (NGWF) has called on Governors and State Legislators to implement the six months Pay Maternity Leave Policy in the 36 states of the federation. The forum made the call on Thursday, in a communique issued at the end of it annual retreat held at Exco Chamber’s Centenary City in Abakaliki. The Chairperson of the forum, Prof Olufolake Abdulrazaq, the wife of Kwara governor said the implementation of the policy will improve maternity and child welfare in the country.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
iyamagazine.com | Uchenna Ugwu
The Federal and State Auditor Generals of Nigeria have called for a uniform auditing standard in the auditing profession in the country. The National Chairman of the Body of Federal and State Auditors General in Nigeria, Mr. Sunday Adegoke, made this known during a four-day capacity building for the Auditor-Generals held in Abakaliki, Ebonyi .
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Oct 20, 2024 | 
newsexpressngr.com | Doris Uzoka-Anite |Toni Kan |Uchenna Ugwu
News Express |20th Oct 2024 | 10AE-FETHA CMD, Prof Robinson OnohAE-FETHA CMD, Prof Robinson OnohBy UCHENNA UGWUProf. Robinson Onoh, Chief Medical Director of Alex Ekwueme Federal Teaching Hospital (AE-FETHA), Abakaliki, says the recent gas explosion in Ebonyi has claimed two lives. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident occurred in Orokeonuoha community, Ebonyi Local Government Area of the state on Oct.
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Oct 20, 2024 | 
newsexpressngr.com | Uchenna Ugwu
News Express |20th Oct 2024 | 68Ebonyi Commissioner for Health, Dr Moses EkumaEbonyi Commissioner for Health, Dr Moses EkumaBy UCHENNA UGWUThe Commissioner for Health, Dr Moses Ekuma, has disclosed that the state has recorded 28 deaths and 386 cases since the cholera outbreak on September 24. Ekuma made this known to newsmen on Saturday during the donation of medical commodities by the Governor’s wife, Mrs Mary-Maudline Nwifuru, to the General Hospital in Iboko, Izzi Local Government Area.
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Sep 28, 2024 | 
newsexpressngr.com | Uchenna Ugwu
News Express |28th Sep 2024 | 33•Ebonyi Health Commissioner, Dr Moses Ekuma•Ebonyi Health Commissioner, Dr Moses EkumaBy UCHENNA UGWUThe Ebonyi Government says the death toll from the cholera outbreak in Ndibokote Village in Ezza-Inyimegu Community has hit 15. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Moses Ekuma, confirmed the number of deaths from the epidemic in the locality to newsmen in Abakiliki on Friday. Ekuma said that three emergency centres had been designated for the treatment of patients.
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Sep 14, 2024 | 
newsexpressngr.com | Uchenna Ugwu
News Express |14th Sep 2024 | 2By UCHENNA UGWUHeavy flooding has wreaked havoc in Azuoto, Okpuitumo Community in Abakaliki Local Governmemt Area of Ebonyi, destroying many farmlands and people’s property, worth millions of naira. A victim, Mrs Chinyere Nworie, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakiliki on Friday that her rice, yam and cassava farms were submerged by flood.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
environewsnigeria.com | Uchenna Ugwu |Michael Simire
Heavy flooding has wreaked havoc in Azuoto, Okpuitumo Community in Abakaliki Local Governmemt Area of Ebonyi State, destroying many farmlands and people’s property, worth millions of naira. A victim, Mrs Chinyere Nworie, said in Abakiliki on Friday, September 13, 2024, that her rice, yam and cassava farms were submerged by flood. Nworie said the incident had become a perennial experience in the area due to the nearness of Azuoto and Ebony River, linking the River Niger.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
newsverge.com | Uchenna Ugwu
Some Abakaliki Residents have described the recent fuel price by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), as suffocating as they could no longer afford their basic need. In separate interviews with our reporter on Friday they said the development was having negative impact on the citizenry. Recall that the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) per litre now sells at between N879 and N 1, 200 depending on the location across the country.
