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Dec
09
2022
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Abia North: Sen Orji Kalu Best Igbo Senator Since First Republic – Rev Ota

Abia North: Sen Orji Kalu Best Igbo Senator Since First Republic – Rev Ota

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Abia North: Sen Orji Kalu Best Igbo Senator Since First Republic – Rev Ota A clergyman, Rev Kalu Ukpai Ota, has described the Chief Whip of the Senate and Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District, Orji Uzor Kalu as the best Igbo federal parliamentarian since the First Republic. According to him, no lawmaker from the Southeast has achieved Kalu's performance within four years, noting that Kalu has joined the rank of prominent Igbo leaders like Nnamdi Azikiwe, Michael Okpara and Sam Mbakwe. “We must tell ourselves the truth, since the Senate of the First Republic to this day, there has…
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Oct
17
2021
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Compulsory COVID-19 vaccination, illegal — NBA Official, Ubani<br>…Moves to sue Nigerian Govt

Compulsory COVID-19 vaccination, illegal — NBA Official, Ubani
…Moves to sue Nigerian Govt

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Compulsory COVID-19 vaccination, illegal --- NBA Official, Ubani…Moves to sue Nigerian Govt Chairman of Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL), Barr. Monday Onyekachi Ubani has disclosed his resolve to drag the Government of President Mohammadu Buhari to court over the imposition of Covid-19 vaccination. Ubani who frowned at the order of the federal government which mandated every civil servant to get vaccinated, stresses that they order violated existing labour terms and the fundamental rights of the civil servants to their privacy, life, movement, religious belief and faith, and liberty. The NBA official said any directive…
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Mar
19
2021
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Chief Onuigbo: Oloko Bubbles With Smile Again

Chief Onuigbo: Oloko Bubbles With Smile Again

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Oloko Health Centre. By Clara Ezekiel At last, Oloko people now have a reason to bubble with smiles as a standard Health Centre has finally come to stay at their doorstep. Over the years, I watched the people of Oloko in Ikwuano LGA of Abia state struggle with health challenges, with no adequate healthcare facility in existence. At most, all they had were some mini-Chemists' shops. Oloko clan is made up of Oloko Proper, Ahaba Oloko, Umugo Oloko, Azuiyi Oloko, Amizi Oloko and Nchara Oloko. I watched my people die silently and like flies and I cried in my small…
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Dec
04
2020
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Breaking! PCN seals 345 medicine shops, three pharmacies in Ebonyi

HEALTH, , ,
Samuel Amah The Parmacists Council of Nigeria has sealed three pharmacies and 345 patent medicine shops in Ebonyi State. The Registrar of the Council, Pharm. Elijah Mohammed, disclosed this on Thursday night, in Abakaliki, while briefing journalists. He furrther added that five premises were equally issued compliance directives. The compliance directives given to the five premises, according to him, botherd on issues ranging from sale and dispensing of ethical/prescription drugs without the supervision of a pharmacist, unhygienic environment, and poor documentation among others, in the interest of public safety. Represented by the Director, Inspection and Monitoring, Pharm. (Mrs) Anthonia Aruya,…
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Jun
03
2020
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COVID-19: Abia embarks on massive test of citizens … Abia has more hidden cases— Chief onyemobi

COVID-19: Abia embarks on massive test of citizens … Abia has more hidden cases— Chief onyemobi

HEALTH, , , ,
The government of Abia state led by Governor Okezie Victor Ikpeazu has disclosed that the new phase of the fight against COVID-19 is that the state would embark on massive test of citizens to achieve at least 10% of the population. The Governor stated this in a release he signed and made available to media houses in the state, urging citizens and residents to desist from rumour mongering, but rather help the government in the extant battle against the pandemic. Governor Ikpeazu warned against the stigmatization of victims, stressing that no patient is responsible for his predicament, as anyone could…
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Feb
29
2020
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Amaizu, Ameaffia, Others In Ebonyi Anticipate Guinea Worm Outbreak Due To Unsafe Water<br>… Our People Die Of Water Starvation— Victims

Amaizu, Ameaffia, Others In Ebonyi Anticipate Guinea Worm Outbreak Due To Unsafe Water
… Our People Die Of Water Starvation— Victims

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Following the report of surveys and investigations generated in some communities in Ebonyi state, there have been predictions of imminent reoccurrence of guinea worm disease in most communities. This prediction is based on the unavailability of safe drinking water, as the unrefined water has overtime proven  harmful to most communities in the rural areas. Investigations revealed that most of the bore hole water projects executed by the Federal and State government alongside other donor agencies to those rural communities have deteriorated consequent on inadquate maintenance. Famous Reporters who visited some areas such like Amaizu in  Izzi, Ameaffia okposhi Eheku community…
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Feb
08
2020
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Is Ebola back again? New cases confirmed By Congo Dr.

Is Ebola back again? New cases confirmed By Congo Dr.

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FAMOUS REPORTERS Not fewer than six new cases of Ebola, the then dreaded virus has been confirmed again, in the Democratic Republic of Congo by World Health Organization (WHO), already Africa’s country to be worst-hit by the virus. The International Travel & Health Insurance Journal (ITIJ) says the cases have been cited in the North Kivu Province in the eastern part of the country.Reportghana.com reveals that five of the cases are said to have epidemiological links, as the reports are the first on record for the year 2020. According to WHO says there have been 3,428 confirmed cases and 2,250 deaths…
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Jan
29
2020
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Read How Social Security Based System Can Curtail Homelessness

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FAMOUS REPORTERS The Director Amaudo Itumbauzo Centre for mentally ill destitutes, Very Reverend Kenneth Nwaubani has opined that  the increasing number of homelessness among members of the society could be mitigated through the establishment of an institution anchored on social security. Speaking shortly after the second picking exercise of the center for the year during which five mentally ill persons were picked in Aba for rehabilitation, Rev. Nwaubani called for the creation of an enabling environment for the survival of all manner persons in society. While making case for increased budgetary provisions for mental health care and Human -based Health…
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