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Residents roam streets with gallons as water scarcity hits Ebonyi

RESIDENTS of Ebonyi State, particularly those in Abakaliki, the state capital, are groaning under severe scarcity of drinking water, which has triggered fear of imminent water-borne diseases as they now make use of any water they can lay their hands on.

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Ebonyi: I killed my mother for refusing to bathe me, 20-year-old boy confesses

…As community banishes him By Jeff Agbodo, Abakaliki The people of Ohatekwe Ukawu in Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State have banished a 20-year-old man, Damian Oforbuike, for allegedly killing his mother. It was gathered that Oforbuike attacked his mother, Onyemaechi, with a machete, an incident that has thrown the community into mourning. Sources […]

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Ebonyi raises alarm over neglected tropical diseases in rural communities

The Ebonyi State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Moses Ekuma, has decried the continued neglect of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) such as lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis), onchocerciasis (river blindness), schistosomiasis, and soil-transmitted helminths in rural communities, warning that the conditions remain major barriers to education, productivity, and social inclusion.

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