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Suspected gunmen have kidnapped some students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata Mafara local government area of Zamfara state .it was gathered that the incident happened in the early hours of Friday, February 26. A resident of Kawaye village identified as Sadi Kawaye who confirmed the story said  that his daughters, Mansura and Sakina were among those abducted. “I’m on my to Jangebe now to see the situation myself. I was told they invaded the school at about 1am,” he added. It was also gathered that the vigilantes in the area exchange gunfire with the kidnappers but were over po were as the gunmen succeeded in taking the girls away.

As he clocks 100days in office of his second tenure, the Edo All Progressives Congress (APC) led by Col David Imuse Rtd has dared Governor Godwin Obaseki to carry out his threat to probe the multi-billion naira Benin storm water project, commenced by  his predecessor. The party, in a statement signed by its State Publicity Secretary, Chris Azebamwan, urged the governor to institute the storm water probe and make its findings public so that the very enlightened and informed Edo people would know the truth of the matter. According to the statement: "The governor while inspecting the Textile Mill Road catchment of the project, in Benin City, this week said the stormwater project was designed not to work for the benefit of Edo people, adding that his administration will probe the project and recover all the money stolen through it. “Edo people know that the project was jointly handled by the State Environment and Public Utilities and Works with several commissioners includ...

As His Excellency Mr Godwin Obaseki clocks 100days in office of his second tenure, the Edo All Progressives Congress (APC) led by Col David Imuse Rtd has dared Governor Godwin Obaseki to carry out his threat to probe the multi-billion naira Benin storm water project, commenced by  his predecessor. The party, in a statement signed by its State Publicity Secretary, Chris Azebamwan, urged the governor to institute the storm water probe and make its findings public so that the very enlightened and informed Edo people would know the truth of the matter. According to the statement: "The governor while inspecting the Textile Mill Road catchment of the project, in Benin City, this week said the stormwater project was designed not to work for the benefit of Edo people, adding that his administration will probe the project and recover all the money stolen through it. “Edo people know that the project was jointly handled by the State Environment and Public Utilities and Works wit...

The Rector matriculates the 5th batch of National Diploma students on 19th day of February 2021 at the Institute's temporary site. A record of 134  students were initiated into the academic life of the Institute.  The Rector urged the matriculating students to follow the path of moral righteousness, academic excellence and eschew every form of anti-social practice and behaviour that is detrimental to the pursuit of their academic satisfaction and fulfilment.  The Rector also reiterated the commitment of the management to ensuring that staff members are properly trained to meet the demands of modern challenges. According to him, six  staff of the institution are currently undergoing training both within and outside the country. He encouraged staff to be research-oriented and driven so as to tap into the underutilized funds available for research-based activities in the Institute and to be more committed and dedicated to their duties in order to move the In...

By Barrister Kenneth Imansuangbon   As Africa and indeed the world celebrates the uncommon achievement of our own Mrs. Ngozi Okonji-Iweala as the first black female to sit as the Director General of the World Trade Organisation(WTO), I want to use this opportunity to bring to the fore the problems the girl child is faced with, which are surmountable if careful plans are put in place. Every day, girls face barriers to education caused by poverty, cultural norms and practices, poor infrastructure and violence. Therefore, their education is supposed to be  a strategic development priority in developing nations like Nigeria. The Ministry of Education ought to work closely with other sister agencies and development organizations on girls’ education issues to identify and advance interventions that will improve girls’ education outcomes and provide resources for support. These can come in terms of manpower provisions, reading materials provisions, uniforms provisions, tr...

The  StandUp for Women Society (SWS) Edo State Chapter, a non-profit organization with specialty for women centred advocacy has congratulated Dr Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her emergence as the first female Director General of the World Trade Organization, WTO.  In a release jointly signed by Liberator Seigha Egbuson, State Chairperson, Lib.Bisi Akpaida, State Organizing Secretary and Lib. Amowie Ami Aiguobarueghian, Public Relations Officer, the organization praised the resilience, and commitment of the WTO boss to Nigeria's socio-economic and political stability and advancement and on the global stage, noting that her overall wealth of   experience as an economist and administrator per excellence earned her the job.  "You have made womanhood so proud and are worth celebrating as a role model, and for breaking beyond the glass ceiling of gender limitation and stereotypes to emerge a global icon." the statement reads.  It further stat...

By Ijeoma Umeh   Pregnant women have been enjoined to take certain  precautionary and healthy steps towards ensuring the safe delivery of their unborn babies.  This was among issues discussed recently during the advocacy programme of the Oseno Centre(OSEC), a non-profit organization aimed at strengthening healthcare delivery at the Primary Healthcare level and providing life skills, care and support for children with neuro developmental challenges. The programme, tagged: Safe Pregnancy and Childbirth in the Era of COVID-19 took  off at the Referral Medical Centre, Afuze in Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State and will be extended to other target areas, said head of OSEC.   Speaking to expectant women at the health centre, the guest speaker,  Dr Bright Oniovokukor, Executive Director, CESHAN told participants that all pregnancies are not the same, hence each pregnancy should be handled with utmost duty of care while registration for ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the resort by leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to political banditry of harassing and threatening Nigerians, particularly civil servants in Kano state, to register as members of the APC, against their will, further exposes the level of public rejection that is now confronting the party. The PDP describes such as political terrorism, symptomatic of a dying party gasping for breathe, adding that Nigerians have rejected the APC and will never be intimidated by such threats. One can only pity APC leaders over the crushing public apathy against their fraudulent membership registration exercise, for which their Kano state Chairman, Abdulahi Abbas, out of frustration, threatened civil servants and other innocent Nigerians in the state, to join their dying party or lose all benefits and opportunities from the state government. It is appalling that after being exposed in their scheme of hiding under their duplicitous membership r...

The Vice President, Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, Zone F, South South, Comrade UduakIkang Obeten Okorn has flagged off a "Back to School Exercise" in Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State, with a call on state leadership in the zone to replicate the action.  The two days exercise which was in collaboration with a Frontline humanitarian foundation, Pink Africa  and other partners, took place at three selected schools in Yala Local Government Area, Community Secondary School Uchu, UBEC Secondary School, and Model Secondary School, Okpoma, respectively. The "Back to School" team monitored the level of Covid19 awareness and compliance in the schools, and used the occasion to donate 800 face shields, 1000 nose masks, sanitizers, Pedal Operated Metal Hand Wash Stations, exercise books and other writing materials to the schools, as well as counselled the students on Career Choice. In her message, the NAWOJ Zone F, V...