Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) has said that the International Women’s Day (IWD) celebration serves as a powerful reminder of the ongoing fight for gender equality and reasons for change. SAA said this year’s theme, #InspireInclusion, resonates deeply with its Vision and mission to support Africa in fulfilling its aspirations of building resilient and sustainable food…
The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye has bagged another award recognition for his leadership style and excellent performance as the Police Chief in the State. The honour, Leadership Excellence Award, was presented to the him by the All for Women Initiative, Nigeria (A-WIN), at a conference to herald the 2023 International Women’s…
Imo state born, Eze Ndigbo Ghana, HRM Eze Dr Chukwudi Ihenetu, has appealed to religious leaders in Nigeria to invest in human and capital development of members by teaching them how to earn a leaving through farming and establishment of industries. This according to him is a consequence of the untold hardship currently experienced in…
An ugly incident played out on Friday inside the Oke-Kura Correctional Centre, Ilorin, Kwara State capital, after a prison inmate seized the rifle of a warder, shot and wounded a road side vulcanizer close to the facility. While the injured vulcanizer, who was shot in the stomach, was rushed to a medical facility for treatment,…
Some residents of Enugu State have continued to drink cassava flakes, popularly called garri, in spite of cautions against it due to the resurgence of Lassa fever in some parts of the country. Some residents on Thursday said that they had not seen a Lassa Fever patient but only heard about it through the…
The Chairman of Abia State Judicial Panel on recovery of government properties and funds, Justice Florence Duruoha-Igwe (Rtd) has said the bench warrant the Panel issued on an Auctioneer, Chikwendu Ahiwe, who allegedly carted away a 125KVA generator set belonging to General Hospital Isuikwuato LGA, is still in force.Justice Duruoha-Igwe, who said this after…
Opinions concerning steady power supply in Aba, in the aftermath of the newly commissioned Geometric Power Plant to guarantee steady power supply have been nothing but mixed and polarized. Residents say they were still living in darkness despite the assurances that the plant would solve their electricity problems once it was inaugurated. It would be recalled…
The South-East chapters of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) proposed N540, 000 and N447, 000 respectively, as new minimum wage for Nigerian workers. The chairperson of NLC in Lagos State, Funmi Sessi, also made the demand of N794,000 for workers at the ongoing public hearing of the Tripartite Committee on National…
The National Directorate of Employment NDE Abia has flagged off a five (5) day intensive training for 20 women in Abia state on Cosmetology under the Women Employment Branch (WEB). Delivering a keynote address of the Director General, NDE, Mallam Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo, the State coordinator NDE Abia, Mrs Tessy Wachuku encouraged the beneficiaries to…
The General Manager of the Owerri Capital Development Authority (OCDA), Honorable Frank Nzewodo has found himself at the center of a legal storm, facing grave accusations of corruption and abuse of power. Reports suggest that Nzewodo may have succumbed to bribery, resulting in the unlawful demolition of a residential property entangled in a heated legal…
