Widow petitions IGP, Obiano over husband's death in police custody
By Praise Necherem
A 28-year old widow, Mrs Ifunanya Onuora, has begged Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra state, the inspector general of police, Mohammed Adamu and other top political and human rights leaders to help secure justice over the death of her husband, Mr Ikechukwu Onuora, under mysterious circumstances in police
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Ohanaeze consults S’East governors on Igbo cohesion, peace
By Uzoh Ugwueze, Enugu
The leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo and other prominent Igbo leaders are currently on tour of the five South-East states of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo, consulting with the governors in the quest to engineer total peace, unity and development of the region. The president general of
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Delta govt charges Ogbe Ijoh traders to keep market clean
By Nosa Akenzua, Asaba
Chairman of the Delta state taskforce on environment, Evangelist Sylvester Oromoni, has paid an unscheduled visit to Ogbe Ijoh Market in Warri South West local government of Delta state.
He commended the environment management committee of Ogbe Ijoh Market for keeping the market clean.
The chairman reiterates that they
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Insecurity: Anglican Bishop calls for Nigeria’s restructuring
By Ezeike Obele, Nnewi
President Muhammadu Buhari has been appealed to ensure safety and protection of Nigerians anywhere and at anytime in the country, as well as applying federal characters in the distribution of offices among the six geo-political zones in the spirit of equity and justice.
Angered over increasing spate of
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UNICEF: 57% Nigerian Children Don’t Have Birth Certificates
The United Nations Children’s Fund on Monday said about 57 per cent of Nigerian children under the age of five years don’t have birth certificates.
The child protection specialist in charge of UNICEF Zone A Field office, Enugu, Victor Atuchukwu, stated this in Awka during the training of 75 health workers from selected health facilities in the 21 local government areas of Anambra State.
He said, “It is the right of every child to have a birth certificate, but many parents did not consider it important. Without birth certificate, time would come when the child would discover that he or she had no official record of vital information.”
The Director of the National Population Commission in the state, Joachim Ulasi, who noted that the commission did not have enough man power for birth registration, said, “We just have 148 registration centres, comprising 21 controllers who are deputy chief registrars for the 21 local government areas. If they are removed from the 148, we are left with 127, which are located in health facilities throughout Anambra State. This number is not enough. We have 181 autonomous communities and we need at least one centre in each community while the large communities should have two or more.”
Ulasi, however, added that NPC had concluded plans to digitalise the birth registration exercise in the state
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Enugu Government, UNICEF, U-TOLF, Organize Workshop To End Open Defecation
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Tuesday, declared open a workshop for the development of the state’s roadmap for the attainment of the “Open Defecation Free (ODF)” goal by 2025.
The two-day event, which is being organized by the Enugu State Government and Ugo’s Touch of Life Foundation (U-TOLF) in collaboration with UNICEF, is expected to set the agenda for actualization of improved sanitation and hygienic status for the state as well as behavioural change amongst communities, etc, for healthy living.
Declaring open the workshop, Gov. Ugwuanyi disclosed that available statistics indicate that about 46 million Nigerians practice open defecation, stressing that such an awkward act impacts negatively on the health, educational outcomes and socio-economic life of the people.
The governor who further disclosed that “the Federal Government of Nigeria has committed to end open defecation in Nigeria by 2025, in line with revised global targets set by United Nations”, added that his administration is determined to domesticate this vision and align its actions to national goals.
Consequently, he pointed out that his administration has declared emergency on Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector in the state with the target of making the state open defecation free by 2025, and also inaugurated the inter-ministerial steering Committee for revitalizing the WASH sector to lead coordinated actions in the state.
Gov. Ugwuanyi also pointed out that the state government signed up to the national Partnership for Expanded Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (PEWASH) strategy – a national collaboration for a multi-sector partnership designed to provide opportunity for the water and sanitation sector to leverage expertise, technology and financial resources from all levels of government, development partners, private sector, civil society and community, to improve the sector.
The governor maintained that “Enugu State Government needs a Roadmap that provides clear vision, mission, strategy, prioritized costed plan, milestones and targets to qualify to leverage the available national resources for sanitation”
He therefore added that the state government will also lead in strengthening systems at local levels including planning, human and financial resourcing, implementation, private sector mainstreaming as well as monitoring of results, expressing optimism that “this two-day inception workshop is expected to set these agenda”.
While thanking UNICEF and U-TOLF for their invaluable support for the workshop, Gov. Ugwuanyi urged other private sector organizations including Rotary Club and religious organizations to help drive the behavioural change needed for attainment of these goals.
Speaking on behalf of UNICEF, the organization’s WASH Manager in Enugu, Ms. Mamita Bora Thakkar, thanked Gov. Ugwuanyi’s administration for its commitment to the attainment of the national goal of open defecation-free status by 2025, stressing that the governor’s presence, support and inspiration were exceptional and commendable.
She added that UNICEF remains committed to providing technical support to the federal and state governments for the actualization of the set goals of the ODF Roadmap.
In his opening remarks, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Water Resources, Mr. Anthony Dubem Onyia, stated that the Ugwuanyi administration has undertaken concrete steps towards the fulfillment of its obligation to participate in the PEWASH process and tap into the Federal Government’s National Wash Action Plan.
Onyia said that “Enugu State had before now declared over 44 communities in Igbo-Etiti, Nkanu East, Igbo-Eze South, Igbo-Eze North and Udenu LGAs, Open Defecation Free (ODF) with support from WaterAid”.
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Rich Humphreys: 6-Month-Old Baby Breaks World Record For Youngest Water Skier
Rich Humphreys was filmed by his parents gliding across Lake Powell in southern Utah.
Aged just six months and four days, he has beaten the world record by 23 days.
With his feet strapped safely to the wooden board, little Rich clung onto a metal bar as he was pulled along the lake by boat.
In the video, his dad Casey appears in another boat alongside the tot as he glides through the water.
Uploading the video onto the youngster’s Instagram page, Rich’s mum, Mindi wrote: "I went water skiing for my 6 month birthday. "Apparently that’s a big deal…#worldrecord."
Dad Casey also shared the clip, saying: “Six months four days. “Take one look at this kid and tell me he isn’t having the time of his life! Such a little stud."
The title of world’s youngest water skier has been held by Zyla St Onge, who rode along Lake Silver in Florida in May 2016, aged six months and 27 days.
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Woman Collapses While Protesting Against Her Sack By Cross River State Government (Photos)
An woman collapsed on Monday September 21 in Calabar while protesting against her sack by the Cross River State Government, IgbereTV reports.
Before her sack, the woman was a member of staff of the ministry of health.
Mid 2019, Governor Ben Ayade had directed the delisting of about 2,500 names from the payroll of the Cross River State government, claiming that most of those employed between 2014 till then did not follow due process.
The sacked workers on Monday blocked access to the state secretariat in protest over what they described as “unfair and illegal delisting from the state payroll.”
The protesters who carried placards with inscriptions ‘we shall protest till the end’, ‘Head of Service should be sacked’’, ‘Ayade you betrayed us’, said they were tired of not hearing from the government and that the state labor union is complicit in their plights.
Comrade Paul Ajie Abang who led the protesters told newsmen that they had initially given the state government a seven-day ultimatum to take action or face a massive protest and that it was their silence that has led to the peaceful protest.
Abang disclosed that the group had met with the Head of Service and all other relevant stakeholders to iron out the matter but it seems the government is insincere and doesn’t want to act, and that the group will not back down till the right thing is done.
One of the protesters who identified himself as ‘Papa’ said the protesters were part of the 2500 workers from the state who were employed and then delisted from the state’s payroll.
“We are the 2500 staff of the state government who were duly employed, got their appointment letter, and then delisted from the payroll by the government. We are taking this struggle upon ourselves because labor has failed us. We are out here fighting for our rights and we have no plan of leaving here until our voices are heard.” he said.
"We are here to let the world know of the injustice being meted to us. for a year and one month now we have not received our salaries and the government is tossing us around.” He added.
The woman who collapsed was later revived and taken home to rest.
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APC Concedes Defeat, Congratulates Obaseki, Admits Edo Election Free, Fair
The governing All Progressives Congress on Monday, conceded defeat 24 hours after Governor Godwin Obaseki, of the Peoples Democratic Party was declared winner of the Edo Governorship Election.
Chairman of the Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee, Mai Mala Buni, in a statement titled, “Edo State Governorship Election: Victory for Democracy,” which he signed, congratulated Obaseki over his victory.
Buni said, “Edo State Governorship election is over, the winner has been declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission in the person of the Mr. Godwin Obaseki, candidate of the People Democratic Party.
“We hereby congratulate the winner of the election, the people of Edo State and all Nigerians. The peaceful conduct of the election and its outcome represent victory for Nigeria’s democracy
“As a party, we join our leader, President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR, to affirm our ‘commitment to free and fair elections’ in order to strengthen ‘the foundation for our political and moral authority.
“We commend INEC, our security agencies and all political parties that contested the election for the successful conduct of the election. As a governing party, we will take every step necessary to support the Federal Government to consolidate all the gains achieved. “
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