The Ezike-Oba community in Enugu- Ezike, Udenu local government area of Enugu state, has condemned alleged weekend harassment of protesting women by the security agencies in Enugu-Ezike. The condemnation is coming following viral videos online of the women allegedly being intimidated by the security agencies against their protest. Condemning the incident, the leader of the community, Malachy Odo Eze who spoke with newsmen in Enugu on Monday, described the alleged acts by the security operatives as an infringement on the women’s fundamental rights. According to him, the security agencies went too far by subjecting the protesting women to and ordering…
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Stimulated by his love for humanity and the desire for the less-privileged ones in the society to improve their livelihood, Venerable Muhammad Ibrahim has stressed the need to continue to take care of the needy. In an interview with Trace reporters, Ven. Muhammed an Anglican Priest said he is Passionate about ameliorating the suffering of the people especially women and children. This, he said, he has been doing over the years, through his foundation “Passion for Christ International Foundation”. “This is stimulated by my love for humanity and the desire to see people around me enjoy the small benefits of…
Inflation in Germany has weakened slightly for the first time since July, with consumer prices rising by 10% in November compared to the same month last year, the Federal Statistical Office announced in an initial estimate on Tuesday. Previously, the annual rate of inflation had risen for three months in a row, reaching 10.4% in October. Economists do not see the decline as a reason to give the all-clear, however. Soaring inflation has been driven by energy and food prices in recent months. According to preliminary figures, energy costs rose by 38.4% in November compared to a year earlier. In…
Love or hate her persona of courage and candour, there is no denying the fact that in the leadership equation here in Nigeria and elsewhere, in every democratic dispensation, loyalty and commitment to service pay Those factors come of course, with character, hard work and being passionate to a cause one firmly believes in. That may perhaps, explain why the name, Lauretta Onochie sends shivers down the spine of her traducers, all because she has stood solid and strong with her abiding loyalty to the President Muhammadu Buhari’s cause to promote integrity, quality service delivery and gender equity especially in…
By Justina Auta Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen, on Tuesday solicited for the support of men to end all forms of Violence and Harmful Practices against Women and Girls (VAWG) in the country. Mr Olujimi Oyetomi, Director, Press & Public Relations in the ministry, made this known in a statement when an NGO, Boys Champion, paid her a courtesy visit in Abuja. Tallen noted the alarming rate of GBV in the country, stressing the need to have more men speak on the side of women, to minimise or totally eradicate GBV in the society. ”We need more boys…
But in the West, this symbol is often equated to Adolf Hitler’s hakenkreuz or the hooked cross – a symbol of hate that evokes the trauma of the Holocaust and the horrors of Nazi Germany. White supremacists, neo-Nazi groups and vandals have continued to use Hitler’s symbol to stoke fear and hate Sheetal Deo was shocked when she got a letter from her Queens apartment building’s co-op board calling her Diwali decoration “offensive” and demanding she take it down. “My decoration said ‘Happy Diwali’ and had a swastika on it,” said Deo, a physician, who was celebrating the Hindu festival…
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has handed over to NAPTIP, a 17-year-old girl from Oyo State arrested in Kebbi while allegedly on her way to Libya. The girl was traveling alone when she was arrested by immigration personnel in Yauri local government area of Kebbi. The NIS Comptroller in the state, Mrs Rabi Bashir-Nuhu made this known while briefing newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Tuesday. The comptroller said that although the girl said she was travelling to Sokoto, “we have the belief that she is being trafficked to go to Libya to be used for labour exploitation, prostitution or organ…
“What I am seeing is salvation coming to potato farmers on the Plateau. I am happy it is happening in my lifetime. We have seriously suffered from the impact of late blight to the extent that some of our colleagues suffered seriously because of the massive destruction and losses we have encountered yearly. Those of us still growing potatoes have done so as a labour of love” Elder Isaiah Buwah is an aged potato farmer, in the Bokos local government area of Plateau State, North Central Nigeria. He has grown potatoes for the last forty years. During this time, most…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed Bashir Sheriff Machina as the authentic candidate for Yobe North Senatorial District of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The court upheld the judgment of the Federal High Court in Damaturu, Yobe state which held that the President of the senate Ahmad Lawan, is not the APC candidate for Yobe North Senatorial District in the 2023 election into the National Assembly (NASS). The Federal High Court had submitted that Mr Lawan did not participate in the legally recognised primary election of the APC to select its candidate for Yobe North Senatorial District in…
As expected, this article on perennial flood attracted reactions from many readers of this column, my Facebook and Tweeter handles. Many were unhappy, if not furious of why our nation has been given lip service to a preventable but calamitous incident occurring annually. The nation is endowed with experts, technocrats, and wherewithal to prevent or mitigate the effects of this type of disaster. If Netherland, a small European nation was able to reclaim part of the ocean by pushing the water back into ocean, and still avoided serious flood incidences, why not Nigeria? In fact, the French people call Netherland…