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Ben Ezechime, Enugu The South Saharan Social Development Organisation (SSDO) and ActionAid Nigeria, on Thursday, said that empowering communities through projects monitoring, evaluation ensures successful people-oriented interventions in communities. Mrs Favour Kalu, SSDO’s Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer, said this to newsmen in Enugu after monitoring and evaluating rural and community-based projects being implemented by SSDO and ActionAid Nigeria in South-East. Kalu noted that the NGOs monitoring and evaluation was in ensuring evidence-based decision-making, improved performance, better resource allocation, quality assurance, real-time learning, and long-term sustainability of people-oriented interventions and projects. According to her, understanding this need, SSDO in partnership…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The wife of Abia State Governor, Mrs Priscilla Otti, has commended the efforts of her husband in the health sector, boasting that he has posted some remarkable achievements in the critical sector. Mrs Otti who made the claims Thursday while flagging off the free eye test for commercial drivers at the Abia Line Network main motor park Umuahia, said that significant achievements had been recorded so far under the watch of her husband. She explained that the renovation of the Abia Specialist Hospital Amachara, and Diagnostic Centre Umuahia which was completely retrofitted by the Governor, demonstrated the…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC, has hinted that the the Eastern Rail line would be fully delivered by the first quarter of 2024, after nearly 13 years of inactivity. Trains plied last on the track during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. According to the District Manager, NRC, Eastern District, Mr Modibbo Mohammed, who gave the hint during a courtesy visit to Gov. Alex Otti of Abia State, the 63 kilometer Port Harcourt-Aba end of the track would be ready by the end of 2023. The District Manager added that the Aba-Enugu end axis of the…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has called for strict penalties for motorists flouting road regulations and rules to stem the current spate of road crashes in the country. Mbah made the call on Thursday in Enugu while flagging-off the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) 2023 Ember Months Road Safety Campaign in the State. The theme of the four months campaign is “Excessive Speeding Thrills But Kills: Drive Responsibly and Avoid Overloading.” The governor, represented by the state’s Commissioner for Transport, Mr Obi Ozor, also tasked FRSC to ensure that there are consequences for irresponsible behaviour on…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Defence Headquarters says troops of Operation UDO KA, within the week conducted snap operation and arrested suspected IPOB/ESN militants in Ikwo and Okigwe Local Government areas of Ebonyi and Imo States respectively. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the operations of the Armed Forces of Nigeria across the country on Thursday in Abuja. He said the troops neutralised five terrorists, arrested 12 suspected criminals and rescued seven kidnapped hostages. According to him: “Troops recovered two locally made guns, four rounds of 7.62 mm Special ammo, one FN rifle…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Wednesday organised passing out of 614 members of the 2022 Batch ‘C’ Stream 1 in Ebonyi State. Out of the number, 263 were males while 351 were females. However, 14 Corpse Members in the batch absconded from service while 37 others had their service year extended for various offences. The NYSC State Coordinator, Mrs Nasamu Olayinka, stated this during the passing out ceremony of the Batch at Pa Ngele Oruta Stadium in Abakaliki, the State Capital. Nasamu charged the exiting Corps Members to remain good Ambassadors of the scheme at all…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has restated its readiness to secure power installations and critical national assets and infrastructure from vandals. Abia State Commandant of the corps, Mr Paul Igwebuike, made the promise when he visited the Chairman/CEO of a power solutions firm in Aba, the Geometric Group Ltd, Prof. Barth Nnaji, in his office at Osisioma, Aba. He re-stated the zero tolerance stance of the Commandant General of NSCDC, Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi, for all forms of vandalism of critical national assets and infrastructure in the country. According to a statement by the head…
By Azu Ishiekwene This is the moment the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu always feared with great anxiety. Yet when Hamas launched a deadly attack on Southern Israeli border towns in the early hours of October 7, Bibi and Israel’s elite security forces were unprepared. In a bizarre fabrication intended to complete Bibi’s humiliation a few days into the war, social media claimed, falsely, that an antisemitic crow had given the victory to the Palestinians in a mystic moment of avian fury. The truth is more nuanced and complicated. After over five decades of bloody conflicts, the Israeli-Palestinian war has not…
Our Reporter, Abuja President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr Ola Olukoyede as the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), pending the confirmation of the Senate. This was annouce Thursday in press release by Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President (media & Publicity). By this appointment, Olukoyede takes over from the suspended chairman of the Commission, Mr Rasheed Bawa, who has been in the detention of the Department of State Services, DSS, for as many months. The new EFCC chairman, a lawyer of over twenty years was chief of staff to…
By Press Release The 2023 theme for the International Day of the Girl Child, ‘Invest in Girls’ Rights: Our Leadership, Our Well-being,’ underscores the urgent need to increase investment in girls’ education, health, violence prevention programmes and overall well-being to protect their rights and support them to maximise leadership opportunities. According to a 2022 UNICEF report, 6 million girls are out of school in Nigeria – 3.9 million at the primary and 3.7 million at the junior secondary levels, implying that over 50% of Nigerian girls are not attending school at the basic education levels. Despite the federal Child Rights…