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Ben Ezechime, Enugu An Enugu-based NGO, The Potters Wheel Foundation (TPWF), on Wednesday, trained more than 150 Enugu women and youths on various skill acquisitions to make them self-reliant. President of TPWF, Mr Godsown Onuzulike, disclosed this during the training at Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium in Enugu. He said that the training was to expose beneficiaries to various entrepreneurial skills that would make them independent and employers of labour. Onuzulike said that the foundation carried out one month training, in partnership with Enugu State Ministry of Children, Gender Affairs and Social Development, free of charge to the beneficiaries. According to him,…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu Dr Claudia Okeke, Chief Executive Officer, Aids for Women, Adolescents and Children International (AWACIO), a Non-Governmental Organisation, in collaboration with Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has empowered 58 Anambra  residents with starter packs after their skills acquisition training in Enugwu-ukwu, Njikoka Local Government Area. Speaking to newsmen, Okeke said the trainees, who acquired skills on pastry and decoration, tailoring, cosmetics and saloon, barbing, phone repair, commercial grinding and tiling, were drawn from seven communities in the state. She said  that  AWACIO, picked trainees in Anambra Central Senatorial district  which included Anaocha, Awka North, Awka South, Dunukofia, Njikoka,…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Good Governance Initiative, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), on Thursday commended the Chairman of Nkanu West Local Government Council, Uche Ejim, for his grassroots oriented projects. The group comprised leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) Enugu State Council, the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Enugu State Council, and Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CCSO) in Enugu State. The commendation followed a visitation by the group to some projects initiated by the chairman as part of it’s watchdog role. During the visit, the team was conducted round some of the projects by the Supervisor for Works, Mr…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka No fewer than 30 journalists have been trained on Countering Misinformation and Promoting Media Literacy in Nigeria. The training which was held in Abuja on Tuesday was organised by the International Centre for Investigative Journalism (ICIR) with support from German Embassy in Nigeria. Ikengaonline reports that the training is aimed at building the capacity of journalists towards combating the spread of fake news and misinformation which has proven to be a menace to public peace and national security. The journalists were drawn from different media houses comprising the online, print and broadcasts stations in the country. Addressing the…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Participants at the Round-table on the Ease of Doing Business in Abia State, have raised the alarm that many Small and Medium Enterprises, SMEs, in Aba might close shop if nothing urgent were done to halt the high exchange rate plus the soaring cost of diesel following the fuel subsidy removal. The National Secretary of the Association of Leather and Allied Industry of Nigeria, Ken Anyanwu, expressed worry that the biting economic hardship in the country was already taking a toll on many SMEs in Aba, saying that many artisans would soon be pushed into the over saturated…

By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Kenule Benson Saro-Wiwa, famously known as Ken Saro-Wiwa, would have been 82 today, October 10. My lionized friend packed too many lifetimes into one life. His hanging by the General Sani Abacha regime on November 10, 1995 was a universal cause célèbre. It can be all too easy for many to give Ogoni activism the greater parameter in any discussion of the mourned one, but make no mistake about it: it was literature that offered Ken Saro-Wiwa the needed pedestal to bestride the globe. Born on October 10, 1941, Ken Saro-Wiwa understood the power of the written word…

…As Otti sets up free eye checks in parks Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia State Government has expressed worry over the high rate of sight challenge among commercial drivers in the state. This is as the State Government has announced a free eye screening for all residents for one week as part of the activities marking this year’s celebration. Special Adviser to the Abia State Governor on Health, Dr Betty Emeka-Obasi, who spoke at a press briefing to mark the World Sight Day, regretted that six out of every 10 commercial drivers in the state need visual aid to see clearly. She,…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Governor Alex Otti has broken a 15-year jinx in Abia State as he will, on Thursday, flag off the total reconstruction of the totally collapsed Port Harcourt Road, Aba. The 6.6 kilometer road is the major entry and exit point to the commercial city from Rivers State, and houses many companies and industrial clusters. Briefing newsmen Wednesday in Umuahia  after the State Executive Council meeting, Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, said that the road project would be handled by Julius Berger. The Commissioner explained that the importance attached to the road by Gov. Otti, made him to bring the Managing Director…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi, has asked President Bola Tinubu to address Nigerians on his true identity. Tinubu’s academic credentials and actual identity, became a matter of controversy following the recent suit against the President by former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, at the US court. Obi who addressed  a press conference on Wednesday in Abuja, on the heels of Tinubu’s Chicago State University certificate scandal, said the sad development had adversely affected Nigeria’s global image. The LP presidential candidate said he was personally disturbed over the certificate scandal involving the President. Obi…

Ugo Nosiri, Owerri Ahead of the November 11 Governorship elections in Imo State, the Coalition of Owerri Zone Socio-cultural Organisations and professional bodies, have called on candidates from Owerri zone to come together and unite behind a single candidate among them, for a stronger and successful outing. This was contained in a communiqué endorsed by the socio-cultural group and signed by Chief Mike Ahamba, SAN; Sir Martin Opara, Secretary/Planning Committee/President, Olu Owerri; and eight other leaders against the political marginalisation of the people of Owerri zone. They described the Imo Charter of Equity as an imposition by Governor Hope Uzodimma, whose…