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Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has congratulated the state’s contingent to the just-concluded 20th National Sports Festival in Edo State for emerging overall winners of the games.Team Delta, the defending champions of the competition, topped the medals table with 158 gold, 126 silver and 110 bronze medals, hauling a total of 394 medals.Host, Edo State, came second with 129 gold, 104 silver and 108 bronze medals, while Bayelsa won 56 gold, 55 silver and 58 bronze medals to place third.In a statement by his chief press secretary, Olisa Ifeajika, on Thursday in Asaba, the governor lauded the contingent for…

Story by Constance MejuFrom Tuesday April 13, 2021 to Thursday April 15, WANEP, Nigeria in collaboration with the global Network for Women in Peacebuilding brought together over 55 stakeholders in peacebuilding and development for a double-barrel virtual workshop on ‘Context – Specific Gender Based Analysis plus (GBA+) Training and Crisis and Risk Communication Strategy.’Objective of the training targeted at state and non-state actors according to Patience Ikpe, programme facilitator WANEP is to deepen understanding on data gathering and analysis for better understanding of issues on gender violence as a step towards more sustainable solutions.“This project, a Context – Specific Gender…

By Iduozee Efe Paul Members of Edo Dynasty United Worldwide with the children at Uyiosa Orphanage and WidowsTo help put smiles on the faces of the less privileged and the beggars, an NGO, Edo Dynasty United Worldwide (EDUW) recently distributed  food and other food items to beggars on Mission Road, a major road in the Edo State capital and children at  Uyiosa Orphanage and Widows Ministry.The group also used the opportunity to visit one of the popular government hospitals where face masks, hand sanitizers, toilet rolls and other items were disturbed to nursing mothers in the hospital.Edo Dynasty United Worldwide (EDUW]…

By Iduozee Efe Paul, BeninOmo- N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare llOmo- N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo,  Oba Ewuare ll  has called on Christians to pray fervently  for the nation’s leaders and against insecurity in Nigeria.The Benin monarch made the statement in a release issued by his acting chief press  secretary, Ogiemwanre Victor in  Benin city. He enjoined Christians irrespective of denomination, to use the Easter era to reflect on the teachings of Jesus Christ.“His Royal Majesty enjoins Christians irrespective of denominations to use this period to reflect on the teachings of Jesus Christ and endeavor to…

Chief Bridget Osakwe overcame another challenge faced by women in Nigeria when on Wednesday April 7, 2021, she bagged a chieftaincy title from Ebreme Community in Enugu State conferred on her by the traditional ruler of that community in recognition of her efforts in empowering Nigerian women and peacebuilding initiatives in conflict impacted communities. She was installed Nwannyi Bulo of Ebreme (Woman Is Home) . The chieftaincy was part of a five-yearly anniversary celebration of the monarch’s leadership.The honour is a second in the respected gentle but effective activist’s history as she was also honoured for her peacebuilding efforts by…

By Iduozee Efe Paul, BeninA civil society coalition, the Conference of Non-governmental Organizations (CONGOs), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to proffer solutions to the plights of insecurity, unemployment, poverty, education and hunger in Nigeria.The body through its president , Comrade Abiola Daisy  at a press briefing , Benin city, declared that the high rate of kidnapping and other criminal activities in the state are alarming and government has failed to protect its people.She stated: “Our points in this struggle are the issues of hunger and poverty being witnessed by the Nigerian people. In recent times, the provocation has been…

By Styvn Obodoekwe Concerned about the rising spate of incidents of gender based sexual violence  in tertiary institutions across Nigeria,  the global human rights organization, Amnesty International, Nigeria has embarked on a project aimed at taking aggressive campaigns against sexual violence to Nigerian tertiary institutions.Speaking to this publication shortly after a consultative meeting to flag-off the campaign at the Enugu campus of the University of Nigeria,  Mrs Marsha Nwanne Umeh, Human Rights Education coordinator, Amnesty International Nigeria, in charge of the project disclosed that the project was taken to the universities because universities have been identified as hot spots for sexual…

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has assured the state’s contingent to the 20th National Sports Festival holding in Edo since April 2, 2021that every gold medal won by the team at the festival would attract N1 million reward to the victorious athlete.He reaffirmed that the reward would be a repeat of what the athletes received for medals won at the 19th edition of the festival in Abuja in 2019. After gold, each silver medal won attracted N500,000 to the athlete while winners of bronze medals received N250,000 for each medal.Okowa made the announcement at a pre-departure prayer session for…

By Dave Okpogadie. AsabaAhead the bye election to fill the vacuum created by the demise of the Majority Leader of the Delta State House of Assembly, Hon. Tim Owhefere, an Isoko advocacy group Isoko United Parliament, Asaba (IUPA) has called on concerned authorities to ensure the office of the Majority Leader remains with the Isoko nationality.This demand was made during an extra ordinary emergency meeting of the group yesterday in Asaba.In a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting, the Isoko group appealed to all concerned parties in the emergence process of a new Majority Leader to ensure the…

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has said that the State Government is to establish a new secondary school at Otor-Iyede in Isoko North Local Government Area of the state.Governor Okowa disclosed this when the campaign train of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) for Isoko North  House of Assembly Constituency by-election visited Otor-Iyede ward 1.Okowa who expressed surprise that the ward had no secondary school, called on the community to provide land for early establishment of the school, stressing that he would ensure that academic activities will commence in October in the newly approved secondary school.At Emevor ward 7, he…