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Press ReleaseNational OverviewThe women for women movement is a women’s pressure group working in collaboration with men to press for progress in the realization of women’s empowerment and development in Nigeria,Women are alarmed at the decline and reversal in many gains of previous years as we record unimpressive figures in girls without formal education and high dropout rates, women without access to antenatal care, falling numbers of women in politics as elected and appointed representatives., absence of deliberate actions to advance women by implementing the national gender policy and other legislative instruments.On other fronts, the exposure of women and girls…

By Contance MejuNiger Deltans have been advised to re-examine their attitude to development projects in their communities to be able to change the narrative of abandoned and non-executed projects that dot the zone which deny the people the benefits they would have derived from government.A seasoned contractor who has worked in varied sections of the country Mr. Emeka Umeanor gave the advice while making a presentation on Community Response to NDDC and Government Projects in Port Harcourt.He was speaking at a one day training programme organized by Mac-Jim Consortium with funding support from Cordaid on Strengthening Community Groups for Beneficiary…

By Mbah Okem Green, YenagoaThe director general of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Dame Julie Okah-Donli says the agency has so far rescued about 13,000 human trafficking victims across the West African countries.Dame Okah-Donli made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen after delivering a keynote address at the Niger Delta Royal Queens Peace Building Summit organized by HM Queen Josephine Diete-Spiff under auspices of the Bayelsa State Wives of Traditional Rulers Association in Yenagoa.According to the D-G, NAPTIP has already secured the conviction of about 343 human trafficking offenders while many other cases…

The regent of Kalasuwa of Ijaw Apoi in Ondo State, Her Royal Majesty Adosola Oladiran Ebiseni has appealed to the Federal Government to reserve the security of the Niger Delta for the youths in the region.She made the appeal in an interview with the media during the Niger Delta Queens Peace Building Summit which held recently in Yenagoa.The regent expressed her believe in employing the youths in the region to do the security, saying that security is a major challenge to all Niger Deltans.“When I had the opportunity to speak with the Vice President, I told him what we want.…