The Managing Director of the Imo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (ISOPADEC), Engr. Owuoma Anthony Okwuosha, on Wednesday, October 9, 2019, revealed the Commission’s concluded arrangement to restore electricity in the oil producing communities of Ohaji-Egbema and Oguta local government areas
Thursday, September 26, 2019 was a day hard work, determination, innovation and leadership was celebrated. A day Mr Everest Okpara was formally invested as the President of Owerri Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture. It was a most colourful event
By Justina Asishana – Minna An 18-year-old , Mizanbilu Yusuf, has been arrested by the Niger State Police Command for allegedly raping a nine-year-old girl. The suspect confessed to have raped a number of minors in his area in Kafin Koro community in
By Osagie Otabor, Bénin A 12-year -old girl (names withheld), who was repeatedly raped by a popular Pastor, a native doctor and a neighbor, has given birth to a baby girl at the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH). The three suspects have been
Two Ghanaian lecturers who were secretly filmed sexually harassing undercover BBC reporters (in the Sex For Grade documentary) have been suspended pending an investigation. Both Professor Gyampo and Dr Butakor denied any wrongdoing. The suspensions follow similar action against two lecturers in Nigeria,
The Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan, Prof Idowu Olayinka has called on both the staff and students of the institution to familiarize themselves with the various laws guiding against sexual harassment in the school saying ignorance will not be taken as an excuse for
Adamawa Hope Centre, a referral facility established in Yola to treat victims of gender-based violence, received 54 cases in the three months between July 1 and October 3, 2019. The victims were mostly below the age of 13 years. The Adamawa State Project
Kiki Mordi, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) investigative journalist that uncovered the sexual harassment in universities has revealed that she has received subtle threats since the report went viral. According to the journalist, her interest in the investigation was driven by her personal
The University of Lagos has shut-down the ‘Cold Room’, where lecturers allegedly sexually assault students. The development was announced on Monday in a statement by the Principal Assistant Registrar (Communication Unit) of the university, Taiwo Oloyede. “Management at its emergency meeting of October
The Chairman and Chief Executive of Zinox group and Konga, Chief Leo Stan Ekeh, has appealed to the Governor of Imo State, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha to allow the Vice Chancellor of Imo State University, Owerri, Prof. (Mrs) Adaobi Obasi to
The Osun axis of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Joint Campus Committee, has
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has said that it was not on the front burner
DAILY BREAD – DEVOTIONAL FOR CHILDREN Eastern Nigeria Union Conference Children’s Ministries Friday, May 10,
In a bid to make Abia State attain food sufficiency, Governor Alex Otti, OFR, has