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Achieving Women Financial Empowerment

A lot has been said about women empowerment. For over a decade, there has been renewed effort and campaign for women empowerment and participation in the social economic and political activities in the country either by individuals or groups.
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International

Bangladesh Evacuates 400,000 As Cycloe Hits

 

DHAKA - Bangladesh yesterday evacuated hundreds of thousands of people to emergency shelters on the southwestern coast as a cyclone hit the country, as well as neighbouring India, officials said.

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UN Says Darfur Rebels Seize Town From Sudan Troops

KHARTOUM – Darfur rebels on Sunday seized the town of Umm Baru near the border with neighbouring Chad from Sudanese soldiers, the hybrid UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) said.

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NATO Disarms Suspected Pirates In Gulf Of Aden

BRUSSELS – A NATO warship from Canada intercepted two boats carrying suspected pirates in the Gulf of Aden, seizing a large amount of firearms, rocket-propelled grenades and hook ladders.

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Archbishop Slams Irish Catholic Orders Over Abuse

DUBLIN – Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin slammed Irish Catholic orders yesterday for concealing their culpability in decades of child abuse and said they needed to come up with much more money to compensate victims.


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Sarkozy Says Palestinian State Vital To Mideast Peace

DUBAI – Creating their own state is a “legitimate right” for Palestinians and necessary for Middle East peace and Israeli security, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has told the UAE state news agency WAM.

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Berlusconi promises to explain relations with teen

ROME – Premier Silvio Berlusconi has promised to further explain his relationship with an 18-year-old woman at the heart of a political and personal scandal.

 

 


funeral service: Comrade Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State (left), with Senator Prof. Oserheimen Osunbor, former Governor of Edo State during the Funeral Service of Late Rev. Canon Simeon Osariere Adodo, father of Comrade Didi Adodo, Commissioner for Lands, Survey and Housing, Edo State at St. Paul Anglican Church, Iruekpen-Ekpoma. Photo: Lucky agie.

Troops Withdrawal: Abonnema people want soldiers to stay

By HAMEED BRAIMAH
ABONNEMA - Barely one week after militant leader, Ateke Tom demanded the withdrawal of troops in Niger Delta, the people of Abonnema Community in Akuku Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State are praying the Federal Government to sustain the presence of men of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in their area.

Cassava Export: Nigeria can earn $5b anually -Expert


ABIA - Executive Director, National Root Research Institute Umudike, Dr. Kenneth Nwosu has said that Nigeria can earn about five billion U.S. dollars annually from cassava if it is adequately harnessed and processed for export.

Boundary dispute: Obe Community lauds Oba of Benin

BENIN CITY – The Odionwere and Elders of Obe Community have commended the Oba of Benin Kingdom, Omo N’Oba N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo for intervening in the long standing boundary dispute amongst Obe, Ogheghe II and Okha Communities.

 

EDSG to resuscitate Aviele water project

By Victor Omoalu


AVIELE – There are indications that the water problems encountered by the people of Aviele Community in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State will soon be over.

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Partner with Edo government, Commissioner tasks union

By Victor Omoalu

BENIN CITY – The Edo State Commissioner for Energy and Water Resources, Mr. Alex Okoh has enjoined the Okaigbe progressive Union, Warri branch to partner with the state government in the social and political development of Ewohimi Community.

Abuja Int’l Airport records N1.9 billion revenue

ABUJA - The Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja generated over N1.9 billion as revenue in 2008.

Ogieneni Appeals For More NDDC Presence In Uzairue

BY AUDU ADAMA
JATTU - The Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC has been called upon to make a more meaningful impact on Uzairue clan by executing more meaningful projects:

Otaru Decries State Of Auchi Central Hospital

BY AUDU ADAMA

AUCHI - The Otaru of Auchi HRH Aliru H. Momoh, Ikelebe III has decried the poor medical services and the decaying infrastructure at the Central Hospital, Auchi.

Oyo IGR Has Increased Since Introduction Of e-payment - Akala

By ABIODUN AFOLABI

IBADAN - The introduction of the e-payment system by the Oyo State government has led to the increase in the e-payment Internally Generated Revenue(IGR) in the state, Governor Christopher Adebayo Alao Akala has said.

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Inside Edo

Ogieneni Appeals For Good Road Network

Trad Ruler Appeals To NTA

Tax: Women Group Canvasses Support For Oshiomhole

National

Warri Okada riders protest fire extinguisher payment

Thugs Invade Council, Sack Chairman

Seek God’s Protection, CP Tells Cops

Missing Genitals: Gombe Residents Refuse Handshakes

Court Sacks Oyo PDP Lawmaker

Natural Medicine

Finding It Difficult To Become Pregnant (1)

By Dr. MAO

When a woman is finding it difficult to become pregnant then medically she has a condition known as infertility. She is said to have an infertility problem if she regularly has unprotected sex with her partner, at least thrice a week in a stable, peaceful and emotionally – balanced environment yet she is unable to conceive within 12 months to 18 months of such intimacy.

Commentary

 

Perspectives Of Taxation In Edo State

By EUBALDUS ENAHORO

THE enforcement of the tax laws by the Comrade Governor Adams Oshiomhole led administration in Edo State to improve the internal generated revenue of the state is fast becoming a passion despite some initial challenge from critics who expect him to perform miracles to transform the state in less than six months.

Police Smash Five-Man Bank Robbery Gang In Lagos

By RAHEEM IBRAHIM
LAGOS – A Five-man armed robbery gang that specialized in robbing commercial banks in Lagos has been smashed by the Anti-Robbery team of the Zone 2 Police Headquarters, with various sophisticated assorted rifles and ammunition recovered from them.

Alleged Fraud: Dino Is Speculative -Reps As House Resumes Tomorrow

By KASSIM OMOMIA

ABUJA - The House of Representatives has reacted formally to alleged fraud leveled against some principal officers over misappropriation of funds meant for the celebration of the 10th anniversary of uninterrupted democracy and a retreat for capacity building for the members, saying the allegations are speculative.

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Monarch Laments Lack Of Water In Domain

BY AUDU ADAMA

JATTU-UZAIRUE-The Ogieneni of Uzairue HRH Alhaji K.I Omogbai has decried the persistent absence of water schemes in the nineteen communities that make up Uzairue clan. Speaking with newsmen in his palace recently, the royal father said none of this community enjoys local nor state governments water scheme.

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Adokie Faults NFF For Task Force

Nigerian League Player Dies

Ka’ Oje Wants Quick Action From AFN

Tyson Daughter Extremely Critical After Accident

Business

FG Maps Out Strategies To Reinvigorate Industral Sector

Jebba (Kwara) - The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Chief Achike Udenwa, said that the Federal Government has mapped out strategies to reinvigorate the ailing industrial sector.

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Sierra-Leonian President Tasks Insurance Practitioners On Development

Lagos - President Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone has enjoined Nigerian insurance practitioners to use their expertise to hedge against failure of development projects.

Minister Vows To Reduce Call Tariff

Makurdi - The Minister of Information and Communications, Prof. Dora Akunyili, said the ministry would not waver on its directive that all telecoms operators must reduce tariff.

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Worst Of Global Crisis Not Yet Over -IMF Chief

ASTANA- The worst of the global economic crisis is not yet over but there are signs that the world has started to crawl out of recession, IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Monday.
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LCCI Seeks Cheap Houses For Nigerians

LAGOS-The President of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Mr Solomon Onafowokan, has urged the Federal Government to provide cheap houses for Nigerians.

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Living

Different Folks, Different Strokes

By QUEENETH AIKHOBARE

RECENTLY, I visited a woman who just lost her husband to a mysterious ailment. A man who was always up and doing, hardworking to the point that sometimes he juggles three or five different contracts at the same time. This man was a craftsman, and people gave him jobs because he could be trusted to do a good work anytime, anyday, without delays or cheating.

Woman’s World

Securing A Man’s Heart

By Gladys Omoragbon

There is an adage that says “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.” Some wives do not know that if a woman wants to get a man’s heart, the woman has to start from his belly.

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Perspective

Crisis And The Nigerian Nation

By BONIFACE OSHOMAH

Crisis is a time of great danger, difficulties, uncertainty, a period when problems must be solved, important decisions must be taken, failure to which there is trouble, open conflicts. Crisis leads to a break down in communication.

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City Watch

Good Changes Around The City

By Queenneth Aikhionbare

Going round Benin City, you would notice a few changes in some areas. These are not negative changes but good changes. For a couple of months, we waited for the people’s Governor to commence work in the state, and for a while, a lot of us thought that no work was going to be done.

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Issues

Needed: A Paradigm Shift In NANS

By LARRY OKODUWA
The National Association of Nigerian Students is a statutory body representing all tertiary students in Nigeria. Over the years, attempts had been made by its several leaders in differential manners with differential outcomes. At this period when the election to its most exalted office is brewing, it is expedient that the ground is shifted from what it has been, to more scholastic approach and informed choices.

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Editorial

Re-Establishing HSC

OVER the years, government’s dissatisfaction with the level of educational management and performance has resulted each time it feels the need to do so, in experimenting with policy instrument that will lay a solid foundation for educational growth and establish once and for all, a perfect system.

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