ANAMBRA POLICE ACTION ON THE CULT CLASH THAT RESULTED IN THE FATAL INJURY OF FOUR PERSONS AT AFOR NAWFIA MARKET. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE
ANAMBRA POLICE ACTION ON THE CULT CLASH THAT RESULTED IN THE FATAL INJURY OF FOUR PERSONS AT AFOR NAWFIA MARKET The Anambra State Police Command wishes to provide a comprehensive update on the cult-related attack that occurred on the evening of 7th December 2025 at Afor Nawfia Market, along the Onitsha–Awka Old Road. It will be recalled that operatives of the Command attached to the Special Anti-Cult Squad, Enugwu-Ukwu, had, four days earlier, acting on credible intelligence about a planned rival cult confrontation, arrested two dangerous suspects and recovered a firearm from them. The arrested suspects have been assisting the Police with valuable information aimed at preventing further cult-related violence within Awka and its environs. Despite these proactive efforts by the Command operatives, some members of the same gang, on the evening of 7th December 2025, operating in a black Lexus Jeep with registration number yet unknown, stormed Afor Nawfia Market and opened fire indiscr...
Lagos State Governor,Mr Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the sum of N15.5 million as seed funding and grants for final year students enrolled in the Ready.Set.Work {RSW} program.Ready.Set.Work is an entrepreneurship and employability training program for final year students of tertiary institutions in Lagos State,aimed at preparing them for economic productivity as value-creating employees or employers of labour.Commencing in June 2016,five hundred {500} promising final year students from Lagos State University {LASU},Lagos State Polytechnic {LASPOTECH}, amd Lagos State College of Health Technology {LASCOHET} have been enrolled in a rigorous curriculum either in the employability track or the entrepreneurship track.At the end of the program,over 90 top performing students in the employability track will be placed in 6-month internship positions with organizations like PwC,SystemSpecs,FCMB,GTBank,Access Bank,TOTAL,Jobberman,Stutern,among others.With Governor Ambode's recnt financial commitment to the Ready.Set.Work program,up to 80 students in the enrepreneurship track will likewise have the opportunity to partake in three to six-month entrepreneur apprenticeships where they can learn thr tricks of the trade,understand and develop processes for various business functions,and build a network of vendors,industry peers,and mentors.Speaking on the development,the Special Adviser to the Governor on Education,Mr Obafela Bank-Olemoh said that the focus of the initiative from the onset was to provide students in Lagos State with the tools,knowledge,and know-how to become effective employees or job creators.He said ''We already secured 90 internship slots for students in the employability track of the program and we realized that students in the entrepreneurship track could also benefit from experience in a structured,supervised work setting,where they can learn the rudiments of running a business effectively''.He further said the N15.5, committed by Governor Ambode's adminstration would also provide seed funding and working capital for the top three teams to emerge from the RSW Businesss Pitch Competition,which will hold on September 3rd.This announcement comes as the 13 week program enters its penultimate week,while a Graduation Ceremony has been scheduled for September to close out the program and celebrate the achievements of students who successfully complete their courses.
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