MAN BRUTALISES HIS PREGNANT WIFE IN ANAMBRA . (VIDEO/PHOTO).
Man brutalises his pregnant wife in Anambra In another case of domestic violence, a pregnant woman was brutally beaten by her husband in Ichi, Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State. The mother of three identified as Chinelo Francis, from Ebonyi State, said trouble began when she requested money from her husband, Peter, to prepare food. According to the young woman, she had already bought vegetable with the profit she made from her shop. Peter, also from Ebonyi, claimed he didn’t make money that day and took the children home. He returned to her shop at around 8:00 PM and insisted she close up and come home with him. She refused, explaining that the time was when she typically made most of her sales. Later, she closed up her shop, went home at 9:30 PM, prepared the children for bed, and retired. The interviewer urged her to go straight to the point, asking when the assault occurred. The woman said it happened that night. The attack left...
According to Vanguard,European Union {EU} offcial Fillippo Amato has advised the Federal Government to devalue the Naira as part of measures to tackle the economic recession.Amato,Councellor,Head of Trade and Economic Section of EU,made this known in an interview with newsmen today Monday The EU official said that recession could not be addressed with traditional development tools.He said the recession was a recent development which was due to a number of factors,including the fall in oil prices and resurgence of militncy in the Niger Delta.''To come out of recession,the country has to take brave decisions,regardless of how unpopular they may be such as fully and effectively devaluing the Naira.Devaluing the Naira is a measure,which will finally reassure investors and attract new capitals to the country.At the same time,it will further reduce imports,thereby removing artificial forex restrictions,and removing any potential waste of scarce resources such as the fuel subsidy.Improving security {in the Northeast and Niger-delta} and ease of doing business are also key factors on which the government must urgently work to re-launch the economy,'' he said.Amato said that EU had been at the forefront of aid for trade support activities in Nigeria and ECOWAS.He said the most important programme the EU was implementing in Nigeria with its partners-GIZ,DFID/Adam Smith International and UNIDO-was the Nigeria competitiveness Support Programme.''The programme aims at improving the quality of Nigeria products to comply with international standards.The programme is providing capacity building to several Ministries,Departments and Agencies such as Ministry of Agriculture,Standards Organisation of Nigeria,Consumer Protection Council,Nigerian Customs Services and NADFAC.We support the trade institutions in the formulation and implementation of a sound trade policy {support to the Federal Minister of Industry,Trade & Investment,and Nigerian Customs Service}.This is to improve the business environment,with pilot projects in Kano and Kaduna to improve the procedures for obtaining land titles,and business licences,'' he said.
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