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ANAMBRA GOVT RESCUES 13 CHILDREN FROM TRAFFICKERS, ARREST SUSPECTS. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 Anambra State Govt. Rescues 13 Children From Traffickers, Arrests Suspects By OCHA Brigade Media  13 children have been rescued from suspected child traffickers in Otolo Nnewi by a joint taskforce of Operation Clean And Healthy Anambra, OCHA Brigade and Anambra State Ministry of Women Affairs. The joint taskforce also confiscated fake documents that aided the trafficking.  The children were found malnourished and have been denied education.  Report say that the trafficker adopts and sold children to people from different parts of the country. The suspected trafficker, Angela Okechukwu and her collaborators were also arrested.  Speaking, the Managing Director of OCHA Brigade, Comrade Celestine Anere who frowned at the poor health condition the children who are aged between two and twelve years are subjected to, assured that the state government will continue to crack down on all sorts of illegality and warning all criminal minded individuals to relocate from the...
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AMBODE MOURNS PASSAGE OF FORMER MINISTER,KUFORIJI-OLUBI WHO PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY.{PHOTOS}.

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                                      Lagos State Governor,Mr Akinwunmi Ambode today sunday expressed shock and sadness over the death of foremost accountant and a former Minister of Commerce and Industry,Dr. Bola Kuforiji-Olubi.Dr Olubi,who was a former President of Institute of Chartered Account of Nigeria {ICAN},was appointed the first female Chairman of United Bank of Africa {UBA} in 1984,passed on at the age of 80 on saturday.Governor Ambode in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary,Mr Habib Aruna,described Dr. Olubi as a distinguished businesswoman,banker,economist and accountant,who cut her teeth in the corporate world.The Governor recalled the former minister's decades of distinguished career in the private and public sectors of national life,saying she was a role model to the future generation.''Dr Olubi was a woman of many firsts;she wrote her name in gold in the banking ind...
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PRESIDENT BUHARI TO ATTEND 3RD DAKAR INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON PEACE & SECURITY IN AFRICA TOMORROW.

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                                                     According to sources,President Buhari will be attending the 3rd {Third} Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa.The forum will take place in Dakar,the Senegalese capital from Monday.It ends on 6 December.The Forum,convened by President Macky Sall of Senegal with support from the African Union to discuss security-related challenges on the continent,will be attended by African leaders and representatives of regional and international organisations.President Buhari is scheduled to participate in the panel of Heads of State on Tuesday,December 6.The President,who has identified improved security in Nigeria as a priority for development,shares the vision of the Forum in finding lasting solutions to security challenges on the continent,notably terrorism and violent extremism,piracy,drugs,ch...
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OMOTOLA JALADE,NAMED THE NEW AMBASSADOR FOR THE NIGERIAN LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS ASSOCIATION.{PHOTO}.

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                      Congratulation to Nollywood diva and mother of four Omotola Jalade Ekeinde,whom few hours ago announced her new Ambassador gig.She made the announcement through this picture she posted above with the caption ''New Brand Ambassador for the Nigerian liquefied petroleum Gas Association.#nlpga #Ipg hair-@ferdinandshair makeu@looksbybettie.I must confess she looks stunning in her outfit and her body shape is unbeatable.
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2.5 MILLION PRESCHOOL & AGE CHILDREN,WILL BE DE-WORMED BY THE ANAMBRA STATE GOVERNMENT THIS DECEMBER.

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                           2.5 million preschool and school age children will be de-wormed by the Anambra state government from December 7 to December 9 2016.Dr Joe Akabuike,the state Commissioner for Health,made this known to newsmen in Awka,saying that the exercise would cover children aged one to 15 years.He said that the exercise would be flagged-off by Gov.Willie Obiano of Anambra at the Central School,Isi-Anaocha in Awka North Local Government Area.The commissioner said that the state-wide exercise would hold in all public and private primary and junior secondary schools to achieve the desired objectives.He said that the exercise was aimed at reducing worm loads on children and enhance their health.According to him,the World Health Organisation {WHO} recommends periodic treatment with anthelmintic {de-worming} medicines,without previous individual diagnosis to preschool and school age living in endemic ares.''Tr...
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512 NEW CASES OF HIV HAVE BEEN RECORDED IN IDPs CAMPS IN BORNO-BOSSACA.

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                        Malam Barkindo Saidu,the Executive Secretary,Borno Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS {BOSACA},says 512 new cases of HIV infections have been recorded in Internally Displaced Persons {IDPs} camps in the state.He spoke ttoday sunday in Maiduguri while briefing newsmen.Saidu said that the cases were recorded after voluntary screen in some IDPs camp in the state.He pointed out that two out of the 512 persons were children.'' We are currently conducting voluntary screening on HIV/AIDS in IDPs camps across the state to determine the status of the people,especially those rescued from the Boko Haram terrorists.As at last week,we have recorded 512 positive cases,among which two are children.He saidd that the state had witnessed rising cases of the disease due largely to the Boko Haram terrorism.Currently,2.4 per cent of the population of the state are living with HIV and AIDs,which translates to 108,000 persons,...
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