BENUE BOOSTS CHILD PROTECTION WITH GRADUATION OF 60 UNICEF-BACKED SOCIAL WORKERS. (PHOTOS).

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 BENUE BOOSTS CHILD PROTECTION WITH GRADUATION OF 60 UNICEF-BACKED SOCIAL WORKERS  Benue State has taken a major step toward strengthening child protection and social welfare services with the graduation of 60 Auxiliary Social Workers (ASWs) trained to serve vulnerable children and families at the grassroots. The graduation ceremony, held on Wednesday, marked the successful completion of a programme jointly supported by the Benue State Government, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the Bureau of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, and the Benue State Bureau for International Cooperation and Development (BICD). Speaking at the event themed “Building Community Resilience Through Professional Auxiliary Social Work,” the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Hon. Mrs. Theresa Apochi-Ikwue, described the initiative as a strategic response to gaps in child protection services across the state. She said the newly trained ASWs would...

EFCC ARRAIGNS BUSINESSMAN FOR FRAUD YESTERDAY.{PHOTO}.

Image may contain: 1 person, selfie and close-up                                       The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC yesterday February 6,2017 arraigned one Adama Shuaibu,before Justice Sa'ad of the Gombe State High Court,on one-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence.
Shuaibu,who was arrested on May 23,2016,allegedly defrauded his business client,Mamman Alkali,in a failed transaction.He was accused of collecting N500,000 from him,with the promise to supply timber woods from Taraba State,but however failed to deliver on his promise.
The charges reads: ''That you Adamuu Babawuro Shuaibu,sometime in January 2016 at Gombe,Gombe State,within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court,with intent to defraud,did obtain the sum of N500,000 only from Honourable Mamman Alkali under false pretence that the said sum would be used for the purchase of Madrid Timber Wood at Baruwa,Taraba State,which you never did,instead diverted same for personal use''.
He pleaded ''not guilty'' to the charge when it was read to him.
While granting him bail in the sum of N440,000 with a reliable surety,who must be a resident in Gombe,the trial judge adjourned to March 2,2017 for his trial to commence.
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