CONVICTED WAR CRIMINAL LUBANGA ANNOUNCES NEW REBEL GROUP IN EAST CONGO.(PHOTO).

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 Convicted war criminal Lubanga announces new rebel group in east Congo A convicted war criminal based in Uganda has announced a new rebel movement intent on toppling the government in eastern Congo's Ituri province, creating another potential security threat in the war-scarred region, Reuters reported. The formation of the Convention for the Popular Revolution (CPR) by Thomas Lubanga, an Ituri native, comes as Congo's army faces an unprecedented advance by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels elsewhere in eastern Congo. The International Criminal Court secured its first conviction against Lubanga in 2012 on charges of recruiting child soldiers and sentenced him to 14 years in prison. He was released in 2020 and President Felix Tshisekedi appointed him to a task force to bring peace to Ituri. But in 2022 he was taken hostage for two months by a rebel group, which he blames on the government, and is now based in Uganda. In written responses to questions from Reuters, Lubanga said the CPR h...

FAYOSE DISTRIBUTED GARMENT MAKING & SNACKS PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT TO SOME SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

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     The Ekiti State Governor, Chief Ayodele Fayose has distributed garment making and snacks production equipment worth millions of Naira to some selected secondary schools in order to make the students self reliant in the future.
The event which was held at Olaoluwa Muslim Grammer School Ado Ekiti had in attendance stakeholders in the education sector.
Governor Fayose, represented by his deputy, Prof Kolapo Olusola, in his key note address, said that the essence of the school enterprise programme was to allow the students become job creators rather than job seekers after leaving school.
He noted that the programme when established in all the secondary schools, Ekiti students would be an asset rather than liability in the labour market.
Governor Fayose advised the students to take the practical aspect of their training seriously.
He called on the teachers to ensure the safety and maintenace of the equipment.
On his part, the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Jide Egunjobi explained that functional education had become the order of the day all over the world.
Also, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mrs Kumbi Obaisi lauded the state government's idea of making Ekiti students self reliant through acquisition of special skills.
The high point of the occasion was the distribution of the equipment to the benefiting schools.
Some of the benefiting schools included Aramoko District Grammer School, Aramoko Ekiti., Eleyo High School, Ikere Ekiti, Ogotun High School, Ogotun Ekiti, Ara Comprehensive High School, Ara Ekiti. Others are Edu Comprehensive High School Erio Ekiti, Babatope Memorial High School, Ikoro Ekiti, Omuo Comprehensive High School Omuo Ekiti, Ayede Grammer School, Ayede Ekiti. Igogo Community High School Igogo Ekiti and others.So far, thirty seven Secondary Schools have benefited from the distribution of garment making and snacks production equipment under the School Agric and Entrepreneurship Agency.
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