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Kaduna Deploys 2000 Teachers In 155 Schools To Enhance Girl-Child Education The Kaduna State government has deployed 2000 teachers in 155 schools across the 23 local government areas (LGAs) of the state as part of efforts to address the constraints of girl-child education in the state. The state’s Deputy Governor, Dr. Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe while speaking at a training organised by the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) Project under the Ministry of Education in collaboration with the Teachers Service Board at Kaduna State University (KASU) said the initiative is aimed at ensuring that the girl-child is given every opportunity to achieve her full potential.    

Canada To Welcome 465,000 Nigerians, Others As Permanent Residents In 2023 Amid Labour Shortage The Canadian government has revealed its immigration plan to welcome half a million immigrants, including Nigerians, each year by 2025 to tackle the labour shortage. Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Sean Fraser released Canada’s 2023-2025 Immigration Levels Plan, which embraces immigration to help businesses find workers and attract the skills required in key sectors. According to the new release from the immigration ministry, the Canadian economy is now facing critical labour market shortages causing uncertainty for Canadian businesses and workers. The ambitious immigration plan will manage Canada’s social and economic challenges in the decades ahead. In 2021 Canada welcomed over 405,000 newcomers, the most in a single year. According to the plan, the government is continuing that ambition by setting targets in the new levels plan of 465,000 permanent residents in 2023, 485...

ANAMBRA STATE GOVERNMENT HAS APPREHENDED 3 GANG-RAPE SUSPECTS  AND WILL BE CHARGED TO COURT AFTER INVESTIGATION. By Chidinma Ikeanyionwu Three rape suspects has been arrested and handed over to the Nigerian Police in Awka. The operation took place when National Agency Fore Prohibition of Trafficking in Person officials alongside Anambra Vigilante Group security operatives  invaded Enekwesumpu Nkpor and arrested the said suspects. The arrest was as a result of a rape complaint made by a 13 years old rape victim in Nkpor. The victim who was brought to the office of the Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare was visibly in tears when narrating her ordeal.  The victim who is from Ohaozara in Ebonyi State explained that she was raped by four boys namely Sunday, Emelie, Chiedu and Nwa awọ but unfortunately Nwa awọ escaped when security operatives invaded the neighborhood. According to the victim, who narrated that the said suspects were co tenants with them but took her to N...

Armed Men Exchange Fire with Security Forces in Uli Uli, a town in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra state and home for the first campus of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU) experienced heavy shootout yesterday. According to an eye witness report, unidentified armed men with automatic rifle who came in a Toyota sienna vehicle and motorcycles engaged the security forces in a shootout in the university town that lasted for several hours. The issue of insecurity in Uli and Ihiala local government has become a matter of grave concern to all and sundry. The security situation in the local government area has caused massive exodus of indigenes and well-to-do individuals from the town. It has equally affected the school community as students and lecturers are now living in fear, a situation which has affected the once school environ. As at the time of filing this report, the identity of the armed men still remains a mystery and no casualty was recorded  

Nigerian billionaire business mogul, Femi Otedola spent €3million, which is over N2.2billion, to rent Aristotle Onassis' Christina O super luxury yacht ahead of his 60th birthday.   In celebration of his 60th birthday which holds this Friday November 4th, the astute businessman and Chairman of Geregu, rented the super yacht belonging to one of his childhood idols, the late Greek shipping magnate, Aristotle Onassis, who was once regarded as the richest man in the world.  

GOV. UZODIMMA LAUNCHES THE IMO STATE INDUSTRIAL POLICY  In a bid to make Imo State an investment and Industrial hub that will grow the economy of the State, His Excellency, Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma has launched an Industrial Policy. The Industrial Policy which serves as a roadmap of Industrialization was launched at the Sam Mbakwe Exco, Government House for the promotion of economic growth and development of the State. In his address, Governor Uzodimma disclosed that the Shared Prosperity administration has again made an audacious step in *its* determination to put Imo firmly on the roadmap to economic growth and prosperity.  According to the Governor, the Industrial Policy is "designed to offer fresh, pragmatic and actionable insights into the State's thinking and approach to industrialization". He pointed out that the flagged-off Hope Green Revolution project yesterday, is an economic stimulus plan that buys into the investment opportunities presented by clim...

Abiodun: 203 inputs from town hall meetings incorporated into 2023 budget proposal  ...holds Treasury Board Meeting  The Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, has said that no fewer than 203 inputs representing 95 percent of demands made at the citizens town hall meetings held across the four divisions of the state have been incorporated into the budget proposal for the year 2023. Abiodun stated this on Wednesday at the Treasury Board meeting held at the Obas' Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. He posited that the Town Hall Meetings, apart from being avenues to reach out to more citizens to harness their inputs into the 2023 budget, also served as an important aspect in his administration's inclusive governance in budget preparation. Abiodun further explained that the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) was not meant to produce budget, but how to develop good policies through the retooling of budget, emphasizing that it was important to think of each stage of the budget process i...