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October 7, 2023 Project Alert Takes Sexual Violence Education to Schools
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Project Alert Takes Sexual Violence Education to Schools

Meanwhile, students in Akwa Ibom State have been charged to join the fight against sexual violence in their schools and communities.

This was during a sensitization campaign implemented by Project Alert and sponsored by African Women’s Development Fund in collaboration with Akwa Ibom State Gender-Based Violence Management Committee and other development partners.

 The programme which was targeted at educating the students on the concepts, forms and impacts of sexual violence took place earlier today at Cardinal Ekandem Seminary and Adiaha Obong Secondary Commercial School, Uyo.

One of the facilitators at the event and Consultant at Project Alert, Dr ANIEFIOK UKOMMI stressed the need to engage the young people in schools to get them ready to protect those vulnerable to sexual violence, in his presentation defined Sexual Violence as any violent act that is targeted at the sexuality of a person which may cause psychological or physical pain.

Dr UKOMMI also stated some forms of sexual violence, urging the students to watch out for these indicators as they engage in their various communities.

The programme officer, Project Alert on Violence against Women, NSINI UDONTA said that sensitization is necessitated by the outcome of their research in 2021on the impacts of sexual violence academic institutions in Cross River and Akwa Ibom state.

On her part, the secretary of Akwa Ibom State Gender-Based Violence Management Committee, Barr EMEM ETTEH expressed delight at the students’ response to the programme.

She also stated the objectives of the programme.

The students who participated in the programme expressed their gratitude to the organizers while promising to spread the message to their fellow students and in their communities.

 

At the end of the event, clubs were set up to foster the course of the project.

October 6, 2023 Federal Government to Vulnerable Pensioners 25,000 Monthly
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Federal Government to Vulnerable Pensioners 25,000 Monthly

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the payment of N25,000 monthly grants to vulnerable pensioners captured in the expanded National Social Register of the  Conditional Cash Transfer scheme.

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, announced on Thursday that Mr. President had directed the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation to commence the payment of the grants to beneficiaries from next month.

According to a statement issued by her Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Rasheed Zubair, the minister disclosed this when she met with the leadership of the Nigerian Labor Congress, led by its President, Joe Ajaero, at Labor House, Abuja.

She said, “The President mentioned very clearly that vulnerable pensioners should be immediately captured in the National Social Register and benefit from the Conditional Cash Transfer, as part of the national social safety net expansion.

“This was made clear in his speech on Independence Day where he committed N25,000 for 15 million household for three months”

Edu appealed to the NLC to help fast-track the process of collating data of would-be vulnerable pensioners so that they would start receiving the grant.

the NLC president expressed delight at the initiative, but noted that getting to the root cause of poverty would go a long way in addressing the problem confronting pensioners and workers.

Ajaero said, “Let’s look at not only how to solve this problem, but the cause of it. If we continue to treat the effects of poverty, the problem will persist. Let us look at other social welfare interventions and job creation that will go a long way to support families.”

He thanked the minister for being the first member of the Federal Executive Council under the current administration to visit the labour house.

The President, Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Godwin Abumisi, thanked Tinubu and the minister for finding the retirees worthy of the grant by the Federal Government.

He said pensioners received as low as between N5,000 and N10,000 a month, and that the N25,000 grant would go a long way in supporting many of them.

October 6, 2023 Nnamdi Kanu to Know Fate at Supreme Court on December 15
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Nnamdi Kanu to Know Fate at Supreme Court on December 15

The Supreme Court has fixed December 15 to deliver judgment on the appeal seeking to compel the Federal Government to release the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.

The Court of Appeal in Abuja had in a judgment delivered on October 13, 2022, ordered Kanu’s release.

In a unanimous decision by a three-member panel, the appellate court also quashed the terrorism charges filed against the IPOB leader by the Federal Government.

However, dissatisfied with the judgment, the Federal Government appealed at the Supreme Court.

At the proceedings on Thursday,  a five-member panel of the apex court headed by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, fixed the matter for judgment after the parties adopted their final briefs.

While adopting his final brief,  Kanu’s lead counsel, Mike Ozehkome (SAN), urged the court to not only order the immediate release of Kanu but to also award a heavy punitive cost against the government.

“We urge My Lords to uphold our cross-appeal and do substantial justice to this matter in favour of the respondent who has been in detention since June 29, 2021, even after the lower court ordered his release. My Lords should also order that he should never be prosecuted again on the same counts.

“They are still holding him unconstitutionally. We pray My Lords to deliver justice and use this case, just like in Ojukwu vs. State, to demonstrate that no man or government should be above the law,” Ozekhome said.

However, FG’s lawyer, Tijani Ghazali (SAN), urged the apex court to set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal which ordered Kanu’s release.

He also prayed for the court to order the resumption of his trial before the Federal High Court in Abuja on terrorism-related charges.

October 6, 2023 Fuel Landing Cost now N720/Liter, Depots Empty
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Fuel Landing Cost now N720/Liter, Depots Empty

Petroleum products depots are currently eampty due to lack of products caused by the unstable foreign exchange rates, as the landing cost of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, has increased to N720/liter, oil marketers said on Thursday.

Petroleum products’ dealers also stated that filling stations were shutting down daily in large numbers, as it was becoming increasingly tough to run the business. They said this could lead to widespread fuel scarcity in coming months.

It was further gathered that the landing cost of PMS into Nigeria had increased to N720/litre, up from N651/litre in August this year.

Speaking at the National Executive Council meeting of the Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria, in Abuja on Thursday, the National President, NOGASA, Benneth Korie, said a lot of depots were presently dried up or out of stock.

He said, “Depot owners are so terribly affected by the increasing cost of crude oil and exchange rate, to the extent that many depots are practically deserted as their owners are unable to secure bank loans to fund their business due to high-interest rates.

“Banks are not willing to guarantee funds release to stakeholders as a result of the difficulty, instability and galloping rates of foreign exchange and high cost of the dollar. Many depots are presently dried up or out of stock, and this is no gainsaying as it is evidently verifiable.”

He added, “Worst hit are filling stations whose owners find it extremely difficult to secure funds to procure products for their retail outlets. Both the independent and major marketers are so terribly affected.

“As of today, filling stations are shutting down in great numbers on a daily basis and dealers are going out of business, with many more on the verge of bankruptcy because of their inability to secure funds to facilitate orders for their stations.”

Korie said the government must therefore urgently come to the aid of the industry as quickly as possible to save it from an impending colossal collapse, which would result in a more devastating blow to the economy at large.

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