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Benin/Ijaw standoff: Ondo Ijaw beg Buhari to intervene

Benin/Ijaw standoff: Ondo Ijaw beg Buhari to intervene

THE Ijaw-Apoi people in Ese- Odo area of Ondo State have asked the Federal Government  to urgently intervene in the standoff between Benin Kingdom and Ijaw kingdoms in the Ovia South West Local Government area of Edo State, especially the Okomu-Apoi Kingdom

The ABU whizkid from NTIC

The ABU whizkid from NTIC

Since 1998, when the Nigerian Tulip International Colleges (NTIC) opened shop in a rented two-bedroom apartment in the heart of Abuja, little did we know that something good was about to happen. Just like its slogan, the “right environment for learning,” the successes recorded by ex-students of the NTIC have indeed proved this motto correct.

Tension brews between Binis and Ijaws

Tension brews between Binis and Ijaws

The prevailing tension in Ijaw communities in Edo state is heightening each day and the war songs between the Binis and the Ijaws have continued to increase. The crisis over the ownership of Ijaw occupied lands became visible after Governor Godwin Obaseki decided to build a multi billion dollars Export Processing Zone (EPZ) in Gelegele, Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo state.

Rural women call for stoppage of FGM, sexual harassment, equality of women in Ebonyi

Rural women call for stoppage of FGM, sexual harassment, equality of women in Ebonyi

NO fewer than 100 women drawn from communities in the three senatorial zones of the state, Ebonyi South, Ebonyi North and Ebonyi Central, yesterday, called for the stoppage of harmful practices such as female genital mutilation and cutting, FGM/C, sexual harassment against women and protection of the rights, equality of women in politics and the society at large.