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By Akanimo Sampson The homestead of a 75-year-old widow, Mary Syokau, a member of the Musilili Farmers’ Cooperative Society in Kenya is among the 55 others that have received a solar kit under the Climate Change Academy. She was born at a time when communities and families solely relied on glowing embers for lighting at night. Now in the final leg of the first implementation phase, the project which commenced in 2017 on a large scale seeks to cushion coffee farmers against the impacts of climate change through training on sustainable agricultural land management practices and income diversification. Among its…

It turned to a surprise empowerment scheme as a politician in Benue State distributed ropes to his constituents to tie their goats. Daniel Ukpera, a member representing Guma State Constituency in the Benue State House of Assembly, has donated bundles of ropes to the people of Makurdi LGA in Benue State. Ukpera, who was elected under the platform of Labour Party, said this was his contribution to the Benue State Anti-Open Grazing Law. After the donation, he assisted the goat owners in tying their goats.

Like wid fire, the rising rape case spreading in the country has caught another girl said to have been allegedly raped and murdered in a church in Ibadan, Oyo State capital on Saturday, June 13. The girl, Grace Oshiagwu, a 21-year-old National Diploma student of Oke Ogun Polytechnic, was allegedly raped and murdered in the church located in the Ojoo area of Ibadan in Akinyele Local Government Area. She was discovered with machete cuts on her body. Weeks ago, Uwaila Omozuwa, a 22-year-old UNIBEN student, was raped and murdered in a church in Edo State. A statement issued by Gbenga Fadeyi, the spokesperson of…

By Akanimo Sampson Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it is alarmed by the news of a seeming unprofessional conduct coming out of the security forces in the country’s seat of power, the Presidential Villa. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, said in a statement, “our party is disturbed by such ugly situation in the Buhari Presidency, which has already heightened apprehensions in the public space over the apparent failure of security architecture and central command system in the presidency leading to such reckless and irresponsible breaches.’’ There was alleged shooting and security breaches within the…

Since the arrival of the Federal Government’s consignment of rice on the soil of Akwa Ibom to cushion the adverse effects of COVID-19 pandemic and its attendant lockdown, a lot of dust has been raised. Despite the colourful side presented by the state government, Straightnews has dug out the untold story of what transpired between the two delegations during the delivery of what could be termed the ‘controversial rice.’ Recall that the Federal Government under its Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development had despatched 1,800 bags rice as palliatives and no sooner the state government took delivery…

As the debate on rape cases rages in the country, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde and another Twitter user Friday evening exchange flak that women encourage men to rape them by appearing sexy. The actress had earlier taken to her Twitter handle to advise rape victims to speak out whenever such a thing happens to them. ”I have just watched a disgusting Rape video. pls if you have been raped or know anyone else who has. These are New times! Everyone is on your side now! Pls speak out! If you dont report it, the demon(s) might never be caught and will Rape others!…

By Akanimo Sampson Around two million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the volatile North-East axis of Nigeria are currently facing risks to their mental health and wellbeing. In the embattled region, millions of people continue to endure the impact of a decade-long humanitarian crisis. Most recently, on Tuesday (June 9), an attack attributed to non-state armed groups claimed the lives of 81 people in the Gubio Local Government Area, 80 kilometers from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, on attack against civilians in Gubio, Borno: I am outraged and incensed by incoming reports of…

The Federal Government has commenced the employment of 774,000 youths in the country to cushion the effects of COVID-19 pandemic. President Muhammadu Buhari who stated this in his 2020 celebration of Democracy Day address said “As part of the strategy to create jobs in reducing the effect of COVID-19 on our youths, I directed the employment of 774,000 Nigerians. These youths will be engaged in Special Public Works Programme aimed at cushioning the effects of economic downturn. “Each of the 774 local government areas in the country will be allotted 1,000 slots. I am pleased to report that this programme…

As June 12 is marked as Nigeria’s Democracy Day, the National Democratic Coalition, NADECO, wants the leadership not to flip over the painful sacrifices made by many for the restoration of democracy and to assuage self-determination anthem in the country. The experiences of the former USSR, Yugoslavia e.t.c were sufficiently illustrative. Self Determination remains the ANTHEM of this millennium and Nigeria cannot be an island given the painful sacrifices that NADECO and others went through for the restoration of democracy even though what we are operating today still smacks of militarism: never mind all the conspiracy theories that are associated…

The purported impeachment of Ika Local government Chairman in Akwa Ibom by eight out 10 councillors has been countered as a piece of stunt. A press release signed by Mr. Utibe Ukpong, the leader of the local government Legislature and made available to journalists in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, debunked the rumour, saying such action was never taken nor contemplated by the grassroots lawmakers. This was after a press statement by eight councillors hit the social media space informing Akwa Ibom people of the impeachment of the council chairman, Anthony Udousung. Ukpong, who apologised to Akwa Ibom state…