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By Isaac Eranga Abuja: The maiden edition of the Women, Peace and Security Journal has been unveiled in Abuja. The journal whose foreword was written by the Honourable Minister of Women Affairs, Federal Republic of Nigeria - Dame Pauline K. Tallen, OFR, KSG, is aimed at promoting the contributions of women to peace and security processes in Nigeria and across Africa by documenting qualitative and quantitative information based on facts from women, peace and security interventions in Nigeria. The journal reviewer- Prof. Patricia Donli said the journal provides academic background for research in women, peace and security, and that it's a dependable source for empirical information. She commended the publishers- West Africa Network for Peacebuilding Nigeria (WANEP Nigeria) and Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Nigeria. Prof. Donli said the journal "will document qualitative and quantitative information based on fact from women in theory and practice

Festus Alenkhe, Chairman of the Edo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has called for a respite from the Nigeria Gas Marketing Company(NGMC) to the operation of the Ossiomo Power Plant. In his submission he asserted that since May 2022, the Nigeria Gas Marketing Company forcefully took over the gas plant that was built by Ossiomo Power at its site at the Ossiomo Industrial Plant, Ologbo, Edo State.  "By this action they are disrupting the flow of gas to power the plant and thus sabotaging the services of Ossiomo to its customers.  "All journalists in Edo State are directly affected by this unpatriotic action of the NGMC because the NUJ is a commercial customer of Ossiomo Power because they supply power to the NUJ Secretariat, enhancing the productivity of all journalists in Edo State "We want to note that the action of the NGMC in Edo State is similar to what Kogi State is doing to Dangote's Obajana Cement Plant; killing business, discouraging t

  Comrade Ronke Ojeikere The Edo State chapter of Civil Society Action Coalition on Education for All (CSACEFA) has elected new executives that will run the affairs of the group for the next two years. The election which was conducted on Thursday 26 October 2022 in Benin City, brought about the emergence of Comrade Ronke Ojeikere as the State Coordinator.  Others elected include: Patience Igbinedion - Secretary, Ufuoma Akpobi- Treasurer, Asije Sunday -PRO. In her acceptance, after being sworn in by the legal adviser Agatha Osieke, Esq, represented by Clementina Raji, Esq, Comrade Ronke Ojeikere thanked both the old and new members of the group and assured them of her readiness to carry every members along. She said following the success of  the election, the group is now ready to engage the state government in  ensuring safe, secured and violence-free school for the children of the State. Hear her: "Now that there are elected executives, we are now ready to engage the government f

All is now set for the successful hosting of the 2022 International Bioethics Forum being organised by the Bioethics Society of Nigeria (BESON) and New HIV Vaccine Microbicide Advocacy Society. This was contained in a statement signed by the LOC publicity subcommittee Chairman- Prof. Oduwole Ebunoluwa. According to the statement, the Bioethics International Forum with the theme, "Ethics of Clinical Trials", will hold from Wednesday 7 to Friday 9 December, 2022, at the premises of Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, 6 Edmond Crescent, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria. The link for registration was given as - https//beson.com.ng/index.php/events. The statement also reiterated that abstract submission will end on the 31 of October, 2022, and called on professionals to avail themselves of this scholarly opportunity. Subthemes include the following: "Challenges of Research among Uniformed Men;" Ethics of Organ Donation", and "Ethics of Clinical Trials among Adolescents

By Isaac Eranga Ahead of 2023 general elections, the Edo State Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Comrade Festus Alenkhe, JP, has called on Journalists in the State to adhere strictly to the ethics of the Journalism profession as they go about reporting political stories. Comrade Festus Alenkhe made this known through a media statement signed and made  available to journalists in the state. According to the press release,  "Journalists must remain apolitical in the course of marketing party candidates ahead of the election despite their personal political interest". Comrade Festus Alenkhe stressed that as journalists, adherence to the ethics of the profession  remain a top priority as any member of the Nigeria Union of Journalists in Edo state found deeply making his political interest public would be made to face the Ethics /Disciplinary committee of the union .  He further said that members of  the Edo state council of the  NUJ Disciplinary Committee would be on

By Isaac Eranga Oba Ewuare ll (left), Festus Alenkhe (right) Benin City: The leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Edo State Council has felicitated with the  revered Monarch, His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare II , Oba Of Benin on the occasion of the 6th coronation anniversary. In a statement, the union Chairman, Comrade Festus Alenkhe described the coronation anniversary as an auspicious occasion. According to him, the six years reign of the revered monarch has been very eventful and rewarding. While praying to God Almighty to endow the monarch with more wisdom and knowledge to reign in Benin Kingdom, he also wished the Oba  more years on the throne. In a related development,  Comrade Festus also congratulated the Benim Monarch on 2022 birthday.  He prayed to God Almighty and the ancestors to give  the Oba of Benin more fruitful and result oriented years on earth. In the statement , Comrade Festus Alenkhe assured that , journalists in Edo State will continue to work in lin

By Isaac Eranga Members of the Federated Chapel, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Edo State Council, have been charged to sensitize the public on mental health advocacy as a way of implementing their social responsibility to the people of Edo State. The Medical Director of Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital,   Uselu, Dr. Osama Agbonile Imafidon made this passionate appeal  while receiving  members of Federated Chapel who paid him a courtesy visit  in the hospital boardroom in Benin City. Dr. Osama Imafidon who differentiates advocacy stories from other news items, reminded Media outfits to also use advocacy stories on mental health sensitization to implement their civic social responsibility to the society. According to him, the Edo People would benefit so much from the partnership between the media and the hospital. The Medical Director who queried why some media houses bill the institution for mental health advocacy stories which according to him should be seen as one of the socia

By Isaac Eranga Benin City: The Sustainable Environment Development Initiative (SEDI) has called on African governments to enact policies that will help put a stop to amalgam use among children and young women, saying amalgam has some chemical substances that are harmful to the body. This was contained in a press statement signed by the Executive Director of SEDI - Dr. Tom Aneni. According to the statement, this year's Africa Week for Mercury-Free Dentistry focuses on implementing the children’s amendment to the Minamata Convention on Mercury. "Spearheaded by the Africa Region, the parties to the Minamata Convention unanimously amended the mercury treaty to set a worldwide floor: the end of amalgam use for children and for pregnant and breastfeeding women.   "Each year, the World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry and the African Center for Environmental Health sponsors a day—now expanded to a week—to celebrate the transition for Africa to mercury-free dentistry.  "

By Isaac Eranga Abuja: In a bid to building the capacity of young persons in leadership, peacebuilding and advocacy, a 3-day train-the-trainers training workshop has been conducted for 40 young women and young men in Abuja by the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) Nigeria, in partnership with the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP). Spaeking, the National Coordinator of WANEP Nigeria- Chief Mrs. Bridget Osakwe said on the 9th of December 2015, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2250 on Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) which was preceded by a series of advocacy efforts from a number of Non-Governmental Organizations.  "It was passed after more than 10,000 young people called for it in the Amman Youth Declaration, adopted during the Global Forum on Youth, Peace and Security agenda which was very much inspired by the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (WPS). "However, these frameworks have not translated into m

   Na In line with Governor Godwin Obaseki’s pledge to domesticate the National Health Act (NHAct), the Edo State Ministry of Health, in partnership with the Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria (HERFON) has organized a workshop for stakeholders towards the implementation of the Act aimed at improving health care delivery in Edo State. Addressing participants, including heads and representatives of religious organizations and representatives of the associations and councils of medical practitioners in the state, the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Obehi Akoria, said the domestication of the act which is a part of the state’s health reforms, will provide legal support for the many initiatives being introduced to develop the health care delivery system. She expressed appreciation to HERFON for its efforts and disclosed that the Ministry is working with the organization to guarantee the success of NHAct in Edo State, adding that “it is the responsibility of the Government to create legislat

 By Eben Enasco Benin City: After a week of renewed bitterness between rival cult groups, three lifeless bodies were in the early hours of Thursday recovered at the popular Anigboro and Uselu motor park axis of Uselu Quarters, Egor Local Government area, Edo state. One of the bodies was identified as Osasere a ticketer at the Uselu motor pack and regularly seen at Good Samaritan road. On eyewitness accounts, Osasere was given a hot chase by the reported killers after he resumed duty at the popular Uselu motor park when he tried escaping the siege laid by the assailants who were reported to have been after his elder brother, an alleged member of one of the deadly groups. Unfortunately, he could not escape as they were said to have overpowered him. According to news making the rounds, the new hostility is between members of the Black axe otherwise addressed as Aiye and Malphite Confraternity. Hell was said to have let loose when a member of the Black axe confraternity allegedly killed a

The Labour Party Candidate for Orhionmwon/Uhunmwode Federal Constituency in the 2023 House of Representatives elections- Rt. Hon. Elizabeth Ativie has called on members of the Labour Party to desist from all forms of anti-party activities, saying such activities have the tendency of destabilizing political parties.  Hon. Mrs. Ativie made this call during a two million march penultimate weekend for Peter Obi in Benin City. She said intelligence report has it that the All Progressive Congress (APC), has given money to some Labour Party members to destabilize the party. According to her, Labour Party has come to stay in Edo State in particular and Nigeria in general.  "Do not be like the Biblical Esau who sold his birthright because of a plate of portage. Let's join hands together to build a better society", said the ex- Speaker.

By Gabriel Akhabue Iruobe Hope does not just spring up in a vacuum. There are factor that often give rise to the nature or emergence of hope. In fact, hope is  often kindled when men are at the lowest state of motivation or lowest rungs  of a psychological equilibrium, a resultant effect of a low social stimulation and  enthusiasm in the pursuit of a desired goal, personal or communal.  Hope propels initiatives and the amount is dependent on the amount of the latent frustration engendering the hope.   At an instance of desperation for answers, any "array of hope" becomes ferocious, vehement and monstrous. No matter the size of the hope, it is often perceived as gigantic due to the anomic situation giving rise to it.  The eye-opening participation of selected elites in  the management of the affairs of the country under colonial rule drove in the consciousness of denials, deprivation and reckless exploitation by the erstwhile colonial masters.  Thus the struggle for independen

By Isaac Eranga Benin City: The Head of Service (HOS), of Oredo local government council, Benin city, Edo state - Comrade Kessington Osifo, has commended members of Federated Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Edo State Council, over their zest in investigating news items before going to press. Comrade Osifo said this when the newly elected executives and some members of the chapel paid him a courtesy visit in Benin City. He said previous reports from members of the chapel had spur him to do more in the local government council. According to the Oredo boss, "I love the way you carry out investigative journalism, let there be balance; when I'm not doing well, criticize me". Speaking earlier, the Chairman of the chapel - Comrade Mercy Onyewenli informed the HOS that their coming was to familiarize with him and to seek areas of partnership with the Council. She said the chapel will not relent in reporting the people-oriented projects being executed by Oredo lo