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300 Level Visually Impaired, Cripple, One Other Receive Lifeline

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An Edo State based Non-Governmental Organization, Network for the Advancement of People with Visible Disabilities (NAPVID), Wednesday, gave scholarship to two physically challenged persons and empowered another with a sewing machine.

The organisation gave Kindness Idahosa, a 300 level cripple law student of the University of Benin scholarship of 70,000( Seventy Thousand Naira only); Peace Eronmonmen, a blind 100 level Student of Federal College of Education, Special, Oyo State, scholarship of 65,400(Sixty Five Thousand Four Hundred Naira only), while Austin Emmanuel, a cripple was given a sewing machine.

Presenting the money and the sewing machine at the formal unveiling and flag-off of Project HELP, the Executive Director of NAPVID, Melody Omosah Esq., said project HELP, which means Health, Education, Livelihood and Palliative was planned to give the visually impaired persons in Edo State a lifeline for the next four years, and an intervention with the view to removing barriers that stop them from fulfilling their dreams.

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Omosah Esq., who is also visually impaired, said the project was in collaboration with the Edo State government, just as he thanked the governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki and the Board of Trustees members
for making the project possible

“We met the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki on the 15th of February, 2021, after explaining to him what NAPVID is doing and the area the organization would want the government to come in, the governor set up a committee that approved it. With the project HELP, over 10,000 PWDs will benefit From health, education, and livelihood support.

“This would assist in reducing high level illiteracy and dependency ratio among people with disabilities in Edo state, also NAPVID would partner with various MDAs of government to drive disability-inclusive policies.”he concluded.

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Reacting, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Social Development and Gender Issues, Mrs. Dorcas Idehen, said the project was conceived in collaboration with the Edo state government to give health, education, livelihood support, and palliative to the physically challenge.

Mrs Dorcas who represented the Governor as the occasion said the resolve of the Edo State Government to incorporate people with visible disability into the policies of his administration has helped the NAPVID project.

She said, “This administration pays great attention to the needs of people with problems of disability, and that marks the hallmark of social inclusiveness. Edo state has never given this kind of attention to issues that concerned people with disability.”

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In her reaction, one of the beneficiaries, Miss Kindness Idahosa, thanked NAPVID and the Edo State government for giving her the opportunity to go back to school after the ailment that almost ruined her academic pursuit.

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Man, 38 Escapes Assassination Attempt In Benin

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A 38-year-old activist, Innocent Omoruyi, narrowly escaped assassination in the early hours of Wednesday, July 19, 2023 as his residence at Obe Community,Sapele Road in Benin city was attacked by yet to be identified gun men.

The attack which eye witnesses say was viciously executed on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 bore the markings of a dreaded cult group terrorizing Benin City, the state capital.

The Obe, Sapale Road incident, it was learnt, happened soon after Omoruyi left the house to attend to matters of interest some few metres away from his home.

The assailants were said to have shot sporadically in their frustration as residents scampered for safety.

However, Omoruyi escaped unharmed.

One of the eye witnesses who craved anonymity said: “The felons apparently went for the kill, weilding guns and other dangerous weapons. “We are shocked that they didn’t see Innocent Omoruyi who was just some few metres away from home when they arrived”.

“How that happened, only God knows and it was obvious that it wasn’t his time to die yet and just before that not long ago his business place on Lagos Street, Benin City was burnt down in the middle of the night by unknown arsonists.

“This sequence of events is not ordinary. We know it’s politically motivated due to the role he played in the last general elections. He has been advised to go into hiding at the moment for his personal safety”, he concluded.

When contacted, the police Public Relations Officer Chidi Nwabuzor said he was yet to get any information as regards the latest incident. He promised to feed our correspondent with relevant details as soon as they become handy.

Our information source however revealed that the matter has already been incidented at the Love World Police station on Sapele Road, Benin city.

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Nigeria To Earn Over $4bn Revenue As FEC Okays Concession Of Abuja, Kano Airports

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Nigeria will earn over $4 billion in nominal revenue as the Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Wednesday okayed the concession of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, and Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano, to the Corporacion American Airport Consortium, a Luxembourg-based company.

James Odaudu, the Special Assistant on Public Affairs to the Minister of Aviation, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.

According to him, the Council also approved that the Federal Ministry of Aviation would be renamed the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace.

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The statement noted that the company would make combined upfront payments of $8.5 million for the concession of NAIA and MAKIA.

He added that the development would spur evidential growth within the Nigerian aviation industry.

“In alignment with the Aviation Roadmap, approved by Mr President on 18th October 2016, the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace is delighted to inform all stakeholders, both local and international, and the media, that the concession of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, and Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano has been approved by the Federal Executive Council,” the statement said.

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In December 2022 and January 2023, Corporacion American Airport Consortium was announced as the preferred bidder for the airport’s concession after scaling through a series of evaluations of technical and financial bids.

Nominal revenues mean income not adjusted for inflation and decreasing purchasing power.

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Russia Expelled From Council Of Europe Amid War With Ukraine

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The Council of Europe says it has expelled Russia with immediate effect after 26 years of membership because of the Ukraine war.

The Committee of Ministers took the decision in a special session, the rights body announced in the French city of Strasbourg on Wednesday.

Earlier, Russia had already declared its withdrawal from the Council of Europe after it had taken steps to exclude it.

On Tuesday evening, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe voted unanimously in favour of Russia’s exclusion.

Russia joined the Council of Europe on Feb. 28, 1996.

Together with the formal notification of the withdrawal, the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe also received information from the Russian Federation on Tuesday about its intention to denounce the European Convention on Human Rights.

In a statement on Tuesday evening, the leaders of the Council of Europe once again condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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They expressed their solidarity with the Russian people, who continue to belong to the European family and share its values.

The body said it would continue to stand by Ukraine in the fight against the aggressor.

The Council of Europe monitors the observance of human rights in its 46 member states and is not part of the European Union.

The body reacted to the Russian invasion of Ukraine two weeks ago by suspending Russia’s membership, this decision was considered historic.

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