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Godsent Foundation @10: ‘We’ve Put Smile On Faces Of Thousands Of Widows, Less Privileged’ – Founder

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3 years ago

September 19, 2021

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The founder, Godsent Foundation, Ambassador Dion Osagie, has disclosed that his foundation had given thousands of hopeless widows succour, assisted hundreds of less privileged children with free education within 10 years of its establishment.

He disclosed that the Foundation already has over two thousand (2000) widows in its list who receives assistance ranging from food items to money.

The founder who addressed journalists yesterday from the United States of America via zoom to mark the 10th anniversary of the Foundation, noted that no fewer than 100 widows receive N5,000 to 10,000 stipend on weekly basis from the Foundation.

While stating that the passion to help the less privileged has been a driving force in his philanthropic gesture, he noted that the Foundation is non-political and has not received a dime from the government or any serving politician.

The United Nations Ambassador who disclosed that the Foundation spends an average of five million (N5m) monthly in feeding widows, the less privileged and paying some less privilaged, said some well-meaning Nigerians and persons around the globe have been the ones supporting him in the Foundation.

“It has been 10 years of feeding and assisting the less privilaged; It has been 10 years of providing free healthcare for our people; It has been 10 years of solving socio problems. Within the last 10 years, we have been able to provide free education for some needy.

Godsent Foundation putting smile on the faces of this widow.

“On the average, Godsent Foundation spend N5m every month. In this month so far, we have spent nothing less N5m helping our people.

“We started providing free meal for the less privilaged and widows every Saturday five years ago, and you know what that may have caused us. At Godsent Foundation, we are doing what the Government has failed to do,” he said.

He continues, “The state government needs to create a platform to helping the widows. There is no excuse for them to live so wretched. There is no reason young children should be hawking water, children who are supposed be in school.”

Speaking on the state of the nation particularly Edo State, Ambassador Dion Osagie said, “Edo State of today is savaged. Nothing is working. The governor of the state has totally failed his people on his electoral promises.

“One year after election, no commissioner, the state is in darkness. I watched the video of Ring Road and some locations in Benin at night and I felt bad. Everywhere is in darkness, no street light. Edo State is in the hand of a person who does not have the ability and capacity to lead the people.”

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Man, 38 Escapes Assassination Attempt In Benin

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9 months ago

July 22, 2023

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Innocent Omoruyi

By Omokha Andrew

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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12 months ago

May 18, 2023

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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.

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.

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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2 years ago

March 16, 2022

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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.

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.