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How Communities Can Assess Philanthropic Support

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2 years ago

January 4, 2024

Nigerian communities have been advised on how best to assess philanthropic support from those who could help their communities in terms of development and assistance to the indigents.

Disclosing the modalities, a microbiologist, medical laboratory scientist and physician, Dr. John Kwubiri Nwadinobi, said the act of giving is spiritual and cannot be started at old age.

Nwadinobi, who is also an Assistant and Doctor of Healthcare Administration, stated this in his Amaogwugwu community at the weekend after a medical outreach organized by the Amaogwugwu Federated Union President General, Elder Kelechi Uwaoma, during which he made a presentation and donated medical equipment and medicine worth several millions of naira, used to treat indigent patients who could not afford medications.

The modalities to access philanthropic support, according to him, include the assessment of the spirit of giving, the possession of love for his community and community people, and participation in community events.

Others, he said, are the ability to identify the needs of his community, the ability to identify the needs of the needy and the vulnerable in the community to assist them, the ability to raise up and train youths for future leadership roles, his or her empowerment history and training of community members, as well as respect for elders and constituted community authorities.

He said, “If you want to have a taste of what a human being is, you have to check on what he is doing when people are not watching, his conduct when he knows that people are not watching what he is doing and what he is doing without expectation of rewards and benefits.”

He noted that people do what they want to do and there is a difference between having and having the spirit to spend on their communities, stating, “Some people are very rich, but they don’t have the spirit for community service, which is in the blood.

“You don’t learn it in the old age. I, from my youth, have been in community service, from primary school through secondary school to my university days, without expecting anything in reward and my service is apolitical.”

He urged the rich not to wait on the government to improve upon the lives of their community people, charging them to instead provide for their various communities.

Earlier in the week while addressing the media after the medical outreach, where more than 300 patients were treated, the health guru disclosed, “I have donated mattresses, IV fluid hangers, walkers, clutches, nebulizing machines, blood pressure machines, ulcer symmetry, glucometer, nebulizers and nebulizing solution, medicines for hypertension, diabetes, antibiotics for bladder infection and upper respiratory infection, stem medications for people suffering from arthritis, and a whole lots of other medications, including flagyl and metronidazole.”

As a result therefore, his Amaogwugwu people appreciated his efforts because, the medical mission and outreach that he has been conducting in his village spanned over 20 years.

He said that he has been doing that “because, I love community service and I believe in giving back to the society. Whatever we are today, God made it possible for us to be what we are and the best thing for us to do is to give back to those people who do not have the opportunity to be where we are”.

The health officer who also runs Nwadinobi Foundation, informed, “Since 2005, I have been conducting medical outreach under my person, Dr. John K. Nwadinobi. I have been giving medication that last up to six months for patients, not minding where they come from.

“Even though Amaogwugwu is the target, whoever walks in, gets equal treatment. So. we don’t discriminate. Our services are, in spite of class and geography, inclusive of humanity and the love of God.

“The medical outreach is the normal thing I have been doing over the years and has nothing to do with the low key memorial service I held for my mother few days ago. On behalf of my late mum, I am also building a modern toilet facility for our local church and it will consist of water system, male and female sections in a standard form.

“I have also been sponsoring Amaogwugwu Unity Sports competition since 1998, that is 25 years of sponsoring men and women football competition as well as 100, 200 and 400 metres race and early morning marathon, with gold and silver medals. This year’s winners are going to be well compensated and we are expanding the scope to achieve more in terms of unity and development of our community.”

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Grassroots To Global Podium: Edo Sports Commission Marks Enabulele’s First Year In Office

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8 hours ago

December 19, 2025

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The Indoor Sports Hall in Benin City came alive on Wednesday as the Edo State Sports Commission rolled out the drums to celebrate the first anniversary in office of its Executive Chairman, Hon. Amadin Desmond Enabulele. Management, staff, coaches and athletes gathered in an atmosphere charged with pride, reflection and optimism.

The colourful ceremony drew executives and members of various sports associations, officials of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), coaches, athletes and other key stakeholders in Edo sports.

In her welcome address, the Acting Permanent Secretary of the Commission, Mrs. A. P. Amenze, praised Hon. Enabulele for what she described as focused and purposeful leadership. She said the past year had seen renewed confidence, discipline and energy return to the state’s sports ecosystem.

Adding excitement to the event were exhibition bouts and demonstrations by the Kung Fu, Karate, Taekwondo and Judo associations, staged in honour of the Executive Chairman.

Speaking for SWAN Edo State, Chairman Comrade Kehinde Osagiede commended Hon. Enabulele’s open-door leadership style and consistent support for sports development. He noted that the Commission had effectively driven Governor Monday Okpebholo’s “Catch Them Young” policy through practical grassroots programmes that identify and groom young talents across the state.

In recognition of his contributions to sports development and media relations, Comrade Osagiede conferred the Patronship of SWAN Edo State on Hon. Enabulele and presented him with a special anniversary card.

Goodwill messages followed from Executive Directors of the Commission, including Hon. Frank Ilaboya (Edo North), Coach Baldwin Bazuaye, MON (Edo South), Barr. Anthony Ikuenobe (Edo Central), and Mrs. Sabrina Chikere, Executive Director, Sports Development and Operations. Representatives of coaches, athletes and sports associations also took turns to acknowledge the progress recorded under the current leadership.

In his stewardship address, Hon. Enabulele expressed gratitude to Governor Monday Okpebholo and Deputy Governor Rt. Hon. Dennis Idahosa for the trust placed in him, noting that their backing and shared vision had driven the Commission’s achievements.

He highlighted Team Edo’s third-place finish at the 9th National Youth Games in Asaba, where the state recorded its best-ever outing with 79 medals—33 gold, 18 silver and 28 bronze—reinforcing Edo’s reputation as a national sports powerhouse.

The Chairman also pointed to the impact of inclusive and grassroots sports programmes, citing Favour Ojeabu, a visually impaired para-cyclist who won three gold medals to emerge Africa’s champion at the African Track Para-Cycling Championship in Egypt.

Other milestones listed included outstanding performances by Edo para powerlifters on the international stage, historic achievements in cricket, weightlifting, cycling, judo and deaf athletics, as well as structural reforms such as the repositioning of Bendel Insurance FC and deeper investment in grassroots sports development.

Cultural performances added colour and tradition to the celebration, as stakeholders closed the event united in their assessment of the past year as a truly transformative period for sports development in Edo State.

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Otuaro Tasks Media On Objective Reportage

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16 hours ago

December 18, 2025

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The Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) Dr. Dennis Otuaro has charged media practitioners particularly members of the Ijaw Publishers’ Forum to promote ethical journalism through their reportage.

He gave the charge in Warri on Wednesday during the 2nd Annual Ijaw Media Conference organised by the Ijaw Publishers’ Forum (IPF).

Represented by Princewill Binebai, spokesman, Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide, Otuaro while stating that the Niger Delta stories have been told in such a way that is quite different from what is obtainable in the real sense, said this, IPF must do everything possible to correct.

The administrator added: “I am happy that Ijaw journalists have boldly come out together to champion the Ijaw struggle in a very dynamic perspective”.

“The Ijaw story was misrepresented over the years, but IPF’s emergence had corrected this error and the story is gradually changing for better.”

Otuaro, however, challenged Ijaw media practitioners to be objective, truthful, accurate and fearless in their reportage to correct many years anomalies of the Ijaw struggle.

He admonished members of IPF to see themselves as brothers and love one another in the discharge of their activities to achieve a common goal.

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Police Confirm Edo Tanker Explosion, say No Casualty

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16 hours ago

December 18, 2025

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The Edo State Police Command has confirmed tanker explosions that rocked Auchi, the administrative headquarters of Etsako West Local Government Area of the state.

The Command’s Police Publice Relations Officer, Eno Ikoedem, who confirmed the incident via the phone, said the explosion occurred at about 6:30 p.m. following the fall of a fuel tanker along the road.

Ikoedem said the incident occurred on Wednesday evening at about 6:30 p.m. following the fall of a fuel tanker along the road.

She explained that spilled fuel seeped into underground tunnels, which later ignited and caused three explosions in different parts of the Auchi community.

According to her, officers from the Auchi Divisional Police Headquarters and the Area Command were mobilised to the affected areas and successfully cordoned them off to prevent loss of lives.

She added: “No casualty was recorded. Our men on ground were able to cordoned the affected areas.”

It was gathered that three separate explosions rocked the town simultaneously in different parts, which led to properties worth millions of naira destroyed.

A resident who does not want his name in print said via the telephone that the blasts occurred along Igbei Road, Igbo Shade, and along the Auchi–Okene Road, close to Winners Junction.

The resident, who alleged the explosions appeared to have been coordinated, called for a thorough investigation into the incident to prevent future occurrences.

Calls put across to Mr. Monday Edogiawere, Chairman, Red Cross, Edo State, were not picked.