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NDE Trains 810 Youths, Women In Imo On Vocational Skills

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6 years ago

January 30, 2020

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has flagged off the training of 810 youths and women in Imo State under its Basic National Open Apprenticeship Scheme (B-NOAS).

NDE Director-General (DG), Dr Nasiru Argungu flagged off the training in Owerri on Thursday.

The beneficiaries will be trained on vocational skills such as fashion designing, interior decoration, computer operations and electrical work amongst others.

Delivering a keynote address at the flag off, Argungu thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for the initiative, adding that youth unemployment has been of grave concern to the president.

The D-G, who was represented by the Imo NDE Coordinator, Mrs Ngozi Iheanacho, said that the 810 beneficiaries were drawn from the 27 local government areas of the state and were part of the 23,220 beneficiaries across the federation.

He noted that the NDE had been a principal benefactor of Federal Government’s attention towards discharging its mandate of creating jobs.

Argungu also thanked the NDE’s Vocational Skills Development (VSD) department for its doggedness and commitment to the program.

He urged the trainees to make maximal use of the skills to build their capacity for the attainment of the FG’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) and to assert their own dignity.

“We thank President Buhari for this initiative and I urge you, the trainees to take advantage of this rare opportunity to improve your lots in life for the benefit of the society at large.

“We also thank the state governor for creating the enabling environment for this training. We pledge continuity and increased commitment,” he said.

In his remark, Deputy Director, VSD, Mr Obinna Ofia, said the directorate would empower the best trainees to become self established while urging the trainees to remain committed to training.

Also speaking, the Head, VSD department in Imo, Mr Emmanuel Iwuagwu said that the selection process was transparent as according to him, only the best of the best have been selected.

He, therefore, charged the trainees to effectively utilize the training so as to achieve its major essence of poverty reduction through skills creation.

Responding, one of the beneficiaries from Ngor-okpala LGA, Mr Anthony Azubuike, thanked the NDE for thinking towards the youths. He pledged to put the skills to their best use.

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Auto-crash Claims 2 Lives On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

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4 hours ago

January 9, 2026

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The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, TRACE, on Friday confirmed that two people died in a lone accident around Oremeji Bus Stop on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

The Corps’ spokesperson, Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta.

Akinbiyi said the accident, involving a Mazda bus with registration number YNF 414 XN, occurred at about 1:30 a.m.

He explained that the two occupants of the vehicle, the driver and conductor, both adult males, died on the spot, adding that no injury was recorded.

According to him, eyewitnesses said the bus lost control due to speeding, hit a road barrier, and somersaulted.

Akinbiyi further said the vehicle, which was conveying live chicks, had been towed by the Ibafo Motor Traffic Division of the Police for further investigation.

He added that the remains of the victims had been deposited at the Divine Touch Hospital morgue in Ibafo by operatives of TRACE, the police, and the Ogun State Emergency Services (OGSAES).

He noted that traffic was briefly affected during the rescue operation but was later restored through the efforts of TRACE and the police.

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Court Sentences Man To Death For Killing Son

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18 hours ago

January 9, 2026

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The Kano State High Court has sentenced Abubakar Alhaji Sabo to death by hanging after finding him guilty of killing his newborn son.

The Kano State Government prosecuted Sabo before the court on charges of culpable homicide and causing grievous harm.

He was accused of force-feeding the infant with a local insecticide known as ‘fiya-fiya’, resulting in the child’s death.

Sabo killed the baby after the mother, his girlfriend, refused to obey his instruction to kill the child to avoid the shame of fathering a child out of wedlock.

Following the incident, he was also found guilty of striking the girlfriend’s father on the head with a brick after he caught Sabo poisoning the baby.

During the trial, the prosecution counsel, Barrister Safiya Yalwati Yahaya, presented three witnesses, while the defendant testified in his own defence.

After reviewing the evidence presented by both parties, Justice Aisha Yau, who presided over the case, found him guilty of infanticide and sentenced him to death by hanging.

The court also imposed an additional three-year prison sentence for causing grievous harm.

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Nine Kwara Victims: Kidnappers Insist On N300m Ransom

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18 hours ago

January 9, 2026

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No progress has been recorded on the bandits demand for N300m ransom for the release of nine victims abducted in Adanla community of Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara state on Boxing Day, December 26, 2025.

Coordinator of the Joint Security Watch for Kwara South Senatorial District, Zubair Olaitan, disclosed this on Wednesday.

According to DAILY POST, the bandits have so far made three contacts with the community leaders that “if the N300m is not paid, the victims will not be released.”

The bandits seized the nine victims in an attempt to abduct the King of the community, and his wife on Boxing Day, but failed.

The King, David Olarinoye, was away to Igbaja town for a programme when the armed bandits invaded his community.

The bandits, however, later seized nine other victims in the community and marched them to the bush.

While seven victims were abducted at the palace of the King, two others were captured on their way to the bush.

Following the abduction, the bandits demanded a N300m for the release of the abducted victims, resisting any negotiations for reduction of the ransom.