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Over 600 Women Benefit From Empowerment Programme In Ondo

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6 years ago

January 30, 2020

Over six hundred women from Ondo West and East Local Governments of Ondo State have benefited from women empowerment programme; Women Advocacy and Economic Empowerment initiatives.

The event was organised by Dr. Rhoda Makinde Initiatives (DROMI), an NGO primarily dedicated to women empowerment.

The founder of DROMI, Dr Rhoda Makinde, said the programme was founded to bring women of diverse economic backgrounds together to educate, inform, and inspire attendees to take charge of their lives and contribute meaningfully to family, community, and society at large.

She said DROMI was created after observing the link between micro businesses and women’s self- empowerment in the state. 45% of Nigerian rural women cite financial struggles as hurdle keeping them from running their businesses.

The founder added that DROMI has helped many women start their micro businesses and become financially empowered.

Makinde noted instrument that was given to the beneciaries are 114 sewing machines, 99 grounding machines, 41 dryer, 2 mixer and cash will also be given to some beneficiaries.

Some of the items donated

According to her, this summit will include information on how to use micro loans and save effectively from local banker.

She said it is imperative that every woman be equipped with the skills they need in order to take care of themselves and their families.

Speaking earlier, the member, House of Representative Ondo East and West Federal constituencies, Hon. Abiola Makinde expressed joy, saying the empowerment will allow women to obtain their right in the society.

He enjoined the beneficiaries to make good use of the instrument given to them so that they can be good to themselves.

Hon. Makinde urged men to empower their wives so that they can also empower others.

Also speaking, the programme coordinator, Mrs Dupe Oluronbi said recognition of women’s contributions to economic and social development and of equality between men and women have increasing interest among policy-makers and development practitioners.

She noted that despite the improvement in gender awareness worldwide, data on women’s work and economic contribution have remained far.

Oluronbi added that evidence and experience have shown that in many African countries including Nigeria, women have been abused, marginalized.

She said discrimination and denied against women’s rights in most aspects of human endeavours. The situation is worse for the rural women who have low literacy level and, have become mere tools in the hands of their husbands.

According to her, the need to empower women especially the poor rural women, is fundamental to economic development in Nigeria, saying this summit attempts to point out the need to empower Nigerian women for economic development.

She said women perform enormous tasks in their families and the society at large, adding that they have been oppressed and relegated to the background.

Oluronbi further said that women have not been fully involved in decision making to enable them contribute their own quota in national development. Inaccessibility to health, education and particularly in the planning process have hindered women development.

She posited that violence and abuse of women have also posed a great threat to the self esteem of women, saying the full potential and place is rightly in the sphere of human development.

She said that micro finance interventions will empower and stimulate women to achieve food security and economic empowerment.

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Police Bust Kidnap Ring, Rescue 23 Foreigners, Arrest 14 Suspects Near Abuja

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7 hours ago

November 1, 2025

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The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has dismantled a transnational kidnapping syndicate that demanded N230 million ransom from foreign nationals lured into Nigeria under the guise of lucrative job offers.

Operatives of the command’s Scorpion Squad launched the sting operation around 8 p.m. on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, at Angwan Adamu Ruga Fulani Zone B, Riverside, Ado Mararaba, Nasarawa State, a border community near Abuja.

Fourteen suspected kidnappers were arrested and 23 foreign nationals rescued in the process.

According to police findings, the victims, all West African nationals, were deceived into travelling to Nigeria by a criminal network posing as employment recruiters.

Upon arrival, the victims were held captive, and the kidnappers demanded ransom from their families via WhatsApp and other online platforms.

FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, said on Friday that investigations identified the ringleader as Abubakar Jigiba, a suspected notorious cross-border criminal with known residences in Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali and Nigeria.

The syndicate, she explained, demanded four million CFA francs (about N10 million) per person, a total ransom demand of N230 million.

Adeh confirmed that efforts are ongoing to track down the principal suspect, Abubakar Jigiba, and his brother, Sougule Zoubere, both of whom remain at large.

She said: “In a major breakthrough against kidnapping and human trafficking, operatives of the FCT Police Command’s Scorpion Squad have successfully arrested fourteen (14) suspected kidnappers and rescued twenty-three (23) victims, all foreign nationals, from captivity.

“The intelligence-led operation took place at about 8 p.m. on Tuesday, 21st October 2025, at Angwan Adamu Ruga Fulani Zone B, Riverside, Ado Mararaba, Nasarawa State.

“The operation followed a report indicating that several foreign nationals had been lured into Nigeria under the pretext of lucrative job offers. Upon arrival, they were held hostage by their abductors, who demanded ransom payments from their families via WhatsApp and other online platforms.

“Preliminary investigation revealed that the syndicate is coordinated by one Abubakar Jigiba, a transnational criminal kingpin with known residences in Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali and Nigeria. His younger brother, Sougule Zoubere, handles the recruitment, kidnapping and smuggling of victims from Mali into Nigeria, where they are detained pending ransom payments. The group demanded four million CFA (N10,000,000) for each victim.

“Further investigations revealed that the victims were trafficked into the country through illegal border routes in a journey lasting about three days. They were subsequently confined in two fortified two-bedroom apartments under inhumane conditions.

“Acting on actionable digital and reconstructive intelligence, the Scorpion Squad traced the hideout to the above address, where a total of twenty-three (23) victims — fourteen (14) males, eight (8) females and one (1) child — were rescued unhurt, except one who sustained a minor ear injury and has been taken to the National Hospital, Abuja, for treatment.”

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Woman Begs Court Not To Grant Husband’s Prayer For Divorce

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8 hours ago

November 1, 2025

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A housewife, Fauziya Ibrahim, has begged an Area Court in Ilorin, Kwara State, not to grant her husband, Hamza Musbau’s prayer of divorce.

She told the court that she does not want her marriage dissolved.

“I have been married to my husband for 16 years and I want to remain in this marriage,” she told the court.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),Earlier, Hamza prayed for divorce on grounds of lack of love and affection.

The judge, Mr Toyin Aluko, said that on the strength of the provisions of the Holy Quran, Almighty Allah allows a wife to seek for settlement, just as divorce is allowed.

He, therefore, advised Fauziya to try her best to make peace and settle any misunderstanding between them.

Aluko adjourned the case.

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Woman Seeks Divorce Over Alleged Abandonment, Abuse

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8 hours ago

November 1, 2025

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A married woman, Love Thomas, has dragged her husband, Joshua, before an upper Customary Court sitting in Kaduna, Kaduna State, over alleged abandonment and violence.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the complainant’s lawyer, Victoria Omajawu prayed the court to dissolve their marriage on the grounds of abandonment.

She also prayed the court to restrain the defendant from threatening and disturbing her client’s peace or tranquility.

The defendant was however not in court.

The judge, Mrs Patience Musa, adjourned the case.