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Over 600 Women Benefit From Empowerment Programme In Ondo

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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GTBank Loses Bid To Reclaim MKO Son’s Lagos Mansion

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The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, has overturned a 2013 judgment of the Federal High Court, which allowed Guaranty Trust Bank Plc to foreclose on a N30bn 44-room mansion in Ikoyi, Lagos, belonging to Alhaji Agboola Abiola, son of the late business mogul and politician, Chief M.K.O. Abiola.

A Certified True Copy of the ruling in Appeal No. CA/L/888/2014, obtained by The PUNCH showed that the appellate court found significant discrepancies in the execution of the tripartite legal mortgage that GTBank relied on to secure the loan.

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The unanimous judgment, delivered by Justice Paul Aimee Bassi, with Justices Polycarp Kwahar and Abdulaziz Anka concurring, held that the trial court erred in failing to properly evaluate serious allegations of forgery and fraud raised by the appellants.

The appeal stemmed from a June 20, 2014, decision by the Federal High Court in Lagos, which granted reliefs sought by GTBank in a motion filed on April 8, 2014.

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Dissatisfied with the ruling, the appellants, represented by Dr Charles Adeogun-Phillips (SAN), filed a four-ground notice of appeal.

The main issues before the court included whether GTBank had the right to regularise its affidavit after the matter had been adjourned for judgment, whether the trial court rightly granted the bank’s reliefs, and whether a valid legal mortgage existed to justify the bank’s appointment of a receiver over the Ikoyi property.

In his lead judgment, Justice Bassi ruled that the mortgage instrument relied on by the bank was fundamentally flawed and incapable of conferring any right of foreclosure.

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While the first appellant, RCN Networks Ltd, acknowledged executing the deed, the second appellant, Agboola Abiola, denied signing it.

He claimed that the execution page bearing his signature had been fraudulently lifted from a different document and inserted into the mortgage deed.

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The appellants also accused GTBank of consolidating two separate loans one of N508m and another of N1bn without their consent.

They alleged that after liquidating the shares pledged as collateral under the N508m loan, the bank improperly attempted to use the same execution page to enforce the N1 bn loan.

Meanwhile, police investigations that were conducted yielded inconclusive results.

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In one of the reports, arbitration was recommended between the parties, while another dismissed the forgery allegations.

Nevertheless, the appellate court held that such reports could not resolve the lingering doubts surrounding the authenticity of the document in question.

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Justice Bassi noted several irregularities in the pagination of the deed.

The main pages were numbered from “2 of 9” to “9 of 9,” while the execution page carried the notation “11 of 17,” indicating that it was likely sourced from an entirely different document.

He criticised the trial court for overlooking these anomalies and focusing solely on the interpretation of Clause 6 of the mortgage deed.

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According to the appellate court, a document whose authenticity is in dispute cannot form the basis for adjudicating parties’ rights and obligations.

Justice Bassi held: “The lower court erred by ruling on a document whose authenticity was seriously in question. This appeal succeeds.

“The judgment of the lower court dated June 20, 2014, is hereby set aside. Parties shall bear their respective costs.”
(PUNCH)

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Police Arrests Three Masterminds Of Abuja Kidnappings

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Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command have arrested three notorious kidnap suspects linked to a spate of deadly abductions in Abuja and neighbouring states.

According to a statement signed by the Force PPRO, Abuja Command, SP Josephine Adeh, on Thursday, the suspects, 27 years old Ya’u Shittu from Kaduna State; 30 years old Sale Usman from Niger State; and 28 years old Ibrahim Abdullahi from Abuja, were captured during sting operations carried out between June 13 and 18, 2025, in Kaduna, Niger, and Nasarawa states by the Command’s elite Scorpion Squad.

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The suspects, who have been on the Command’s wanted list, reportedly confessed to multiple kidnappings and murders, including the 2024 killing of a pastor in Mpape and the abduction of children in the same area where their father was shot dead. Police also tied them to the kidnapping of a woman for whom N10 million was paid in ransom, with each gang member pocketing N500,000.

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Adeh said the breakthrough followed “credible digital reconstructive intelligence” and was led by ACP Victor O. Godfrey.

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According to the police, Ibrahim Abdullahi, who also doubled as the gang’s arms supplier, led officers to a hideout in Bukuru, Nasarawa State on June 18. Upon arrival, the police team was met with gunfire from other gang members, prompting a shootout.

Abdullahi attempted to flee but was shot and rearrested. Other gang members escaped and are currently being pursued,” the statement added.

Exhibits recovered from the scene included a long knife and various charms.

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FCT Commissioner of Police, CP Ajao S. Adewale, commended the bravery of the Scorpion Squad and reassured residents of the Command’s commitment to public safety. He urged citizens to remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity to security operatives.

This is a major blow to violent crime in the FCT. We are determined to rid our communities of criminal elements,” he said.

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The suspects remain in custody as investigations continue. Meanwhile, police have intensified efforts to track and arrest the fleeing members of the gang.
(PUNCH)

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FG Closes Case In Alleged Terrorism Trial Against Nnamdi Kanu

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The Federal Government, on Thursday, closed its case in the ongoing trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in the allegations bordering on terrorism and treason.

The FG’s lawyer, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, announced this after the 5th prosecution witness (PW-5), identified as EEE for security reasons, was led in evidence and cross-examined by Kanu’s lawyer, Onyechi Ikpeazu, before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja.

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Awomolo told the court that after calling five witnesses in the trial, the prosecution was satisfied that from the avalanche of evidence tendered, including the broadcast of activities of the leader of the IPOB, the government had sufficiently satisfied the need to close its case.

“I therefore close the case,” the senior lawyer said.

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After the announcement, the lead defence counsel, Chief Kanu Agabi, informed the court that they would be opting for a no-case submission, which would be filed in due course.
(NAN)

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