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Bordeaux Down Racing At ‘Community Hall’

November 30, 2019 2:16 pm

Bordeaux-Begles defeated Racing92 on the road for the first time in 12 years on Saturday to maintain their second place in the French Top 14 table.

Both sides ran in four tries each but Matthieu Jalibert’s greater accuracy with the boot proved crucial in a 34-30 win which kept Bordeaux on the shoulder of leaders Lyon.

Fiji winger Semi Radradra grabbed two tries for Bordeaux while New Zealand-born French international flyer Virimi Vakatawa also scored twice.

Both men were, however, also yellow carded.

Victory was especially sweet for Bordeaux coach Cristophe Urios who had described Racing’s ultra-modern, multi-sport Paris La …

Panic In Anambra Community As Fuel Tanker Falls, Spills

November 29, 2019 6:55 am

There was panic at the tollgate axis of Ogbunike community, Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State when a tanker laden with Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) fell into a gutter and spilled its content.

This came not too long after similar incident at Ochanja Market in Onitsha. In the Onitsha incident, lives and properties were lost as the spilled content caught fire and razed many shops and humans including a mother and child.

It was not clear what led to the latest accident but people within the vicinity fled the scene for safety.

Confirming the development, Police Public Relations

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INEC Cancels Election In Bayelsa Community Over Violence

November 16, 2019 12:32 pm

Voting has been cancelled in Ologi (Ward 03) of Ogbia Local Government Area (LGA), a senior electoral official has said, following a violent incident that included “seizing” of an electoral official.

The official, Ukuachukwu Orji, who is the INEC supervisory resident electoral commissioner for Ogbia LGA, said members of the Ologi community forcibly prevented election in the riverine area.

“As our people (electoral officers) were coming into the community after crossing the river, they seized them and the materials and burnt all the materials.”

“They chased our people away and seized some but the military rescued them.”

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Road To Douye Diri’s Community Flooded

November 16, 2019 9:17 am

Electoral officials, journalists conveyed by canoes

Road to the polling unit of Peoples Democratic Party Governorship Candidate, in Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, was flooded forcing Electoral observers and journalists to access the area by canoes.

Residents heading for Diri’s Unit 4 ward 6 in Sampou, Kolokuma-Opokuma Local Government Area, also patronised canoe paddlers, who collected N50 each from them to convey them to the unit.

Read Also: Jonathan Decries Late Arrival Of Election Materials

Electoral officers and ad-hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were conveyed through the flooded road to the unit by Hilux vans.…

Oando Foundation Partners Firm To Develop Community School

November 13, 2019 1:57 am

The Oando Foundation, through its Adopt-a-school initiative and OVH Energy, a licensee of the Oando retail brand have expressed their commitment to improving infrastructural deficiencies in public primary schools by upgrading facilities in its adopted school, Model Primary School, Ekara Onne, Rivers State.

The partnership comes on the heels of both organisation’s efforts to foster the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal Four (SDG4) on basic education, designed to ensure a holistic improvement of public primary schools and access to quality education that will impact positively on learning outcomes.

The Head of Oando Foundation, Mrs. Adekanla Adegoke said it leverages …

Hausa Community In Delta Demands Security ID Cards

Hausa Community In Delta Demands Security ID Cards

October 23, 2019 5:09 pm

The Hausa community in Ibusa, Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State, have requested for identity cards as a step towards curbing security challenges in the area.

They made the request at a community stakeholders’ meeting convened by the leadership of the youths in the area.

The meeting came on the heels of the invasion of Azagba Mixed Secondary School in Issele-Azagba in neighbouring Aniocha North Local Government Area by gunmen who unsuccessfully attempted to kidnap five teachers.

Two persons reportedly died in the attack.

At the Ibusa meeting, stakeholders frowned at the perpetuation of crime under any guise, …

Igbo Community Living In Kogi Backs Bello Re-Election Bid

Igbo Community Living In Kogi Backs Bello Re-Election Bid

October 23, 2019 2:36 pm

The Igbo People in the central senatorial district of Kogi State have after their emergency meeting have unanimously endorsed Governor Yahaya Bello for the second term in office.

The socio-cultural organisation in its resolution said it had no alternative but to give massive support for the re-election of the governor because he had achieved so much in his first term

Speaking with our correspondent on phone, the president-general of the group, Chief Joseph Anikwe, said aside from the transformation of the state which the governor had carried out, he had also done well in the area of security.

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Kwara Pays ₦60m Counterpart Fund For Community Projects

Kwara Pays ₦60m Counterpart Fund For Community Projects

October 17, 2019 6:13 am

Kwara State Governor, Alhaji AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved ₦60 million counterpart funds to key into the World Bank-funded Community and Social Development Projects (CSDP) that will help attract development to rural areas.

The payment which was a requirement for any state to be considered for the initiative would enable the Kwara State Community and Social Development Agency (KWCDA) access over ₦1 billion to implement micro-projects in various communities that express interest and pay 10 percent of whatever project to be sited there.

A statement issued in Ilorin, that was signed by the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Planning and Economic Development …

A Youth Corps-Driven Community Development Initiative

A Youth Corps-Driven Community Development Initiative

October 8, 2019 4:10 pm

By: Chiamaka Ozulumba

With emphasis on the girl-child, some youth corps members of the Social Welfare and Education Group under Apapa Local Government Area (LGA), through its Community Development Service Initiative, recently embarked on the ‘Fearless and Speak-out’ campaign, which is sensitisation of teenagers about rape, child abuse and molestation, as well as ‘Give the Girl-child a Pad’, which tackles personal and menstrual hygiene.

The group in collaboration with the Apapa Local Government Council, Rehdors Logistics Solution Limited, Matsept Global Logistics and Blue Anchor Agency embarked on the sensitisation and educative program on rape, child abuse and molestation and …

Gunmen Kidnap Nine Persons In Pegi Community Of Abuja

Gunmen Kidnap Nine Persons In Pegi Community Of Abuja

October 8, 2019 3:02 pm

Gunmen clad in military camouflage violated the peace in Pegi resettlement community when they kidnapped nine persons during a brazing attack on the community, located in the Kuje Area Council, of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.

Members of the community, who confirmed the attack, said the kidnappers struck about 8 p.m. on Monday night.

They disclosed that some of the kidnappers had established contact with the families of some of the kidnapped persons, demanding ₦10 million ransom.

They said that one of the kidnapped persons included a 12-year-old boy.
The kidnappers were said to have cordoned off the community …

Kebbi Emir calls for more aids from EU, UNICEF in community

Kebbi Emir calls for more aids from EU, UNICEF in community

July 24, 2019 9:55 am

The Emir of Argungu, Alhaji Sama’ila Muhammad, has called for more engagement with the European Union and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in the area of community health development.

The emir made the call on Tuesday when he received a team from UNICEF, led by Rabiu Musa, UNICEF Communication Specialist, in his palace in Argungu, Kebbi state.

Muhammad, who commended the organisations for their various intervention programmes, said the intervention had transformed healthcare delivery system in most hard-to-reach communities in the state.

“Under the programme we have enjoyed a lot of extension and improvements in our facilities; from buildings to …

FCT community resorts to herbalists for healthcare

FCT community resorts to herbalists for healthcare

June 2, 2019 11:05 am

The residents  of Chibiri Community in Kuje Area Council have resorted to using herbalists for the treatment of their children due to lack of proper healthcare facility in the area.

The residents told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja that over the years they have lost children to seizure and other ailments.

Mrs Fatima Yusuf, a 52-year old female herbalist, said that she treated children in the community with herbs from herbalists.

“I treat children with seizure that parents bring here when they are almost dying and most times if they are taken to the hospital they …

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