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ICT REMAINS A VERITABLE TOOL TO PROMOTE WOMEN AND GIRL-CHILD EMANCIPATION - AKEREDOLU

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 ICT REMAINS A VERITABLE TOOL TO PROMOTE WOMEN AND GIRL-CHILD EMANCIPATION - AKEREDOLU There is a large chance to change the narrative of women and the girl-child alike from being voiceless, deprived and disenfranchised, to being heard, valuable and formidable agents for development in the nation while leveraging Information and Communication Technology. This assertion was made by the Governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, SAN, CON, at the Second Quarter National Executive Council Meeting of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA Nigeria), held in Akure, with the theme:" Digital Environment: Understanding Digital Skills For The Overall Development of Women and children in Nigeria". The Governor who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Princess Catherine Oladunni Odu, described the theme as apt and timely, considering the State's effort at optimizing digitalisation in the delivery of services and operations, notin...
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   INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT: PTA DONATES TO FGGC INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT: PTA DONATES TO FGGC As part of efforts geared towards easing the usual congestion experienced by students of Federal Government Girls College, Akure, during meal period, the Parents Teachers Association has donated a 1500 capacity Dinning Hall to the school.  According to the Chairman of the  PTA, Comrade Eniola Olushola, the project which gave the school an infrastructural boost was completed within one and a half year. He stressed that food is essential to the growth of children and eating in an unconducive atmosphere may tamper with the assimilation level of a child.  He said the project would help complement the school's efforts on infrastructural development and consequently praised the school Director and Principal for her developmental strides in upholding the school's standard. He credited the success of the project to the supportive roles of the Director and Principal and p...

Adedoyin’s Death Sentence: How I Was Offered N71M To Withdraw Our Case – Late OAU Student’s Widow

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  Adedoyin’s Death Sentence: How I Was Offered N71M To Withdraw Our Case – Late OAU Student’s Widow The widow of late master’s student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile – Ife, Timothy Adegoke, said she rejected the N71 million offered to her to drop her pursuit of the prosecution of his murderers. The widow, Bolatito Adegoke said this in an interview with The Nation newspaper. Her husband went missing after lodging in Hilton Hotel in Ile-Ife, Osun State, on a trip for his post-graduate programme at the university. His body was later found in a shallow grave in a bush in Ile-Ife. The owner of the hotel, Rahmon Adedoyin and two members of his staff were convicted recently for the murder and sentenced to death by the Chief Judge of Osun State, Oyebola Ojo. Speaking after the judgement, Mrs. Adegoke said the case’s outcome rekindled her hope in the Nigerian judiciary. “I was once offered a bribe of N71 million to withdraw the case against Adedoyin, but I rejected it. They offered ...