Author: Tina George

ASHENEWS reports that Matrons and teachers who are employed as casual staff in some of the secondary schools across Niger state have lamented that the stipend of N5,000 being paid as monthly allowances to them is no longer sufficient to meet their needs in the current economic dispensation. Some of the matrons and teachers who met with the reporter in Minna spoke of their struggles to make ends meet on the meagre allowance as they struggle to support their families. The Matron and Teachers who spoke under the condition of anonymity to prevent victimization and sanction if they revealed themselves…

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In the United States of America (USA), preparations are in top gear in various parts for the total solar eclipse forecasted to occur on April 8. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the total solar eclipse will cross North America and pass over parts of Mexico, the central and eastern United States, and southeastern Canada.  The path of totality will first enter the United States in Texas, then pass through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. Cleveland and much of northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania will experience totality…

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ASHENEWS reports that Students of the Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida University (IBBU), Lapai have cried out over the extortion by water vendors and those who charge phones due to the unavailabllity of electricity and water. The students say they now buy a truck of 10 jerricans of water for N2,500, a bag of cold sachet water for N700, an iced block sachet water costs N200, one sachet of cold sachet water cost N50, a rubber paint bucket of water for N200, a jerricans of water between N300 to N400. For charging of phones, the students say they charge their phones for…

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ASHENEWS reports that the immediate past President of the Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) , Engineer Elizabeth Eterigho has challenged societal norms and advocated for women’s empowerment. Eterigho made this assertion at the Association of Professional Women Engineering Technologist (APWET) Seminar in Abuja and the International Women’s Day event organized by the National Council of Women Societies (NCWS) in Minna to commemorate the 2024 International Women Day. At the APWET Seminar in Abuja, Eterigho advocated for the recognition and empowerment of innovative women as catalysts for societal transformation highlighting the gender biases that hinder women from fully…

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