Women Empowerment Education and Peace Building Initiative September, 2022 Newsletter.
Insecurity: Five soldiers, one other killed by gunmen in Anambra state
Five soldiers and one unidentified civilian were feared dead, yesterday, at Umunze in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State, when gunmen opened fire on them. The victims were in a Toyota Sienna bus when the gunmen, who hid opposite a new generation bank in the town, opened fire…
Crime: Police arrest herbalist in possession of human fibroid
At Apata community, Eyenkorin area of Ilorin metropolis, a 40-year-old herbalist with the name Gabriel Ojo, has been caught for allegedly being in possession of a human fibroid for ritual. The Kwara State Police command has arraigned the suspect before the state magistrate court. The Police revealed that, the secretary…
Insecurity: Nigerian musician murdered by unknown gunmen alongside his producer and two others
Chop Boii, an Abuja based singer has been murdered together with his producer and others in a house in the Gwarimpa area of Abuja. Chop Boii, who is also known as Sempe, was reportedly in the house with his producer, a friend, and his producer’s girlfriend when some unidentified gunmen…
WEPBI: Celebration rocks Abor community as Igwe Agodom 111 inaugurates nine women into his cabinet and seven into town union executive
The palace of H.R.H.Igwe Chukwudi Ngwudile, Agbodom the third and Chinemeze 1 of Abor, in Udi Local government area of Enugu state on the 10th of September, 2022, was filled with people from all walks of life to witness the grand occasion and inauguration of some women who were selected…
British-Nigerian woman, Kemi Badenoch, appointed into British Cabinet.
The just appointed United Kingdom Prime Minister, Liz Truss, has appointed British-Nigerian Member of Parliament Kemi Badenoch as a member of her cabinet. Earlier in July, Keni Badenoch had vied for the office of the British PM as a member of the Conservative Party and made it to the top…
August Newsletter
Women Empowerment Education and Peace Building Initiative (WEPBI) August, 2022 Newsletter.
Insecurity: Gunmen set ablaze houses, shops in Imo
Houses and shops in some parts of Izombe in the Ogutal local government area of Imo state was on Thursday evening were set ablaze by gunmen. According to an eye eyewitness from the area, the incident started happening from 4:30 pm till 7:30 pm in Izombe. At the time of…
Meet Roman Hood, the first ever black women CEO of FedEx
Ramona Hood, the newest CEO at FedEx, is the first Black woman to take the lead in the company’s history. Hood, who was formerly the company’s Vice President of operations, strategy, and planning, has specifically been promoted to both President and CEO of FedEx Custom Critical, which provides same-day and overnight…
Update: Four kidnapped Imo Rev. Sisters regain freedom
The earlier kidnapped four Catholic church Reverend Sisters in Imo state by unidentified gunmen at Okigwe-Umulolo axis in Okigwe local government area of the state have been freed on. The Secretary-General of Sisters Of Jesus The Saviour (Generalate), Zita Ihedoro disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri. The Reverend Sisters were…
Suspected gunmen kidnap four Rev. Sisters in Imo state
Gunmen causing mayhem in some parts of southeast have abducted four Reverend Sisters of the Catholic Church in Imo State. The development was contained in a statement issued by the Secretary-General of the Sisters of Jesus the Savior, Sister Zita Ihedoro. The statement identified the abductees as sisters Johannes Nwodo,…
Women in traditional cabinet councils recount their experiences and success as WEPBI trains them on leadership capacity
Leadership they say is full of experiences, lessons, success, and sometimes a lot of struggle to meet up with the demand and manage the need of the people. At a one-day training in Enugu as organized by Women Empowerment Education and Peace Building Initiative (WEPBI), in line with the Women…
Insecurity: Commercial motorcyclist killed by gunmen in Imo
On Tuesday, an assailant killed a commercial motorcyclist at Ogbaku market on Owerri- Onitsha Road in Owerri, Imo State. It was gathered that the gunmen who were eight in number operated in a red sienna vehicle and came from the Oguta road. Kelechi Iwuagwa and eyewitness said that the incident…
Man hacks wife with cutlass in Rivers over female lover
A family man identified as Chima, and his girlfriend, have allegedly hacked his wife at Omerelu community, in the Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was gathered that the misunderstanding started when the wife, with name, Wakaego, confronted him for bringing his girlfriend to their home on Monday,…
Abductors demand N50m as another Catholic priest got kidnapped
Another Catholic Priest has been kidnapped by suspected gunmen along Leru Junction, Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State axis of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway. Reverend Father Chinedu Nwadike, the Deputy Registrar of Spiritan University, Nneochi (SUN), Umunneochi LGA, was reportedly abducted alongside a seminarian, on their way to Enugu…