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Organisers of National Women’s Dialogue have unveiled the hashtag for the 2019 edition of the event. According to the organisers, the use of social media will expand the publicity reach. “The chosen hashtag is #TheNigeriaWomenWant,” the Communication Chair, NWD 2019, Mary Ikoku, said in a statement.  The statement read, "We are launching the hashtag to push home our demands.  “The National Women’s Dialogue 2019 is themed 'The Nigeria We Want', and we have adopted this hashtag to create awareness for the upcoming event. "The hashtag, #TheNigeriaWomenWant, is meant to announce the upcoming  three-day dialogue, scheduled to hold at the National Centre for Women Development (NCWD), Abuja from November 27 to 29.” It added, "The conference, tagged WOMANIFESTO ‘19, is to bring women together to dialogue and come up with a charter of demand on issues affecting women and children in the country. "Delegates will be drawn from women gr

The USM Company has launched a YouTube channel to engage children with beneficial videos. “The USM Kids channel will feature a variety of programmes that are of interest and benefits to the target audience,” the company said in a statement. USM, producers of the ‘USM Show with Ufuoma’, says the channel can be assessed via  www.youtube.com/c/usmkids According to the company, the new channel will help to engage children positively. They said the channel would also assist to correct the negative narratives about children's use of social media. One of directors of the USM company,  Ufuoma McDermott, said part of the things to be taught on the channel were African culture and norms. McDermott said the USM understood the important roles of culture in the upbringing of children and would not deny children access to such on their channel. "The idea behind the USM Kids channel is to use media to engage kids in fun and general learning but also su

*Commends Ugwuanyi’s support *Says airport will be best in the country The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, Thursday said that the Federal Government has mobilized the contractor (PW) handling the reconstruction and rehabilitation  of the runway and other facilities in the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, to site, preparatory to commencement of work. It will be recalled that the Enugu airport was closed barely three months ago for the repairs of the runway and other renovations, following concerns raised about the safety of lives and property. Addressing newsmen after a meeting with Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State at the Government House, Enugu, the Minister of Aviation, stated that he was in the state alongside the Managing Director of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Capt. Hamisu Rabiu Yadudu, the Chairman, House Committee on Aviation, Hon. Nnoli Nnaji and others, to interact with the contractor “to see the level of prepar

Building on the success of the first two years of the FC Bayern Youth Cup in Nigeria, VOE Foundation has  announced plans for the hosting of  the third edition of the tournament,  beginning from  November 2019 to January 2020. The FC Bayern Youth Cup is an international tournament series held in different countries around the world with the best 10 players selected to represent each participating country at the world finals at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany. The 2020 tournament VOE Foundation said, "is open to boys born between 1st January 2004 and 31st December 2005. Director of the tournament in  Nigerian, and VOE Foundation representative, Mr. Victor Obinna Edeh, made this known in a press statement made available to sports writers yesterday in Enugu  about the success recorded so far and plans for the 2020 edition, According to the statement, : “We are delighted at the impact the tournament is having on the young players in Nigeria, we have a pool