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Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has expressed his heartfelt appreciation to his wife, Amina Bello, for spearheading the reconstruction of a fully equipped clinic and school for the Eika-Ohizenyi community in Okehi Local Government Area. Mrs Bello, the founder of the Hayat Foundation, unveiled the reconstruction projects on Monday.  During the inauguration of the projects, Governor Bello issued a challenge to other privileged citizens, urging them to contribute their resources to foster community development. The projects were unveiled to commemorate the 16th birthday of the Governor's son, Hayatula Bello, in whose name the Hayat Foundation was established. The projects include the Eika-Ohizenyi community clinic and the Al-Dabiya Primary and Secondary School, both located within the community. Governor Bello praised the vision of the school's founders, who initially conceived and operated it as an Islamic school before expanding to offer both Islamic and Western education. ...

The Rivers State Government has shutdown the operations of Africa Independent Television, AIT, and Raypower FM in Port Harcourt. It also demolished the TV station alongside the Raypower FM owned by Daar Communication. "The operations were shutdown in an invasion operation by telecommunications engineers contracted by the State Government who were accompanied by armed security operative."AIT said in a statement on its website. "The contractors disconnected the wave guard from the antenna on the mast while riggers were seen dismantling the mast. Meanwhile, bulldozers were also deployed by the Rivers State Government to demolish the Transmitter Complex at the DAAR Communications PLC Broadcast Centre in Port Harcourt. Management of the Company has been taken by surprise following the sudden turn of events as efforts were in top gear to resolve issues with the State Government amicably but the no notice incident is a heavy source of concern." Some of officials of the t...