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NGO Advises Students On Casual Sex
Students in tertiary institutions have been advised to shun unprotected or causal sex on campus, to avoid contractive the dreaded HIV/AIDS. Speaking in an interactive session with some students of the Rivers State College of Arts and Science, Rumuola Port Harcourt, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in collaboration with Development Support Actins (DSA) and The Society for Healthy Living made this statement in a youth development progrmame tagged “Focus Group Discussion.” According to the spokesperson Mrs Emitia Obitor, the programme which is geared towards the “Development of “Strategic Plans for HIV/ADIS in Rivers State,” is looking forward to establishing its development centres in various tertiary institutions and corporate organisations in the state. In an interactive session with the students to determine the index rate of HIV/AIDS on campus which some students rated high due to lack of sex education amongst students while others turned it down with emphasis on effective awareness campaign carried out by various government/Non Governmental Organisations within and outside the state. The students were also educated on the HIV/ADIS virus and other sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), its symptoms, prevention and the uses of anti-riteroviral drugs by pregnant women who have tested positive in order to prevent the unborn child from being infected. Chnwi Ate
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Rivers Judiciary Denies Issuing Court Order Stopping SOLAD from Swearing in RSCSC Members
The Rivers State Judiciary has denied a media report claiming that Justice Frank Onyiri of the State High Court issued an injunction order restraining the Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd), from inaugurating the newly appointed members of the Rivers State Civil Service Commission (RSCSC).
In a statement issued by the Deputy Chief Registrar in charge of litigation at the High Court, Menenen Poromon (Esq), the state Judiciary disassociated itself from the report, describing it as malicious and fabricated.
The statement emphasized that the report was a falsehood and a misrepresentation of what transpeared in the court.
Poromon clarified that no such order was issued by Justice Onyiri or any other judge of the High Court of the state and urged the public to disregard the information, as it lacked any iota of truth.
The statement however advised the public to verify any information concerning the state Judiciary directly from the office of the Chief Registrar, High Court of the State, to avoid spreading of misinformation.