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  The National Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Betta Edu, has continued her advocacy for women seeking elective offices in the forthcoming general election with a call on the Chinese Government to deliberately draw up support as the country’s contributions towards deepening democracy in Nigeria. Dr Edu disclosed this at a roundtable hosted by the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency, CUI Jianchun, aimed at creating a symphony between political parties in Nigeria and the Communist party in China for shared experiences.  She restated the resolve of the APC to continually mainstream women and includes them in playing significant roles in governance and nation building. The women leader also acknowledged the unique roles women had played in the past and in the current dispensation, but argued that women’s capacities can be further enhanced if they get the needed support from both the Chinese Government and other developmental partners. She stated: ...

  BY DOMINIC KIDZU  The Vice Chancellor of University of Calabar, Professor Florence Obi has disclosed that her university has the highest number of abandoned projects in Nigeria before she took over the mantle of leadership. Professor Obi said this to me during an exclusive conversation in her office recently, adding that these projects included the faculty of Allied Medical Sciences, the new Faculty of Law building, three hostels, one of which is abandoned by the NDDC amongst others.  Enumerating the challenges she encountered upon assuming office as Vice Chancellor, Obi stated that resistance of staff and students to the new regime of academic discipline and zero tolerance for corruption were big issues in her first year of service. "Gradually people are beginning to see reason why we should do things differently, while the reading culture which had almost completely disappeared is returning, as we gradually began to have full study classes on the campus at night, just...

   BY BEATRICE AKPALA      One of the emerging political forces in Nigeria today is unarguably the National Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Betta  Edu. Just within a very remarkably short span in office, she has ably demonstrated her total commitment to the emancipation of the Nigerian female politicians, whose lot has been greatly improved by her political sagacity and individual drive. With a knack for excellent service even while she served as the Director General of the Cross River State Primary HealthCare Development Agency and later as Commissioner for Health, Dr. Betta Edu has continuously demonstrated a very humanistic spirit of service and the desire to improve the people's lot especially the woman folk.      It was this excellent record of service that brought her into political and national limelight and subsequently her recent emergence as one of the top notchers of the All Progressives Congress (APC)....

  The All Progressive Congress (APC) National Women Leader, Dr Betta Edu, has congratulated Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his emergence as the Presidential flag bearer of the party.   In a statement on Thursday, Dr Betta stated that the emergence of Tinubu as Presidential flag bearer is well deserved, and that his immense contribution to building APC and the nation at large has paid off, assuring him of the massive support of the women's wing of the APC. Edu, a former Health Commissioner in Cross River State, added that Asiwaju Tinubu has clearly proven that investment in human capital development, good governance, experience,  and wide networks are necessary ingredients for political advancements, adding that his drive, commitment, determination and effort towards women empowerment have been exceptional.  The statement reads in parts: "It gives me great honour and pleasure to congratulate His Excellency, Sen. Ahmed Bola Tinubu  on his victory from the just conclude...

 THE GOVERNOR IS THE LEADER, WHEN HE COMMANDS I OBEY - DR JAKE OTU ENYIA  By Dominic Kidzu Reporting.  When in the end the Governor and leader of the party, Senator (Prof) Ben Ayade asked him to withdraw from the race and endorse his own political son, Victor Abang, Jake bowed in obeisance, went home, cried a few drops of tears and did exactly as he was told. He blessed the one they call Mature and sent him on his way to Abuja to represent the good people of Ikom/Boki Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, bringing to a close the fratricidal war that had raged among sundry brothers and a single sister for three unforgettable days.  The contest for the national assembly ticket was an epic battle of gargantuan ramifications, especially so because the gladiators were almost evenly matched in terms of political resume, access to the Governor and war chest. Not a pretty penny was spared in the runnup to the diadem as the strong men tried to outdo, outpay and outwi...