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  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...

  Bearly two (2) Months in office, the National Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr Betta Edu has achieve great feat in the women wing of the party, she congratulates all Female Flag bearers flagging the party ticket on their emergence as winners of the just concluded Governorship, State/ Federal House of Assembly and the Senate primaries election held on 26th – 27th May, 2022. She expressed her overwhelming joy and thanks to God Almighty through her correspondence as results triggered in with good representation of Female Candidates emergence. She also extends her gratitude to wife of the President Dr. Aisha Buhari for her relentless effort in leading the push and mainstreaming women into politics and governance as she thanked the past leaders of the women wing noting that their efforts had not been in vain. In her word she reiterate: “What a way to celebrate two months in office as National Women Leader… this Joy is plenty ohhhhh… God we thank you! Our mother D...

 APC National Women Leader, Dr. Aisha Buhari host summit for over 700 APC female Aspirants.   Her Excellency Dr Aisha Buhari, The First Lady of Nigeria, in collaboration with All Progressives Congress and Office of the National Women Leader, on Saturday, hosted over 700 APC Female Aspirants Summit at the State House Banquet Hall. In an opening remark by APC National Women Leader, Dr. Betta Edu, she expressed her gratitude and thanked the Wife of the President, Her Excellency Dr Aisha for her doggedness, for giving women the support, voice and confidence to come out and run for elective positions. She expressed her gratitude to the First Lady, for always being at the forefront fighting the women course and emancipating them while taking care of the core needs of women and children through the project Future Assured. She advised all APC women to support one another, stating that they gain nothing bringing down one another. The First lady Dr. Aisha Buhari in her speech advised an...

  The National Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Betta Edu on Tuesday, distributed food items to  the disabled colony in Karamajiji, Abuja, to commemorate the 2022 Eid-el-Fitr celebration. Dr Edu, while addressing them, said the Women Wing of the APC came to celebrate with them after a long fast. She urged them to come out and run for elective positions, get elected and empower their community. The APC National Women Leader, stated that people living with disability contribute immensely to the growth of our nation Nigeria, and the APC government will continue to stand behind them and support them to get to their full potential. She said the party recognise all persons living with disability, and that President Muhammadu Buhari has led by example, stating that he loves the disabled, and has strengthened them with policies, with a commission. Dr Edu noted that over 20 years, the disability bill was not signed, but he has signed it. Also, the wife of the pre...

Women have a divine sense of intuition, the sixth sense. They are the true strength of our democratic change from hopelessness to hopefulness. Today, as we move from dashed hope into the realm of great expectation under Dr Betta Edu, the  APC National Women Leader, it must be emphasized that the work of Party building is for all and not for Dr Betta Edu and her NWL members alone. Nigeria is a successful nation because of the hard work, creativity and enterprise of our women, who participated in every battle for change by lending their voices. An exemplary is Dr Betta Edu who has within a short space of 3 weeks from assumption of office is putting up a leadership training workshop for APC Zonal and State Women Leaders and Stakeholders themed "Setting Progressive Agenda for the Newly Elected Leadership of the APC Women Wing"  Apart from facilitating the Workshop, the APC National Women Leader has ensured that Nomination Forms is totally free for Women running on the platform of...

    The newly-elected National Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Betta Edu, has said that her primary focus in office will be her total commitment to the mainstreaming and recognition of Nigerian women in every sphere of the nation's polity.    She made this point during an interaction with Nigerian women who came out en masse to mark her first day in office at the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress. Dr. Edu noted that the Nigerian women's quest for political recognition has been such a herculean task despite their great antecedents and valued contributions to nation-building due largely to the fact that their opportunities are gravely limited, noting that if more opportunities are given to the women, they wouldn't see each other as threats and begin to tear each other down. According to her, Nigeria will be better positioned for the much desired national growth and integration if the female gender occupies sensitive position...

  BREAKING NEWS ...... In Preparation for the Forthcoming National Convention slated for the 26th of March 2022, the South South Progressive Women has endorsed Dr Mrs Betta Edu as the best Candidate for the National Women Leader Position. Speaking today Sunday 20th of March 2022 in Port Harcourt during their General Meeting, the National Coordinator of the Group Chief Mrs Patricia Okeyegema Okiogha thanked the Party for Zoning the Office of National Women Leader to Cross River State and also appreciate the Cross River State Chapter of APC for arriving at Dr Mrs Betta Edu as the Consensus Candidate for the Position. In her Words, Dr Mrs Betta Edu is a Young and Pragmatic Woman who is always ready to give her Best in what ever Assignment she is given in and outside her State. She has always shown Seriousness and Sagacity and she is very Competent for the Position of the Party's National Women Leader and she would make us Proud. Also Speaking, the National Secretary of the Organizatio...

  MY LOYALTY AND SUPPORT IS FOR AYADE COME 2023 The Special Asssistant to the Governor on Security, Yakurr, Mr Cyril Omini says the decision to dump the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC) by the Governor remains one of the best decision the governor has taken in the life of his administration. Mr Omini who stated this in Calabar during a chat with reporters said the governor’s decision is one of the smartest/genuine move to be undertaken by any State Governor in recent times. According to him, a state that is at the bottom in terms of Federal allocation cannot continue to be in the opposition to the detriment of the people. “See guys, lets tell ourselves the truth. Anybody who thinks well of Governor Ayade and desires the success of his administration would not afford to query or pick holes with his decision to defect to the APC. For the Governor to achieve his lofty vision for the State, he needs the support of the centre”. On the claim by memb...

     Urhobo youths have threatened to storm the Aso rock Villa if President Muhammadu Buhari fails to inaugurate the Niger Delta Development Commission Board within the twenty-one-day ultimatum given it by the Youths Leaders’ Recall that the NDDC board has been screened and approved by the Nigerian Senate Leader of the youths, Comrade Bezi Ighotegwolor made the assertion in a chat with newsmen during a peaceful protest organized by the UYLC along the Agbarho section of the East-West road in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State.   He warned that if his call and those of the UYLC are not met, the youths will have no option than to occupy the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja, the Capital of Nigeria in the next few days Comrad John Otu Eshua   johnotu2@gmail.com       09024728507

  PRESS RELEASE.  29/12/2020. Determined to maintain effective peace and security in Yakurr LGA, the Executive Chairman of Yakurr LGA,Hon.Ofem Ebri Obeten, today being 29/12/2020. held end of year security meeting with the Security Chiefs in Yakurr LGA, with a view to effectively maintain Peace and Security in the Area especially in this festive period. He futher commended the security Chiefs and their men for being proactive in their official assignment  which is the reason behind the peaceful coexistence of the people   in Yakurr LGA. While wishing all the people of Yakurr LGA, within and Outside a prosperous New Year 2021and a save celebration. He appealed to the people to play save while celebrating the new Season and maintain Covid-19 Protocol. Eno Eno Edet, CPS to Executive Chairman, Yakurr LGA.

  The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) on Wednesday called off its strike, ending a protracted industrial action that started since March 2020. ASUU National President, Biodun Ogunyemi made the announcement during a briefing of the union in Abuja, explaining that the development followed consultations with its National Executive Council (NEC). More Details later…

  During the emergency meeting of All Progressives Congress (APC) National Executive Committee (NEC) at the State House, Abuja, a prominent South-west governor put Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila on the spot, for allowing the motion summoning the president to appear before Lawmakers to pass. According to our correspondent, Buhari was advised to ignore the invitation. In the same vein Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, said the party had decided that Buhari should not appear at the National Assembly tomorrow. Gbajabiamila reportedly interjected and said that it would be the president’s prerogative to determine whether to honour the summon or not.

   Officials of Hisbah in Kano State on Friday conducted a door-to-door search at Hills and Valley, a holiday and relaxation resort located at Dawakin Kudu, Kano metropolis. It was gathered that staff of the resort were made to take Hisbah personnel round all parts of the building. During the search, operatives of the Islamic security outfit searched all rooms and spaces to detect 'sinners’. Despite condemnation from Nigerians, Hisbah group has continued its push for Islamic agenda in the North. The agency established to enforce Sharia law in some states in the region recently banned stylish haircuts, sagging of trousers, playing of music at social events by disk jockeys and seizing tricycle from riders for adorning them with pictures considered to be obscene and against the tenents of Islam. Hisbah also banned commercial motorcycle and tricycle riders from carrying two women at a time. This was in addition to other unusual directives reeled out by the Islamic police. Hisbah r...

  # Yakubu Gowon, a former military head of state, has described allegations that he looted half of the Central Bank of Nigeria as “rubbish”. A member of the UK Parliament, Tom Tugendhat, made the claims during a debate on the Lekki tollgate shootings of protesters. Speaking at the UK parliament committee debate on a petition on the #EndSARS crisis, Tugendhat had urged the UK to call out corruption and use its powers to stop who profit from Nigeria’s wealth and hide it in foreign countries. “Some people will remember when General Gowon left Nigeria with half of the Central Bank, so it is said, and moved to London,” he said. However, in an interview with the BBC, Gowon described the allegations as “rubbish”. He said: “What the MP said is rubbish. I don’t know where he got that rubbish from. I served Nigeria diligently and my records are there for all to see. “I did not want to speak on this issue because people that know me know that what the MP said is not true.” Gowon was Nigeria’...

 The Academic Staff Union of Universities has served an update on its meeting with the representatives of the federal government today November 20. ASUU disclosed that the federal government has agreed to its demand of paying their members’ salary arrears from February to June through the old salary payment platform, Government Integrated Financial and Management Information System. The Union affirmed that UTAS which is the platform it presented as an alternative to the Federal Government's Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, is currently undergoing usability test. ASUU which further revealed that the FG has offered N15billion in addition to the N20billion pledged earlier, said they will now consult with its council and then get back to the government in a short while, to make their final intention known; if the strike will be suspended or not.

An Ado-Ekiti High court on Wednesday sentenced two accused persons Lanre Kayode (34) and Olanrewaju Aremu (35) to death by hanging. In his judgment, Justice Lucas Ogundana said “The law has prescribed mandatory punishment for the offence committed by the accused persons and the court can nevertheless pass a less sentence having regard to the facts and circumstances of this case, accordingly, the two accused persons are hereby sentenced to death by hanging until they breathe the last while on count 1,2,3 and 4 which is conspiracy and burglary, they were sentenced to life imprisonment.” According to the charge sheet, the two accused persons were charged for conspiracy, armed robbery, and burglary contrary to sections 403 (A),402(2)(a) and 411(1) of the Criminal Code, Cap.C16 Laws of Ekiti State of Nigeria, 2012. The act was committed on or about 14/7/2017 around 2:00 a.m at Oke Ila area of Ado Ekiti when they were armed with guns and cutlasses to rob one Jimoh Folajoke Oluremi of her lap...

  NUC approves Confluence Varsity of Science and Technology Wednesday, November 11, 2020 The dream of establishing a second State University came nearer reality for Kogi State on Tuesday, November 10, 2020, when the National Universities Commission (NUC) endorsed the plan and conveyed the approval and recognition for the establishment of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) Osara, Kogi State to Governor Yahaya Bello. The new institution by the approval is an addition to the list of State-owned Universities in Nigeria. It will exist along with the older Prince Abubakar Audi University, Anyigba. Speaking while presenting the letter of recognition to Governor Bello, the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Prof. Adamu Abubakar Rasheed noted that the newly recognized State University would have the maximum support of the commission.   He enjoined the state government to take full advantage of both professional and technical advice that the commission statuto...

THE industrial crisis rocking the nation’s public universities worsened on Wednesday when the Federal Government said the non-academic workers in the public universities rejected the new payment platform proposed by lecturers. The Federal Government is currently studying the University Transparency Account System presented to it by the Academic Staff of Union of Universities. The development had forced the Senior Staff Association of Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities to kick against the payment platform. The Minister of Labour, Employment and Productivity, Senator Chris Ngige, told journalists that the development was raising fresh concerns in the nation’s ivory towers. Ngige spoke with journalists after he defended his ministry’s budget before the Senate Committee on Employment, Labour and Productivity. He, nevertheless, said that his ministry had already forwarded the UTAS to the National Information Technology Development Agency for assessment. The minist...

 The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N62 billion for the construction of Kano – Gwarzo – Dayi road linking Kano and Katsina States. Newsmen report that the Council meeting also approved the introduction of platonic medical records and management for the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The Ministers of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, as well as Health, Osagie Ehanire, made these known when they briefed State House Correspondents on the outcome of the meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja, on Wednesday. Fashola said: “The Ministry of Works and Housing presented one memorandum for the construction of Kano–Gwarzo-Dayi road and it was approved for N62.7 billion, to be executed in 24 months.” On his part, Ehanire said the council approved the introduction of platonic medical records and management for the National Health Insurance Scheme NHIS. According to the minister, the platform will help mana...

 President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of 12 major research centres in the that would be funded by the Tertiary Education Trust, TETFUND, through funds generated by Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS. Chairman of Board of Trustees, BOT, of TETFUND, Mallam Kashim Ibrahim Imam, disclosed this during the TETFUND and FIRS interactive session on Tuesday in Port Harcourt. Imam stated that because of President Buhari’s interest in ensuring that research is the hallmark of teaching and learning in tertiary institutions informed the establishment of the research centres. He said the collaboration between TETFUND and FIRS has greatly ensured that education intervention funds for development and research in tertiary institutions are generated through adequate tax collections from companies and individuals. The Chairman BOT of TETFUND also said it gratifying to note the most of the projects and researches in tertiary institutions both in federal and state owned schools ar...