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      The Nigerian Senate, today, passed the Bill for an Act to Establish the Federal Polytechnic, Mpu in Enugu State. I sponsored the Bill to address the absence of a federal polytechnic in Enugu State, particularly Enugu West Senatorial District. So, this poly will equip our youth academically and with skills that will help them excel in life. It will open a new window of opportunities for them to realise their enormous potentials and dreams.-IKE EKWEREMADU said today.

     The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Joel Madaki and Felix Bilishan Tagwame, before Justice A.M. Anka of the Federal High Court, Yola, Adamawa State, on four counts bordering on conspiracy, misappropriation and diversion of funds. Investigation into the $115million fraud involving Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, was linked to them. It was further revealed that  the said funds were exchanged to an equivalent sum of N23, 299,705,000 and was used for the 2015 presidential election. Substantial amount of the funds, investigations showed, were shared to some staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC across the nation by Fidelity Bank on behalf of Madueke. One of the counts reads: “That you, Chief Madaki, Amb. Hassan Adamu (now at large) sometimes in March 2015 at Yola, Adamawa State of Nigeria within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable court, did conspire amongst yourselves to accept cash payment

      During the FEC Briefing, Presidential Spokesman Mr Femi Adesina disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari will preside over a special FEC meeting on Friday, in order to look critically into the 2019 budget, and finalize works on the document, before transmitting it to the National Assembly for passage.More details later and more photos below.

       According to Ken Chukwudi,who shared these photos with the caption '' ROYAL SPOUSES ON RURAL AGENDA. The Wife of the state Governor, Chief (Mrs) Ebelechukwu Obiano, today 5th December, met with the wives of traditional rulers in  the state. The wife of a traditional ruler is known as 'Oche Eze' which loosely translates to seat of the King, showing close affinity of the Kingship with the spouse, as the wives met on the agenda of improving government-rural women relationship, rural development targeting the women and empowerment of women.The wife of the traditional ruler of Awka, Oche Eze, Nora Namwinga Nwosu was present, the wife of Ezeuzu II of Awka, HRM Gibson Nwosu though from Monze Zambia, is a great emancipator of women and an embodiment of African and specifically Igbo culture, as a clown parading himself as traditional ruler wife could not be seen talk more of heard''.More photos below.

    PRESS STATEMENT My attention has been drawn to a press conference addressed by the Ilorin Emirate Magaji/Alangua Forum in Ilorin on Tuesday, 4 Dec. 2018, during which I was alleged to have said that the 'Berlin Wall' of the Ilorin Emirate had been broken by the outcome of the 17 Nov. 2018 by-election in the Ekiti/Irepodun/Isin/Oke-Ero Federal Constituency of Kwara State. Those who made the allegation referred to a news item published in The Nation newspaper of Monday, 19 Nov.  2018, entitled ''Kwara Berlin Wall Broken, Says Lai Mohammed''. While it is indeed true that I mentioned the Berlin Wall in my speech at the victory rally in my country home in Oro on Sunday, 18 Nov.2018, it was undoubtedly in reference to the stranglehold of the Saraki political dynasty on Kwara politics. Not once did I mention the Ilorin Emirate during that speech, and I challenge anyone who has any evidence to the contrary to release such. It is instructive that the news i

       Read the open letter addressed to Anambra State Governor, Obiano by the late widow's nephew, Agozie Ofuonye. OPEN LETTER TO HIS HIS EXCELLENCY CHIEF DR WILLY OBIANO ON THE TOTURE, DEPRIVATION, HUMAN RIGHT ABUSE, CONFISCATION OF LATE HUSBAND'S PROPERTY AND THE EVENTUAL KILLING OF MRS ANTHONIA ANIEMENE BY HER HUSBAND RELATIVES. Late Mrs. Anthonia Aniemene was married to late Elder Emma Aniemene in 1981 prior to that she came from Umejizu in Umuriabo Eziagulu Out Aguleri. Her husband is from Umunnoke Ivite Aguleri. Her husband late Emma Aniemene has a landed property along Idigo Road, Amaeze Aguleri with five buildings, one decked building and four bungalows, they said land was a gift that the late Igwe Aguleri gave to his father, as a reward for his service to him. That the late Elder Emma Aniemene has an Elder brother, from a different mother, whose name is late Mr. John Aniemene who when their father died sold the said property throwing both Elder Emma an

        The Air Force Council (AFC) yesterday, 4 December 2018, approved the promotion of a total of 64 senior officers to the next higher ranks in the Nigerian Air Force. The affected senior officers comprise 14 Air Commodores who were promoted to the rank of Air Vice Marshal, 36 Group Captains promoted to Air Commodore and 14 Wing Commanders promoted to the rank of Group Captain. I n line with the provisions in Chapter 8 of the Harmonized Terms and Conditions of Service (HTACOS) Officers 2017 (Revised), the AFC also approved the concessional commission of 3 Air Warrant Officers (AWO) and one Master Warrant Officer (MWO) to the rank of Flight Lieutenant. Those promoted to the rank of Air Vice Marshal include Air Commodores James Gwani, Moses Onilede, Charles Umolu, Olurotimi Tuwase, Musa Muktar, Emmnuel Alade and Musibau Olatunji. Others are Air Commodores Maxwell Nnaji, Sule Lawal, Aliyu Bello, Ismaila Yahaya, Emmanuel Chukwu, Abdullahi Kassimu and Ibrahim Ali. Among those promot

      About 150 vulnerable women in Alimosho area of Lagos State have benefitted from a recent skills acquisition programme under the State Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, WAPA, in line with the all-inclusive policy of the present administration. Dr. (Mrs.) Lola Akande, Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, who disclosed this at the closing ceremony of the Short-Term Skills Acquisition Training For Women living with HIV/AIDS in Alimosho, stated that over 800 women spread across various groups such as widows, retirees and people with health challenges from different areas across the State have received start-up kits after completion of short-term training in diverse vocations. Akande reiterated that the State Government is mindful of the fact that the prevailing economic circumstances pose serious challenges to women in particular and this informed the creation of 17 functional Skills Acquisition Centres across the five divisions of the State w

      Yesterday Ex-Beauty Queen Bianca Odumegwu Ojukwu took to social media to share some photos from her beauty Queen days thirty years after.She captioned all the photos she shared '' 30 YEARS AGO TODAY: BIANCA ONOH WINS ‘ MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN NIGERIA PAGEANT’. 4 DEC. 1988. Thirty years ago this day, 4th Dec. 1988, I ventured in trepidation onto the grand stage of the National Theatre, Lagos, as a contestant in the MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN NIGERIA PAGEANT by Silverbird Productions. By the grace of God I won the contest. I was then a law undergraduate at the University of Nigeria. The rest, as they say, is history. Then it was the era of ‘winner takes al l’ as pageant winner. From there I took off to Banjul, where the MISS AFRICA Pageant was held and I once again emerged the Winner. Next was the MISS CHARM Contest in Moscow which saw me emerge as Miss Drushbah. After that was the MISS INTERCONTINENTAL Pageant. I am the first African ever to have won this Pageant. T

     According to the magazine ''Six months after canceling a shoot in Greece for  The   New York Times  on the same day it was supposed to take place ,  Lohan has agreed to participate in a full shoot and profile for us. But despite being all in, the actress is wary of opening up. "I would love to know why I get constantly clobbered in the press," Lohan says. "I could do 99 things right and one thing wrong, but it's that one thing that will be focused on. Behind the scenes I do what I can to be the best version of me, which never gets mentioned. I am also human. I make mistakes. That's all that seems to get reported." Dress and shoes: Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello; Bows: Stylist's own; Necklace and ring (worn throughout): Bulgari Lohan's mistakes are stuff of celebrity folklore, having been reported ad nauseum for decades, her every movement surveilled by men with long lenses. A video shot from a rooftop watching her complet