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  President Mohammodu Buhari The President, Mohammadu Buhari meets with all APC governors in Abuja today, Tuesday 31st May, 2022. Below is the press release from the media office in Aso Rock. *ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, TO THE PROGRESSIVE GOVERNORS’ FORUM AT THE CONSULTATIVE MEETING HELD AT THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA, ABUJA, ON TUESDAY, 31ST MAY, 2022*  PROTOCOLS I am delighted to address this gathering of the Progressive  Governors’ Forum  as part of the consultative processes that have always strengthened the internal dynamics of our Party, the All Progressives Congress, (APC). 2. You will all recall that APC came to power at the center in 2015 through a cohesive machinery, notwithstanding its status as the opposition party. Similarly, in 2019, it was returned to power under my leadership, because of the dividends of democracy delivered to Nigerians irrespective of their political leanings. 3. The Party ha...

  Olu JamOmoulesule A youthful Presidential aspirant with the AA Party , Mr. James Omosule who hails from Owo, Ondo state has collected his nomination form at the party secretariat.  Omosule has assured all Nigerians that equity of purpose and standardised governance shall be the watchword of his government if voted as the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.  He also implores all well meaning Nigeria youth to stand firm for the task ahead. "We must be focused, steadfast to place Nigeria among the better nations of the world" he reiterated. The party primary election holds on Thursday 9th of June, 2022.  More stories in due course...

  Nigeria is blessed with abundzant talents in every nook and cranny, be it in towns,villages and  streets. In our quest to unveil one or two talents this week ,we focus on Michael Ozor a defensive midfielder from CASI FOOTBALL ACADEMY based in Asaba in Delta State of Nigeria.  Casi Football Academy is an affiliate of CLEMENT & SANDRA FOUNDATION, an NGO based in Asaba and was established to produce future Stars .  Michael Ozor was discovered  at the age of 12 at numerous grassroots competitions in the state. Standing at 6ft 2ins in height, the now 18 year old Ozor possesses similar defensive skills as Didier Deschamps, Claude Makalele and other  modern defensive midfielders in the world, he was selected for the Dana cup tournament  in 2019 and also invited to the Nigerian U 17 same year but could not make it because of Covid 19 pandemic where everything was shut down. He is out of school and rearing to go. When Ozor was asked about his future ambit...

  EFCC officials besieged the house of Rocha's Okorocha today Tuesday 24th May, 2022 and arrested the erstwhile politician after been accused of jumping administrative bail and didn't heed to subsequent invitations. Rocha's Okorocha will spend the night in the custody of the operatives.

ASUU Twitter "ASUU won't resume work despite the Federal Government’s payment of minimum wage arrears. Our members are reminded that this is not one of the core demands upon which the ongoing strike action is premised." – ASUU Chairman, UNILAG Chapter.

Late Deborah Samuel Why would anyone allege a fellow being of blasphemy and takes law into his hand by killing the alleged... Disgusting and Unislamic. The security agencies must be up and doing to get to the root of this gruesome matter and bring the murderers to book without delay. This is a test of governance to Buhari administration that must show Nigerians that he is for nobody and for everybody. Nigerians are watching the scenario

Nigeria Police Force @PoliceNG The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM, fdc, has condemned the unruly conduct of the Police officer caught in a viral video, singing, dancing...

 From: Twitter Handle... The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will end its warning strike tomorrow (Monday), 9th of May 2022, as considerations on indefinite strike commence More details to follow

 ABIAMA MOVES FROM GRASS TO GRACE... Still growing Abiama Dickson during a match against Bayern Munich FC. Dickson Abiama has risen from a humble football background to one of the top 4 leagues in the world.Abiama was discovered by Ex- Nigerian International, Stephen Abarowei,  who nurtured and developed him from 2010 to 2016 when he went to Germany in furtherance of his football career.  He Started from  the 7th league through to Greuther Furth in the Bundensliga 2. Abiama was awarded the rookie player of the  Bundensliga 2, he also notched 7 goals from coming in as substitute, his goal on the last day of Bundensliga 2 against Dusseldorf in a 3-2 win.  In the local scene for Abarowei Football Academy, he won MVP in the Alimosho Oba's cup 2013 and also second top scorer in the Governor's cup 2014 with  6 goals from 11 games. Abiama was also the top scorer with 6 goals in the 'BRF U13 Football Challenge Alimosho 2010 for Abarowei Football Academy. "My d...

  Violence against women and girl child has been so phenomenal in our society from time immemorial and needs to be curtailed and put to rest forever. This is the motive behind the nongovernmental organization W-LIT that have put in place the machineries to fight this menace.  "Women Liberation and Transformation Initiative" led by Mrs. Toyin Mike-Taiwo have taken their course to the grassroot in order to get the masses informed about violence against humanity which encompasses a whole and not partial advocacy against men and women. Adanijo community in Bariga was visited, the Baale, High Chief Ganiyu Olanrewaju Adanijo and his eminent chiefs and the community in general were present. The men of Nigeria Police Force, Educationists, Clerics were adequately represented. Personal experiences were given at the town hall meeting, this made it easy for the advocacy against women to be treated with utmost emotions and feelings. In furtherance to this, causes of violence in either gen...