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…As Women Conference Ends The Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO) on Thursday urged the Federal Government and governments across the states to prioritise issue of maternal mortality, which it described as “national emergency”. The Committee said the high maternal mortality would not augur well for the nation, urging all stakeholders, especially the Government to initiate actions that would address the problem, with the aim to stem the growth. The Committee, in a communique issued at the end of its 19th National Women Conference held at Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, called on government at all levels to empower women, saying there was strong need for women to maximise their capacity. The communique reads: “Maternal mortality is abysmally high in Nigeria and we regard the death of a woman in preventable circumstances as unacceptable. The issue of maternal mortality has been taken for granted in Nigeria when it is supposed to be seen as a nati...

FATUNMBI AGIRI COUNCILLOR WARDB2  GIVES FOOD ITEMS TO OVER 180 PEOPLE IN LAGOS ISLAND. Fashina Mobolaji Shakiru Council Lawmaker representing wardB2 Lagos lsland Local Government, Hon Fatunmbi Muheez Agiri, organized aged and widows program for the good people of his ward at  Agarawu Primary Health Centre Lagos lsand. While addressing the over 180 beneficiaries, Ward Chairman of wardB2 Alhaji Andu Tanda enjoined the Party faithfuls by welcomes and appreciates their efforts and contributions for the progress of the party and particularly at the ward levels while also applauds exemplery gesture of Hon Fatunmbi Muheez Agiri for the program initiative put in place for the aged and widow program for the people of his areas. Tanda stressed further that the program would have been scheduled before now but delibrantly designed for Ramadan and apparently appreciate him for the good masses and oriented program for the aged and vulnerable people . The former Councilor wa...

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday inaugurated the Ariara Market Independent Power Plant (IPP) in the commercial city of Aba,  Abia State, with a pledge that his administration will continue to execute people-oriented projects around the country irrespective of party differences.  ‘‘Today with policies and programmes such as this IPP we have demonstrated that if the common good is our mutual objective, it can be achieved irrespective party differences and constitutional limitations. ‘‘Electricity has no political colour,’’ the President said in his speech at the inauguration of the plant. President Buhari expressed delight that 37,000 shops belonging to traders and small business owners in Ariara market will, one after the other, be connected to the dedicated electricity supply. He noted that the feat will strengthen the Made-in-Nigeria policy for which Abia and in particular, Aba, and Ariaria market are already well known. ‘‘I am pleased to be here today at the ...

"One day, I summed up courage and confronted Obasanjo at a meeting. I told him point blank that Mr. president, I am not your cook but your party chairman, so you talk to me with respect.” At the meeting which was held to discuss the merger of ANPP, ACN, APGA and CPC, Ogbeh said he asked Obasanjo to show the party leadership respect and reminded him that when others were building the party he was in prison and should stop kicking people around. This, according to Ogbeh, did not go down well with the former President who later masterminded the former chairman’s ouster. “ When I was chairman of PDP, my son never got involved in oil but two national chairmen after me, their sons pocketed over N400 billion without supplying a tea cup of oil.”