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Otu Flags Off Cross River AI Training and Empowerment Programme, Urges Beneficiaries to Leverage Skills for Improved Livelihoods, Economic Growth The Cross River State Governor, Senator Prince Bassey Edet Otu, on Friday, October 9, 2026, flagged off the state's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Training and Empowerment Programme.  The initiative led by Comr. Hon. Bright Ewona, Ph.D., Special Adviser to the Governor on Wealth Creation and held at Prof. Eyo Ita House, Calabar aims to equip Cross Riverians, particularly, the youths with digital skills, promote innovation, and create employment and wealth-building opportunities. Flagging off the event, Governor Otu highlighted his administration's efforts in empowering Cross Riverians, particularly through the various MDAs connected with youth development, education, women affairs, science and technology, human capital development, wealth creation and others, urging participants to stay focused and acquire the knowledge needed to create...

Nollywood Filmmaker Anita Odiakaaose Takes Ikenga to UK, Expands Global Reach of the Movie Nigerian filmmaker, actress, entrepreneur and Chief Executive Officer of Billionaire Black Boss Production, Anita Ngozichukwuka Odiakaose, is taking the richness of Igbo cultural heritage to a wider international audience as her ambitious epic, Ikenga: The Last Festival, prepares for its United Kingdom release on October 23, 2026. The film, which has continued to attract international attention through engagements beyond Nigeria, reflects Odiakaose's commitment to projecting authentic African stories, preserving indigenous cultural values and positioning Nigerian cinema for greater global recognition. Following its international engagement in Accra, Ghana, on October 3, the production is scheduled to extend its reach to Malawi and Zimbabwe in November, with further engagements planned across Canada, the United States and Europe. For Odiakaose, Ikenga: The Last Festival represents more than a ...

  RECAP: APC Women Stakeholders' Mobilisation and Empowerment Campaign Roll Out  The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu convened the APC Women Stakeholders Mobilisation and Empowerment Campaign Roll Out on Monday, October 5, 2026, at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Center, Abuja. The event brought together Key women stakeholders, female candidates and aspirants, support groups and members of the APC PCC Women Mobilisation Directorate. Joining the First Lady were the Wife of the Vice President, Hajia Nana Shettima; PCC Director-General, Senator Abdulaziz Yari; Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma; former APC National Chairman, Umar Abdullahi Ganduje; Hon James Faleke and other party leaders. Dr Betta Edu, The Director, Women Mobilisation Directorate, reaffirmed confidence in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's 2027 re-election and commended the First Lady for strengthening women's mobilisation and empowerment nationwide. She said the women's structure is ta...

2027: APC PCC Women Mobilisation Holds National Summit, Targets 40m Votes for Tinubu-Shettima Re-election All is set for the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council Women Stakeholders’ Summit scheduled for Monday, October 5, 2026, in Abuja. The summit, to be convened by the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, is expected to bring together key women stakeholders from across the country as the APC prepares for the formal commencement of its 2027 presidential campaign activities. Speaking with journalists on Saturday ahead of the event, the Director of the Women Mobilisation Directorate of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Dr Betta Edu, said APC women were intensifying grassroots mobilisation with a target of 40 million women votes for President Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima. Edu described the summit as an important platform for strengthening the women’s mobilisation structure nationwide and commended the First Lady for convening the meeting. Accordin...

Eyaba Emerges Obubra Coordinator of Evidence Group, Promises Stronger Grassroots Mobilisation The former Chapter Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Obubra, Joseph Eyaba, has been appointed the Obubra Coordinator of the Evidence Group, a youth-oriented political mobilisation platform committed to supporting the re-election of President Tinubu, Governor Otu, and other APC candidates across the state in the 2027 general elections. Eyaba's appointment was contained in a statement signed by the group's Director of Media and Publicity, Comrade Andre Ekeng Inyang, and shared across various social media platforms, culminating in the official presentation of the appointment letter on Thursday night at the residence of the group's convener, Mr. Dominic Edem Bassey. Presenting the letter to Eyaba and 17 other newly appointed coordinators, Bassey charged them to remain committed to the ideals of the group and take the mobilisation of young people across their respectiv...