Tag: first lady
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Int’l Women’s Day: First Lady commits N100m to women-owned SMEs
First Lady of Edo state, Mrs Betsy Obaseki, has presented cheques of N50,000 to 2,000 female entrepreneurs who are into small and medium scale enterprises in the state. Mrs Obaseki presented the soft loan cheques during the 2018 International Women’s Day celebration organized by the state’s Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, in collaboration…
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[Photos] Ondo First Lady, Betty Akeredolu Crowned ‘Ada Emeabiam II’
The wife of the Ondo State Governor, Mrs. Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu was crowned with the traditional title ‘Ada Emeabiam II’ of Emeabiam in Owerri West Local Government of Imo State by His Royal Majesty, Eze Eunan Eke, Ohazurume 1 of Umuokpo autonomous community, Emeabiam. This honour is coming on the heels of her numerous contributions to…
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Help! EFCC, NDLEA, harassing me, former first lady, Patience Jonathan tells Reps
Nigeria’s former First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan has formally sought the intervention of the House of Representatives over an alleged harassment of her family by security and other law enforcement government agencies in the country. In a petition to the Lower Chamber on Thursday, Jonathan urged the Federal Government to call the agencies to order.…
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France’s new First Lady ran in local elections when Emmanuel Macron was 11 years old
France’s new First Lady, Brigitte Trogneux, is no stranger to politics. Unlike her husband, who had never run for office until he won the recent presidential election, Mrs Trogneux, 64, stood as a local councillor in eastern France 28 years ago, when her husband was only 11. At the time, her first husband, André-Louis Auzière,…
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Anointing Service Saga: Ambode sacks chaplain 24 hours after ‘disrespecting’ first lady
…the chaplain has had it full, he got sack for his insouciance, LASG reacts Members of Chapel of Christ the Light, Alausa, Lagos State, have protested the sacking of the Presiding Chaplain, Venerable Femi Taiwo, by the Governing Council allegedly on the order of the state Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode. Taiwo got the sack on Monday,…
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Patience Jonathan petitions Nat’l Assembly
The House of Representatives on Wednesday, received a petition from former first lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In the petition presented to the House by Lovette Idisi, the former first lady alleged that she was being “incessantly harassed” by the anti-graft agency. Commenting on the petition, Idisi said…