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By Halimah Olamide The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Sunday asked Nigerians to exercise some patience with the Central Bank of Nigeria over complications arising from the new naira distribution. His intervention came amidst worrying developments over the scarcity of the New notes and the acute lack of money in circulation. The development has caused social unrest and may become more pronounced in the new week. “I urge Nigerians to bear with the CBN and Federal Government with the hope that the general populace and Nigeria will harvest the gains that will come with the…
Kamil Opeyemi The Katsina State Government has said it will set up a probe to investigate the immediate and remote causes of the killings of more than 80 residents of Kankara in the Kankara-Bakori area of the state. NPO Reported earlier on Sunday that death toll which was originally put at about 50 had risen to 84. As at Sunday morning, dead bodies were still being evacuated in vans for burial from the forest. Special Adviser to Governor Aminu Bello Masari on security matters, Ibrahim Ahmed-Katsina, disclosed this Friday night.\ He was addressing some journalists at his residence in Katsina,…
By Halimah Olamide President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the attack on men of vigilantes at the Yargoje forest in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State. This was just as the NPO Reports learnt on Sunday that death toll was in its rise. More than 40 persons were reportedly killed in the attacks. A statement from the presidency which was made available to the NPO Reports on Sunday said the insurgents ambushed a convoy of vigilantes in the forest” as they went to recover stolen cows leading to the killings. ” ” The President pays tribute to all those vigilantes…
The US has shot down a giant Chinese balloon that it says has been spying on key military sites across America. The Department of Defense confirmed its fighter jets brought down the balloon over US territorial waters. Three airports were shut and airspace was closed off the coast of North and South Carolina as the military carried out the operation on Saturday. Footage on US TV networks showed the balloon falling to the sea after a small explosion. An F-22 jet fighter engaged the high-altitude balloon with one missile – an AIM-9X Sidewinder – and it went down about six…
A video of the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has gone viral, after he promised to ensure that undergraduates would spend no fewer than eight years in universities. The presidential candidate spoke in Osogbo, the Osun state capital, while addressing crowd that came to show him support at the Freedom Park, venue of the rally. Tinubu, who had a prepared speech, did not get chance to read his speech. In what appeared to have been a slip of tongue, Tinubu said Nigerian students should call him a bastard if he fails in his promise…
Report By Kamil Opeyemi • Assures Oyetola is Coming Back The Presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday vowed to succeed the current President Muhammadu Buhari. Tinubu said he was instrumental to the emergence of the current administration and will definitely take over after the expiration of the tenure of the present president. Speaking at the Freedom Park, Osogbo the Osun state capital in continuation of his campaign, Tibubu, who spoke in Yoruba for most of the time said “Awa la gbe won wo le awa na lama ropo won” meaning “we brought them…
The campaign train of the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, arrived Osogbo, the Osun state capital on Thursday in furtherance of his bid for the presidency. Other party leaders who joined Tinubu include the National Chairman, Abdulahi Adamu, his running mate, Ibrahim Shetima, former Governor of Osun, Gboyega Oyetola, Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, his Ogun counterpart, Dapo Abiodun, and others. The rally holding at the Freedom Park had loyalists of the party in attendance. READ ALSO: Again, Fani-Kayode Rains Curses On Emefiele Over Naira Redesign Tinubu’s Video Goes Viral After Saying Undergraduates Will…
By Kamil Opeyemi Condemnations of the state of the Naira by the Presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress Bola Tinubu, is not an attack on the person or administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. This was the refutal by the Director of Media of the Presidential Campaign Council Bayo Onanuga on Wednesday. He was referring to the allegations by Tinubu where he condemned the fall of the Naira to Dollar at the exchange market. Onanuga said in a statement, “The reference to exchange rate was not in any way an attack on the Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress administration but…
By Halimah Olamide The presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday condemned the free fall of the Naira. He said it was regrettable that Naira which exchanged for … in 2015 now is exchanges for N800 to one dollar. Speaking in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital as part of his ongoing campaigns, the former Lagos state Governor promised to rebuild the economy if elected this year. Don’t let them lie to you about change of currency. Their families — they have never understood what inflation is about,” the APC presidential candidate said. “They never…
•Report by Kamil Opeyemi The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has dismissed allegation that some persons within the Presidential Villa Abuja are working against the success of the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, in the upcoming general elections. Mohammed said this while responding to questions from State House correspondents on Wednesday in Abuja shortly after the Federal Executive Council meeting. According to the Minister,President Muhammadu Buhari would not deviate from his commitment to ensure the conduct of free,fair and credible general elections. Earlier,Gov. Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State had alleged that some…