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Buhari unveils e-Naira
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday unveiled the e-Naira. The digital currency was billed to be unveiled on October 1 but was shifted due to activities on Independence Day.Buhari launched the country’s digital currency at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.The event had in attendance the Vice President, Yemi Osibanjo; Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele; Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami; among others.The country’s apex bank had said the e-Naira is a culmination of several years of research work in advancing the boundaries of payments system in order to make financial transactions easier.CBN noted that the launch…
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Insecurity: Declare bandits terrorists, end Nigeria – Sheikh Gumi warns Buhari govt
Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has warned the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Government against declaring bandits terrorists. He said the declaration could lead to the end of the Country.The Islamic cleric disclosed this in a Facebook post, on Sunday night.He, however, admitted that the devastation caused by bandits in the Northwest amounted to terrorism.Gumi stressed that despite the devastation, proscribing bandits would lead to severe consequences that will consume the entire country.He said: “The acts the bandits are committing now in NW have gradually over time become tantamount to terrorism because wherever innocent people are fatal victims it’s pure terrorism.“Many…
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Anyone who wants to lead Nigeria must negotiate with the North – Bakare
Serving overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare has stated that anybody that wants to lead Nigeria must negotiate with the northern region of the country. He said this during an interview with ThisDay. The cleric expressed doubt if the north would willingly to give up power as it is the only thing they hold having lost the textile industries and groundnut pyramid.He stated that no section of the country “can win an election by itself” and as such, collaboration is pertinent to electoral victory.“The way our country is constituted right now, no matter who wants to…
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2023: Yoruba Muslims will not vote for Christian presidential candidates – MURIC
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has reaffirmed its preference for a presidential candidate from the Yoruba Muslim stock.The group warned that it will not vote for any Christian presidential candidate at the 2023 elections.“No political party should tell us that they cannot find competent Yoruba Muslims”, Professor Ishaq Akintola said on Monday.MURIC advised presidential aspirants and parties mapping out strategies for the next general elections to heed its call.Akintola condemned the “stigmatisation galore” for Yoruba Muslims in Nigeria since independence.The organization claimed they are denied almost all civil liberties, including admission into schools.Akintola alleged many cannot get international passports, driving…
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President Buhari to leave Nigeria for Saudi Arabia on Monday
President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Monday, October 25, 2021.He is scheduled to participate in the investment conference organized by the Future Investment Initiative Institute.This was confirmed by Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant to the President and Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in a statement on Sunday.The President will be joined at the 5th edition of the flagship investment event by business executives from Nigeria, bankers, captains of industry and energy experts to discuss issues on the future of investments across the globe.He will be accompanied on the trip by the Minister of Communications and Digital…
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President Buhari is the 16th in the list of 500 Muslims who have the power to fight in the world – Presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad
President Buhari has made the list of the 500 most influential Muslims in 2021. This was disclosed by the personal assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad. “President Buhari is the 16th person on the list of Muslims who has the power to fight in the world”, Bashir wrote In Nigeria, Sultan Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, HRH Aminu Ado Bayero, Sheikh Ibrahim Saleh, Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi, Sheikh Yakubu Musa Katsina, Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, Alhaji Aliko Dangote among others made the list. In the football world, Mohammed Salah, Sadio Mane, Paul Pogba, Zinedine Zidane are also in the list of Most Influential…
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IPOB threatens Anambra poll, declares 1 week sit-at-home from Nov 5
The Indigenous People of of Biafra (IPOB) has declared a one week sit-at-home protest from November 5 to November 10 for the Federal Government to release its leader, Nnamdi Kanu.The order is coming at a time when Anambra State is preparing for its governorship election, which is scheduled to hold on the 6th of November.IPOB’s Media and Public Secretary, Emma Powerful disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. He also apologized for any inconvenience the group’s decision may causeAccording to him, “Following the adjournment of our great leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s court case to 10th of November 2021, by the…
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Nnamdi Kanu, Igboho: Bandits are in Charge of Nigeria – Adeyanju
Hunan rights activist, Deji Adeyanju has expressed that bandits are in charge of Nigeria. He accused President Mohammadu Buhari of conceding Nigeria to bandits and terrorists. The convener of the Concerned Nigerian advocacy group made the remark while slamming the President for “going tough” on agitators like Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Igboho while bandits and terrorists were having a field day across the country.In a tweet, Adeyanju wrote: “Buhari is not in charge of Nigeria. He has conceded the country to bandits. All he is good at is attacking peaceful protesters and those agitating for equality and justice.“Nnamdi Kanu and…
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Igboho is on terrorism link but Gumi and his bandit brothers are not – Eedris Abdulkareem
Veteran singer, Eedris Abdulkareem, has reacted to claims made by the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, that Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Ighoho, has a link with a convicted Boko haram sponsor. Malami in a press conference in Abuja on Friday, October 22 stated that Igboho had been receiving huge sums in over forty of his accounts. Reacting to the development via his Instagram page this afternoon, Eedris opined that Kanu, Sowore, and Igboho have all been linked to terrorism but Islamic cleric Sheik Gumi who has repeatedly made a case for an amnesty to be…
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Buhari wants Nothing more than Peace and Unity in Nigeria – Femi Adesina
Presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari is only interested in promoting peace and unity in the country.According to Abiodun Oladunjoye, deputy director (information), state house, Adesina spoke on Friday when he received members of the Ambassadors of Voice for Change — which includes Nollywood actors, the National Council for Women Society (NCWS), and the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) — in his office in Abuja.The presidential spokesman said having fought for the unity of the country, Buhari will not want to see it “dismembered”. He noted that though a lot of forces are attempting to…
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Everything is the Opposite yet Nigeria not a Complete Disaster – Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has stated that Nigerians are still managing to eke out a living despite the bleak realities confronting the country.Soyinka spoke during an interview with the Cable News Network on Friday.Commenting on the ironic title for his book Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth, He explained that for him, the issue of growing up and seeing your environment change before your eyes had been an arduous journey, adding, “It has reached such a stage, I found intuitively, that only prose fiction can handle things that have been bubbling up inside me.”He said…
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I’m under pressure from politicians to beg Presidency – Sunday Igboho
Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Igboho has alleged that some politicians are pressurizing him to beg the Presidency.He said politicians who were unconcerned about his incarceration and health issue in Benin Republic have been “pressurizing” him and his wife to sign documents they could use to beg the presidency on his behalf.Speaking through his counsel, Yomi Alliyu, the agitator said any document claiming he authorized any politician was fake.The statement reads: “We have been reliably informed that some politicians are pressuring our client and his wife to give them endorsement to use at the presidency to justify their new found love…
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