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President Buhari departs Abuja for New York (photos)
President Buhari this morning September 19, departed Abuja for New York where he will be attending the 76th UN General Assembly. The session opened on Tuesday, September 14. The theme for this year’s UNGA is, “Building Resilience Through Hope – To Recover from COVID-19, Rebuild Sustainably, Respond to the Needs of the Planet, Respect the Rights of People and Revitalize the United Nations.” President Buhari will address the Assembly during the General Debates on Friday, September 24 where he will speak on the theme of the conference and other global issues. In the course of the Assembly, the President and members of…
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Anambra will fare better under APC — Senator Andy Uba
The Anambra state governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Andy Uba has assured that the state would fare better under an APC-controlled government. He said this while addressing members of Afa Igbo bu ofu, a nongovernmental organization, who joined APC ahead of the governorship election. Uba said that by supporting his aspiration, members of the group have joined other Anambra people who are determined to liberate the Anambra state. “I know that this group is eager to join others to liberate Anambra people and I assure our people that they will see a new Anambra, he said…
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Femi Fani-Kayode dines with Pantami months after calling him a religious bigot
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has taken to social media to laud the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami who he described as his friend for inviting him to dinner in his (Pantami) home on Friday. Recall that Fani-Kayode had in April 2021, labelled Pantami as a terrorist who does not deserve to hold public office following the minister’s past comments that indicated a tie with a terrorist group. “He (Pantami) is a religious bigot, an ethnic supremacist, an unrepentant jihadist, a lover of bloodshed, carnage and terror and a psychopathic and clearly insane individual,” he said. Fani-Kayode…
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Sit-At-Home: Kidnappers, Criminals have hijacked IPOB agitation – Umahi
Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi has expressed that the secessionist agitation of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra has been hijacked by criminals and kidnappers. He said the group is no longer in control of the whole agitation as a result of the alleged hijack by unscrupulous elements. Umahi, who is the Chairman of the South-East Governors’ Forum, spoke on Friday on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ breakfast programme. He expressed that the people of the South-East geopolitical zone are industrious people who don’t sit at home on Mondays. The governor stated that though IPOB had announced the suspension of its…
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Buhari to leave Nigeria for US on Sunday
President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja for New York, United States, on Sunday, to take part in the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA76). This was disclosed in a statement issued by Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. The President will address the Assembly during the General Debates on Friday, September 24 and is expected to speak on the theme of the conference and other global issues. The statement said that the theme for this year’s UNGA is, “Building Resilience Through Hope – To Recover from COVID-19, Rebuild Sustainably, Respond to the Needs of…
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We hope our suspension of publishing of rates on our platforms for now will lead to Naira appreciation from next week – AbokiFX reacts to CBN Gov’s allegation
AbokiFX has reacted to Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele declaring its owner, Oniwinde Adedotun wanted on grounds of allegedly manipulating the Nigerian forex market with the platform and allegedly engaging in “illegal foreign exchange transactions”. In a notice shared on its website on Friday September 17, the web platform that reports movements in the foreign exchange market said it will “temporarily suspend rate updates on all their platforms until they get better clarity of the situation”. AbokiFX which reiterated that the platform is solely for parallel rate information and not trading as they have “always maintained in their emails and social media…
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If you think the definition of Enjoyment, is to change ladies like Handkerchief, You will be the loser at the end – Clergyman Mike Bamiloye tells Men
Clergyman, Mike Bamiloye, has cautioned men against the habit of changing women they have affairs indiscriminately. In a post shared on Facebook, Bamiloye stated that men who change women like handkerchiefs will be the loser in the end. His post reads ”GET IT RIGHT FROM THE START…Right from the Foundation of Samson, he had been falling in love with a wrong woman. The first woman he would ever fell in love with was the Philistine lady in the vineyard of Timnath, who was being guided, so to speak, by a young lion. (Judges 14) The marriage ended up in crisis and…
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South-East, South-South Governors’ silence over Nnamdi Kanu’s arrest distasteful – IPOB
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has described the silence of south-east and south-south governors over the arrest of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu as ‘distasteful and loathsome’. IPOB spokesperson, Emma Powerful in a statement on Friday expressed that the governors are yet to openly condemn Kanu’s extradition. He said while governors from other regions are supporting their people, the south-east and south-south governors are afraid to talk about the release of the secessionist. “We the global family of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) ably led by our great leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu find loathsome and distasteful, the complacent attitude of…
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2023: We won’t support parties that field Northern presidential candidates – Gov Akeredolu
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has warned that southerners will not support any political party that puts forward a northern candidate for presidency come 2023. Akeredolu stated this during an interview on Channels Television on Friday, insisting that the presidency must be zoned to the South, for the sake of justice and fairness. He explained that when President Muhammadu Buhari completes his second term in 2023, his successor should emerge from the South. “There are three political parties in the Southern Governors’ Forum: the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC). “All…
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“FG should continue collecting VAT, we have to be our brothers’ keepers ” – Umahi
The Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, has dissociated himself from the resolutions of the Southern Governors Forum that states should be collecting Value Added Tax instead of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).Umahi made his position known Friday on Channels Television Sunrise Daily programme. He categorically stated that his state won’t pursue VAT collection as agreed by his colleagues from the South West at Thursday’s meeting in Enugu. The governor was represented by his deputy, Kelechi Igwe, at the meeting.Umahi said, “When they (southern governors) say that this VAT collection is part of true restructuring, I said I never believe…
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FG to ‘shut down’ Aboki FX website, to prosecute owner
The Federal Government has said that it will shut down the operations of Aboki FX, a website providing currency exchange information, which the bank described as an illegal and criminal platform.The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this while fielding questions after the Monetary policy committee’s two-day meeting in Abuja on Friday. Emefiele noted that the bank also plans to prosecute the owner of the platform, Olusegun Oniwinde. According to the CBN governor, the apex bank doesn’t recognize any forex market window besides the Investors and Exporters window.He said, “Mr Oniwinde started the AbokiFX operation in…
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I am worried about Senate’s rush to approve loans, our actions confirm why they call us Rubber Stamp– Ndume
Chairman Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, has expressed worry on how the Nigerian Parliament is handling the issue of debt and borrowing by the Federal Government. This comes after President Muhammadu Buhari earlier in the week requested statutory approval for external loans in the total sum of $4,054,476,863.00, plus Euro €710m and Grant Component of $125m. The Senate had also in July approved the Federal Government’s 2018-2020 external borrowing rolling plan of $8.3 billion and 490 million euros. Reacting to the incessant borrowings Senator Ndume, frowned at the NASS leadership’s swift pace in approving requested loans. Noting that…
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