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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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“The facility where I was treated for Covid-19 charges 350K per day” Pete Edochie’s son, Uche, says he spent 6 million Naira treating Covid-19 after it damaged 80% of his lungs
Uche Edochie, son of veteran actor Pete Edochie has revealed that he spent 6million to treat Covid-19 after it almost damaged his lungs. Uche said he spent weeks at the gbagada centre in Lagos recently. Narrating his ordeal, he said when he first caught the virus, he thought it was malaria until he was rushed to hospital. Uche says his family spent N6m to save his life and he also knows of another person that spent N17m for his own treatment. He urged the government to look into covid-19 treatment, in order to save many lives. He wrote; ”Me in…
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Sheikh Gumi attacks Fani Kayode, says he is a traitor who is the ‘Judas of Oduduwa’
Controversial Nigerian Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has described former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, as a traitor following his defection to the All Progressives Congress. The Kaduna-based Islamic cleric said this in a Facebook post titled, ‘Judas of Oduduwa’, where he attached a previous post by Femi Fani-Kayode that he prefers to die than join APC. Commenting on the post, Gumi said he had known that FFK’s actions were not real. In his words; “I have for long, neglected the rantings of the Judas of Oduduwa attacking me knowing fully well that he is fake and a traitor. “Time…
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I am not Femi Fani-Kayode. My stomach does not control my mouth – Reno Omokri replies OAP Yaw after he asked if he will join APC if Goodluck Jonathan defects
Former presidential spokesperson, Reno Omokri has reacted to a question posed by OAP Yaw, asking whether he will join the All Progressives Congress if his former principal, Goodluck Jonathan defects to the ruling party due to the high respect he has for his former principal. Reacting to this, Reno stated that he is not former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode who announced his defection to the ruling party yesterday September 16. The former presidential aide stressed that the media personality and the general Nigerian public should not be emotionally agitated, and should be able to gauge his future conduct from…
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Nigerians will know Terrorism Financiers at the right time – Bawa
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa has expressed that Nigerians will know the identities of terrorism financiers in the country at the right time.Bawa said this when he spoke as a guest on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ on Thursday.When asked specifically on the television programme on Thursday to reveal the people financing terror and unleashing mayhem on Nigerians in the last 12 years, the EFCC chairman replied the interviewer, “If you are my adviser, will you advise me to come on national television to tell the whole world regarding matters of sensitive national security issue?…
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Court Orders DSS to pay Igboho N20bn for unlawful invasion
An Oyo State High Court has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to pay N20 billion to Sunday Igboho for unlawfully invading his Ibadan residence on July 1 The judge, Justice Ladiran Akintola, on Friday, awarded the sum as exemplary and aggravated damages against the secret service in the fundamental human rights suit filed by Igboho.Giving the ruling on Friday, the court declared the invasion on Igboho’s home as illegal. The court also described the action of the DSS as “arbitrary aggression and prejudices” against Igboho.The court also awarded an additional cost of N2 million against the respondents jointly…
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The APC I was speaking about is not the same APC today – Femi Fani-Kayode speaks on reasons for his defection
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has given reasons for his defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. He said the party he previously criticized is different from the present ruling party. He stated this while seaking during an interview on Channels Television.The former minister stated that the leadership of APC has changed over the years, adding that the current party leadership under Buni is more accommodating. He said the Party has changed and the President has been accommodating that change. “Let me put this to you; a lot has happened in the APC itself over the last few…
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We backed out of dialogue with bandits because they deceived us – Matawalle
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has stated that the decision of the state to reverse the dialogue with bandits was because the government was deceived. He stated this on Thursday while fielding questions from state house correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, held at the presidential villa in Abuja. He said the state government remains committed in the fight against banditry, adding that the measures put in place to restore peace have yielded results as the state now enjoys relative peace. “They have deceived us. Some of them did not follow what we agreed with them. We thought…
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How Buhari reacted to my joining APC after criticizing him – Fani-Kayode
Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Aviation Minister, has disclosed how President Muhammadu Buhari reacted to his decision to join the All Progressives Congress, APC. Buhari was delighted with his decision to join the ruling party. He said the President was delighted with his decision to join the ruling party. Fani-Kayode who has officially dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for APC yesterday was presented to the President by APC acting Chairman, Mala Mai Buni. Fani-Kayode, in a series of tweets of Friday wrote: “It was an honor and a privilege to visit President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Aso Rock,…
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