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Naira Scarcity: Vote Out APC, Delta PDP Tells Electorates
Nigerians have been urged to vote the All Progressives Congress (APC) out of power on February 25 as a result of the unjustifiable extreme financial hardship, Naira notes scarcity, and acute poverty that the ruling party has placed them under. Latimore Oghenesivbe, the PDP’s Delta State Campaign Council spokeswoman, said in a statement over the weekend that the only way...
How CBN Deceived Buhari To Approve Naira Redesign To Stop Elections — Oshiomhole
Former Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state said the Central Bank of Nigeria deceived President Muhammadu Buhari, adding that the intent of the CBN was to prevent the elections from holding. Oshiomhole made this assertion while speaking in an interview on Sunday on Channels Television’s live programme, The Verdict. The former national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC described...
Tension As Petroleum Marketers Threaten Total Shutdown From Monday If…
Independent marketers of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, plan a lockdown on their operations beginning Monday once the government starts enforcing the N195/litre pump price. The ABN TV gathered on Saturday that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, security...
El-Rufai Exhibiting Extremism Too Dangerous To Democracy, Labour Hits Kaduna Governor
The Nigerian Labour Congress on Saturday described the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai as a “right-winged extremist” who doesn’t believe in rules. The labour union also condemned what it described as “irresponsible and dangerous” the comments of the governor regarding the National Industrial Court of Nigeria. In a statement signed by its outgoing National President, Ayuba Wabba, the NLC said,...
Sen. Kalu Pays Condolence Visit To Former Abia PDP Chairman, Ndidi Okereke’s Family
Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, Chief Whip of the Senate, on Sunday paid a condolence visit to the Okereke family over the loss of their patriach, late Chief Ndidi Okereke. Okereke, who passed on recently, was a former Abia State Chapter Chairman of the People's Democratic Party (PDP). Speaking at the condolence visit to his Ngodo Isuochi residence, the former Abia state...
New Emir Of Dutse Appointed
Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar has approved the appointment of Muhammad Hameem as the new Emir of Dutse. He succeeds Nuhu Muhammad Sunusi, who died in an Abuja hospital, last week. ABN TV gathered that Dutse Emirate Kingmakers had unanimously selected the new emir among the three contenders for the royal seat. READ ALSO: 2023: I Will Restructure Nigeria In 6 Months –...
Naira Notes Crisis: Buhari’s Seven Days Is Like Telling A Woman In Labour Room To Labour For 7 Days
Senator Smart Adeyemi, an All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmaker from Kogi State, says he is too big to lie. Addressing newsmen in Abuja at the weekend, the former President of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) said his background does not permit him to lie. Adeyemi had addressed the media on the naira crisis and its effect on the economy. Currently, many...
Ban On Keke Operations Only Applies In Aba — Abia Govt
Abia State government has said the ban on tricycle operations, popularly called Keke recently announced by the state Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu only applies in the state commercial capital, Aba. The ban restricts operations of commercial tricycle operators within the hours of 7pm to 6am daily, a measure being put in place to check crimes. This is contained in a statement on...
Group Urges Ndigbo To Ignore Calls For Election Boycott
The Igbo World Assembly (IWA) has called on Ndigbo across the country to ignore calls to boycott the 2023 general elections. The umbrella body of Igbo organisations across the world urged Ndigbo to support the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, and ensure the former governor of Anambra State wins the February 25 polls. In a statement by...
APC Chieftain Says Tinubu Not Desperate To Rule Nigeria
A member of the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress, Tolu Bankole, on Friday described the presidential candidate of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as a patriot interested in the wellbeing of the masses. Bankole, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja, said Tinubu’s concern over the lingering fuel crisis and the scarcity of the new naira...
