Author: Vreporters
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Jitters as Wike’s camp pushes for PDP NEC meeting
Vanguard News The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has received a fresh turn as political camp loyal to Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has been making push for a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the party. Vanguard gathered that some allies of Wike within the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) and…
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2023: Tinubu Set To Present Manifesto To Afenifere Leadership in Akure
Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC will today, Sunday, in Akure, the Ondo State capital, South-West Nigeria present the Tinubu-Shettima Action Plan for 2023 to the Pa Reuben Fasoranti-led Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere. The Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council says the presentation of the “Action Plan” document to Afenifere has become imperative in…
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Two MAPOLY Students Among Travelers Abducted on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, SUG President Reacts
Two students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, Ogun State, were among the travelers abducted along the Lagos – Ibadan expressway. The kidnapped students include Miss Orekoya Oluwatobi and another whose identity was yet to be ascertained. They were abducted on Friday near Sat Guru Maharaji Garden at the Ibadan end of the highway. According…
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Gunmen Abduct Former UI DVC, Demand N50 Million Ransom
A former deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics) of the University of Ibadan, Professor Adigun Agbaje, has been abducted by suspected Kidnappers. The kidnappers who have contacted the family are asking for a sum of N50m as ransom. According to a report by the Foundation for Investigative Journalism, FIJ, Prof. Adigun Agbaje, who is currently on sabbatical at…
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Why Tinubu May Win 2023 Presidential Race – Fitch Solutions
The Fitch Solutions Country Risk & Industry Research has predicted that the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, might win the 2023 presidential election. The subsidiary of Fitch Ratings, a global rating company, in its report said the APC candidate had a higher possibility of winning, adding that Nigeria might, however,…
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Buhari Approved Naira Redesign, CBN Replies Finance Minister
Daily Trust The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said it followed due process as far as redesigning three series of the naira is concerned. Spokesman of the apex bank, Mr. Osita Nwanisobi, said this while responding to the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, who said her ministry was not carried…
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Hope Buhari doesn’t appear on new naira notes by Farooq Kperogi
By Farooq Kperogi With an unusually inept Central Bank of Nigeria governor like Godwin Emefiele and the unprecedently anything-goes climate that the Muhammadu Buhari regime has engendered in the last seven years, I won’t be surprised if the main motive force for the CBN’s move to redesign the naira is to accomplish a plan to…
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Minister of Finance Claims Ignorance of Plan To Redesign Naira
The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, on Friday claimed ignorance of the move to redesign the Naira by the Central Bank of Nigeria adding that, her ministry was not consulted. She made the disclosure during the budget debate of the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning in Abuja. The Minister said even though one…
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Terror Alert: British Airways cancels London-Abuja flight
Daily Trust British Airways has cancelled its flight which was expected to arrive in Abuja in the early hours of Saturday, finding by our correspondent has revealed. The development comes after a BA83 flight from London-Heathrow to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, was suddenly diverted to Lagos. Passengers affected by the cancellation and…
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Terror Alert: President Buhari Sends Message To Nigerians
Following the recent terror alarm and recent changes in travel advice from the US and UK governments, President Muhammadu Buhari has cautioned Nigerians, urging the residents to be alert. In a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shahu on Friday, Buhari appealed to the nation’s security establishment…