Politics

<strong>LP Chairpersons Threaten To Withdraw Support For Party Over Logistics Funds</strong>
Elections, News, Nigeria

LP Chairpersons Threaten To Withdraw Support For Party Over Logistics Funds

The national leadership of Labour Party, LP, has said that the party’s focus is on people casting their vote with their conscience rather than expecting monetary gains in exchange for a vote. Earlier on Thursday, chairpersons of the party across states had threatened to withdraw support for the party over non-receipt of mobilisation funds. Gombe LP chair, Sani Abdulsalam, at a media briefing on Thursday said, “We have never been respected by the party leadership and also our presidential candidate has no respect for our party executives at state levels because Peter Obi deliberately mismanaged our goodwill with the imposition of his members and other support groups that decamped with him in May 2022 to our party,”. “Of note, Wednesday, February 22, 2023, was the meeting we ha...
<strong>104-Year-Old Woman Endorses Peter Obi For Presidency</strong>
Elections, News, Nigeria

104-Year-Old Woman Endorses Peter Obi For Presidency

Iyom Josephine Ezeanyaeche, a 104-year-old woman, has expressed her support for Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to become the president in Saturday’s election. Ezeanyaeche, popularly known as Mama Africa, during a visit to the LP’s office in Abuja, said Obi would make Nigeria an investment hub.   She said the endorsement of Obi to win the forthcoming election was given his qualification as the best out of the four major contestants. She said, “The searchlight for his selection was nationally oriented and accepted for his visionary leadership, integrity, transparency, competence, capacity, character, selflessness, enlightenment, education, and nationalism. “Calling him for this honourable task in our assessment will comfort Nigerians for a new begi...
Akeredolu Tells Buhari Parting Gift To Give Nigerians
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Akeredolu Tells Buhari Parting Gift To Give Nigerians

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has told President Muhammadu Buhari to allow the old and new naira notes to both be in circulation as legal tender. Cash scarcity has been witnessed across the country as a fallout of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s naira redesign policy. This has resulted in protests and attacks on banks in some states across the country in the past few days. Reacting to the development in a statement issued on Saturday, Akeredolu said the crisis may upset the forthcoming general election. He said the “failed implementation” of the policy is as a result of “miscalculation, error of judgement and disinformation“ from the apex bank.  The governor insisted that as appealing as the policy appears to be, its implementation drives curiosity as regar...
<strong>APC Conceived, Birthed And Nurtured Naira Scarcity – Atiku</strong>
Economy, Finance, News

APC Conceived, Birthed And Nurtured Naira Scarcity – Atiku

The presidential flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has expressed sympathy with Nigerians that died in the violent protests over naira scarcity. Atiku in a statement issued on Thursday said the crisis brought about by the redesign of some naira notes was conceived by the All Progressives Congress, APC. The statement read, “We have, in recent days, witnessed upheavals in different parts of the country in which lives were lost and properties destroyed. “On behalf of my family and presidential campaign organisation, I express my deepest condolences to the families of all those who have lost dear ones.  “This crisis may be coming on the heels of the currency swap, but it is pertinent to remind us that it is a culmination of the frustrations o...
<strong>Kano LP Governorship Candidate Decamps To Opposition Party</strong>
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Kano LP Governorship Candidate Decamps To Opposition Party

Bashir Bashir, the governorship flagbearer of the Labour Party, LP, in Kabno State has dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress, APC. According to an associate of Bashir who spoke to TheCable under the condition of anonymity, on Sunday night, that the defection was informed by the “exclusion of major northern stakeholders in the decision-making process of the party’s campaign”. The associate also said another reason for the defection was the “lack of clear direction on the interest of northern Nigeria”. See Also: Labour Party Assembly Candidate In Imo Dies Reports say Bashir held meetings with the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, and Kashim Shettima, Tinubu’s running mate. The meetings were said to have been held in Lagos and Abuja, where an agreement ...
<strong>Lagos Govt Closes Chrisland School Over Pupil’s Death, Father Alleges Cover-up</strong>
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Lagos Govt Closes Chrisland School Over Pupil’s Death, Father Alleges Cover-up

The Lagos State Government has mandated the closure of Chrisland International School pending the outcome of the investigation into the circumstances leading to the death of a pupil, identified as Whitney Adeniran, who died during the school’s inter-house sports at Agege stadium, in the Agege area of the state. The development was confirmed by the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, during a telephone conversation with a Punch correspondent on Sunday. Omotoso said, “We are investigating the matter but as a first step, we are going to shut down the school (Chrisland) tomorrow (Monday) to allow for a full investigation. “The Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasadee Adefisayo, has spoken with the father of the child to sympathise with him and commiserat...
<strong>We Will Set Aside $10Bn To Support, South-East Businesses, Revive Abia Dry Port</strong>
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We Will Set Aside $10Bn To Support, South-East Businesses, Revive Abia Dry Port

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has said that his administration would set aside a $10 billion fund to boost business in the south-east if elected. Abubakar stated this at the PDP campaign rally in Abia State on Saturday. The former vice-president said the fund is part of a promise he made to traders in the region during his campaign in 2019. He said, “My vice president has announced that we are going to set aside $10 billion to make sure that we support businesses, particularly in this part of the country. “I remember in 2019 when I came here, I addressed a group of businessmen from the south-east generally because Aba is the capital of the southeast as far as business is concerned. See Also: ‘PDP Has Brought Us Shame’ – Ayu...
<strong>Edo State Bans Cash Transactions In Offices From March 1</strong>
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Edo State Bans Cash Transactions In Offices From March 1

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has banned cash transactions in all government offices in the state. Obaseki said the ban would be effective from March 1, 2023. He disclosed this on Thursday in Benin, during a workshop for senior civil and public servants on the state government’s code of ethics. This follows the naira redesign policy which has caused a cash crunch as Nigerians struggle to get cash notes from banking halls and automated teller machines, ATMs. Obaseki while speaking at the event said the state government would do away with cash transactions for a more transparent cashless mode of transactions. See Also: Gov Matawalle Orders Arrest of Persons Rejecting Old Naira Notes He said, “I have issued a circular that effective March 1st, government offices ...
Gov Matawalle Orders Arrest of Persons Rejecting Old Naira Notes
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Gov Matawalle Orders Arrest of Persons Rejecting Old Naira Notes

Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle has asked security operatives to arrest anybody who refuses to recognize and accept old naira notes for transactions in the state. The governor issued the directive at a swearing-in ceremony of the new High Court Judges and Special Advisers held at the Government House Gusau on Friday. Matawalle described the redesigning of the currency as ill-timed and wrongly implemented. He directed that, “Anyone who refuses to accept the old currency notes of N200, N500, and N1000 in the state should be arrested.” According to the Zamfara governor, old currency notes remain legal tender until the final verdict of the case filed against the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Federal Government by three northern governors of Kaduna, Kogi, and Zamfara ...
<strong>Retired Police Officer Shouldn’t Be Appointed As PSC Chair – Obasanjo</strong>
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Retired Police Officer Shouldn’t Be Appointed As PSC Chair – Obasanjo

Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has said that individuals that retired as police officers should not be considered for appointment as chair of the Police Service Commission, PSC. Recall that the senate had in January 2023 confirmed retired inspector-general of the police, IGP, Solomon Arase, as substantive chair of the PSC after President Muhammadu Buhari asked the red chamber to confirm him in line with provisions of section 153 (1) and 154 (1) of the constitution as amended.   Before Arase was appointed, Musiliu Smith, a former IG, served as chair of the PSC. Obasanjo while speaking on Wednesday at the public presentation of a book titled ‘Policing the Nigeria Police’, written by Simon Okeke, a former chairperson of PSC, said retired police officers shou...