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Erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party (nPDP), and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze has commended Governor David Nweze Umahi of Ebonyi State, for resolving to honor late former Head of State, General Sani Abacha, under whose regime Ebonyi State was created by naming the newly constructed Olympic Stadium after him.

In a statement made available to media houses, Eze said the beautiful Centenary City Ring Road was also named after former Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim who also served as Secretary to the Government of the federation during the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, in appreciation to the roles he played in the development of the state....

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There can be no telling the measure of pressure faced by Nigerians at a time as this. What is not in doubt is whatever the intent of the presidency in pursuing the redesign of some currencies, the discomfort Nigerians suffer now, if nothing is done about it might as well get to a level where the people can no longer bear the pains and inconveniences any more. At that stage, nothing is predictable.

In spite of repeated denials by Godwin Emefiele, that the naira redesign is not political and not targeted at any politician, the reaction of the members of the National Assembly and governors, especially of the APC, suggest that, indeed, there may be more to it than meets the eye...

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The currency redesign and the cash crisis it has engendered have exposed the treacherous nature of Nigeria’s ruling party(APC) and ruling elites. They have sought power and wealth as ends in themselves and not as means to better the society and lots of ordinary Nigerians. Their rallying points are the Nigerian governors who congregate under the amorphous and illegal body called the Nigeria governors forum (NGF). The NGF group is illegal and unconstitutional because they have no such right or mandate; nor is the forum a creation of any law.

Some of the governors led by Nasir El Rufai have gone to the Supreme Court to stop the currency swap, a policy of the same ruling party. Talk of a house divided against itself....

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Labour Party South West Zonal Coordinator, Mr Sola Ebiseni has said that Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai is wrong to have called the Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi a Nollywood actor. Speaking on Arise News Interview monitored by The News Chronicle, the Labour Party chieftain noted that Peter Obi is a man of integrity and character who can be trusted with the leadership of Nigeria.

Recall that the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has described the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, as a Nollywood actor who stands no chance of winning the presidential race.

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An elder statement and senior lawyer, Robert Clarke has stated that the Supreme Court of
Nigeria acted rightly for halting the deadline attached to the submission of the old naira
notes. Speaking on Arise TV in an interview, monitored by The News Chronicle, the senior lawyer
noted that he has also been a victim of the policy.
The News Chronicle earlier reported that the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a
suspension of the deadline for the swapping of old to new Naira notes by the Central Bank of
Nigeria (CBN).

The interim injunction was given to restrain the Federal Government from suspending the
acceptance of the old Naira notes on Friday, February 10, 2023, deadline.
It could be recalled that Kaduna, Zamfara, and Kogi State on Monday instituted a suit
against the Federal Government at the Supreme Court over the scarcity of old and new
Naira notes due to the CBN naira redesign policy....

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A Magistrate’s Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, on Wednesday sentenced a 35-year-old woman, Success James, to prison for child labour and abduction of female minors for prostitution in the state.
The presiding magistrate, Genevieve Osakwe, found James guilty of seven charges of the eight-count levelled against her.
Delivering the sentence, Osakwe, who found James guilty, sentenced her to five years imprisonment for count one, five years imprisonment for count two, two years for count three, four years for count four, two years for count five, two years for count seven, while count eight was for a one-year prison term.
The Magistrate held Osakwe that all the sentences should run concurrently with no option of fine....

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According to the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPCL) administration has allocated gasoline directly to its members in order to reduce shortages.

After the IPMAN NEC meeting with the NNPCL management on Tuesday in Lagos, Chinedu Okoronkwo, the national president of IPMAN, affirmed. Okoronkwo claimed that following a private meeting between IPMAN officials and NNPCL management, the order was given....

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As the 2023 general election draws closer, Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi has sought the support of Nigerians to emerge as the next president of the country. The former governor of Anambra State who is one of the leading presidential candidates has once again promised to turn Nigeria around if given the opportunity.

Peter Obi stated this at a public presentation of the book, “Peter Obi: Many Voices One Perspective” in Abuja...

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Geoffrey Onyeama, the minister of foreign affairs, and Michael Ohiani, the director-general of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), met in Abuja to discuss alternative funding options for maintaining the nation’s missions abroad and creating or acquiring new properties for missions that are being established.

During the opening session, the minister stated that the ministry’s budget issues have become a serious issue because many of its sites are underutilized, underdeveloped, or badly maintained....

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Delta Governor and Vice-Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ifeanyi Okowa, is not a dictator as alleged by Pa Edwin Clark, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, has said.

Ifeajika who was speaking on a Delta Broadcasting Service (DBS) TV programme, ‘The Faculty’ monitored in Asaba, said contrary to the allegation contained in Pa Clark’s open letter, Okowa had remained a seasoned democrat....

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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, is a dour uncharismatic man who must have gotten the top banking job through political connection or patronage. Since the CBN came into being soon after our flag independence in 1960 no CBN Governor had been this clueless, this controversial. Emefiele inspires little or no confidence and no one in the banking sector considers him a stellar performer.

Here is a man who as a technocrat wanted to be a wannabe politician by joining the crowded race for the APC primary election. He reportedly shelled out millions of Naira to be able to purchase the expression of interest form. Now, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu having ‘bought’ the ruling party’s ticket Emefiele and other emergency politicians (including the Senate President and the Vice-President) had come to terms with the fact that competing against a ruthless godfather and bullion van political crook takes a measure of extraordinary political manipulation....

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To start with, election candidacy ought not to be an impromptu decision. For inspiration, we may have to turn to the Western civilization for succour. After all, our social structures and institutions are patterned after theirs.

In the United Kingdom, as in other saner climes, young men and women who participate in school politics – and are interested in running governments – are provided with the ample chance to express themselves in an enabling environment; and they follow through till they graduate from these schools. It’s like a recruitment centre; and they eventually form the bulk of the grooming pool. It’s out of this pool that future leaders are chosen. Of course, that’s why it’s customary: when you see candidates aiming to become prime ministers in the UK, they are products of certain Ivy League schools. So, it’s like the tertiary institutions in the West actually helping to groom the leadership class from which society decides who runs the race.

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Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has alleged that the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, plans to scuttle the general election with the Naira Swap Policy. The governor who spoke yesterday at a campaign rally in Kano stated that the Naira Swap policy is a fighting back strategy.

Speaking at the rally where he presented the party flag to the APC governorship candidate in Kano State, the governor disclosed that the CBN governor is still grieving about his failed ambition to emerge as the presidential candidate of the ruling party....

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The Association of Corporate Affairs Managers of Banks (ACAMB) has insisted that the financial institutions do not have any reason to hoard the currency in light of the extreme hardships Nigerians are experiencing. This comes as public anger toward deposit money banks (DMBs) increases in response to photos showing hidden new banknotes in banking halls.

The group further noted that as part of their continued commitment to constructing seamless client experiences and real-time digital financial transactions, banks had spent over N100 billion in recent years setting up and maintaining cutting-edge electronic channels...

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Could it be that Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a “Prophet” with the unction of a seer ? God sometimes speaks facts and realities through the mouths of babies, mad and foolish people, making the wisdom of the wise sometimes foolish.At some point he spoke through a donkey and would bat no eyelid to raise stones to do what men are meant to do but wouldn’t.

Prophetic words come sometimes veiled with an unconscionable time frame before its manifestation, while at another time it manifest with a speed of lightning....

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday, arraigned one Sulaiman Muhammad Dikwa before Justice C.N Nwabulu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Jikwoyi, Abuja.

Dikwa is facing prosecution alongside Green Sahara Farms Limited on a six count amended charge bordering on criminal breach of trust and fraudulent conversion of N414,000,000 (Four Hundred and Fourteen Million Naira)....

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Only in an unusual place like Nigeria will the head of the executive branch of government and public services for the Nigerian people deny being a public officer.

In Nigeria, we hold elections for many public offices, including the president. A long time ago, Nigeria drifted from traditional ways of authority to the British parliamentary system and the American presidential system. Today, while we say the country operates as a presidential system, which it has haphazardly and blindly embraced, we cannot say the country is practicing a true system of government...

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The newly inaugurated 5,700 hectares Hadejia Valley Irrigation Scheme in Auyo Local Government Area of Jigawa State will significantly contribute to Nigeria’s quest for food security, job creation and economic diversification, President Muhammmadu Buhari said on Tuesday in Dutse.

The President spoke at a state banquet after commissioning several projects executed by the Federal Government, the Jigawa State Government and the Malam Alu Farm Project, a private enterprise championed by Honorable Farouk Adamu Aliyu....

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There are two insects in Yoruba cosmology that are similar. But they are very distinct. One is oyin (Bee). The other is agbon (Wasp). Both equally sting in their unique ways. Oyin, for instance, is less aggressive and stings only when it is threatened or comes under immediate danger. It is an insect that is naturally defensive; it stings once. On the other hand, agbon is very aggressive, territorial, domineering and controls its space. It suffers no incursion and intrusion into its space. While oyin and agbon live in almost similar nests (with oyin’s own a bit concealed), agbon openly displays its abode, daring anyone to come near it. Now, when these two insects set out to fight, oyin stings and leaves marks of the attack on its victims....

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Delta State Government on Monday said contrary to the “misinformation being peddled by the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, it was not seeking fresh N100 billion loan as being alleged.”

Commissioner for Finance, Chief Fidelis Tilije, stated this at a joint press conference with his Information counterpart, Charles Aniagwu and the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Olisa Ifeajika in Asaba...

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Victor Osimhen was on target in Napoli’s win against Roma last night, a resplendent performance that has made him continue to lead on the SerieA top scoring chart with 14 goals and two goals above Super Eagles teammates Ademola Lookman who is also jostling for the golden boot.

Victor scored Napoli’s first goal in the 17th minute of the first half via Kvaratskhelia’s assist. El Shaaraway leveled for Roma in the 75th minute for Roma, but unfortunately, Roma conceded again through Simeone’s late strike which helped Napoli finish the game with a narrow win of 2-1..

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President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Daura returned all thanks to God for safety in life’s journey over many years, highlighting the years of battle during the Nigerian Civil War and some personal challenges as testimonies of divine protection and guidance.

A statement by Femi Adesina said Buhari, who visited the Emir of Daura, Faruk Umar Faruk, after commissioning of two roads, said the destiny of man, country and the world remains in the hands of God....

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Ajax today announced that they have removed head coach Alfred Schreuder from active duty with immediate effect. Alfred was Erik ten Hag’s successor after the Dutch moved to Manchester United at the beginning of the season. According to Ajax, Alfred was removed following disappointing results and lack of development within the team. The management of the club is no longer confident about their agreement.

The club confirmed that assistant coach Matthias Kaltenbach’s contract will also be terminated with immediate effect....

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A close relation has just lost an opportunity to secure a visa to the United Arab Emirates because he is a Nigerian. In December, the chap got an offer from a university in the UAE for both PhD and scholarship, and had gone through all the processes of registration, writing a TOEFL examination and police clearance back home. All was set, including access to his portal and was already chatting with his professors before his visa request was denied...

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The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly and State PDP Governorship Candidate for the 2023 general elections, Sheriff Oborevwori has promised to run an all inclusive government if elected the next Governor of the state.

Speaking at Ofuoma, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, when he met with the people in the area, the Gubernatorial Candidate of the PDP, said that all Deltans and residents of the state would be carried along in his...

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For those who decide to ride on the back of the tiger, the problem is not how to mount, but how to dismount without ending up in the belly of the tiger. For Godwin Emiefele, the incompetent and amoral governor of Nigeria’s central bank, that time is now. For eight years, he operated as a rogue central banker, bludgeoning the Nigerian economy with one catastrophic monetary policy decision after another while violating all ethics, norms, and procedures to satisfy his political masters. He went on a money-printing spree for the government over and above the legal limits, lending to the government over N23.72 trillion ($53 billion) in its so-called “Ways and Means Advances” while raising the Cash Reserve Ratio and throttling the private sector to manage inflation, unsuccessfully. Worse, his staccato banning, unbanning, and re-banning of individuals, groups or items from access to foreign and the almost weekly...

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Yauri.
Remember the name. The town located in Kebbi State remains sleepy in spite of the presence of a
Federal Government College. But since June 17,2021,the town has lost all sleep with the date going
down as the day the whistle blew to begin a nightmare.
Different dates represent different dreams for different Nigerians with some of those dreams being
nightmares. For the girls who became known the world over as Chibok girls, it was April 14,2014.
For the 59 students brutally roused in the dead of night and rustled to their death at the Federal
Government College Buni Yadi, Yobe State,the date is....

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The senatorial candidate of the Labour Party( LP) for Anambra Central, Senator Victor Umeh, on Wednesday said he has no regrets contributing his quota towards the emergence of Governor Charles Soludo.

The former National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) said he had forgiven Soludo for removing his campaign billboards in Awka..

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Governor Chukwuma Soludo on Wednesday announced a cutdown in the taxes payable by transport operators across board in Anambra state.

The governor announced the reduction at a crucial meeting he had with transport operators today at the Dora Akunyili Women Development Centre, Awka, where critical issues were discussed...

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Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa has called on youths across the country to brace up for leadership roles in a quest to develop the nation.

Bawa gave the charge in Sokoto while chairing a Conference on “Corruption in Nigeria: Trends and Patterns” at the Usman Danfodiyo University convened by the Zero Tolerance for Corruption club of...

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Last week, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), disclosed that it has 93.4 million voters in its voter register. Not all these people will vote because of other intervening forces, but it marked a significant leap in the registeration of voters compared with previous elections. It also shows that voter consciousness is improving day by day, in addition to other factors that will make the next presidential election the most competitive and dramatic....

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