Year: 2023

Femi Aina, father of Oreoluwa Aina, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member killed in a Lagos train accident last week, has disclosed that his daughter took the BRT bus involved in the disaster because of naira scarcity. BBC Yoruba quoted Mr Aina as saying “if not for the money the authorities have withdrawn from circulation, my daughter would not have boarded that bus. “But because she had no money on her, that’s why she boarded the bus.” The bereaved father said he was in Abuja when the accident occurred on Thursday,…

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Anambra State Governor Charles Soludo on Monday said the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele confirmed to him that banks can now receive and dispense old naira notes. Soludo stated this in a release which he also shared on social media. He used the medium to urge Anambra residents to begin transacting with the old banknotes. Prof Soludo, a former CBN governor, said Emefiele personally confirmed the development to him in a phone conversation on Sunday night after a bankers’ committee meeting. According to him, tellers…

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Supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party Peter Obi on Wednesday followed him to the Court of Appeal in Abuja. Dressed in a black shirt, Obi was also accompanied by the party’s stalwarts including its national chairman Julius Abure and Senator-elect Victor Umeh. The appellate court had fixed Wednesday to consider the merit of the application the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) filed, seeking to be allowed to reconfigure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines used for the presidential and National Assembly elections. On Twitter, the platform…

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By Sen Rilwan Soji Akanbi The serious gang-up against the National leader and presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu from winning the 2023 presidential election is no longer news. It is obvious that the sinister plan is building up by the day through different dynamics.Those who are in the know, with privileged information, given the events playing out have all spoken out concerning the underground plot to upstage Tinubu from clinching victory, given his nationwide acceptability across all geo-political zones.But what is obvious is that…

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By Mandy Park The body of Nathaniel Nwankwo Ulu will be laid to rest in his father’s compound Agbogo, Obiene Ututu in Arochukwu LGA of Abia state on Saturday 18th February 2023 Ulu was gruesomely murdered on Thursday 18th August 2022. According to the story by his father Mr Johnson Ulu who resides at plot 3 Umu Aro Street, location 15 Umu Ebule 2 Etche LGA , Rivers State. He was murdered after a minor quarrel with a neighbor . The father disclosed that he was coming back from his…

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Re: Oba of Lagos: LP Courtesy Visit By Akin Osuntokun My attention has been drawn to a fictitious “Press Release” purportedly released by me titled “Oba of Lagos : LP courtesy Visit”. The said deceptive release claimed, among other things that “We informed Oba of Lagos that Peter Obi wanted to come and pay homage to him before our rally in Lagos but Oba said that we should not come”. The fictitious release further claimed that Oba’s reason for not wanting to meet with Peter Obi was that “Oba is…

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By Mandy Park Senatorial candidate for Abia South, Hon Dame Blessing Nwagba has urged her supporters not to be intimidated by the shinanigans of those threatened by her popularity rise in the constituency.Nwagba told her supporters at Ugwunagbo community during her campaign in the arena that she is the candidate to beat given her rise and rise and acceptability across all gender in the constituency. She therefore told her massive supporters at the campaign ground not to be perturbed by the intimidation strategy of her opponents as she would be…

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By Mandy Park Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has directed public servants in the state to register for dancing competitions, dressing parades, and other games for the celebration of Valentine’s Day. The directive was contained in a circular dated 10th February 2023 and signed by Najeem Akinola on behalf of the Head of Service, Olaleye Aina.The celebration will hold on Tuesday, 14th February, at the White House Car Park, Abere. The circular obtained by Nigerianewsmark was directed to Secretary to the State Government, Chief of Staff, Permanent Secretaries, Heads of Non-Ministerial…

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Mandy Park Lagos was electrified yesterday, Saturday 11 February, as the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi’s campaign train arrived at the nation’s commercial nerve center. The excitement of the people was awesome as the entire city was shut down by organic jubilant youths, women, and adults struggling to see and hear the Presidential Candidate’s front-runner in the election due in a fortnight. The visits of the LP Candidate to some markets and the road works along strategic areas in the commercial city ensured that all parts…

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