Day: March 3, 2023

APC Chieftain Killed In Osun, IPAC Reacts

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The South West Wing of the Inter-Party Advisory Council has condemned the murder of a leader of the All Progressives Congress in Osun State, Tunde Ejoka, by unknown assailants. He was killed on Wednesday at his residence in Ijebu-Jesa, headquarters of Ori-Ade Local Government Area. The Chairman of IPAC in the South West, Wale Adebayo, said on Friday in a statement issued by his media aide, Dayo Joseph, that the murder was outrageous and barbaric. READ ALSO: Police Confirm 12 Dead In Rivers Friday Morning Explosion Tinubu’s Emergence Has Settled…

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Police Confirm 12 Dead In Rivers Friday Morning Explosion

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The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed that 12 persons died in the early Friday morning explosion in Rumuekpe community of Emoha Local Government Area of the state. The Spokesperson for the command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, confirmed this on Friday in a statement in Port Harcourt. Iringe-Koko said preliminary investigation indicated that the victims were scooping crude product when the site caught fire. The News Agency of Nigeria had earlier gathered that the explosion occurred as a bus loaded with some siphoned crude went up in flames as it was…

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Tinubu’s Emergence Has Settled Rotational Presidency — Wike

Abibat Babalola

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said that with the emergence of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Nigeria’s President-Elect, the row over rotational presidency in the country has been settled. Governor Wike, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, said this on Friday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Tinubu, who contested the presidential election of February 25, 2023 on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, was declared the President-Elect by the Independent National Electoral Commission in the early hours of March 1. READ ALSO: Explosion Rocks Oil…

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Explosion Rocks Oil Pipelines in Rivers, Kills ‘Several People’

Abibat Babalola

A crude oil pipeline at Rumuekpe Community in the Emohua local government area of Rivers exploded around 2: a.m. Friday, reportedly killing several people. The police spokesman in Rivers, Grace Woyengikuro Iringe-Koko, confirmed the incident although the police have yet to release an official statement. The explosion occurred at a tapping point on the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP), which passed through the community. READ ALSO: Nigerian Who Claimed to be Professor at Oxford and Cambridge Loses Academic Visitor Status BREAKING: Old N1000, N500, N200 Legal Tender Till Dec. 31- Supreme…

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Nigerian Who Claimed to be Professor at Oxford and Cambridge Loses Academic Visitor Status

Aoko Benjamin

Students complained about Onyeka Nwelue’s social media posts including one in which he reportedly said ‘no poor person has any value’   A Nigerian author who claimed to be a professor at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge has lost his academic visitor status after students alleged he “fabricated” his role. Onyeka Nwelue, a writer and filmmaker, was invited to join the African Studies Centre at Oxford as a visiting fellow for the 2021-22 academic year. Posts from a Twitter account, which has since been deleted, show that Mr Nwelue…

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BREAKING: Old N1000, N500, N200 Legal Tender Till Dec. 31- Supreme Court

ADEOLA YUSUF

  . Apex Court nullifies naira redesign policy, says old notes valid till Dec 31     The supreme court has invalidated the naira redesign policy introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The court made the declaration on Friday while delivering judgment in a suit instituted by three states of the federation. A seven-member panel of the apex court held that the old N200, N500 and N1000 remain valid legal tender until 31 December 2023. More to follow…

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I’ll Challenge Tinubu’s Victory, Says Atiku

Ganiyu Amodu

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday, vowed to challenge the victory of All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, in last Saturday’s presidential election. Speaking in an ongoing press conference in Abuja, Atiku described the election that produced Tinubu as president-elect as a “rape of democracy”. “This battle to right the wrongs of Saturday is not about me. It is a continuation of my battles to deepen democracy and for a better life for our people. It is about the future of Nigerian youths.…

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