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NATIONAL BROADCAST BY HIS EXCELLENCY MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE CHALLENGES OF THE CURRENCY SWAP AND STATE OF THE NATION, ON 16th FEBRUARY, 2023

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My Dear Compatriots,   ​I have found it necessary to address you today, on the state of the nation and to render account on the efforts of our administration to sustain and strengthen our economy, enhance the fight against corruption and sustain our gains in the fight against terrorism and insecurity which has, undoubtedly, been impacted by several internal and external factors.   2.​Particularly, I am addressing you, as your democratically elected President, to identify with you and express my sympathy, over the difficulties being experienced as we continue the…

Buhari’s new Naira notes and death of Penkelemes’ musician By Festus Adedayo

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In 1984, Nigeria happened to Ayanyemi Atokowagbowonle. Atokowagbowonle was a musician whose style was unique, his delivery peculiar and he was the official musician of the stormy petrel of Ibadan politics, Adelabu Adegoke, a.k.a. Penkelemes, of the National Council of Nigeria and Cameroon (NCNC). The then-new head of state, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, had just violently seized the reins of power in Nigeria. That year April, Buhari had ordered the colours of all banknotes in circulation to be changed. The currency trafficking prevalent at the time and stolen funds by…

Understanding Nigeria’s Domestic Card ‘Afrigo’ By Adefolarin A Olamilekan

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Global financial and business environment continues to unfold. Even in the face of uncertainties that envelope current economic reality. We continue to witness arrays of meaningful and life changing packages cutting across the way things are done. In recent times, the means of exchanging and trading as well as transaction payment for goods and services have all been impacted. This is courtesy of developed and developing empirical innovation in telecommunication. Although as it stands, developed nations in their quest for better society re- engineer and re-tool the usage of telecommunication…

Egoistic El-Rufai! By Olawale Olaleye

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Whatever informed Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s decision to make such an accusation against the presidency and yet, failed to properly lay the blame in the appropriate quarters, is probably why the president doesn’t take him seriously in the first place. He likes to pride in his supposed relationship with the president but does not realise that the man relates to him with extreme circumspection. I do not have any business with his insinuations, which are now being given life by several other people in the party. What I have a problem…

The god of Wike! Buhari is alone! And other illusions (2), by Hassan Gimba

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President Muhammadu Buhari’s followers, therefore, created in him an image of an ascetic, beyond reproach, and so canonised him as a saint. And he also did his best to fit into that picture. Ramrod, shed of any fat and wearing the cheapest materials around, the story was that he had seen it all yet refused to be tempted into taking anything from anywhere he worked.   He was a military governor with executive powers over what are now six states and then a federal commissioner of petroleum and later a…

Buhari declares Tinubu as next President of Nigeria … Tinubu says Nigeria ‘ll recover from challenges

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President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that the All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will be the next President of Nigeria. President Buhari made the declaration in Lafia, capital of Nasarawa State, on Saturday at the APC Presidential Campaign rally that had thousands of party supporters and residents. The President confirmed Asiwaju Tinubu’s earlier statement on their over 20 years friendship, assured Nigerians and the people of Nasarawa State that the APC presidential candidate would be a good President that will make the country better after him. President…

Mr. President, You owe Tinubu more than this… By Abdullahi O.Haruna Haruspice

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At the venue of the All Progressives Congress party convention in Lagos in 2014, all was set by the duo of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso to define your end politically. They came prepared to pull the rug off your feet but one man -only one man saved you. The man is Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu! Sensing the clandestine onslaught against you, he rolled out his political canopy and got you enveloped, thereby shielding you from the dangerous arrows of defeat. You came victorious because this man used…

The god of Wike, Buhari is alone and other illusions (1), by Hassan Gimba

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Many governors who finish their two terms in Nigeria retire into the red chamber and become ‘distinguished Senators’. But not so His Excellency, Chief Barrister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, CON, the sixth governor of Rivers State and a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) strongman. When he refused to follow the traditional path taken by governors finishing their tour of duty, many thought he wanted to make a career in dancing to the beatings of a live band. There were arguments on where he would ply his trade – clubhouses or political gatherings…

JUST IN : CBN extends deadline on old Naira notes till February 10

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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended the deadline for the use of the old notes till February 10, 2023.   The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, announced the extension in a statement signed on Sunday, January 29, 2023.   This come after Nigerians have called for an extension of the deadline, sighting scarcity of the new notes in circulation.   The CBN governor had earlier insisted that there won’t be any extension to the policy, saying kidnapping and ransom-taking have reduced since the three banknotes were redesigned.   He…

Governance by ambush. By Owei Lakemfa

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The mass media reported that as Nigerians slept on January 19, 2023, the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, again, increased the price of petrol. This time from N170 per litre to N185. Twenty four hours later, the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, denied that government gave the order for the price hike. Despite this, the new price is in place and government has not taken any known step to reverse the increase.   The Minister added: “Government will not approve any increase of PMS secretly without due…