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Oct

31

2023

Breaking: CBN clarifies that there’s no plans to renominate Naira.

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Claims that the Central Bank of Nigeria intends to redenominate the Naira with effect from January 2023 have been refuted. The Director of Corporate Communications of CBN, Isa AbdulMumin, announced this in a statement on Tuesday. The central bank's response follows a rumor that it intends to rename the nation's legal money. The Bank denied the assertion, stating that it does not intend to reorganize and rename the Naira. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been alerted to the widespread dissemination of a text message indicating that the CBN intends to rename the Naira, the nation's legal cash, beginning…

Oct

31

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Nov. 11 election: Governor Uzodimma plans to rent all hotels in Owerri

Entertainment, Metro, Politics2023, Hope Uzodinma, Imo State, Politics

The administration of Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has requested that all hotel owners and managers in the city of Owerri reserve their rooms exclusively for government use ahead of the upcoming gubernatorial election. According to the memo issued by Barr. Jerry Egbule Egemba, Commissioner for State Ministry of Tourism, the government was planning to rent and occupy all the hotel rooms, no matter their size or classification, in the state from Saturday, November 4, to Saturday, November 11, 2023, thus shutting out election observers and other political parties. The commissioner instructed hotel owners to send information regarding their…

Oct

30

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Abia PDP challenges Otti to investigate into Ikpeazu’s road contract in Aba.

Abia State, Metro, Opinion, Politics2023, Abia State, Alex Otti, Labour Party, Okezie Ikpeazu, Peoples Democratic Party

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chapter in Abia State has refuted Governor Alex Otti's Sunday claim that Okezie Ikpeazu's previous administration spent N10 billion on the Port Harcourt Road in Aba. In same manner, the party has been challenging Otti to form an impartial technical verification panel in order to confirm the accuracy of the road construction and drainage projects on Port Harcourt Road. Okezie Ikpeazu and Alex Otti "I know that some monies had been taken in the past," Otti had said during his Sunday night media talk with journalists.The 2017 money exchange rate was 280 naira, same like…

Oct

30

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Rivers: Edwin Clark alleges that Wike wants to oust Fubara, install Speaker as Gov.

Opinion, Politics2023, Nyesom Wike, Politics, Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara

Chief Edwin Clark, the head of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), has claimed that the attempt to remove Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State is being orchestrated by Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Wike - Fubara - Clerk According to Clark, Wike wants the Speaker of the House of Assembly to take Fubara's post after his impeachment. Edison Ehie, the majority leader and a staunch supporter of Fubara, was ousted by the Rivers State House of Assembly. Ehie was dismissed for reportedly impeding a Monday attempt to file for the governor's impeachment.Clark, nevertheless, cautioned…

Oct

30

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Deep Sorrow Engulfs Igbo Nation As Prof Ben Nwabueze Departs; Ohanaeze Mourns

Lifestyle, Metro, News, SponsoredBen Nwabueze, Biafra, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Personality, RIP

Ohanaeze Ndigbo PRESS RELEASE - 30/10/23Subject: The Eternal Passage of Professor Ben Nwabueze, Nigeria's First Academic Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Former Minister of Education With heavy hearts and profound sorrow, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, joins the entire Igbo nation and the world at large in mourning the irreparable loss of a great luminary, a towering figure, and a champion of the Igbo cause, Professor Ben Nwabueze. We announce with deep grief the passing away of our beloved founder and former Secretary-General, Professor Ben Nwabueze, a man whose contributions to the academic, legal, and political spheres are…