Today’s Headlines:Name Aso Rock After Queen Elizabeth-Ndigbo, LP Ready To Negotiate With Wike-Bigwig

Name Aso Rock After Queen Elizabeth-Ndigbo.

Source: Daily Post Nigeria.

The apex socio-cultural organisation in Igbo land, Mr. Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has asked the Presidency to jettison the call to name the University of Nigeria Nsukka after Queen Elizabeth University of Nigeria, saying such move can be best for Aso Rock in Abuja or other parts of the North.

This was as it stressed that the former presidential aspirant of the Young Progressives Party, Mr. Adamu Garba, must tender an apology to Ndigbo for making such unhistorical remark.

Mr. Adamu, had, on Friday, advised President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari to immortalize Queen Elizabeth who died on Thursday, at 96, by renaming the UNN after her.

But reacting, the Chidi Ibeh-led Ohanaeze Ndigbo, in a statement by its Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, said such remark was capable of instigating conflict in the country.

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LP Ready To Negotiate With Wike-Bigwig.

Source: Punch Newspapers.

A chieftain of the Labour Party, Mr. Valentine Ozigbo, has said the party’s leadership is making plans to woo the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, and other aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressives Congress leaders to support the party’s presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, ahead of the 2023 general election.

Mr. Ozigbo, who was the governorship candidate of the PDP in the Anambra State governorship election, stressed that the LP would be ready to enter into an alliance with Wike, and some other willing state governors to gain their support for Obi’s presidential bid in their respective states.

He spoke on the sidelines of the Labour Party’s stakeholders’ meeting, in Awka, on Friday and urged the electorate to shun vote trading and vote for Obi because he could solve the humanitarian problems facing the country, such as youth unemployment, poverty, ethnic restiveness and insecurity.

He said, “It has become clear that Peter Obi is the choice of every segment of the Nigerian populace for the presidency of this country in the coming election. It is now incumbent on us to let those who don’t have the influence of the social media, who are influenced by money, learn that the little money they get that will not last for two weeks is not enough to sacrifice the whole of the next four years; that if they are in a position to resist the money, they should resist it, but, if they can’t resist it, they should take the money and vote wisely.

“Now, let me say this. We are open to discussing with other parties. Naturally, we will like to see the Labour Party in the entirety of the Senate, House of Reps and state assemblies. That should be our first option.”

Naira Loses Slightly Against Dollar.

Source: Daily Post Nigeria.

The Naira on Friday lost slightly to the dollar, exchanging at N436.33 compared with N436.32 on Thursday.

The open indicative rate closed at N433.83 to the dollar on Friday.

An exchange rate of N437 to the dollar was the highest rate recorded within the day’s trading before it settled at N436.33.

The Naira sold for as low as N425 to the dollar within the day’s trading.

A total of 66.02million dollars was traded at the official Investors and Exporters window on Friday.

Meanwhile, over the past month, Nigeria’s commercial banks have openly declared reduced limits on international transactions using naira debit cards to $20 per month.

It means Nigerians would be unable to use their naira debit cards to make any transactions more than $20 in a month.

This comes as a longstanding scarcity of foreign exchange continues to bite Africa’s largest economy and biggest oil exporter, Nigeria, despite the recent surge in global energy prices.

Kano Police Arrested 331 Suspects In One Month.

Source: Punch Newspapers.

The Kano State Police Command has arrested 331 suspected criminals in one month.

The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Abubakar Lawal, disclosed this on Friday at a press briefing on the achievements recorded by the command. The suspects, he said, were arrested for alleged robbery, kidnapping, car theft, thuggery, and drug abuse, among others.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Abubakar stated that 51 suspects were arrested for robbery, 69 for kidnapping, 12 for fraud, 18 vehicle and tricycle thieves, seven human traffickers, six drug dealers, and 168 suspected thugs.

Abubakar said that most of the suspects were already being charged to courts for prosecution.

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