The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emiefele, has stated that the CBN will not be used to sabotage the upcoming general elections.
The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emiefele
Emefiele spoke on Tuesday, February 7, during a meeting with Mahmood Yakubu, chairperson of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)/ Their meeting was held at the CBN headquarters in Abuja.
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Speaking at the meeting, Yakubu said while service providers needed for elections are generally paid by electronic transfer, there are critical areas such as transportation and emergency situations where cash payments will be required.
Responding, Emefiele said:
“This issue of paying logistics for people who are going to be transporting election materials to wards, certainly I give it to you that because we regard the INEC project as an urgent national assignment, it cannot fail.
The central bank will not allow itself either to be used or to be seen as an agent that frustrated positive outcome of the election.
If you require cash to pay some of your service providers, we will make it available to you.
I will make sure that we will not allow ourselves to be seen as an agent that frustrated a positive outcome of the election.”
Rotimi Akeredolu, the governor of Ondo state, has boasted that it is Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s turn to lead Nigeria after President Muhammadu Buhari’s eight years in office.
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
Akeredolu made the call at the APC Ondo North senatorial campaign rally held in Owo on Monday, February 7, 2023.
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According to him, since the North had produced the president for eight years, it is the turn of the South to occupy the presidency.
He assured that the country will excel across the board under the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu if elected as the president.
While urging the people to go out en mass and vote for all the candidates of the party at the forthcoming polls, Akeredolu stressed that the party will pull the country out of the current doldrums.
He said: “Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu is tested and trusted. He has been Governor of Lagos State and we know how he transformed the State. I can assure you, Nigeria will move forward under Tinubu as President”, he said.
Akeredolu called on the people of Owo, Ose and Akoko to vote massively for the Senatorial candidate of the party, Pastor Jide Ipinsagba, adding that his experience in the private sector will help him deliver on his mandate if elected.
He also urged the people to drum support for the House of Representatives Candidates of the party.
The governor said, Hon. Bunmi Tunji-Ojo; Hon. Timehin Adelegbe; and Asiwaju Adegboyega Adefarati will bring quality representation to the people of their Federal Constituencies.
Akeredolu also campaigned for the candidates of the House of Assembly in the Senatorial district.
The Minister of State for Transportation, Ademola Adegoroye charged the people to vote for the APC. He stressed the need for party members to prioritise party loyalty for progress and development.
Chairman of the party in the State, Ade Adetimehin said Owo indigenes are known for their roles in standing for justice and equality in the country’s democracy.
He said: ”This is Owo. Akeredolu championed the struggle for Southern Presidency. Baba Ajasin championed the June 12 struggle. Another Owo man has championed Tinubu’s presidency. Let us go to our unit, ward and local government. It is time for Yoruba to be President.
“This election is for the Progressive. Our country will move forward under Tinubu. Vote Tinubu and all the Senate, Reps, and House of Assembly candidates under the APC. Don’t sell your votes.
Adetimehin later received over 500 PDP members in Akoko led by Bada Sunday and Sola Dauda into the APC.
Some bank officials in Nigeria were caught on camera scaling a barbed wire fence to avoid angry customers.
Nigerians’ reactions to the scarcity of the new Naira notes introduced last year have been mixed.
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Several videos have surfaced showing Nigerians waiting for hours in long lines to use ATMs, while others have resorted to sleeping over to get a spot the next day.
More extreme and intense reactions have also been recorded as some residents have stormed banks to destroy properties both of the bank and its workers.
To avoid falling victim of being manhandled by some aggrieved customers, some bank officials had resorted to scaling fence with ladder.
Although it is not known where the incident occured, a viral video online captures the staff taking turns to climb a fence.
The EFCC has arrested a bank manager for allegedly refusing to load the bank’s ATMs despite having new Naira notes.
According to the EFCC, the bank manager had N29 million of the new Naira notes in the bank’s vault but refused to do the needful. The manager’s arrest was made on Monday, February 6, 2023, in Abuja.
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EFCC noted:
“Before he was whisked away for further questioning, the operatives ordered the loading of all the ATMs and the payment of the stipulated amount across the counter to the delight of the distraught customers who had spent hours on queues without getting the new notes.
This discovery, which indicates a sabotage of the government’s monetary policy by some banks, was made by the EFCC in continuation of the ongoing surveillance and visit to banks across the country to access their vaults and verify whether they were deliberately refusing to dispense the redesigned Naira notes.
More than five bank branches were covered today by the operatives in Abuja. Similar exercises were ongoing in Zonal Commands across the country.“
Guests at a recent event in Port Harcourt were allegedly given new naira notes and two yam tubers each.
The chairs at the venue were carefully arranged in the photos that circulated online, and two tubers of yam as well as new naira notes were spotted on the chairs.
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This is happening amid the naira scarcity and struggles Nigerians have been facing since the release of the newly designed naira notes.
Reacting to this, @nwabundo51 wrote: “They created this chaos so that they can easily learn the people with this cuz they know that a lot of people are hungry”
@Enoredia said: “Wow I thought they turned people to yam 😂.”
@prince_chinedu_stephen wrote: “What’s happening here??? don’t tell me if politicians hand work.”
Hailie, the daughter of legendary American rapper Eminem, is now engaged to Evan McClintock, her long-term boyfriend.
Hailie, Eminem’s 27-year-old daughter, is now engaged. Hailie revealed on Instagram last night that Evans proposed to her on one knee. She, of course, said yes.
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Hailie shared photos from the night. Evans, her future husband, wore a white button-down shirt, beige slacks, brown boots, and a black peacoat.
Hailie, on the other hand, rocked a pair of dark gray jeans, a black leather jacket, and booties. Close-up photos of her ring were also shared, and her fans could not help but gush at the wonder.
Taking to Instagram, Hailie wrote:
“casual weekend recap… 😭💗 2.4.23 💍 i love you @evanmcclintock11”
Abdulrasheed Bawa, the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has been ordered to be arrested and held without bail by the Kogi State High Court.
Abdulrasheed Bawa
The court ordered that Bawa be remanded in Kuje prison for disobeying a court order.
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Justice Rukayat Ayoola in his judgment on Monday, February 6, also directed the Inspector General of Police to ensure compliance because the EFCC boss committed contempt of court.
The judge ruled that Bawa should be remanded for the next 14 days for disobeying a court ruling delivered on November 30, 2022, wherein he was directed to produce the applicant in a case, Ali Bello.
Counsel to the applicant, Sumaila Abbas, had dragged Bawa to court for arresting and detaining Ali Bello illegally, with the court ruling in his favor, only for the EFCC to arraign him for alleged money laundering three days after the ruling.
But, EFCC’s applications for setting aside and staying off the execution of the ruling were refused for want of merit.
Recall that an Abuja High Court sitting in Maitama inNovember 2022 convicted Bawa for contempt of court.
Tems, a Grammy award-winning singer, breaks her silence after winning the 65th Grammy Awards as the first Nigerian female act.
On Sunday, the Afrobeat singer won the award for “Best Melodic Rap Performance” for her contribution to the 2022 hit “Wait for U” by American rappers Future and Drake.
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In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Tems recalled how she used to listen to several prominent singers who she now works with.
“It is incredible, I get to work with people that five years ago were on my playlist. I was jamming to them and now I am working with them, it is such a pleasure and I feel like this is just the beginning.
“The song, with U was taken from my record, Higher, they reached out to me and they told me they would use it as a sample and I felt it was amazing. I thought the song was interesting and amazing the way it got together.”
A Nigerian man who goes by the handle @frezze44 on the popular app TikTok has revealed his feelings for a female banker at Zenith Bank.
In a trending video, Frezze44 revealed how he has been trekking for hours to the bank just to see his crush.
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The short video showed him walking to the bank and subsequently filming the pretty lady with dark skin who stays at the counter.
Sharing the video on TikTok, he wrote: “So I had to go to bank on Monday morning just to see my crush who happens to be a banker. I walked into the bank. I waited a customer service for a few minutes and she walked pass.
“I followed her upstairs. I saw her attending to customers she’s so hard-working and beautiful.”
Reacting to the video, @official Mary wrote: “She can talk for Africa and she sabi do ojoro ehn. I no like her for anything.”
@User7180127473892999 said: “Your crush no get nyash.”
@Girlie added: “You sure say nor be scarcity of cash make you start to de crush on her.”
