Hameem Nuhu Sanusi was unanimously elected as the new Emir of Dutse by the emirate’s seven kingmakers.
The 43-year-old Sanusi is the son of the late Emir of Dutse, Dr. Nuhu Muhammad Sanusi who died five days ago.
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The appointment, which was backed by the Jigawa State Council of Chiefs and approved by the state governor, Muhammad Badaru Abubakar, is effective from February 5, 2023.
It was gathered that the State Government presented the appointment letter to the new Emir at the Garu Palace in Dutse on Sunday, February 5, 2023.
The late Emir of Dutse, who ruled the emirate for 28 years, passed away at Cedercrest Hospital in Abuja on January 31 after a brief illness.
The appointment of his son as the new Emir follows a long-standing tradition and underscores the commitment of the state to preserving its cultural heritage.
The Premier League has referred Manchester City to an independent commission for alleged financial rule violations.
The alleged breaches span a period from the 2009-10 season to the 2017-18 Premier League campaign.
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The charges relate to financial information regarding revenue, details of manager and player remuneration, UEFA regulations, profitability, and sustainability and cooperation on with Premier League investigations.
The Premier League said in a statement;
“In accordance with Premier League Rule W.82.1, the Premier League confirms that it has today [February 6 2023] referred a number of alleged breaches of the Premier League Rules by Manchester City Football Club (Club) to a commission under Premier League Rule W.3.4.
“Commissions are independent of the Premier League and member clubs. The members of the commission will be appointed by the independent chair of the Premier League judicial panel, in accordance with Premier League rules W.19, W.20 and W.26.
“The proceedings before the commission will, in accordance with Premier League rule W.82, be confidential and heard in private. Under Premier League rule W.82.2, the commission’s final award will be published on the Premier League’s website.
“This confirmation is made in accordance with Premier League rule W.82.1. The Premier League will be making no further comment in respect of this matter until further notice.”
BREAKING: Man City charged by Premier Leaue with numerous breaches of financial rules following a four-year investigation. This is unprecedented: pic.twitter.com/ZGzdX210qP
Since being taken over by the Abu Dhabi group in 2008, Manchester City have become one of football’s powerhouses thanks to considerable financial investment.
The arrival of the Gulf based owners heralded a new era of unprecedented success with the club winning six Premier League titles since the takeover.
Under the guidance of former Barcelona and Bayern coach Pep Guardiola, City won the Premier League in the 2017-18 season, becoming the only team in the competition history to attain 100 points in a single season. In 2018–19, they won four trophies, completing an unprecedented sweep of all domestic titles in England and becoming the first English men’s team to win the domestic treble.
The Champions League title remains ‘unfinished business’ for the Sky Blues after the 2021 final defeat to Chelsea in Porto.
Three APC-ruled state governments have taken the Federal Government of President Muhammadu Buhari to court over the Naira Redesign Policy, which has resulted in a severe cash shortage in the country.
President Muhammadu Buhari
The three states – Zamfara, Kaduna, and Kogi in a motion ex-parte filed before the supreme court, seek for an an interim injunction stopping the CBN from ending the timeframe within which the old N200, N500, and N1000 notes will cease to be legal tender.
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The Plaintiffs in the suit are the three Attorneys-General and Commissioners of Justice of the three states, while the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), is the sole Respondent.
The Plaintiffs said that since the announcement of the new naira note policy, there has been an acute shortage in the supply of the new naira notes in Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara States and that citizens who have dutifully deposited their old naira notes have increasingly found it difficult and sometimes next to impossible to access new naira notes to go about their daily activities.
They also cited the inadequacy of the notice coupled with the haphazard manner in which the exercise is being carried out and the attendant hardship same is wrecking on Nigerians, which has been well acknowledged even by the Federal Government of Nigeria itself.
The Plaintiffs further maintained that the ten-day extension by the Federal Government is still insufficient to address the challenges bedeviling the policy.
Recall that over the weekend, the CBN Governor at a press conference held in Lagos insisted that the apex bank will not extend the deadline for swapping old naira notes with the newly redesigned ones.
In the suit filed at the apex court, the Plaintiffs have also filed a motion on notice to abridge the time within which the Respondent may file and serve his Counter-Affidavit to this Suit and an order for an accelerated hearing of this matter.
The states are seeking a declaration that the Demonetization Policy of the Federation being currently carried out by the Central Bank of Nigeria under the directive of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is not in compliance with the extant provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), Central Bank of Nigeria Act, 2007 and actual laws on the subject.
They are also asking the court to make a declaration that the three-month notice given by the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Central Bank of Nigeria under the directive of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the expiration of which will render the old Banknotes inadmissible as legal tender, is in gross violation of the provisions of Section 20(3) of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act 2007 which specifies that Reasonable Notice must be given before such a policy.
The Plaintiffs are also urging the court for a declaration that given the express provisions of Section 20(3) of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act 2007, the Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Central Bank of Nigeria, has no powers to issue a timeline for the acceptance and redeeming of banknotes issued by the Bank, except as limited by Section 22(1) of the CBN Act 2007. The Central Bank shall at all times redeem its bank notes.
The Plaintiffs further want the court to direct the immediate suspension of the demonetisation of the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Central Bank of Nigeria under the directive of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria until it complies with the relevant provisions of the law.
In an affidavit filed in support of the suit and sworn to by the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Kaduna State, Aisha Dikko, she averred that although the naira redesign policy was introduced to encourage the cashless policy of the Federal government, it is not all transactions that can be conveniently carried out through electronic means.
She maintained that several transactions still require cash in exchange for goods and services hence the need for the Federal Government to have sufficient money available in circulation for the smooth running of the economy.
Dikko also pointed out that the Federal Government has embarked on the policy within a narrow and unworkable time frame, and this has adversely affected Nigerian citizens within Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara States as well as their Governments, especially as the newly redesigned naira notes are not available for use by the people as well as the State Governments.
“That the majority of the indigenes of the Plaintiffs’ states who reside in the rural areas have been unable to exchange or deposit their old naira notes as there are no banks in the rural areas where the majority of the population of the states reside.
“Most people in rural areas of the Plaintiffs’ states do not have bank accounts and have so far been unable to deposit their life savings which are still in the old naira notes.
“There is restiveness amongst the people in the various states because of the hardship being suffered by the people, and the situation will sooner than later degenerate into the breakdown of law and order.
“The Plaintiff State Governments cannot stand by as they are duty-bound to protect citizens in their states and prevent the breakdown of law and order.
“I know that if the Federal Government of Nigeria had given sufficient and reasonable time for the naira redesign policy, all the current hardship and loss being experienced by the Plaintiffs’ State Governments as well as people in the various states would have been avoided.
“I know that the 10-day extension by the Federal Government is still insufficient to address the challenges bedevilling the policy. I also understand that the Federal Government cannot bar Nigerians from redeeming their old naira notes at any time, even though the senior notes are no longer legal tender.
“Unless this Honourable Court intervenes, the Government and people of Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara State will continue to go through a lot of hardship and would ultimately suffer great loss as a result of the insufficient and unreasonable time within which the Federal Government is embarking on the ongoing currency redesign policy,” she stated.
No date has been fixed for the hearing of the suit.
Point of Sales (POS) operators have resorted to exploiting Nigerians as Naira scarcity bites harder across the country.
Recall that prior to the introduction of the policy, POS operators charged N100 for every N5000 (and below) cash withdrawal, but the situation has changed.
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But currently, POS operators now charge between N300 to N400 on every N1000 withdrawn via the terminal.
This new measure was observed by a correspondent of the Daily Post during an attempt to make a withdrawal in Apo Resettlement area of Abuja.
While several POS operators were noticed to have shut down their businesses, the very few operating were at exorbitant rates.
In an attempt to make a withdrawal in Apo Resettlement, a POS operator told our correspondent: “We now charge N300 for every N1000 you withdraw from here, and the reason is that there is no money. Some of us have to stay long on queues in banks to use their ATM.”
Another POS operator lamented that they were buying the money.
“There is no money anywhere, some of us have to resort to buying this money, and this is one of the reasons our charges are high,” she said.
Asked if the charges are for the new naira notes alone, she said no, adding that “both old and new naira notes are the same thing; naira is very scarce now. It’s difficult to come by, so we charge N400 for every N1000 on both old and new.”
A customer identified as Dorcas, described the new policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, as “a devilish policy.”
Stressing that the policy was of no benefit to Nigerians, Dorcas said: “This policy by the CBN is devilish because it’s of no benefit to Nigerians. I walked from Amazing Grace Plaza inside Apo Resettlement to this entrance and most of the POS outlets have closed down because there is no money.
“You have the money in the bank but can’t withdraw because of this policy, not to talk about the N300 to N400 naira charges on every N1000 withdrawal.”
Commenting on the situation, a staff of FCMB alleged sabotage.
“The only way is for the CBN to increase their supply of the new naira notes,” he said.
Tems, a gifted singer, broke a record for Nigerian music at the 65th annual Grammy Awards in 2023.
Tems
Tems achieved and set another record for Nigerian music at the 65th edition of the Grammy awards 2023 as she beat top acts such as to bag her first grammy award and also become the first female Nigerian artist to win a Grammy award.
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The singer, who had bagged 3 nominations at the Grammy awards 2023 with her immense contribution on bagged a Grammy award in the ‘Best Melodic Rap Performance’ category for her vocal and writing contribution on the smashing hit ‘Wait For U’ by Future featuring Drake and herself, making it her first Grammy award win after four nominations.
Best Melodic Rap Performance
DJ Khaled Featuring Future & SZA – Beautiful WINNER: Future Featuring Drake & Tems – Wait for U Jack Harlow – First Class Kendrick Lamar Featuring Blxst & Amanda Reifer – Die Hard Latto – Big Energy (Live)
Here is the complete list of winners from the 65th Grammy Awards, which were held in the United States on Sunday, February 5, 2023.
The 65th edition of the Grammy Awards 2023, which was held in the early hours of Monday, the 6th of February 2023, saw some of the biggest names in the music industry pick up notable awards, which is why we have compiled a full list of the winners at the award ceremony.
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A few categories were confirmed at the premiere ceremony of the award show today, Sunday, February 5, 2023.
Here are the winners:
Best Immersive Audio Album
Anita Brevik, Nidarosdomens Jentekor & Trondheimsolistene – Tuvayhun — Beatitudes for a Wounded World The Chainsmokers – Memories…Do Not Open Christina Aguilera – Aguilera Jane Ira Bloom – Picturing the Invisible: Focus 1 WINNER: Stewart Copeland & Ricky Kej – Divine Tides
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Baynk – Adolescence Father John Misty – Chloë and the Next 20th Century WINNER: Harry Styles – Harry’s House Robert Glasper – Black Radio III Wet Leg – Wet Leg
Best Remixed Recording
Beyoncé – Break My Soul (Terry Hunter Remix) Ellie Goulding – Easy Lover (Four Tet Remix) The Knocks & Dragonette – Slow Song (Paul Woolford Remix) WINNER: Lizzo – About Damn Time (Purple Disco Machine Remix) Wet Leg – Too Late Now (Soulwax Remix)
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
WINNER: Beyoncé – Break My Soul Bonobo – Rosewood David Guetta & Bebe Rexha – I’m Good (Blue) Diplo & Miguel – Don’t Forget My Love Kaytranada Featuring H.E.R. – Intimidated Rüfüs Du Sol – On My Knees
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
Austin Wintory – Aliens: Fireteam Elite Bear McCreary – Call of Duty®: Vanguard Christopher Tin – Old World Richard Jacques – Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy WINNER: Stephanie Economou – Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)
WINNER: Germaine Franco – Encanto Hans Zimmer – No Time to Die Jonny Greenwood – The Power of the Dog Michael Giacchino – The Batman Nicholas Britell – Succession: Season 3
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Various Artists – Elvis WINNER: Various Artists – Encanto Various Artists – Stranger Things: Soundtrack From the Netflix Series, Season 4 Lorne Balfe, Harold Faltermeyer, Lady Gaga & Hans Zimmer – Top Gun: Maverick Various Artists – West Side Story
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
Becca Stevens & Attacca Quartet – 2 + 2 = 5 (Arr. Nathan Schram) Cécile McLorin Salvant – Optimistic Voices / No Love Dying WINNER: Christine McVie – Songbird (Orchestral Version) Jacob Collier Featuring Lizzy McAlpine & John Mayer – Never Gonna Be Alone Louis Cole – Let It Happen
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Armand Hutton Featuring Terrell Hunt & Just 6 – As Days Go By (An Arrangement of the Family Matters Theme Song) Danny Elfman – Main Titles Kings Return – How Deep Is Your Love WINNER: Magnus Lindgren, John Beasley & The SWR Big Band Featuring Martin Auer – Scrapple From the Apple Remy Le Boeuf – Minnesota, WI
Best Instrumental Composition
Danilo Pérez Featuring The Global Messengers – Fronteras (Borders) Suite: Al-Musafir Blues WINNER: Geoffrey Keezer – Refuge Miguel Zenón, José Antonio Zayas Cabán, Ryan Smith & Casey Rafn – El País Invisible Tasha Warren & Dave Eggar – African Tales Tasha Warren & Dave Eggar – Snapshots
Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album
Cheryl B. Engelhardt – The Passenger Madi Das, Dave Stringer & Bhakti Without Borders – Mantra Americana WINNER: Mystic Mirror – White Sun Paul Avgerinos – Joy Will Ackerman – Positano Songs
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
Jamie Foxx – Act Like You Got Some Sense Lin-Manuel Miranda – Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World Mel Brooks – All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business Questlove – Music Is History WINNER: Viola Davis – Finding Me
Best Children’s Music Album
WINNER: Alphabet Rockers – The Movement Divinity Roxx – Ready Set Go! Justin Roberts – Space Cadet Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band – Los Fabulosos Wendy and DB – Into the Little Blue House
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Diana Ross – Thank You Kelly Clarkson – When Christmas Comes Around… WINNER: Michael Bublé – Higher Norah Jones – I Dream of Christmas (Extended) Pentatonix – Evergreen
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
John Beasley, Magnus Lindgren & SWR Big Band – Bird Lives Remy Le Boeuf’s Assembly of Shadows – Architecture of Storms Ron Carter & The Jazzaar Festival Big Band Directed by Christian Jacob – Remembering Bob Freedman Steve Gadd, Eddie Gomez, Ronnie Cuber & WDR Big Band Conducted by Michael Abene – Center Stage WINNER: Steven Feifke, Bijon Watson & Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra – Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride & Brian Blade – LongGone Peter Erskine Trio – Live in Italy WINNER: Terri Lyne Carrington, Kris Davis, Linda May Han Oh, Nicholas Payton & Matthew Stevens – New Standards, Vol. 1 Wayne Shorter, Terri Lyne Carrington, Leo Genovese & Esperanza Spalding – Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival Yellowjackets – Parallel Motion
Best Jazz Vocal Album
The Baylor Project – The Evening : Live At Apparatus Carmen Lundy – Fade to Black Cécile McLorin Salvant – Ghost Song The Manhattan Transfer & The WDR Funkhausorchester – Fifty WINNER: Samara Joy – Linger Awhile
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Ambrose Akinmusire – Rounds (Live) Gerald Albright – Keep Holding On John Beasley – Cherokee/Koko Marcus Baylor – Call of the Drum Melissa Aldana – Falling WINNER: Wayne Shorter & Leo Genovese – Endangered Species
Best Progressive R&B Album
Cory Henry – Operation Funk Moonchild – Starfuit WINNER: Steve Lacy – Gemini Rights Tank and the Bangas – Red Balloon Terrace Martin – Drones
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Adam Blackstone Featuring Jazmine Sullivan – ’Round Midnight Babyface Featuring Ella Mai – Keeps on Fallin’ WINNER: Beyoncé – Plastic Off the Sofa Mary J. Blige – Good Morning Gorgeous Snoh Aalegra – Do 4 Love
Best R&B Performance
Beyoncé – Virgo’s Groove Jazmine Sullivan – Hurt Me So Good Lucky Daye – Over Mary J. Blige Featuring Anderson .Paak – Here With Me WINNER: Muni Long – Hrs & Hrs
Best Melodic Rap Performance
DJ Khaled Featuring Future & SZA – Beautiful WINNER: Future Featuring Drake & Tems – Wait for U Jack Harlow – First Class Kendrick Lamar Featuring Blxst & Amanda Reifer – Die Hard Latto – Big Energy (Live)
Best Rap Performance
DJ Khaled Featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy – God Did Doja Cat – Vegas Gunna & Future Featuring Young Thug – Pushin P Hitkidd & Glorilla – F.N.F. (Let’s Go) WINNER: Kendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5
Best R&B Album
Chris Brown – Breezy (Deluxe) Lucky Daye – Candy Drip Mary J. Blige – Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe) PJ Morton – Watch the Sun WINNER: Robert Glasper – Black Radio III
Best Rock Song
WINNER: Brandi Carlile – Broken Horses Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Jeff Beck – Patient Number 9 Red Hot Chili Peppers – Black Summer Turnstile – Blackout The War on Drugs – Harmonia’s Dream
Best Metal Performance
Ghost – Call Me Little Sunshine Megadeth – We’ll Be Back Muse – Kill or Be Killed WINNER: Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Tony Iommi – Degradation Rules Turnstile – Blackout
Best Rock Performance
Beck – Old Man The Black Keys – Wild Child WINNER: Brandi Carlile – Broken Horses Bryan Adams – So Happy It Hurts Idles – Crawl! Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Jeff Beck – Patient Number 9 Turnstile – Holiday
Best Rap Song
DJ Khaled Featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy – God Did Future Featuring Drake & Tems – Wait for U Gunna & Future Featuring Young Thug – Pushin P Jack Harlow Featuring Drake – Churchill Downs WINNER: Kendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5
Best Rock Album
The Black Keys – Dropout Boogie Elvis Costello & The Imposters – The Boy Named If Idles – Crawler Machine Gun Kelly – Mainstream Sellout WINNER: Ozzy Osbourne – Patient Number 9 Spoon – Lucifer on the Sofa
Best Rock Song
WINNER: Brandi Carlile – Broken Horses Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Jeff Beck – Patient Number 9 Red Hot Chili Peppers – Black Summer Turnstile – Blackout The War on Drugs – Harmonia’s Dream
Best Alternative Music Album
Arcade Fire – WE Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You Björk – Fossora WINNER: Wet Leg – Wet Leg Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Cool It Down
Best Alternative Music Performance
Arctic Monkeys – There’d Better Be a Mirrorball Big Thief – Certainty Florence and the Machine – King WINNER: Wet Leg – Chaise Longue Yeah Yeah Yeahs Featuring Perfume Genius – Spitting Off the Edge of the World
Best Global Music Performance
Arooj Aftab & Anoushka Shankar – Udhero Na Burna Boy – Last Last Matt B & Eddy Kenzo – Gimme Love Rocky Dawuni Featuring Blvk H3ro – Neva Bow Down WINNER: Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini & Nomcebo Zikode – Bayethe
Best Reggae Album
WINNER: Kabaka Pyramid – The Kalling Koffee – Gifted Protoje – Third Time’s the Charm Sean Paul – Scorcha Shaggy – Com Fly Wid Mi
Best Global Music Album
Angélique Kidjo & Ibrahim Maalouf – Queen of Sheba Anoushka Shankar, Metropole Orkest & Jules Buckley Featuring Manu Delago – Between Us… (Live) Berklee Indian Ensemble – Shuruaat Burna Boy – Love, Damini WINNER: Masa Takumi – Sakura
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Brothers Osborne – Midnight Rider’s Prayer WINNER: Carly Pearce & Ashley McBryde – Never Wanted to Be That Girl Ingrid Andress & Sam Hunt – Wishful Drinking Luke Combs & Miranda Lambert – Outrunnin’ Your Memory Reba McEntire & Dolly Parton – Does He Love You (Revisited) Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Going Where the Lonely Go
Best Country Solo Performance
Kelsea Ballerini – Heartfirst Maren Morris – Circles Around This Town Miranda Lambert – In His Arms WINNER: Willie Nelson – Live Forever Zach Bryan – Something in the Orange
Best Historical Album
Blondie – Against the Odds: 1974 – 1982 Doc Watson – Life’s Work: A Retrospective Freestyle Fellowship – To Whom It May Concern… Glenn Gould – The Goldberg Variations: The Complete Unreleased 1981 Studio Sessions WINNER: Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)
Best Album Notes
Andy Irvine & Paul Brady – Andy Irvine / Paul Brady Astor Piazzolla – The American Clavé Recordings Doc Watson – Life’s Work: A Retrospective Harry Partch – Harry Partch, 1942 WINNER: Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Black Pumas – Black Pumas (Collector’s Edition Box Set) Danny Elfman – Big Mess WINNER: The Grateful Dead – In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden ’81, ’82, ’83 They Might Be Giants – Book Various Artists – Artists Inspired by Music: Interscope Reimagined
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
Chiquis – Abeja Reina Christian Nodal – EP #1 Forajido Marco Antonio Solís – Qué Ganas de Verte (Deluxe) WINNER: Natalia Lafourcade – Un Canto por México – El Musical Los Tigres del Norte – La Reunión (Deluxe)
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
Cimafunk – El Alimento Fito Paez – Los Años Salvajes Gaby Moreno – Alegoría Jorge Drexler – Tinta y Tiempo Mon Laferte – 1940 Carmen WINNER: Rosalía – Motomami
Best Latin Pop Album
Camilo – De Adentro Pa Afuera Christina Aguilera – Aguilera Fonseca – Viajante WINNER: Rubén Blades & Boca Livre – Pasieros Sebastián Yatra – Dharma +
Best Bluegrass Album
The Del McCoury Band – Almost Proud The Infamous Stringdusters – Toward the Fray WINNER: Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway – Crooked Tree Peter Rowan – Calling You From My Mountain Yonder Mountain String Band – Get Yourself Outside
Best Country Song
WINNER: Cody Johnson – ’Til You Can’t Luke Combs – Doin’ This Maren Morris – Circles Around This Town Miranda Lambert – If I Was a Cowboy Taylor Swift – I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault) Willie Nelson – I’ll Love You Till the Day I Die
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Ben Harper – Bloodline Maintenance WINNER: Edgar Winter – Brother Johnny Eric Gales – Crown North Mississippi Allstars – Set Sail Shemekia Copeland – Done Come Too Far
Best Traditional Blues Album
Buddy Guy – The Blues Don’t Lie Charlie Musselwhite – Mississippi Son Gov’t Mule – Heavy Load Blues John Mayall – The Sun Is Shining Down WINNER: Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder – Get on Board
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has urged Nigerians to bear with the CBN amid the ongoing Naira note scarcity.
The presidential candidate made this known in a statement via Twitter as the unrest for the new Naira note in Nigeria increases.
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According to Peter Obi, currency redesign always comes with stiff adjustments globally and the benefits in the long term are worth it.
He further advised the CBN and the Federal Government of Nigeria to make conscious efforts to ease the struggles of her citizens.
The currency redesign is not peculiar to Nigeria. It is an exercise that comes with some inconvenience and pain but it has significant longterm economic and social benefits. Even though there are improvements that can be made,
Tems, a well-known Nigerian Afrobeat singer, has been spotted with veteran international acts Jay Z and Beyonce ahead of the 2023 Grammy Awards.
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The 65th annual awards show will be held at the Crypto.com Arena (formerly the Staples Center) on February 6, 2023, and to be hosted by Trevor Noah.
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Tems was nominated for four Grammy Awards in 2023. Tems met and chatted with the power couple, Jay Z and Beyonce, at the Roc Nation Brunch in Los Angeles prior to the event.
DJ Khaled, Offset, Kelly Rowland, Lil Kim, Chloe, Halle, and more were spotted at the private bash.
Seyi Makinde, the governor of Oyo State, has announced the deployment of free Omituntun transport buses to alleviate the state’s people’s suffering from the twin crises of the naira and fuel scarcity that have befallen Nigerians in recent weeks.
Governor Seyi Makinde
Governor Seyi Makinde, who announced this in a statewide broadcast aired on the Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State (BCOS), said that the state government was ready to do whatever it can to alleviate the suffering of the masses.
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The governor, who frowned at the resort to violent protests by some residents of Ibadan earlier on Friday, said that while citizens are free to express their feelings peacefully, the government would not condone any resort to violence.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Taiwo Adisa, indicated that the governor also put all the security agencies operating in the state on high alert to avert any breakdown of law and order.
The statement also quoted the governor as urging the people to ensure they use their Permanent Voters Cards to usher in a responsible government in the forthcoming general election, adding that resorting to violence breeds other problems.
According to him, the Omituntun Mass Transit Buses would be deployed to more routes within the state for free, in order to ameliorate the suffering of the people.
The governor also said that the state was also working with Chairmen of local governments to provide immediate palliatives for the vulnerable people in order to alleviate the hardships that the twin scarcity of naira and fuel have brought upon them.
He urged all law-abiding citizens and residents of the state to go about their lawful activities peacefully.
The governor said: “My Dear Good People of Oyo State. I am addressing you today because of the prevailing conditions in our state and country that have led to protests and riots, especially in Ibadan.
“First, let me say that I understand the need for these protests. When citizens get pushed to the wall, there is only so much that they can take. “The continuous fuel scarcity and the scarcity of the naira have led to slow economic activities. I must repeat, I understand, and I feel your pain.
“I have always maintained that peaceful protests are fine. When things are not going how we want them to go, we have a right and even a responsibility to protest.
“Let me also state that while we are protesting, we must remember how easily a peaceful protest can turn violent and lead to the loss of lives and property.
The violence that erupted in parts of Ibadan today (Friday) is condemnable and will not be tolerated.
“In response to this, I have suspended all campaign activities forthwith. I have also met with the heads of security agencies in Oyo State to restore calm and maintain the peace in our dear state.
“Violence cannot and will not solve our problems, it only creates new ones. We have another opportunity in a few weeks to move this country in a new direction. Use your PVC, not violence.
“We must not allow elements within us who have other motives to take advantage of peaceful protests to perpetrate evil or push their agendas.
“I urge all law-abiding citizens and residents of the state to go about their lawful activities. All our security agencies are on high alert and so, peaceful residents of the state have no cause to fear.
“As a palliative measure, I have directed that the Omituntun Mass Transit Buses should be deployed to more routes within the state for free. “We are also working with Local Government Chairmen to see what immediate palliatives we can make available to the most vulnerable amongst us to alleviate the hardships that the twin scarcity of fuel and the naira have brought upon our people.
“Once again, we have another opportunity to put an end to oppressive systems and that is through the ballot. For now, I urge everyone to remain calm as we are doing our best to mitigate the hardships.”
The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) plans to meet soon to discuss President Muhammadu Buhari’s government’s refusal to pay their members’ eight-month salary arrears.
ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, confirmed the development to the PUNCH on Saturday, February 4, 2023.
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He, however, explained that the date for the meeting has not been decided by the National Executive Council of the union.
“We (NEC) had met before now and reached resolutions but will meet again to decide on the next step to take, and when we do so, we will let the public know.
“But what I can assure you is that we will meet very soon, and take a decision on this issue of withheld salaries. The FG must pay up these debts. It is our right.
“We have given the government some time to see if there will be any improvement, but they have done nothing. We are collating reports from our members and will take action,” he said.
While lamenting the situation, he said lecturers in Nigerian universities were going through hard times.
“Our members are passing through difficult times while they are doing the same work the FG said they did not do and were not going to be paid for.
“We are doing all these in the interest of the country but this will not be forever. We will certainly meet very soon and take a proper decision at that meeting,” he added.
He said there was no headway on the discussions between the lecturers and the Federal Government, noting that the legal battle between them would continue in February.
Also speaking on the withheld salaries of lecturers, the ASUU Chairman, University of Lagos branch, Dr Dele Ashiru, said he was shocked that the Federal Government had yet to shift ground on the matter.
He also noted that the morale of lecturers at his university had become “very low.”
He said, “As I speak to you now, nothing has changed. Unfortunately, the Federal Government is still adamant. The morale of our members has become so low.
“If the people with the responsibility to develop human capacity for Nigeria, Africa and the world are treated this way, it then shows the premium that those who are governing us place on education.
“It is also not to worry because they cannot give what they don’t have. If we have leaders who are anti-intellectual, they cannot have respect for intellectualism nor honour those who engage in that trade. What is certain is that ASUU will continue to struggle until all monies owed its members are paid.”
