Today's Headlines: PEPT:They want military takeover, interim govt – FFK; Osun: OBJ Hails Working Gov Adeleke
PEPT: ‘They want military takeover, interim govt’ – Fani-Kayode
Former Ation minister, Femi Fani Kayode has aired his views on claims that the legal team of Tinubu/Shettima wrote the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court which was delivered last Wednesday.
Source: Daily Post Nigeria
It was also alleged that the President’s legal team received a copy of the judgment before it was formally delivered. The former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain described the claims as ‘simply absurd.’ According to him, this is surely the most insidious, savage, blatant, and vicious attack on the integrity of the country’s judiciary.
Fani-Kayode, also noted that the coordinator of Tinubu’s legal team, Babatunde Ogala, SAN, has already explained why the inscription and wording that referred to the President’s lawyers at the top of a copy of the judgment came about. According to him, those asking various questions and scrutinizing the judgment were doing so in an attempt “to provoke anger, disorder, violent protests, anarchy and chaos in the land.”
Osun: Obasanjo hails ‘dancing, working’ gov Adeleke
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has lauded Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, for being a dancing but working governor.
Source: Punch papers
Obasanjo gave the commendation on Sunday while speaking at the 16th Harvest Anniversary and Thanksgiving Service held at the Love of Christ Generation Church C&S in Victoria Island, Lagos State. The event was attended by the Ooni of Ife, His Majesty, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi; the Publisher of Ovation Magazine, Aare Dele Momodu; Osun State House of Assembly Speaker, Adewale Egbedun and members of the Osun House of Assembly; and top political and traditional rulers.
Obasanjo cited the governor as an example of a leader who is not ashamed to praise God despite occupying the highest office in the state, explaining that dancing and working for God and the people are things to be proud of. Mr. Governor, they call you a dancer. But you are dancing to praise God. And I heard you are working hard for your people,” Obasanjo who spoke in Yoruba language was quoted as saying in a statement signed by Adeleke’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, on Sunday.
ABCON urges CBN to grant BDCs digital autonomy
The Association of Bureaux De Change tors of Nigeria has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria to grant Bureaux De Change operators digital autonomy to achieve exchange rate convergence.
Source: Punch papers
In a statement on Sunday, the President, ABCON Dr. Aminu Gwadabe, called on the apex bank to grant a no-objection approval for the BDCs to fully go digital on all their operational correspondences. He said the move would promote rate convergence, curb volatility in the market and promote economic growth.
ABCON had in the past, led its members to achieve rate convergence in 2006, 2009, 2018 to 2020 before the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020, he said. Granting digital autonomy to the operators, he noted, would lead to a true market rate discovery, enhance the achievement of the Federal Government harmonized foreign exchange rate policies, and promote effective monitoring of BDCs’ transactions for statutory and regulatory requirements.
Rename Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones, group urges FG
A peacebuilding think tank, the Foundation for Peace Professionals, also known as PeacePro, has called on the Federal Government to name the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria after historic memory.
Source: Punch papers
In a statement by its Executive Director, M.r Abdulrazaq Hamzat, the group said the description of Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones simply as North West, South West, North East, South East, North Central, and South-South is of no political significance, hence the need to adopt a more politically conscious approach to closing the gap of regional agitation.
According to Hamzat, the Federal Government should name the six zones properly to reflect the desires and aspirations of the people. “People in various zones of Nigeria identify themselves by certain names and descriptions, and running away from such political identities will naturally make them feel entitled to those identities.
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