Today's Headlines: Tinubu Not Considering Me As CBN Governor-Elumelu, Diri, Jonathan pay tributes to late judge.
Tinubu Not Considering Me As CBN Governor, Says Elumelu.
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Tony Elumelu, Chairman of Heirs Holdings, has denied reports that he is being considered as the next governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
In a social media post, one Imran Muhammad had quoted a source as saying President Bola Tinubu is considering Elumelu to lead the apex bank.
“According to a source President Tinubu is also considering Tony O. Elumelu as CBN governor,” the tweet read.
Responding in another post, Elumelu said, “No please. This is false news.”
Elumelu is a successful banker, who served as CEO of United Bank for Africa (UBA), one of the leading banks in Nigeria, with branches across the world.
He is also very influential. After the February election, he hosted the then president-elect at his private residence in an upscale part of Lagos State.
Tinubu also hosted Elumelu at Aso Rock recently.
Diri, Jonathan pay tributes to late judge.
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The Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has described a former Chief Judge of the state, late Justice Kate Abiri, as an incorruptible, courageous and fearless jurist, who championed the cause for uniform retirement age for judges in the country.
The governor said her advocacy resulted in the law that unified the retirement age of state and federal judges at 70 years.
Unfortunately, he said the late Abiri did not benefit from it as the president signed the bill into law after her retirement in January this year.
Diri was quoted to have said this by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah, during her funeral service on Saturday at Aleibiri community in the Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
He said, “Her death was a huge loss to Bayelsa as it has created a vacuum that will be difficult to fill and she will be remembered for her meritorious service to the state and Nigeria at large.
“The number of dignitaries at her funeral was a testament to the good life she lived. For us, her demise is painful but I hope we all take solace in her worthy legacies, and which we must all sustain.”
In her tribute, the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Mrs Patience Jonathan, narrated her early days in the state where she approached the late Abiri to mentor her as the wife of the deputy governor, stating that it was one of her best decisions in life.
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Donald Trump’s Election Fraud Trial for Livestreaming
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Former United States President, Donald Trump’s trial in Georgia over charges of election fraud will be livestreamed and televised, a judge has ruled.
All the hearings will be available live on Fulton County Court’s YouTube channel, said Judge Scott McAfee yesterday.Though, proceedings in Fulton County’s courts are usually live streamed, it will be the only one of Trump’s four trials that will be broadcast and could be one of the most watched trials in recent years.
A date for the trial has not yet been set, but it could be next year when Trump is running for re-election.The former President and 18 people are charged with a conspiracy to overturn the state’s 2020 presidential election results. He is also facing three other criminal trials.Prosecutors allege that he pressured Georgia officials to reverse the results of the election in the state, which he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.Central to the prosecution’s case is a phone call he made to the state’s secretary of state to “recalculate” the vote tally.Trump, last week turned himself in at Fulton County Jail and had his mugshot taken. He has waived the right to appear in court next Wednesday at his arraignment, a short hearing at which the plea is officially entered in court.
Tinubu for G20 Summit in India
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The President yesterday disclosed that President Bola Tinubu will use the opportunity of attending the G20 Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi, India, next week to shop for more Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) for the development of the nation’s economy.
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, who made this known to newsmen at the State House, Abuja said the President apart from attending the important global event holding from 9th to 10th September, has lined up a number of meetings and engagements with world and business leaders to present available opportunities in Nigeria’s critical sectors.
According to him, President Tinubu will be meeting with a number of potential investors into the Nigerian steel development, electricity generation, transmission and distribution, shipyard building capacity and many others, which are labour-intensive and can create job opportunities for Nigerians.
His words: “We”ll brief you today on President Bola Tinubu’s preparations for the upcoming G20 Summit in New Delhi, India on September 9 to the 10th of this month. The focus of the Summit will be heavily predicated on the urgent need to attract foreign direct investment in-country and to ensure that we are able to mobilise private capital from around the world toward the development of Nigeria’s public infrastructure.
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