Today's Headlines:PDP @ 25: We’ll Rise Again—Atiku;I’m Very Happy With What Happened In Gabon—Fayose
PDP @ 25: We’ll Rise Again—Atiku
Source: Vanguard paper
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the February 25, 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has expressed confidence that the opposition party will surmount its current challenges and bounce back into reckoning.
Atiku, who served as Nigeria’s Vice President (1999-2007), congratulated his party for not only surviving but also growing up to 25 years and making positive impact on Nigeria’s socio-economic and political development.
This was contained in a release signed by the media office in Abuja on Friday.
Atiku was quoted as saying that “the PDP is the progenitor of our contemporary democracy, and therefore, the party shall ensure that democracy does not only survive in Nigeria, but that the country thrives through it.
“Being one of the founding fathers of our great party, the Peoples Democratic Party, I take great pride in having participated in the process of nurturing the party from infancy to a deliberate agency of socio-political and economic development in Nigeria.
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Coup: I’m Very Happy With What Happened In Gabon—Fayose
Source: Channels TV
A former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, says he is pleased with developments in Gabon following soldiers’ seizure of power in the oil-rich Central African country.
In an exclusive interview on Channels Television’s Hard Copy on Friday, Fayose said that while he does not support military intervention in politics, he believes the recent wave of coups across the continent is the result of the sit-tight syndrome.
“I am very happy with what happened in Gabon, I don’t like military incursions in politics,” he said.
The military officers had on Wednesday toppled Gabon’s President, Ali Bongo, who has been in power for 14 years, hours after he was declared the victor in Saturday’s elections.
But Fayose does not see such happening in Nigeria despite the shortcomings in the country’s democratic journey.
BREAKING: DSS arrests CBN deputy gov Kingsley Obiora
Source: The Nation
The deputy governor of the Economic Policy Directorate of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Obiora has been detained by officials of the Department of State Services (DSS).
His detention has thrown the CBN into a state of anxiety as many staff of the apex bank are confused.
A security source confirmed Obiora’s detention to The Nation.
While confirming the arrest, the source also confirmed he is not the only CBN official with the DSS but he refused to disclose the identities of the others.
It is being widely reported that Kingsley Obiora is in the DSS detention at the behest of the Special Investigations Panel set up by President Bola Tinubu, to investigate the tenure of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr Godwin Emefiele.
It was alleged that the Jim Obaze-led Special Investigations Panel “is mounting pressure on Obiora to stand as a witness against the suspended bank chief.
The panel is pressuring Obiora, a previous adviser, to testify against Emefiele.
Osun not recruiting, says govt
Source: Punch paper
Osun State Government on Friday said it was not recruiting staff into the civil service, noting that announcement would be made official government channels anytime it wanted to start recruitment.
A statement by the spokesperson to the governor, Olawale Rasheed, was reacting to information circulating on social media purporting that the state was recruiting.
On the issue of the sale of forms by the Civil Service Commission, the government explained that the collection of employment forms is a normal routine, adding that such activity was however not an indication that the state has started recruitment.
“The Osun State Government wishes to inform the general public that it is not currently recruiting for any position in the state Civil Service Commission.
Any information circulating on social media or other platforms about recruitment by the Osun State Government is false and misleading.
“On the issue of sale of forms by the Civil Service Commission, the public should be reminded that collection of employment forms is a normal routine with all civil service Commission. Such regular activity does not indicate that the state government has started recruitment exercises.
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