Today's Headline: Statement Of Threats After My Visit To Tinubu, False – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; Bandit kill 3 in Taraba
Statement of threats after my visit to Tinubu, false, says Okonjo-Iweala
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The Director General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Wednesday, debunked a purported statement credited to her about receiving threats after her meeting with President Bola Tinubu in Abuja on Tuesday.
In a statement by her Media Adviser, Paul Nwabuikwu, Okonjo-Iweala said, “The statement is false. It is not from Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala”, reports PM .
The content of the false statement that has now gone viral claimed the former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy under President Goodluck Jonathan raised an alarm over threats she had been receiving since her visit to Tinubu.
“I keep receiving toxic calls and messages regarding my meeting with the president yesterday, and from those I hold in very high esteem.
“Honestly, I am shocked at the contents of the messages and the tone of the callers. Has Nigeria sunk this low? A visit I made for the good of our dear nation is what they are using to threaten my life and family!’” the purported statement read in part.
Bandits kill 3 in Taraba
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No fewer than three persons have reportedly been waylaid and killed by bandits in Funkwa Village, Kwambia in the Yangtu Special Development Area of Taraba State.
The spokesman of the state police command, DSP Abdullahi Usman, confirmed the development to newsmen telephone.
He said the incident happened Tuesday morning when the deceased were going to their farm.
He also said security operatives have been drafted to the area to track down the perpetrators.
Also confirming the incident, Emmanuel Madaki, who acts as coordinator of Yangtu Special Development Area, condemned the attack.
Presidential Cabinet: Give Us FCT Minister Portfolio, Natives Beg Tinubu
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Natives of Abuja under the auspices of the Original Inhabitants Association of Abuja (OIDA) have appealed to President Bola Tinubu that since he has nominated a minister from among them, the next step is for him to hand the ministerial nominee, Zaphanial Jisalo the FCT Minister portfolio.
The natives said that in case it is not feasible by President Tinubu’s calculation, it should be rotated to other geopolitical zones this time around, but that the natives of Abuja should have the ‘Right of First Refusal’ on the FCT Minister portfolio, saying the feat would put President Tinubu’s name in the annals of Nigeria’s political history as a true and undiluted progressive, a man of justice and fair play.
In a statement signed by the media adviser of the organisation, Sumner Shagari Sambo, OIDA president, Pastor Danladi Jeji, on behalf of the natives commended President Tinubu for breaking the jinx by historically appointing an indigene of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as a ministerial nominee under a democratic dispensation.
Resident doctors suspend planned protest
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The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, on Tuesday, suspended its planned nationwide daily protest after a closed-door meeting with principal officers of the senate.
The President of NARD, Emeka Orji, made this known in a chat with our correspondent.
Orji, however, said there will be a review in the next 72 hours.
“We met with the Senate president, majority and minority leaders and Whip. So, the planned protest slated for Wednesday has been suspended and we will review it again in 72 hours.”
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