Today's Headlines: Obi Condemns Disruption Of Activities Over Sit-At-Hom In Southeast Nigeria; Tinubu Meets With Class of 1999 Governors At Aso Villa

Obi Condemns Disruption Of Activities Over Sit-At-Home In Southeast

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The candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, has described the sit-at-home in Southeast Nigeria and the attendant disruption of business and social activities as worrisome.

Obi had been silent on the crisis in the southeast, his region and he had been heavily criticised for it by some people on social media.

However, in a series of tweets on Thursday, Obi condemned the situation, describing it as criminal.

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Tinubu Meets With Class Of 1999 Govs

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President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, met with the class of 1999 Governors at the council chamber of the Aso Villa, Abuja.

The ex-governors were at the State House to identify with Tinubu, who was the governor of Lagos State from May 1999 to 2007, and to express solidarity over his recent policies since assumption of office as Nigeria’s President on May 29, 2023.

Among the former Governors present are James Ibori of Delta State; Donald Duke of Cross River State; Orji Kalu of Abia State; Victor Attah of Akwa Ibom State; Adamu Mu’azu of Bauchi State; Sam Egwu of Ebonyi State; Chimaroke Nnamani of Enugu State; and Ibrahim Turaki of Jigawa State.

State Police’ll End Insecurity In Nigeria – Onitiri

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A socio-political activist and critic, Adesunbo Onitiri, yesterday, said the panacea to end insecurity in the country was for the Federal Government to allow state police to function side by side with the Nigeria Police Force.

In a statement in Lagos, Onitiri applauded the call by the Lagos State House of Assembly for the establishment of state police.

Release Emefiele Or Charge Him To Court, Judge Orders DSS

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A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to charge Godwin Emiefele, suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to court within one week or release him on bail.

Emefiele has been in detention since his arrest after President Bola Tinubu suspended him and ordered a probe of the apex bank.

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