Today's Headlines: Tinubu has hit the ground running, showing determination, courage – Okupe; Shettima, Obi, Akpabio, Abbas Storm Kano For Deputy Senate president Son's Wedding
Tinubu has hit the ground running, showing determination, courage — Okupe
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Achieftain of the Labour Party (LP) Doyin Okupe has commended President Bola Tinubu for showing commitment, zeal and courage in directing the affairs of the nation.
Okupe, an ex-aide to former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his piece titled: ‘For President Bola Tinubu: Still Many Rivers to Cross,’ applauded the president for abolishing fuel subsidy and equalizing foreign exchange.
He said: “President Bola Tinubu actually hit the ground sprinting; showing much determination, zeal, commitment, and courage. He has taken 2 extraordinarily bold steps by abolishing fuel subsidy and equalizing foreign exchange.
“This without a doubt is causing very severe pain and hardship to the populace. However, in order to ground these policies properly, and reduce the pain on the populace, the President will still need to take bolder steps.
Shettima, Obi, Akpabio, Abbas Storm Kano
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The ancient city of Kano was on Friday agog as the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, Labour Party Presidential flag bearer, Peter Obi, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and the Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas stormed the state for the wedding ceremony of Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin’s son, Abdullahi’s wedding.
The wedding which took place at Isyaku Rabi’u Juma’at mosque had the Vice President as the representative of the groom while the Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Tajudeen Abbas stood in for the groom, Bilkisu Madaki, daughter of Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rep Aliyu Sani Madaki.
Banks Lose N9.5bn To E-fraud In 2023
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The banking industry has so far lost N9.5 billion to electronic fraud in 2023.
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Electronic Fraud Forum, NeFF, has called for new measures and increased collaboration to curb the rising trend in electronic fraud.
Consequently, the forum, chaired by the Central Bank of Nigeria, at its third-quarter general meeting held in Lagos yesterday focussed on, “New Strategies for Combating e-Fraud in a Cashless Environment”.
Umahi will fix Nigeria’s bad roads as works minister, says PDP chieftain
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A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Anslem Ijebor, has assured Nigerians that the former Governor of Ebonyi State, Senator David Umahi, will fix bad roads across the country as the Minister of Works, considering his antecedents as governor for eight years.
Ijebor, while speaking with journalists in Lafia on Friday, said the choice of Umahi by President Bola Tinubu was not only carefully made but also divinely initiated to redeem the nation’s infrastructural deficits aptly.
The PDP chieftain noted that the choice for Umahi’s selection as Minister for Works was based on merit as an erudite and well-grounded engineer, who had demonstrated proven competence and capacity in his field of endeavour.
He said, “His choice is a clear paradigm shift from the traditional norm of placing square pegs in round holes. David Nweze Umahi, a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers and Fellow of the Nigeria Association of Technologists in Engineering, will not only bridge the political, religious, and ethnic gap, but also entrench monumental development, commitment, and dedication by providing the country with a new road map in the area of infrastructural transformation, going forward.
“The sacrifices made by the new Minister of Works in Ebonyi State as governor have shown not just competence and capacity, but a clear departure from what some other Nigerians had done in the past. Umahi has the charisma to deliver on his mandate, build physical bridges, unite the country if given the necessary support to function.
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