Naira Crisis Has Brought Hunger And Anger - Sultan Of Sokoto

 The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa'ad Abubakar has reacted to the issue of Naira scarcity which has led to controversy across the country, IGBERETV reports.

The Sultan who appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to address the problem to prevent an uprising, added that it has brought hunger and anger in the country. 

Speaking at a two-day conference by the Kano State government on livestock reforms and mitigation of associated conflicts, the Monarch said; 

"Let's keep politics aside. The issues of development, especially for the common man, (should be prioritised). 

"These people that God Almighty gave leadership over, one day, God forbid, will rise (against us).

"After all the English by professors (at the conference), how do we get these developments down to the common man who is a farmer, the common Fulani man who doesn't know anything about development?. He only cares about cattle. 

"The people are hungry" is there money? People are angry and hungry. Let's see how we can douse the tension."

Godwin Emefiele: February 10 Deadline On Old Naira Notes Stands

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has said the February 10 deadline of the circulation of old naira notes stands.

Emefiele made the disclosure while briefing the diplomatic community at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja on Tuesday.

“The situation is substantially calming down since the commencement of over-the-counter payments to complement ATM disbursements and the use of super-agents. There is, therefore, no need to consider any shift from the deadline of February 10,” he said.

The clarification is coming on the heels of confusion over the supreme court order which extended the deadline to February 15, pending the hearing by the court.

Nigerians were thrown into confusion as commercial banks refused to take the old notes at their branches on Monday.

Speaking further, Emefiele said, “Some of our leaders are buying the new notes and storing them for whatever purpose and I will not expand further on that.”

Emefiele said the apex bank acknowledges the suffering of Nigerians, noting that effective implementation of the policy could scrap 4% of the inflation numbers.

He further explained that the optimal volume of cash in circulation should be around N700billion.

He said: “Even if we say N1trillion should be in circulation, we cannot refloat N3.7trillion into circulation.”

Police Kill One As Gunmen Attack Station In Anambra

 Police neutralise one as gunmen attack station in Anambra

Published on February 13, 2023
By Joe Chukindi


Police in Anambra State killed one gunman during an attack on Ogidi Police Station in Idemili North Local Government Area of the state.

The state police command’s public relations officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this to journalists in a press release.

He said: “Today 13/2/2023, by 2:15 am, police operatives foiled an attack by armed men on the Ogidi Police Station, demobilize one of the armed men, and recovered many expended cartridges and 25 litres of PMS.”

He said the hoodlums, suspected to have come to burn down the police facility, arrived at about 2 am in large numbers, using cars and motorcycles.

“They came in their numbers with an unmarked Toyota Hiace bus, a Toyota Hilux and three motorcycles, and started shooting indiscriminately and attempted to gain access in Ogidi Police Station, Idemili North.

“They were fiercely resisted by police officers on duty, and due to the superior gunfire of the operatives, the hoodlums fled the scene while one of the armed men was neutralized by the operatives,” he added.

Ikenga said the police facility is intact and that no casualty was recorded on the side of the police.

He added that tactical teams of the command have been deployed and the operation is still ongoing, and that further details of their hunt for the perpetrators will be revealed subsequently.

There has recently been a renewed attack on police facilities and personnel in Anambra State by yet-to-be-identified persons.

Recently, a police facility in Ihiala was attacked, while Obosi and some other parts have also been targeted.

The most recent was the killing of three policemen from the Delta State Police Command, who were on official duty to Abia State.

The men were intercepted in Ihiala and three out of the four of them in the vehicle were killed.

Oshiomhole Stops Motorcade To Celebrate Kids Dancing To Tinubu's Campaign Song

 Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, the APC's senatorial candidate for Edo North, was in Okpella on Sunday leading party members to a series of ward rallies across the industrious community.

As the APC campaign train combed every nook and cranny of the community, Oshiomhole was spotted in a long motorcade heralded by locals. It was a beautiful sight to see with Tinubu's campaign song "Wake Up Naija" blasting from the speakers.

Tinubu's message of renewed hope is conveyed in the song,..." Resetting Naija,(x2) Nigeria...Nigeria O...Naija is now or never ... I say we no dey tire to repair our nation , Naija na our own own... We don test we don trust am , Jagabn na the answer , Tinubu na d person wey we need for Naija to prosper. 

No be today he don start d work of rebuilding hope , so far so good , he is the best for president...

Chorus ...Vote Tinubu , Asiwaju Jagaban"

Tinubu's renewed hope was clearly conveyed through the lyrics. Lynbrown performed the song.

This was the exact moment Oshiomhole paused his motorcade to applaud several young children he saw actively dancing to the music as the campaign train passed by.

Labour Party Begged INEC To Help With Polling Agents List

 Omoyele Sowore explains how INEC chairman was shocked after Labour party leaders were begging INEC to help them with their polling unit agents list.

@NgLabour has practically become an @Airbnb for internally displaced Politicians, today at a meeting with @inecnigeria & political parties, their leaders were begging @inecnigeria to help them with their polling unit agents list. @inecnigeria Chair, Mahmood Yakubu was shocked!

Oduduwa Nation Agitators Are Attempting To Disrupt Elections In The SW — IGP

 Oduduwa Nation Agitators Attempt To Disrupt Elections In South-West — IGP

There have been pockets of agitations by the Yoruba Nation protesters of late but the police have warned that no disturbance of public peace would be allowed.

By Kayode Oyero
Updated February 13, 2023

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba has said that some separatist agitators under the aegis of Oduduwa Nation are amassing weapons in an attempt to disrupt the February 25 and March 11 general elections in the South-West geopolitical zone.

The IGP disclosed this during a meeting with strategic police managers at the Force Headquarters in Abuja on Monday.

He also lamented that small arms and light weapons are being trafficked to advance political violence, political extremism and intolerance, while cyberbullying for political ends is on the rise daily.

Secessionist agitation gained prominence in the South-West geopolitical zone mid-2021. The agitation was champion by Yoruba Nation campaigner, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho.

However, the agitation slowed down with the raid of Igboho’s Ibadan residence by the Department of State Services on July 1, 2021. The agitator later escaped to Benin Republic where he was detained by the security agents in the francophone West African country. He was later released on bail but has not returned to Nigeria.

There have been pockets of agitations by Yoruba Nation protesters of late but the police have warned that no disturbance of public peace would be allowed.

Addressing police officers on Monday, the IGP said, “As you are aware, some crimes of national security importance could undermine our efforts towards entrenching a peaceful electioneering process, if not adequately curtailed.

“These include banditry and terrorism which has ravaged many communities in the North-west and North-Central with adverse effects on the economic and social well-being of the residents.

“Similarly, violent secessionist campaigns by IPOB/ESN members have been targeted at various symbols of democratic governance including INEC assets, police stations and personnel as well as other security agencies and Federal Government infrastructures, all in an effort to disrupt the 2023 general elections in the South East geopolitical zone.

“Other major crimes are the growing activities of the Oduduwa Nation Agitators who, from intelligence sources, have been attempting to amass weapons and mobilise other resources towards disrupting the peace, security and electoral process in the South-West geopolitical zone.”

The IGP charged the officers to conduct themselves “within the dictates of the Electoral Act and other laws”, while he assured Nigerians of the commitment of the police to a peaceful, secure, free, fair and credible elections.

Okurounmu Says: Voting Tinubu As President Means Second Slavery For Yoruba

 Vocal Senator and elderstateman, Dr Femi Okurounmu has posited that a Tinubu Presidency will spell doom for the Yoruba people and most likely nail the future of the South West people of Nigeria.

To the Afenifere chieftain, the current pitiable “slave” treatment being meted out to Yoruba people under the ongoing eight year Buhari regime occasioned by Fulanization might continue unend should the All Progressive Party (APC) candidate become President.

He therefore counselled them not to be hoodwinked by the heavy and money-induced propaganda machinery of Tinubu’s foot soldiers which would only continue to perpetuate the current misrule by those currently in power.

Okurounmu spoke during an online interactive current affairs programme, Boiling Point Arena transmitted live on Oodua 99.9FM and connected to other social media platforms.

The popular Boiling Point Arena is the brainchild of the Initiator and Convener, Mr Ayo Arowojolu, a seasoned media Professional. The topic of discourse was: “The Current State of Nigeria and The Gathering Political Storm”.

Said Dr Okurounmu: “Tinubu has become a problem to everybody. He has no genuine interest for the Yoruba people. Voting for him will plunge Yoruba in second slavery. He is even making frantic efforts to divide Afenifere.

“When the armed herdsmen were killing our people in their farmlands and in their villages, Tinubu did not say a word. When ENDSARS protesters were at Lekki and they brought soldiers who mercilessly killed our youths, Tinubu did not say a word. When Yorubas were complaining about insecurity and killings and Igboho came up in defence of his people, Tinubu kept silence.

“Tinubu is the reason why there is no Amotekun in Lagos presently like other Yoruba states.

“Tinubu is the reason why Nigeria is in this current mess. He foisted Buhari on the nation. The Buhari that Tinubu supported was the same Buhari that took over power from the democratically elected government in 1984 and harangued virtually all Yoruba politicians including Chief Obafemi Awolowo in prison.”

In the opinion of the elderstateman, Yoruba interest would be best served by voting in Mr Peter Obi as President whom he said has become a natural and spontaneous third Force capable of repositioning Nigeria to take back her once enviable position as Giant of Africa.

According to Okurounmu, the Third Force movement around Mr Obi is God’s divine agenda to liberate Nigerians who are already pushed to the walls.

“Our people have been pushed to the walls and until they mobilize themselves to take the future of Nigerians into their own hands. Things have gone so bad that even the person who’s blind can see that this is not the Nigeria they want to come back home because they might not get back in one-piece.”

He noted that for Nigeria to be ‘liberated’, the youths will need to mobilize and gather themselves into a formidable force to take power from ‘corrupt, selfish and oppressive elders’.

Okurounmu added: “Nigerians will only liberate themselves when the youths gather themselves. I have always spoken that the future belongs to the youths, that until the youths gather themselves and mobilize themselves and form themselves into a formidable force to take power from these elders, these corrupt elders, these selfish elders, from these oppressive elders that there will be no future for Nigeria.”