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The Guardian

Northern group urges Buhari to sack Emefiele, team over naira redesign.

Threatens protest in North, FCT

Concerned Northern Forum (CNF) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Dr. Godwin Emefiele, and his team within seven days over controversies trailing the plan to redesign the nation’s currency.

CNF, during a press briefing at the Arewa House in Kaduna, yesterday, said failure to meet their demand would force it to stage massive protests across the Northern region and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).


Daily Post

Floods: Bayelsa not among 10 most affected states – Humanitarian Minister, Farouq.

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq has said Bayelsa State is not among the ten most affected states by flooding, rather Jigawa, Anambra and Kogi tops the lists.


The Punch

● Afenifere senior chiefs to settle Fasoranti-Adebanjo row.

Leaders of the apex Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, have agreed to resolve the crisis in the organisation  following the contentious endorsement of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi and his All Progressives Congress counterpart, Bola Tinubu, by the two leaders of the association.

● Wike revokes Atiku campaign chairman’s plot.

The Rivers State Government has revoked the Certificate of Occupancy of land allocated to former Senator Lee Maeba at the Golf Course axis of GRA in Port Harcourt.

Our correspondent reports that Senator Maeba, a staunch supporter of the People’s Democratic Party presidential candidate, is the chairman of the party’s presidential campaign council in Rivers State.


The Vanguard

Strike: ASUU raises eyebrow over selective payment of medical lecturers’ salaries.

Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has accused the Federal Government of trying to break its ranks by selecting some medical lecturers for payment of their withheld salaries, while other academic staff are left unattended to.


The Nation

Expulsion of Adebutu, four others compounds Ogun PDP crisis.

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State worsened yesterday, as the party expelled its former governorship aspirant, Ladi Adebutu and four others for alleged involvement in the manipulation of the delegates’ list.


The Premium Times

Nnamdi Kanu appeals to Supreme Court against order suspending his release from custody

The IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, appealed at the Supreme Court against the 28 October decision of the Court of Appeal in Abuja which stayed the execution of its earlier order issued for his acquittal and release from custody.


Leadership News

After Losing PDP G-5, Atiku In Talks With 5 APC Governors.

In what appeared to be a reprisal probably to make up of for the loss of five governors, popularly known as the G-5, presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, is currently in talks with five governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC).


ThisDay

2023 Budget: State House to Spend N7.2bn on Facilities’ Maintenance.

*To purchase vehicles with N1.96bn 

*Seeks N644m to maintain Lagos liaison office, guest houses.


TheCable

Buhari approves release of 12,000 tonnes of grains for flood victims.

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of 12,000 metric tonnes of grains as relief materials for victims of flooding across the country.

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