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Daily Trust 

Atiku, Obi Have Nothing To Offer Nigerians — Shettima

A former Governor of Borno State and vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Kashim Shettima, has said that the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and his Labour Party (LP) counterpart, Peter Obi, have nothing to offer to Nigerians.

Shettima spoke yesterday in Abuja during a one-day symposium on “Dissecting the Asiwaju Manifesto (Renewed Hope 2023): Action Plan for a Better Nigeria” organised by the APC Professionals Forum.


The Punch

Obi investment in Anambra next to nothing – Soludo

The Governor of Anambra state, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has said the alleged investment of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, in the state government is worth next to nothing.

Soludo stated this on Thursday during an interview with Channels TV’s Politics Today which was monitored by The PUNCH.


Channels News

NNPP Asks Buhari To Caution APC Govs After Attack On Atiku Campaign Convoy.

The New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to call his party governors to order so as not to truncate Nigeria’s hard-earned democracy.


The Guardian

65,699 PVCs burnt, fear heightens after twin attacks on INEC offices.

A resurgence of arson targeted at public institutions, especially those critical to the successful conduct of the 2023 general elections, yesterday, raised fears of a volatile electioneering season as the country begins its countdown to the polls.


Daily Post

Nigerian govt spends N8.3trn on officials, can’t give ASUU N1trn – Ndume

Sen. Ali Ndume has criticized the Nigerian government for earmarking trillions of naira for public officials.

Ndume wants 50 percent of National Assembly members’ salaries allocated to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) members.


Leadership

Flood: NEMA Presents Relief Materials To Bayelsa Govt.

National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has formally presented food items and other relief materials to flood victims in Bayelsa State.

The presentation yesterday followed weeks of protests from the state government and stakeholders over the delay and lacklustre attitude displayed towards the state despite the last month directive by President Muhammadu Buhari for all interventionist agencies to help all the states ravaged by flood with grains and other items.


This Day

• Tinubu Will Win Landslide in the South-south, Says Group.

The South-south Agenda for Tinubu/Shettima (SSAT) has declared that the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will win the  election by a landslide in the South-south region.

,• Buhari: No Going Back on Naira Redesign

*Insists nobody will be allowed to mobilise resources and thugs to intimidate people

*CBN reiterates commitment to real sector intervention.

*LCCI urges apex bank to convert lower naira denomination to coins.


Vanguard

KIDNAPPING: Police beef up security at Lagos-Ibadan expressway, Onigari axis.

The Oyo and Ogun states Police Commands, have re-affirmed their commitment to rid both states and surrounding environs off undesirable criminal elements.


Premium Times

2023: Tinubu meets miners, vows not to respond to “ugly rumours.”

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, says he will not respond to “untruths and ugly rumours,” but stick to real issues during the period of the campaigns for the office of the president.

Mr Tinubu, who is facing scrutiny over his past, stated this on Thursday during a town hall meeting with the mining and agro-processing industry players in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital.

News Credit: Leadership, This Day, Vanguard, Daily Post, Premium Times, Daily Trust, The Punch, Channels News, The Guardian 

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