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Breaking! Seven African Presidents Join Buhari to Open Dangote Refinery, Continent’s Game Changer

* 650,000bpd facility to alter international energy landscape, end petrol smuggling in Nigeria

*Tinubu, Emefiele, governors, ministers, top business leaders to witness epoch event *Refinery, a significant achievement for Africa, Adeleke declares

Oramah: Afreximbank proud as its largest financier

*Rewane: Refinery will strengthen Nigeria’s macro-economic stability.

Daily Post

Swear with Qur’an you didn’t steal govt money – El-Rufai challenges ex-govs

The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufa has challenged his predecessors to come out and swear with the Holy Quran as a proof that they did not embezzle public funds while in office.

The Guardian

70% of food exports from Nigeria rejected abroad, says NAFDAC

Director General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, yesterday, lamented that over 70 per cent of food exports from Nigeria are rejected abroad, with huge financial losses to exporters and the country.

Vanguard

Election Tribunal shouldn’t be ‘like secret meeting,’ Onaiyekan backs live broadcast

The Catholic Bishop Emeritus of Abuja Archdiocese, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has backed the call for live broadcast of Presidential Election Petition Tribunal proceedings.

The cleric noted that the proceedings of the Election Tribunal should not be ‘like a secret meeting,’ because the voters needed to follow up on how their votes were being defended.

Channels

Resident Doctors Suspend Strike

The leadership of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its one-week warning strike which it embarked upon on Wednesday, May 17.

Punch

Don’t judge me based on performance as minister – Akpabio

The former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, has called on Nigerians and members of the incoming 10th National Assembly not to assess him using his brief tenure as Minister of Niger Delta Affairs.

Akpabio said he preferred to be judged by his record as a lawyer of 36 years, commissioner for six years and a governor for 8 years.

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Big Brother, Pere Egbi - A Car Is Not An Investment

Big Brother Naija reality show star, Pere Egbi, has explained that he doesn’t own a car because it isn’t an investment. Pere Egbi He berated those who squander their money on exotic cars, stressing that landed properties and businesses are assets but not cars. Speaking in the latest episode of the Spill With Phyna podcast, Pere said, “Car no be investment. A house is an asset, a business is an asset. Using all your savings to buy cars is unnecessary. Right now, I don’t own a car. I used to drive a brand new lexus LS570 but I sold it because I needed to put the money into my film. It’s an investment. At the end of the day, I made more that from the film.” What do you think of Pere's mindset on acquiring cars?

Inspiration

Be Inspired! A very poor woman called a radio station asking for help from God. A non-believer who was also listening to this radio program decided to make fun of the woman. He got the woman's address from the radio station and told his secretary to carry a large amount of foodstuff to the woman. However, he gave the following instruction; "When the woman asks who sent the food, tell her that it's from the devil." When the secretary arrived at the woman's house, the woman was happy and grateful for the help received. She started putting the food packets inside her small house. The secretary then asked her, "Don't you want to know who sent the food?" The woman replied, "No, I don't care... because when GOD orders, even the DEVIL obeys! Have a blessed day ahead. 🤣😅🤣😅🤣😅🤣 Image: iStock

The CBN Reverses Its Decision And Sets New Limit On New Naira Note Withdrawal

The Central Bank of Nigeria had initially stopped the withdrawal of the new Naira notes over the counter, directing commercial banks to instead dispense the cash through their Auto Teller Machines (ATM) to the public. Thursday, 2, February 2023, the apex bank has now backtracked on that decision, it is informing the commercial banks to resume over-the-counter withdrawal of the new N200, N500 and N1,000 notes. The Central Bank of Nigeria, has set a new directive of a maximum daily payout limit of N20,000, consisting of redesigned Naira notes, to each customer. “In line with this resolve, the Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, has directed deposit money banks (DMBs) to commence the payment of the redesigned Naira notes over the counter, subject to a maximum daily payout limit of N20,000. “We also admonish members of the public to embrace and adopt other payment channels for their transactions. “The Naira is our legal tender and symbol of national pride. Therefore, let us resp...

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