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KDSG Says No Meeting Has Held This Week Between FG And Governors A few hours after the Supreme Court adjourned the currency redesign case today, The Cable, a respected publication, published what it described as an exclusive story regarding the intentions of the Federal Government on the matter. Malam Nasir El-Rufai would like to clarify that The Cable has been misled by its sources on this issue. There has been no meeting this week between the FG and either the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) or the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), not to talk of one lasting till the wee hours of today, Wednesday, 15 February 2023. Rather, senior officials of the FG reached some governors, including Malam Nasir El-Rufai, on phone to initiate discussions on a possible out of court settlement. The terms they proposed were to allow only the old N200 note to remain legal tender and be circulated by the CBN till 10 April 2023. They claimed that the CBN had already destroyed the old N500 and N1000 notes t...

  Bus Conductor, Passengers Exchange Blows Over Old Currency Notes In Kaduna Following the deadline for the acceptance of old currency as legal tender by the Central Bank of Nigeria, bus conductors and passengers on Wednesday exchanged blows over the former’s refusal to accept old notes as transport fare in Kaduna. Trouble started when a ten-passenger bus operating from Sabon Tasha Community, in Chikun Local Government area of Kaduna State, heading towards Kaduna Central market dropped passengers who in turn, handed over their old currencies to the bus conductor, who refused to accept the money. One of the passengers who sustained a nose injury during the heavy fist fight, said “I entered the bus from Sabon Tasha, after bargaining with the conductor to pay 200 Naira. On reaching my destination, I gave him the 200 naira but he refused, saying it was old currency. All my pleading fell on deaf ears.” The Conductor was supported by the driver who rained curses on the passengers but as ...

According to the magazine "One of the many surprising elements of interviewing Rihanna is that when she is finally ready to meet she sends her driver across Los Angeles to pick me up. Divine, I think. So classy! Though I should perhaps mention that when the tank-sized Cadillac arrives, its luxurious blacked-out interior thrillingly haunted by the vestiges of her sweet, earthy perfume, it is… Now, let me check my texts to make sure I’m getting this right. Yes. That’s it: 3:26am. Classic Riri. It takes a certain sort of hutzpah, a certain level of shimmering enormity, to establish your own time zone. Yet the nine-time Grammy Award-winning, Super Bowl-slaying beauty billionaire and current Oscar nominee has done just that. As a charming driver called Myron waves hello and pulls us out on to the eerily empty streets of West Hollywood, gliding towards Beverly Hills in the dead of night, it is with an ease that suggests this is all very normal and time really is just a construct. In the...

Raquel Welch has died at the age of 82. The iconic 1960s sex symbol passed after a struggle with a brief, unknown illness, according to TMZ. Her family confirmed the news to the site on Feb. 15, stating that she had passed away that morning. Born Jo Raquel Tejada in Chicago on September 5, 1940, the first child of a Bolivian aeronautical engineer and his wife, she was a performer and entertainer from an early age, per her official Wikipedia page. The family moved to Southern California when she was two, and at age seven, the beauty began training in classical ballet — a pursuit she abandoned a decade later when she was told she didn’t have the right build for a professional ballerina. By her mid-teens, she was already carving out a space for herself as an icon of American beauty. After winning titles for Miss Contour and Miss Photogenic, she went on to grab the titles of Miss La Jolla and Miss San Diego. She studied theater arts at San Diego State College, where she’d won a scholarship...

False Marriage: EFCC Arrests Suspected Fraudster for Duping American $200,000. Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Chidozie Kingsley Nwachi, (a.k.a Dozie) for  allegedly  marrying an American: Nicole Kierulff Sayers falsely,  and defrauded her $200,000(Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in the process.  Nwachi was arrested in Abuja on Wednesday, February 15, 2023,  based on the claims of Sayers,  alleging that the  suspect lured her into a false marriage  and defrauded  her of her savings. “I was accustomed to transferring money to him and further felt I had no choice,  since I had just married him,  even though I did not feel confident in my choice to have married him”, she said.     Nwachi’s ploy of defrauding his “wife” was the offer of a phony contract by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Abuja.   He allegedly made Sayers finance the execu...

BENUE: 7 FEARED KILLED IN RENEWED CULT CLASH IN GBOKO. 15th February, 2023   Seven persons have been reportedly killed in a renewed cult clash which began last Sunday in Gboko, the traditional Tiv capital of Benue State. The suspected cult members were said to have also gone from street to street setting ablaze nine houses that were linked to the rival members. A resident of the ancient town who identified himself as Msugh told Benue info-pedia, that the incident happened on Sunday night adding that the crisis started as a fight between two cult rival members. According to Msugh, “What we heard was that two rival cult members were boasting of superiority referring to last year’s September incident from there fight ensued leading to the death of one and before you know it, the news spread and each of the rival groups regroups and were moving from one street to another killing themselves. “Several people were killed and many houses burnt down Confirming the incident, the Chairma...

Nigerian Judges Who Declared Uzodinma As Imo Governor Reportedly Denied Visas To Attend U.S. Conference The former governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke has reportedly revealed that members of a seven-man panel of the Nigerian Supreme Court who declared a candidate who came fourth in the last Imo governorship election as governor have been denied visas to the United States. British-Nigerian lawyer, Ayo Obe in a tweet disclosed that the US had refused visas to those judges involved in the most bizarre judgement to attend a judges’ conference in the US, attributing the information to former Cross River Governor, Duke. One more photo below. 

Police Arrest 2 Suspected Thugs For Disrupting APC Rally In Rivers  by Micheal Silas Operatives of the Rivers State Police command have arrested two suspected thugs involved in the disruption of campaign rallies in the State. This was confirmed by the Public Relations Officer of the Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, in a chat with newsmen in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. The thugs, in their numbers, were reported to have stormed the venue of the All Progressives Congress, APC, campaign rally in Eleme Local Government Area of the State on Tuesday, with intention to cause chaos, but luck ran out of two of them, who were apprehended by the police. Iringe-Koko said the suspects have been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for discrete investigation. The police also displayed arms and ammunition recovered from the suspects by security personnel deployed at the venue of the APC campaign rally. DAILY POST reports that there have been pockets of violence and disruption of cam...

Encomium as Last zikist movement family takes a bow PR/Nwosu/Onah    Anambra State was agog Tuesday,  Feb 14 ,2023 as Nigerians and visitors from all works of life across the globe thronged the State to pay their last respect to Chief Mbazulike Amechi, Dara Akunwafor, aka The-Boy-Is-Good. The venue  for the night of tribute was the Anambra State international conference center,  filled to capacity of over 5000 guests. Governor Chukuma Soludo who led other Nigerians and visitors from other countries of the world likened the passing onto glory of the Nigerians first Aviation minister,Chief Amechi  to the loss of a very huge library, a bastion of knowledge, and a treasure trove of political activism.  "His profundity was legendary and he can be likened to a tree that makes the forest".  In a press statement released by the Anambra State Commissioner for information Sir Paul Nwosu, Chief Mbazulike  passed on as the only surviving Minister of the ...

Awka Monarch applauds Soludo's development strides   By Nneka Anoliefo The traditinal ruler of Awka Obi Gibson Nwosu has expressed satisfaction with the pace of work in Awka and other communities in the state. In a press statement in Awka,the royal father used the opportunity to solicit for the tarring of roads conmecting his palace in Awka. The royal father stated that he will continue with his subjects to support the present Administration as it means well for the people.  In their separate remarks, an APGA stalwart and indigene of Awka, Chief Arthur Nwachukwu and Mrs Grace Agumadu recounted the ordeal residents of the area go through during the rainy season,and explained that the video showing the flooding in the social media attracted the compassionate attention of the Governor who swung into action immediately and Mobilised MP infrastructural Engineers to the site. The two residents made it known that the flood almost drowned the oldest man and have killed some people...

4 killed during protest in Benin, Banks vandalized. February 15, 2023 No fewer than four persons were killed during protest in Benin City, the Edo State capital on Wednesday. A source in Benin told current matters that the protest began shortly after the State Government applied to join the Federal Government on its suit on Naira redesign at the Supreme Court. On Friday, the Supreme Court adjourned hearing on a matter brought by three governors to stop the Federal Government from the banning the old naira notes. Same Friday, more governors applied to the Supreme Court to join the progressive governors who dragged the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN to the Apex Court to halt the naira swap policy given that poor Nigerians were affected by its negative effects. But while more and more governors identify with the plight of Nigerians to ask for the quick intervention of the Supreme Court having exhausted their conversation on a further extension of the February 10 de...

NAIRA REDESIGN: REVERSE POLICY NOW, GOV AKEREDOLU TELLS BUHARI, CBN  •••Says Old, New Notes Should Be Allowed To Co-exist  “Youths Will Determine This Election”, He Assures  •••You’ve Done Well For Nigeria, Youth - Seyi Tinubu  Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, CON has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele to reverse the naira redesign policy now.  Governor Akeredolu said that both the new and old notes should be allowed to co-exist, noting that despite an existing court injunction, the old notes seem to have ceased to be legal tender in the country.  The Governor spoke on Tuesday evening while receiving members of the Youth Directorate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) led by Seyi Tinubu.  Seyi Tinubu is the son of APC Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.  Governor Akeredolu faulted the timing of th...

 SANWO-OLU WARNS AGAINST REJECTION OF OLD NOTES  The Lagos State Government wishes to put on record the patience and calmness of Lagosians following the controversy generated by the Naira shortage crisis.   The State Government has joined the dispute at the Supreme Court, which today adjourned the hearing of the matter till February 22. When the matter first came up on February 8, the apex court said the old notes remained legal tender.  That position has not changed. The State Government hereby warns those rejecting the old notes to desist from doing so or face prosecution. It is against the law to reject the old notes as doing so is contrary to the position of the Supreme Court.  Governor Sanwo-Olu urges Lagosians to remain law-abiding and shun mischief makers who may exploit this temporary situation to promote their anti-people agenda. He is confident that the Judiciary will resolve all the issues around the currency shortage crisis.   To cushi...

My thoughts are with all New Zealanders whose homes or livelihoods have been affected by Cyclone Gabrielle. I have been given the opportunity to visit the national disaster and crisis headquarters today and I am impressed by the major efforts being undertaken by first responders, local and national agencies to ensure the best possible support for everyone, especially those still at risk. I admire the courage of the people of Aotearoa during this alarming and difficult time. You should all be proud of the resilience, strength and care for your communities you are showing in the face of adversity. Kia Kaha  - The Princess Royal  

 Today in London, The King met members of the Syrian and Turkish diaspora community in a show of support to those affected during this difficult time. Last week, a series of devastating earthquakes hit southern Turkey and north-west Syria killing over 35,000 people so far, affecting over 13 million and causing widespread damage to housing, infrastructure, schools and hospitals across both countries.  In Hounslow, His Majesty met volunteers who have been collecting, packaging and organising the transportation of food, blankets and warm clothing for people affected in Turkey. The community centre organises cultural and social events for the Turkish diaspora of West London and to date, volunteers here coordinated the collection of over 100 pallets of aid, including blankets and winter clothes.  Later, in Trafalgar Square, The King formally launched Syria's House, a temporary Syrian community tent where members of the Syrian community can come together to support those affect...

PRESS RELEASE My Dear Legends and Divas,  That time has come again in the course of our nation's history when we are all expected to perform our civic responsibility by going out there to cast our votes for our preferred candidate.  This month's INDUSTRY NITE therefore, is put on hold to enable us reminisce and reassess our current political status as a nation, so as to enable us cast our vote for that candidate we believe can take us out of this quagmire.  Remember that as entertainers, we are usually the first casualties each time the economy goes down therefore we need to be very wise in our choice of candidate.  CIG is a non-partisan and non-denominational organisation, but a major stakeholder in the politics of Nigeria as a nation. Please do not sit on the fence or stay aloof during this electoral exercise as we reap what we sow and you cannot harvest yam if you planted rice. So, please let’s do the right thing.  Wishing you all a peaceful free and fair ele...