Daily News Round Up

Over 20 governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress and several other party chieftains arrived at the Jos airport on Tuesday with over 30 private and chartered jets to witness the presidential campaign inauguration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Alhaji Kashim Shettima.

. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, says the Federal Government will do away with petroleum subsidies by June 2023. Ahmed said this on Tuesday in Abuja during a press conference to mark the end of the 28th National Economic Summit.

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. A prophet of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Joseph Ogundeji, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly defiling two sisters in the State. It was gathered that Ogundeji while perpetrating the crime impregnated one of the victims.

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 A Nigerian lecturer based in Uganda, Dr. Lukman Abiodun, has been dismissed by the management of Kabale University, over allegation of sexual misconduct involving female students of the institution. It was learnt that until Abiodun was sacked, he was the Head of the Department of Economics and Statistics in the institution.

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 Hon. Sobur Olayiwola Olawale, lawmaker representing Mushin Constituency II at the Lagos State House of Assembly, is dead. Known as Omititi in political circles, Olawale was among the politicians who stormed Jos, Plateau State capital, for the kick-off of the campaign of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Presidential Candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

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. The apex socio-cultural organisation in Igbo land, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has described Governor Charles Soludo’s comment on a former Governor of the State and presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi as ridiculous, unreasonable and premature. The group said in a statement yesterday that it has dragged Soludo to two deities.

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. Nigeria’s inflation rate jumped to a 17-year high of 21.09% in October 2022, representing a 0.32% point increase from 20.77% recorded last month. This is coming as food inflation in October 2022 increased to 23.72% from 18.34% in the corresponding Month last year.

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. Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Dr. Matthew Kukah, has cautioned Nigerians who have pledged loyalty to certain politicians and political parties not to kill themselves in demonstrating support for such candidates. Kukah, who spoke when he appeared on a television programme, yesterday, said Nigerians should see politicians as friends jostling for their piece of the national cake and should not be taken too seriously.

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. Nigeria’s President and Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday assured the standard bearer, Ahmed Tinubu, of unalloyed support in the 2023 elections. He gave the assurance during the campaign kick-off in Jos on Tuesday.

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Former US President, Donald Trump, has announced he will run for the 2024 Republican nomination for president.

Trump is seeking to return to the White House after he had lost his bid for re-election to Joe Biden in 2020.

He disclosed this on Tuesday during a speech at his Mar-a-Lago, Florida home.

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An 80-year-old man, James Ajayi has been murdered by unidentified assailants in Ilorin, Kwara State capital.

Baba Ajayi was reportedly murdered on Monday at his residence, Gbagede area of Amoyo town, a 15 kilometers drive from Ilorin metropolis.

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The struggle for who succeeds Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State is taking a new twist. While some political commentators are insisting that it is time for a power shift to Kogi West, others are saying the Central should complete 16 years before it moves to other Senatorial districts of the State.

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The Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Igboho has assured his followers that the push for the actualization of Oodua Republic was still on course, stressing that he has not abandoned the agitation.

Igboho, who disclosed that he would return to Nigeria soon, stressed that the time for Yoruba nation has come.

The self-acclaimed freedom fighter fled Nigeria about 15 months ago to Cotonou, Benin Republic, following an invasion on his residence by the Department of States Services, DSS.

However, the freedom fighter vowed to ensure the actualization of Yoruba nation.

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