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Latest News for Today in Nigeria 6th July, 2023
Sit-at-home: FG defiant as mayhem escalates in South-East
If the current posture of the Nigerian government is anything to go by, towards the outcry for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the founder and leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), then plights, fears and despair of Southeast residents and Ndigbo is far from over.
This is because the Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration has seemingly adopted a silent and indifferent stance amid continued appeals and violent protests in the Southeast for the release of Kanu, who has been in detention as a prisoner of conscience since June 2021.
Kanu’s detention came after his extraordinary rendition from Kenya. He was then thrown into the Department of State Services (DSS) cell during the former Muhammadu Buhari presidency.
How Delta, Niger, Edo, others borrowed N200bn during 2023 electioneering period
Some States in Nigeria borrowed about N200 billion as domestic debts at the first quarter of the year.
January to March 2023 were significant months in the nation’s political history.
Campaigns and politicking got to their peak in January; the presidential and National Assembly elections were held on February 25, while the governorship and state assembly polls were conducted on March 18.
As governors were moving from one place to another for campaigns, some of them were also borrowing for reasons best known to individual States.
Mmesoma: Things would be different for Peter Obi if INEC had done what JAMB did – Reno Omokri
Political analyst, Reno Omokri has praised the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for ferociously maintaining its stance on the controversy surrounding the UTME result of Mmesoma Ejikeme.
Omokri insisted that if the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had also done the same thing in the case of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, it would have been obvious that he did not win the election.
The former presidential aide stated that he is not surprised that the people supporting the LP flag bearer are also those supporting Ejikeme.
Arsenal Agree To Pay Ajax £38.5 Million For Jurrien Timber
Arsenal have agreed to pay Dutch club Ajax £38.5 million for the signature of Dutch defender Jurrien Timber.
Based on the agreed deal, Arsenal are expected to pay Ajax a fixed £34.2 million and then pay the club £4.3 million in performance-related add-ons.
The 22-year-old Dutch international who graduated from Ajax Academy and has played 160 senior games at the club, is expected to have a medical and finalize personal terms within the next two days.
Kwara fraudster swaps old man’s ATM card, withdraws N1.8m
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Kwara State Command has confirmed the arrest of a fraudster, Babatunde Adekunle, for swapping the Automated Teller Machine card of an old man and using the card to withdraw N1.8m from the man’s account.
The state Commandant of the NSCDC, Umar Mohammed, paraded Adekunle alongside six other suspects nabbed with two trucks loaded with railway slippers at Oloru in the Moro Local Government Area of the state.
Mohammed said Babatunde Adekunle, 41, was alleged to have fraudulently swapped his ATM card with that of an old man at one of the ATM points in a bank in Ilorin.
“Having swapped the card, he allegedly withdrew N1.8m from the account. The case was reported and the commandant mandated the tracking unit to arrest him,” he said.
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