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BUA GROUP DENIES SUSPENSION OF SUGAR SALES AS DANGOTE JOINS FLOUR MILLS TO JERK UP COST OF SUGAR AGAIN

It is peak season for manufacturers of sugar again and those who want to maximize on sales have already put together measures to ensure that they make the best out of the situation to the detriment of consumers.

Reports indicate that Dangote Sugar has decided to suspend sales of sugar in sympathy with Flour Mills who have been forced to stop sales over compliant issues by the Government. The move by Dangote is believed to be aimed at jerking up price as it does annually.

This move has forced most stakeholders to write BUA foods to find out whether they would be joining in shutting down sales thereby jerking up the price of their products.

BUA has however come out to say that they are not going to suspend sale of sugar neither are they going to join anyone in blackmailing the Government to change its mind over breach in compliant issues.

Recall that the pre-fasting season is always the peak period for the sale of sugar as most manufacturers record between 30-40% of their annual sales around this period.

Last year, BUA refused to join the gang-up by Flour Mills and Dangote Group to raise the price of sugar prompting Dangote to write a personally signed petition against BUA Group alleging infringements which were found to be cooked up.

This year, again Dangote has decided to stop sales in sympathy with Flour Mills which is being punished by Government. The implication is that the price of the product will go up given the fact that this is the peak period for sales in the year. With Dangote suspending sales, if BUA were to do same, the price of sugar would go out of reach of the common man especially those who need to stock for fasting.

BUA has however come out to say that it has the capacity to meet 90% of the nation’s needs at this period and therefore will not be party to any stoppage of sales or hike in the price of sugar.

According to the release from BUA, products from its Lagos and Port Harcourt sugar refineries will take care of the nation’s needs and there is therefore no need for panic buying. They also warned that any of their distributors caught hoarding the product would be delisted

“My Vision is a Nigeria that will Always have my Back”- Dr Abdulfattah Durojaiye

A Nigerian Clinical Scientist, Dr Abdulfatai Durojaiye has joined the race of who becomes the next president of Nigeria in 2023.

In a world press conference yesterday Sunday, 13th Of February 2022, Dr Abdulfatai made his intentions know while explaining the reason behind his vision to become the number one man in the country.

Dr Abulfatai who has been running a popular movement to promote the unity of the country expressed dissatisfaction at the current administration of the country, noting that past governments have ruined the country and that there is an urgent need to rescue the country from collapse.

Describing his ambition as a vision, he explained that he had always looked forward to a country that will be prosperous, a country he will be proud of but successive government failed woefully to provide it, therefore, the need for him to take up the task.

‘’ I don’t have an ambition but I have a clear vision. The vision didn’t just come in a day, it’s a process. All my life I have looked forward to a country that will be prosperous, a country I will be proud of and a country that can always have my back and each time I look forward to that, successive government failed us and this time it has gotten to a peak and that’s why people like me that will ordinarily focus on my family and profession need to come out to rescue the nation. The status quo has failed us and we need to strategize to rescue Nigeria and to position us on the path of prosperity’’

Speaking on how he will be able to rescue Nigeria from collapsing, Dr Abdulfatai asserted that the problems of Nigerian are man-made, hereby making them resolvable. He identified poor healthcare, bad education system as the root of some of Nigeria’s problem and declared that all will be tackled one-by-one to restore the country but first, power has to be secured.

‘’To be able to do this, we need to have secured power. When I go to bed every night, when I tuck-in my kids and I look at millions of Nigerians that are in the street of Kano, Ibadan, everywhere, millions of people dying in the hospital because they could not afford quality health care, our children that are not going to have quality education and become a problem for the nation tomorrow, the insecurity in the country, those are things we conceptualize in a programmatic way and every problem that confronts us today are man-made and as such, are resolvable. When we are able to take it one by one, we will be able to talk more on how to attack all of this and we are still going to have a platform where all these things will be elaborated but one thing we need to know is the status quo has failed us and when the majority of the people are suffering, the security of the few isn’t secured. We are speedily heading towards collapse and when that comes, we lose our country, livelihood and freedom. This is why we need to do this right now and we believe Nigerians are ready’’

When asked about the platform he will be contesting on, he mentioned People Redemption Party (PRP) being the only credible platform that can rescue the country.

‘’We need a credible platform and we have two octopus that have up to this stage ruined Nigeria. I’m aligning myself with the greatest party in Nigeria, the only legacy ideologically propelled party in Nigeria and the party is People Redemption Party (PRP). About the spread, the party is growing speedily, we had our convention yesterday and the spread is phenomenon. PRP is the party that is hinged on democratic humanism and that’s the party I’m aligning myself with’’

Valentine: Governor Yahaya Bello Takes Wife On A Ride In Abuja (VIDEO)

In the spirit of valentine, the governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello has taken his wife, Rashidat Bello on a cruise on the streets of Abuja.

In a video shared on her Excellency, Rashidat Bello’s instagram page, they were seen having sweet moments while playing a popular romantic song in the background.

Her Excellency addressed the governor as her partner in the video caption, showing the romantic side of the ever hardworking governor.

Governor Yahaya Bello has shown beyond reasonable doubt that spending time with loved ones is valuable especially at a season of love like this.

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Major shakeup in Police as Frank Mba hands over as Force PRO

The Force Public Relations Officer, CP Frank Mba, has handed over the duties and responsibilities of the Force Public Relations Department to his Deputy, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who takes charge of the Department with immediate effect.

The change of baton follows Mba’s nomination by the Inspector-General of Police for the Senior Executive Course at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in Kuru, Jos.

Adejobi, a Chief Superintendent of Police, is an alumnus of the prestigious University of Ibadan where he studied Archeology and Geography (Combined Honours).

According to a statement on Saturday by the Administration Officer attached to the Force Public Relations Department, SP Banjamin Hundeyin: “He also holds a Master’s Degree in Peace and Conflict Studies from the same University. He was the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the Ogun State Command from 2008 – 2016; PPRO Zone 2 Headquarters, Onikan, Lagos, in 2016 and PPRO Lagos State Police Command between September 2020 and August 2021. CSP Olumuyiwa is an experienced communicator and image manager who has achieved great strides in his previous appointments.

“He is a member of several professional bodies and associations which include: Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR); International Public Relations Association (IPRA); Pointman Leadership Institute, USA; International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), USA; and the Institute of Corporate Administration, Nigeria.

“CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi can be reached on cell phone number 08037168147 while he seeks support from all and sundary as he discharges his duties”.

Shake up in presidency as Buhari sacks First Lady’s aide

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved reorganisation of the workforce in the Office of the First Lady, leading to the sack of a political appointee, redeployment of three and appointment of a new one.

Buhari appointed renowned journalist and former member of the House of Representatives, Muhammad Sani Zorro, as his new Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs and Strategy deployed in the Office of the First Lady.

A statement on Saturday morning by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, disclosed that three of the aides of the First Lady, Hajia Aisha Buhari, were redeployed, at her request, from her office to that of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF).

The statement also said the President has approved the immediate disengagement of his Special Assistant on Domestic and Social Events in the Office of the First Lady, Zainab Kazeem.

The reason for Kazeem’s sack is yet to be ascertained.

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Those redeployed to the OSGF from the Office of the First Lady are: Dr. Mohammed Kamal Abdulrahman, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Health and Development Partners and Personal Physician to the First Lady; Hadi Uba, Special Assistant to the President on Administration; and Wole Aboderin, Special Assistant to the President on Non-Governmental Organisations, NGOs.

“President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Muhammad Sani Zorro, journalist, politician and former lawmaker, as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs and Strategy, Office of the First Lady.

“At the instance of the First Lady, Mrs Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, the President has also approved the immediate redeployment of three of the political appointees in her office to the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, pending their assignment to some other government departments or agencies.

“Those affected by the redeployment are: Dr. Mohammed Kamal Abdulrahman, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Health and Development Partners and Personal Physician to the First Lady; Hadi Uba, Special Assistant to the President on Administration and Wole Aboderin, Special Assistant to the President on Non-Governmental Organisations, NGOs.

“Also approved with effect from 11th February is the disengagement of Zainab Kazeem, the Special Assistant to the President on Domestic and Social Events, Office of the First Lady.

“Zorro, a famous journalist, brings to the new job decade-long experience in media practice, publishing and unionist leadership.

“He was at various times President, Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, West African Journalists Association (WAJA) and the Federation of African Journalists, FAJ.

“He was in the House of Representatives where he chaired the committee on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), Refugees and Initiatives on North East,” the statement reads.

Oluwo Denies Requesting ₦20M From Oyetola For Wedding

The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has distanced himself from the report claiming that he contacted the Governor of Osun State, Adegboyega Oyetola, to solicit support for a proposed wedding in Kano State.
A letter was shared online where the monarch allegedly solicited money for the Kano wedding.

The letter dated February 8, 2022, and addressed to the state Governor was received on behalf of Oyetola by the Special Adviser to the governor on Chieftaincy Affairs.

The letter read in parts, “I have the instruction of the His Imperial Majesty, Oba (Dr.) Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, the Oluwo of Iwo, to notify you of Oluwo’s decision to marry a princess from Kano Emirate, to be precise, Ado Bayero Dynasty.

“I wish to remind your Excellency that this kind of royal wedding within two notable traditional institutions in Nigeria will require huge expenses, which necessitate the support of the state government financially, even logistically.”

The Press Secretary to Oluwo, Alli Ibraheem, when questioned on the development noted that the palace did not forward any letter to the Governor.

He said, “We didn’t author any letter. The letterhead you saw is not the one used by Oluwo. Moreso, if Baba will write government, it will carry his signature.”

Oluwo’s marriage to his Jamaican wife, Ms Chanel Chin, had crashed in December 2019.

Leave Emefiele out of politics, Economists warn propagandists

The North-South Economists’ Forum, NSEF, a focus group of development economists, has warned propagandists and information hawkers feasting on a phoney ‘Emefiele for President’ campaign not to drag the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, governor into the murky water of partisan politics.

Recently, some online news platforms flew a kite purporting that a group of top private sector players and some sitting governors were working on a script to install Mr. Godwin Emefiele as the next Nigerian president in the 2023 presidential election.

The report claimed that Emefiele may likely resign his appointment as CBN governor this month to throw his hat into the Presidential ring.

But the CBN has stoutly rebutted the story as disingenuously false, lacking in substance and therefore a figment of the imagination of its purveyors.

CBN spokesman, Osita Nwasinobi, described the report as a distraction from the CBN’s focus on its mandate of minding monetary policies, financial stability and supporting government programmes.

“I don’t know where that platform got their news from. We discuss monetary policies at the Central Bank and how to support the government, we don’t discuss politics. All these distractions, they should leave us out of them so that we can do our job,” Nwasinobi said.

However, the North-South Economists’ Forum said having done its independent investigation and consultations among highly placed Nigerian entrepreneurs some of whom were said to be among those promoting the Emefiele for President movement, it has discovered that the story was false in its entirety.

The body of Economists in a statement on Wednesday signed by its Chairman, Malam Ahmed Abdulkadir and Secretary, Dr. Chima Eboh, noted that “what was perceived to be a political meeting promoting Emefiele Presidential ambition was actually a meeting of governors, ex-governors, non-political actors, business people with proven economic management background, civil society organisations and the media, whose sole aim was to forge a new pathway for the growth and development of the nation.

“Emefiele was not on the agenda neither was he singled out for discussion at the meeting,” NSEF said.

The Economists urged the CBN governor to stay focused on his economic reengineering of the nation’s monetary policy framework to engender financial stability especially at these times when the nation is facing grave economic challenges.

NSEF charged those calling for Emefiele’s head and accusing him of playing partisan politics on the basis of a fake news to desist from such ill-advised adventure, adding that it ‘was childish and logically infantile to base their conclusion on a faulty premise.

“We have watched how the CBN under Emefiele has constricted the space for economic vampires who take advantage of the nation’s weak primary sector to import all manner of commodities into the country using forex sourced from CBN for local production of goods only to divert same to importation of the same products they originally claimed to manufacture in Nigeria.”

The group linked the renewed attacks on Emefiele to the economic crooks whom he has through the CBN policies of zero-forex for importation of commodities that can be easily grown in Nigeria and dozens of economic interventions by the CBN. It urged Emefiele not to be deterred by the headwinds created by this brood of economic saboteurs who have found easy recruits in some faceless organisations.

“Dragging Emefiele into politics is a show of aberrant mental indolence which does not advertise the propagandists as intelligent or persons given to critical thinking. As a body of Economists with strong bias for development, we consider it an effusion of ingratitude to ever imagine or conjecture that CBN under Emefiele is favouring one political party over another. That is the height of unreason,” the statement said.

SHOCKING! Akwa Ibom Pastor Advices Politicians To Snatch Ballot Boxes, Rig Elections In 2023

Abel Damina, the senior pastor of the Power City International Church in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has advised politicians who are serious about taking power in 2023 to prepare to snatch ballot boxes and rig elections.

Damina gave the advice in a video currently trending on social media.

“Somebody said they are rigging elections. There’s no government that doesn’t rig elections, including America. That is the way the system works. It is survival,” said the popular Uyo pastor.

“So, if you are thinking of politics, start thinking of contending as survival. So, they are stealing ballot boxes, steal your own. That’s the way the system works. It means all of us are thieves – steal, I steal. The man that steal pass (sic) becomes governor.”

To back his teaching, Damina quoted verses from the eighth chapter of the first book of Samuel in the old testament of the Bible which records the rise of the monarchy in Israel.

But a Facebook user, Ifiok Udoh, disagreed with the preacher, saying “I am sure there are many other scriptures to overturn this assertion. You don’t lift a particular scripture and make a doctrine out of it. Dr. Damina is good at that and I respect his candid opinion but this and as always is not absolute.”

The cleric has similarly stirred controversies with his sermons in the past. One such was when he claimed that “sin can’t take a man to hell.” This, he said, was because Jesus Christ died for sin.

UPDATED: Four dead as robbers attack bullion van in Ibadan

Pandemonium broke out on Thursday afternoon when robbers attacked a bullion van in Idi-Ape area of Ibadan, the Oyo state capital city.

Sources said the masked gunmen carried out the attack on the unsuspecting convoy of two vehicles suspected to be conveying cash from one of the new generation banks located on the Idi-Ape-Agodi Gate axis.

Four persons were confirmed dead after the attack.

The victims, according to eyewitnesses, included two police officers in the bullion van, a yet-to-be identified driver in a private car and a female student said to be on her way home from school.

The gunmen began to shot sporadically few minutes around 1pm.

It was gathered the assailants, apparently on the trail of the two-car convoy, took advantage of the traffic light at the Idi Ape junction which stopped oncoming vehicles from Iwo-Road enroute Agodi and the slow traffic at the Foodco/Maryhill Convent School Junction to unleash mayhem on the bullion van.

Heavy gunshot marks were seen on the bullion van with the back damaged, an indication that the robbers successfully carried out the operation.

No official statement has been released on which bank the bullion van was coming from and amount of money lost during the operation.

The heavy gunshots caused many of the business and office complexes in the axis to immediately shut down while many drivers took cover, abandoning their vehicles.

For more than the 20mins the operation lasted, the entire axis was completely deserted, making escape easy for the robbers.

Security operatives including Police, members of the Oyo State Security Network codenamed Amotekun Corps, officials of the Oyo State Road Transport Management and officials of the State Joint Security Task Force Team codenamed Operation Burst, later took over the scene to enforce law and order.

During an on-the-spot assessment, Oyo Commissioner of Police, Ngozi Onadeko said she could not confirm yet the number of police officers who died during the attack.

Onadeko, who arrived the State from an official assignment shortly before then, however confirmed that no fewer than two officers sustained gunshot wounds.

According to her, the gallant officers also killed one of the robbers but the corpse was taken away by the gunmen.

She promised to make more information available to the public as soon as the police lay hands on it.

The CP said: “You can see the Amotekun, the police men, everyone is here working hand in hand so that we can get the people involved and get the root of what has happened today.

“I will give more information on this when we finally get the details of what actually happened.

“One of the police men on escort with the bullion van shot dead one of the robbers and they carried the robber that was shot with them.

“First of all I have to say it’s an unfortunate incident, we just finished the retreat and I am coming from the airport directly here.

“It was a coordinated attack but we are still trying to find out what actually happened because they trailed the bullion van from where it took the money and where it went to dispense it, we could see the shot they made, they were indeed prepared.

“”We can’t actually say what went wrong now but all the exits and borders that lead to Oyo state have been blocked so we are trying our possible best to get them to know what actually happened.

“Nobody was killed as of now and in fact, I can’t really say anything now because I am still trying to access the situation and to find out what actually happened but I can tell you sure that two of my men were shot on the leg.

“Let’s just do our investigation and then we will be able to tell you and give you more details.”

JUST IN: Panic as robbers attack bullion van in Ibadan

Pandemonium broke out on Thursday when robbers attacked a bullion van in Idi-Ape area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital city.

Unconfirmed sources said two policemen died with the robbers shooting sporadically while carrying out the operation.

It could not be confirmed if the gunmen successful hijacked the bullion van.