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Why Buhari, Tinubu Deserve Rousing Welcome In Akwa Ibom – Lifestyle Nigeria

President Muhammadu Buhari is leading the APC presidential campaign train to Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Monday, 30 January 2023 for a consequential political rally.

The President is coming to town with the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu; the presidential running mate of the party, Kashim Shettima; the National Chairman of the APC, Abdullahi Adamu, along with other leaders and key stakeholders of the party.

In Uyo right now there is buoyancy in the air. The stage is set for a glitzy political carnival planned for the iconic Godswill Akpabio Stadium, aka the Nest of Champions.

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The admirable backdrop to the rally in Uyo is that the President and his entourage are coming to be received by a united party, thanks to the bridge-building efforts of the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Umana Okon Umana, who worked with other leaders of the party in the state to mend broken bones and heal festering wounds that had bugged the state chapter of the party for an annoyingly long spell.

The lovely sign of unity and the sunshine of one house was in evidence on Thursday when leaders of the state APC jointly inspected preparations for the rally at the Nest of Champions.

I was flushed with a sense of political wellbeing by the keepsake sight of Umana, Senator Akpabio, Obong Nsima Ekere, Atuekong Don Etiebet and other pillars of the party jointly going through details of the preparations and arrangements for the rally at the venue. A moving spectacle! When the will is there, there is always a way.

Unity is the appropriate prop needed to give the President, the APC presidential flagbearer, and other national leaders of the party the kind of welcome they deserve from Akwa Ibom people.

It is that oneness of purpose and action that will bring out every Akwa Ibom son and daughter to the venue of the rally to show their appreciation to an administration like no other in prioritizing the wellbeing of Akwa Ibom people.

Akwa Ibom people have so much to thank the Buhari administration and the APC for. Akwa Ibom people should throng the rally venue and demonstrate their support right across the state for an administration that gave the state a 50,000-hectare Free Zone, the Liberty Oil and Gas Free Zone, which spans six local government council areas of Oruk Anam, Ikot Abasi, Mkpat Enin, Onna, Ibeno, and Eastern Obolo—an investment with a huge crossover potential capable of changing the development dynamics of the state for the best, if properly tended.

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Pregnant Married Woman Arrested For Faking Kidnap, Sharing Ransom With Boyfriend

Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have arrested an expectant mother who faked her own kidnap and demanded for N2 million as ransom from her husband.

It was gathered that the woman shared the ransom money with the man suspected to be her boyfriend, and whom she connived with to defraud the husband.

FCT Commissioner of Police Benneth Igweh, who paraded the suspects yesterday, said: “About 19:40hrs on March 11, one Chiedozie Ubah of Saburi II Dei-dei, Abuja, reported at Gwa Gwa Police Division that his pregnant wife, Rosemary Ubah, left for the hospital on same date but did not return home. He later received a call from his wife’s number telling him that she had been kidnapped and demanded for two N2 million ransom before her release.

“He transferred the money into his wife’s account as instructed and later brought his wife to the station after her release. During interrogation, the wife freely confessed to have conspired with one man named Walter Ezeala living on the same street with them at Saburi to extort money from her husband.

“The said Walter was arrested and he confessed that he got N800,000 from the ransom money.

“N793,500) cash, two ATM cards and two android phones were recovered from them.”

In a similar development, Igweh narrated how operatives of the command arrested a man who faked also his own kidnap to test the loyalty of his girlfriend.

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Dollar To Naira Exchange Rate For Today 22 March 2024

Find below, the Dollar to Naira exchange rate for today, 22 March 2024.

Lifestyle Nigeria has obtained the official dollar to the naira exchange rate in Nigeria today, including the Bureau De Change (BDC) rate and CBN rates.

What Is The Official Exchange Rate For Dollar To Naira Today?

The exchange rate between the Naira and the US dollar according to the data released on the FMDQ Security Exchange, the official forex trading portal showed that the Naira opened at ₦1536.83 per $1 on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, and closed at ₦1453.28 per $1 on Thursday, March 21, 2024.

However, the Naira is trading as high as ₦1,400 per Dollar at the black market even though the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced the unification of all segments of the foreign exchange market.

The apex bank, had in a circular on Wednesday 14th June 2023, said all FX windows were now collapsed into the investors & exporters (I&E) window.

The statement read, “Abolishment of segmentation. All segments are now collapsed into the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window. Applications for medicals, school fees, BTA/PTA, and SMEs would continue to be processed through deposit money banks.

“Re-introduction of the “Willing Buyer, Willing Seller” model at the I&E Window. Operations in this window shall be guided by the extant circular on the establishment of the window, dated 21 April 2017, and referenced FM/DIR/CIR/GEN/08/007. All eligible transactions are permitted to access foreign exchange at this window.

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Abure Ajaero – .

The National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) Comrade Julius Abure, has warned the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Joe Ajaero, against utilizing the NLC’s platform, finances, and assets for his aspirations to vie for the presidency in 2027 or the governorship of Imo State.

Abure issued this warning in Asaba, Delta State on Wednesday in response to the closure of the Labour Party’s National Headquarters by protesting NLC members. The protesters were calling for his swift removal as the National Chairman of the party.

He said: “I must state today that the leadership of NLC under Joe Ajaero is on the part of destroying the successes we have recorded in the 2023 general election.

“I had expected that as a responsible trade union centre, a responsible labour leader; number one should have teamed up with Labour Party to see how we can team up together to make the country better.

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Abure continued, “Unfortunately and ironically too, the NLC is the one that is on the part of war against Labour Party. I must state clearly that Ajaero as NLC President has not been able to organise a successful strike action. Not even a single protest or even picketing government establishment in order to bring government to accede to the numerous requests of workers.

“As we speak, there are unfair labour practices meted out to workers by several organisations in the country. I have not seen Joe Ajaero go to such organisations to picket them.”

While stressing that Joe Ajaero is not officially affiliated with the Labour Party, Abure clarified that the party is not under the ownership of the NLC as asserted by the labor union.

He said: “Over the past few years, NLC has been claiming ownership of Labour Party. l must state clearly that NLC is not the owner of Labour Party. The party is not owned by NLC.

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