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Saudi Arabia to invest in Nigeria’s refineries, support CBN’s FOREX reforms
Saudi Arabia has pledged to provide financial support to sustain the Central Bank of Nigeria’s foreign exchange reforms in addition to investing in the revamping of Nigeria’s refineries.
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammad Idris in a statement yesterday said the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman made the promises to assist Nigeria at a bilateral meeting with President Bola Tinubu on the sidelines of the Saudi-Africa Summit in Riyadh.
Idris who attended the bilateral meeting, explained that as part of the support for the ongoing CBN reforms of the country’s foreign exchange regime, Saudi Arabia, which is the world’s largest producer of crude oil, will also make available a substantial deposit of foreign exchange to boost Nigeria’s forex liquidity.
Prince bin Salman commended the economic reforms being implemented by President Tinubu, and expressed the commitment of the Saudi government to supporting these reforms, and enabling Nigeria to reap the full benefits.
The statement read: “The Crown Prince expressed the eagerness of Saudi Arabia to ensure the economic prosperity of Nigeria under President Bola Tinubu, and realize its full potential as the economic giant of Africa.
“In addition to these, they also highlighted agriculture and renewable energy as major areas of investment interest for Saudi Arabia, in Nigeria, to help the country attain food and energy security, respectively.“
The Saudi authority hinted that the refinery investments in Nigeria will be led by the Saudi state-owned oil company, Saudi Aramco, with the revamp to be completed within a two- to three-year timeframe.
“Prince bin Salman also expressed appreciation to Nigeria for its active participation in and support for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) of which Nigeria is a key member,” said the minister in the press statement.
In his remarks, President Tinubu thanked the Saudi Prince for the proposed investments, while pledging that Nigeria would ensure judicious management and oversight.
The two leaders expressed commitment to working together over the next six months to develop a comprehensive road-map and blueprint to deliver on the agreed investments and outcomes. In the same vein, both Tinubu and Prince bin Salman expressed the need to strengthen security cooperation to mitigate terrorism, illegal migration and other crises, not just in Nigeria, but across West Africa and the Sahel region. They discussed existing economic and socio-cultural cooperation between Nigeria and Saudi Arabia, and agreed to open new vistas in bilateral relations.
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Breaking: Court of Appeal rules in favour of Turaki -led PDP candidate for Osun governorship election
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on Thursday, ruled that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Gubernatorial Candidate in Osun State was validly nominated by the Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee.
The court also ordered INEC to list the PDP logo on the ballot ahead of Saturday’s gubernatorial election.
The Court held that access code is neither a creation of the Constitution nor the Electoral Act; rather, a creation of INEC’s guidelines and cannot, in any way, override the provisions of the Constitution.
Section 288 of the Constitution does not specify the method for nominating candidates; it only states that the names of candidates should be forwarded to the Commission.
The court further held that the defendant (INEC) should take steps to include the name of the appellant on the ballot paper.
Additionally, the court ruled that the primary election conducted by the Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP was a valid primary election in law.
The three-man panel of justices—Justice Mahmud, Justice Jaro, and Justice Ankawere, was unanimous in its judgment.
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Breaking: NHRC sets up situation room to monitor and document hate speech, intimidation, threat to life ahead 2027
The national Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has set up a situation room to monitor and document all incidences of hate speech, intimidation and threat to life by politicians and other actors ahead of the 2027 general election.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed concerns over rising incidences of hate speech, intimidation and outright threat to life by highly placed individuals, especially politicians and religious leaders.
The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chef Tony Ojukwu, SAN, revealed this on Thursday in Abuja at a press conference.
He said the situation room would enable the Commission harvest data, analysis and document persons, agencies and others involved in the negative statements in order to ensure they are properly tracked and brought to book by relevant agencies.
Ojukwu also took journalists on a tour of the newly set up situation room.
Details later…..
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Breaking: NHRC expresses concern over rising incidences of hate speech, threat to life ahead 2027 elections
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed concerns over rising incidences of hate speech, intimidation and outright threat to life by highly placed individuals, especially politicians and religious leaders.
At a press conference in Abuja Thursday, the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chef Tony Ojukwu, SAN, recalled statements credited to Senator Francis Fadahunsi and Sheikh Yahya Jingir and described the das dangerous with capacity to set the nation ablaze.
He called on politicians, religious and traditional rulers, among other stakeholders to call their supporters and faithful to orders.
He urged government to act before rhetorics turn to violence, saying the forthcoming election in Osun State should serve as example of Nigeria’s capacity to conduct political contest in compliance with international best practices.
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