Emefiele Pays Unscheduled Visit to Banks Tells travellers not to buy dollars above N360 Ndubuisi Francis in Abuja The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele has again
asked travellers in need of dollars to visit any bank of their choice and get their requirements met across the counter, advising them not to
pay anything above N360 to the U.S. dollar. Emefiele spoke when he paid an unscheduled visit to some bank branches in
Abuja yesterday to monitor compliance with the CBN's directive to Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) to make foreign exchange (FX) available to
travellers in need of the greenback across the counter, irrespective of whether such individuals are customers of the banks or not.
Emefiele, whose visit caught the bank's officials unawares, went to the First Bank of Nigeria Continued on page 8
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12 States, Four Million Votes at Stake, nPDP Tells Osinbajo Group to meet tomorrow Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja and Ibrahim Shuaibu in Kano Weeks after they sought audience with President Muhammadu Buhari,
members of the defunct new Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) yesterday met with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, where the group informed the
Claim of marginalisation false, Ganduje insists vice-president that 12 states in the country, amounting to about four million vote, were at stake should its members decide to leave the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Although the meeting was initially scheduled to hold at 4 p.m. in the office of the vice-president, a last minute decision to ensure that reporters covering the State
House were kept in the dark resulted in a change of venue to Aguda House, residence of the vice-president. Some of the ministers invited to the meeting
including the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh and his counterpart Continued on page 8
Buhari: Killer Herders, Bandits Will Face Full Wrath of the Law Says additional $650m injected into SWF Set to sign Not Too Young to Run Bill Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari this morning vowed to ensure that killers masquerading themselves as herders and other criminals who mindlessly kill Nigerians and destroy their property face the full wrath of the law. The president who made this vow in a nationwide broadcast to the nation in commemoration of Democracy Day today and the third anniversary of his government, said both the killers and their sponsors would not be spared in federal government’s determination to punish the criminals.
He also said his administration was pained by the grievous destruction of lives by insurgents and other criminal groups in different parts of the country, insisting that his administration would not rest until they are brought to justice. Buhari disclosed that his government was strengthening the capacity of the security forces to deal with the high level of insecurity in the country through training and the purchase of equipment, and commended the Multinational Joint Task Force as well as the international Continued on page 9
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FOOTBALL ACADEMY FOR RIVERS STATE… L–R: Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike; Ambassador of Real Madrid, Ricardo Gallego; and President, International Sports Press Association, Gianni Merlo, during a press briefing held yesterday at the Government House, Port Harcourt, to flag off construction of the Real Madrid Football Academy in Rivers State