WEDNESDAY 21TH FEBRUARY 2024

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Senate Sets Up Panel to Probe Buhari over N30 Trillion Ways and Means Lawmakers to investigate anchor borrowers’ programme, $2.4bn forex scam

Sunday Aborisade in Abuja

Senators yesterday constituted an

ad hoc committee to probe the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari over the N30

trillion Ways and Means Loans Advances from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), which was approved

by the Ninth National Assembly. The federal lawmakers lamented Nigeria's current social and economic

crises and blamed it on the borrowing culture of the Buhari's administration, which they described as reckless.

The Upper Chamber expressed Continued on page 16

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Idris: Nigeria Won’t Fall, Remains Africa’s Giant

We'll overcome our challenges, says Kalu Customs to disburse forfeited items to mitigate food crisis State police bill passes second reading

James Emejo, Juliet Akoje in Abuja and Laleye Dipo in Minna

Despite the increasing hardship in the country, the federal government, yesterday, responded to those

prophesying the collapse of the country and declared that "Nigeria will not fall" because it remained

the giant of Africa. Also, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon.

Benjamin Okezie Kalu, has said the current economic challenges in Nigeria was transient and would

be surmounted because Nigerians Continued on page 16

FG Declares War on FX Speculators as Naira Slides to N1,830 to Dollar Deploys ONSA, CBN, Police, EFCC, Customs, NFIU to combat speculative activities Tinubu Says $10bn FX inflow coming President declares govt will create millions of jobs, unlock trillions in public wealth to boost economy Shettima: Some forces hell-bent on plunging country into anarchy NACCIMA writes CBN Gov, minister of trade, proffers strategies to address naira slide, inflationary pressure Deji Elumoye, Ndubuisi Francis, Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja and Nume Ekeghe in Lagos The federal government yesterday declared war on currency speculation in its effort to stem the crisis in the foreign exchange (FX) market. The government issued a directive to the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to join forces to address the challenges posed to the national economy by the speculative FX activities. Equally, yesterday, in a renewed bid to safeguard Nigeria's FX market and combat speculative activities, the government deployed the Nigeria Police, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), and Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) to fight the menace. The fresh measures came as the naira sustained its free fall at the Continued on page 16

Meeting of South East Zonal Working Committee and PDP Leaders in Enugu...

L-R: Former Governor of Imo State, Chief Achike Udenwa; former National Chairman of the PDP, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo; Chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees, Sen. Adolphus Wabara and governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, during a meeting of the South East Zonal Working Committee and leaders of the PDP in Enugu .... yesterday.


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