TUESDAY 15TH NOVEMBER 2022

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Soludo: I Won't Succumb to Bullies, Obi Knows He Can't Win Says he’s making Tinubu’s pathway to victory much easier, toying with Ndigbo's destiny Anambra governor being sponsored to weaken our candidate, LP fumes

Emameh Gabriel in Abuja and David-Chyddy Eleke in Awka

Anambra State Governor, Professor

Chukwuma Soludo, has said he is sure the candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, would lose the 2023 presidential election.

Soludo said he would not submit to the bullying of Obi’s supporters, who recently descended on him for addressing issues in the state.

The governor made the comments in a lengthy write-up personally authored, with the title, “History Beckons, and I Will Not

Be Silent (Part 1).” Soludo said Obi was inadvertently making the pathway to victory much easier for the

presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Continued on page 12

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Lalong: History Will Repeat Itself at Jos Presidential Flag Off Seriki Adinoyi in Jos L-R: Presidential Candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore; Presidential Candidate of the Action Democratic Party; Malam Yabagi Sani; Presidential Candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance Party, GODWIN OMOIGUI. Professor Peter Umeadi; Presidential Candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Prince Adewole Adebayo at the 2nd Arise Presidential Town Hall Series held at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja... on Sunday

Plateau State Governor and Director General of the All Progressives Continued on page 12

NESG Sets Priorities for Atiku, Tinubu, Obi, Kwankwaso, Others Buhari: Increased domestic production, value addition will address inflation, FX constraints Ahmed: Publication of FAAC allocation meant to help citizens demand accountability FG eyes N12trn in taxes by Dec

Anyone of our candidates who seeks the office of president and vice president who does not subscribe to these consensus issues, does not clearly understand the problems facing us as a country, has not thought about how these problems must be dealt with, cannot have the capacity and understanding to lead this country at this time... –NESG Deji Elumoye, Ndubuisi Francis and James Emejo in Abuja The Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG) has declared that any presidential candidate aspiring to lead the country next year must subscribe to eight consensus issues, saying those yet to attune themselves to such issues lack the capacity to head the country at this critical time. NESG chairman, Asue Ighodalo, itemised the priorities of the group for the next Nigerian president yesterday in Abuja at the on-going 28th Nigerian Economic Summit (NES#28), with the theme, “2023 and Beyond: Priorities for Shared Prosperity.” President Muhammadu Buhari, at the event, emphasised the urgent need to reduce inflation, saying it is “both a tax on the poor and disrupts long-term growth”. Buhari stressed the necessity for focusing on boosting local Continued on page 12

40 YEARS OF CROSS-BORDER BANKING... L-R: Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Ambassador Sarafa Tunji Isola; 14th Emir of Kano, Khalifa Sanusi II; Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of First Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Adesola Kazeem Adeduntan, and Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, at the 40th Anniversary celebration of First Bank of Nigeria in the United Kingdom...recently


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