Presidential Executive Order Will Create 2.3 Million Jobs, Boost GDP by $17bn, Says Idris Says policy will unlock huge potential in oil and gas industry, lower operating costs Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja and Ahmad Sorondinki in Kano
The federal government has assured that the new Executive Order signed by President Bola Tinubu will create
2.3 million jobs, and boost the nation’s GDP by $17 billion. Minister of Information and National
Orientation, Mohammed Idris, stated this in Kano, yesterday, at a town hall meeting with the business community.
He said the new Executive Order would unlock the huge potential of the nation’s oil and gas industry
by bringing down operating costs, Continued on page 5
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DHQ: Troops Make Gains, Recover Weapons of Slain Soldiers in Delta, Says No Hiding Place for Killers of 18 Military Personnel Organs of slain soldiers traced, recovered Declares viral video of suspect narrows investigation to persons of interest Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja The military high command has made some gains and advances in its quest to unravel masterminds in the attack
at Okuama, Delta State where officers and men of the armed forces were killed, as they have recovered weapons of the slain soldiers that were carted away by the attackers in an ambush.
The recovery has inched them closer to unraveling those that carried out the dastardly attack as some dismembered organs of the victims and parts allegedly removed from
them have been recovered. Pointing to positive application of intelligence with the recoveries, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), therefore, declared that there was no hiding place
for the killers of 18 senior officers and soldiers in Okuama. It said the viral video of a suspect, who claimed to have masterminded the killing had hanged the direction
of the investigation and narrowed the investigation to persons of interest. A male suspect in a viral video had Continued on page 5
Naira Sustains Gains, Now N1,382/$, Tinubu Canvasses Patronage of Local Goods President seeks whistleblowers against currency manipulators Declares ban on foreign trips'll save govt N5bn quarterly Deji Elumoye in Abuja and Nume Ekeghe in Lagos In a significant turn of events, the Naira has maintained an upswing against the United States Dollar as it closed at N1,382/$ on the official NAFEM window, as against the N1,598/$1 it was at the beginning of the week. The parallel market also saw positive movement, with the Naira closing at N1,470/$1 yesterday, up from the N1,600/$1 it was on Monday. Basking in the euphoria of the naira appreciation against the greenback, President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, appealed to Nigerians to patronise indigenous goods and services to sustain the emerging positive showing of the Naira at the foreign exchange market. The exchange rate of the Naira to other international currencies had steadily slided into a weak position since government introduced a policy Continued on page 5
SEND FORTH PARTY FOR OUTGOING BODY OF BENCHERS’ CHAIRMAN… L-R: Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State; former Rivers Governor, Dr. Peter Odili, his wife, Hon Justice Mary Odili, and Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Kayode Ariwoola at the Send Forth Party in honour of Justice Odili as the outgoing 51st Chairman of Body of Benchers at Body of Benchers Complex in Abuja…yesterday