Presidency: Rising Inflation Not Peculiar to Nigeria, Challenge Global IMF: African currencies under pressure, depreciated by 8% since January 2022 Ghana, S'Leone currencies suffer over 45% drop Deji Elumoye, Ndubuisi Francis in Abuja and Segun James in Lagos
The Presidency yesterday rose in stout defence of the rising inflation rate in the country, saying the menace
is global, and not peculiar to Nigeria. Presidential spokesperson, Mallam Garba Shehu, said this in a statement,
titled, "Re: Buhari Leaves Inflation at Highest in 17 Years." The presidential assertion came
as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in a report yesterday, stated that most sub-Saharan African cur-
rencies had weakened against the Continued on page 12
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BBC Investigations, Like Premium Times Show Obi, Not Tinubu Won in Rivers Contrary to Wike’s Loud Claims Results from IRev in Rivers alone may not have altered outcome of presidential poll Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja Just like a recent Premium Times findings, a BBC investigation yes-
terday indicated that it had found evidence suggesting some results from Nigeria's February 25 presidential election were manipulated, with
significant anomalies in Rivers state, a key battleground during the poll. The BBC stated that from its investigation into the issue, Peter
Obi of the Labour Party (LP), won the election in that state, rather than the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola
Tinubu, contrary to claims by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, that he worked for the victory of the former Lagos governor.
Stressing that though not sufficient to change the overall national outContinued on page 12
How Jibril Brokered Tinubu, Kwankwaso Meeting in France Ex-Kano governor may join government of national unity President-elect allegedly proposes reconciling Ganduje, predecessor Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja More details have emerged on Monday’s meeting, reportedly, in Paris between President-elect Bola Tinubu and leader of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso. A House of Representatives member-elect from Kano State, Abdulmumin Jibrin, was said to be at the centre of it all. Although details of the meeting were still sketchy at the time of filing this report last night, THISDAY reliably gathered that it was largely brokered by Jibril, a close associate of Kwankwaso and the first Director General of Tinubu's presidential campaign. Jibrin had resigned from that position to join the then fledgling NNPP under which he contested and won a return to the House of Continued on page 12
BUHARI BACK FROM UK...
L-R: Director General, DSS, Bichi Magaji; DIG Danmallan M.; Minister of FCT, Mallam Mohammed Musa Bello; Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari and President Muhammadu Buhari, during the president’s return from the UK … yesterday PHOTO: SUNDAY AGHAEZE
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