PDP Laments Level of Poverty, Despondency Across Nigeria Under APC Government Says ruling party plotting one party state Catholic bishops seek urgent action to arrest increasing hardship Chuks Okocha and Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja
The Board of Trustees (BoT) of
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has bemoaned the widespread
despondency across the country and, particularly, decried the rising
poverty and insecurity, as well as the declining rate of the naira.
PDP said the lives of Nigerians Continued on page 5
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President: I Will Permanently Change Nigeria’s Narrative of Poverty, Insecurity Vows to work hard with purpose, determination, dedication Unlike predecessor, says nation not peopled by lazy citizens Pledges to reverse ugly trend, achieve possibilities Deji Elumoye in Abuja President Bola Tinubu, yesterday,
promised to permanently change the country’s ugly story of poverty, insecurity, and underdevelopment,
saying Nigeria has no business being in such situations. Tinubu spoke at State House,
Abuja, when he received in audience a 62-man delegation of leaders from Rivers State, who were on a courtesy
visit to him. He vowed to work hard with purpose, determination, and dedication to reverse the current
unpleasant socio-economic trend in Continued on page 5
Chicago State University Confirms Tinubu Attended Institution, Graduated in 1979 Tells CBS: "As an educational institution, we are sometimes asked to provide information related to student records. Federal law known as FERPA (the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) protects the privacy of student records and limits what an institution can release"
Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja The Chicago State University (CSU), yesterday, confirmed that President Bola Tinubu attended the university and graduated in 1979 with a bachelor's degree. The university disclosed this in a statement issued to CBS Broadcasting Inc. generally referred to as CBS News, one of America's biggest and most influential news network. It, however, pointed out that United States’ federal law, prevents it us from providing any further information about Tinubu’s record, without consent or unless allowed to do so via court order. The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, had alleged Continued on page 5
80TH BIRTHDAY THANKSGIVING OF THE ALAKE OF EGBALAND... L-R: Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun; Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun; the celebrant, Alake and Paramount Ruler of Egbaland, Oba Micheal Adedotun Gbadebo, his wife, Olori Tokunbo Gbadebo; former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and the former Governor of the State, Chief Olusegun Osoba at the 80th birthday Thanksgiving of the Alake at the Cathedral Church of St. Peters, Ake, Abeokuta..yesterday.