Jimmy Carter, Oldest Former US President Ever, Dies at 100 Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja
Former United States President, Jimmy Carter, hitherto the oldest-living former leader of the country, yesterday passed on at the age of 100. A Georgia peanut farmer who vowed to restore morality and truth to politics after an era of White House
scandal, a CNN report characterised Carter as redefining post-presidential service in America. The Carter Center said the 39th US president died in Plains, Georgia, surrounded by his family, while the White House had been notified of the passing. Carter had been in home hospice
care since February 2023 after a series of short hospital stays. He became the oldest living former president when he surpassed the record held by the late George H.W. Bush in March 2019. Carter, a Democrat, served a single term from 1977 to 1981, losing a reelection bid to Ronald Reagan. Despite his notable achievements as
a peacemaker, Carter’s presidency is largely remembered as an unfulfilled four years shaken by blows to America’s economy and standing overseas. His most enduring legacy, though, might be as a globetrotting elder statesman and human rights pioneer during an indefatigable 43-year “retirement.” Carter’s wife, Rosalynn, died in
November 2023. They had been inseparable during their 77-year marriage, and after she passed away, the former president said in a statement that “as long as Rosalynn was in the world, I always knew somebody loved and supported me.” Continued on page 5
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I Brought You Back to Life, Wike Tells Odili
Asserts an elder statesman shouldn't always be a trader, sycophant Says he didn’t invite Obasanjo to commission projects in Rivers in order not to embarrass Odili
Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike,
yesterday, went head-to-head with a former governor of Rivers State, and his estranged benefactor, Dr. Peter Odili, saying he brought
Odili back to life, after his retirement into oblivion. Wike, the immediate past governor of the state, warned that
as an elder statesman, Odili should not be a trader and sycophant all the time. He said he had shown immense respect to Odili all along,
including refusing to invite former President Olusegun Obasanjo to commission projects in the state when he was governor, just to
avoid embarrassing Odili. A statement by his Senior Continued on page 5
Wale Edun: High-level Trip to S’Arabia Yielding Foreign Investment, FX Inflows Nigeria needs to mobilise $8.82tn to hit planned $4tn economy by 2035, says NESG Seeks export diversification, digital transformation Says rising inflation limiting nation's capacity to save Avers Nigerians currently spending 80% of earnings on food, transport
Deji Elumoye and Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, yesterday disclosed that Nigeria’s recent economic diplomacy efforts to Saudi Arabia had started yielding reasonable benefits, including investments, foreign exchange inflows, and job creation for the country. Edun had led a high-level delegation to Saudi Arabia to follow up on the president’s earlier engagements with the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman. Edun, who spoke with newsmen after a brief meeting with President Bola Tinubu, stressed "What we have brought back is investment. What we have brought back is foreign exchange. What we have brought back are jobs for Nigerians" Continued on page 5
EMINENT EKITI INDIGENES PAY HOMAGE TO AARE AFE BABALOLA...
L-R: Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji; Executive Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Olanipekun Olukoyede; Founder, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Are Babalola; Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele; and Director of Nursing Services, ABUAD Multi-system Hospital, Dr. Florence Olukolade, at the visit of the state’s eminent indigenes to the nonagenarian at the university complex in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Saturday