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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The President-General, Ohaneze Ndigbo, Chief John Nwodo, has commended the Federal Government for condemning the ‘quit notice’ given to Igbos living in the northern part of the country. Nwodo gave the commendation on Thursday in Enugu during a symposium organised by the Enugu State chapter of the Trade Union Congress (TUC). He said that the Igbo nation was appreciative of all patriotic Nigerians who rose against such decisive utterances by the northern groups. The president-general also commended Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State for his decision to fish out and prosecute the people behind such hate speeches. “We thank the Federal Government for taking a position against the ill speeches against our people. “We are particularly appreciative of all ethnic socio-cultural orgainsations such as Afenifere, Middle Belt Forum and our brothers in the South South for their solidarity.” Nwodo said that such utterances were capable of truncating the unity of the coun...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J An economist, Mr Charles Mordi has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to continue to inject Foreign Exchange (forex) into the market to sustain current appreciation of the Naira Mordi, a former Director of Research at CBN said this in an interview with the Newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. He said that the current near convergence may be artificial because once there was a shortage of supply from the CBN, the market was most likely to respond negatively. “The problem is that if CBN should withdraw from the market, the appreciation of the Naira will be difficult to sustain because the CBN still remains the major source of supply. “This is because government remains the major earner of foreign exchange in Nigeria. “So, except if there is a shift, with a bulk of it coming from the private sector, then the CBN can gradually withdraw without any major catastrophe, with marginal effect. “But for now, nothing has changed in terms of our structure. So it’s going to...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The family of late Sen. Isiaka Adeleke says it will consider  all  legal options against the  Chief Medical Director of Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, Prof.  Akeem  Lasisi,  over the autopsy result conducted on the late politician. Dr Deji Adeleke, the immediate younger brother of the deceased, told newsmen  on Wednesday in Ede that the  family had not received the autopsy result and would not speculate on  its contents. Adeleke, however, said the family was worried over the statement credited to Lasisi at the coroner inquest that the deceased died as a result of  overdose  of a banned injection  when the result of the autopsy was yet to be delivered to it. He said: ” We state that as at now, the family has not received the autopsy  report and the family will not engage in speculations over its contents. ” However, it has come to the knowledge of the family that the  LA...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) in Anambra has imposed a two-month suspension on its state Chairman, Mr Mathias Aninwachukwu for violating the party’s constitution. The suspension order is contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the party’s meeting on Wednesday. It noted that the chairman’s style of leadership was incapable of leading the party to victory in the Nov. 18 gubernatorial poll in the state. The communique signed by 10 out of the party’s 15 state executive council members, accused the chairman of high handedness in handling the affairs of the party. It claimed that Aninwachukwu ran the party as a personal business and had failed to convene statutory meetings of the state working committee and the state executive committee. “He openly denigrated members of the state executive committee, ran the party without approved budget, and refused to inaugurate and empower some functional organs of the party as stated in the party’s constitution. “H...