Tag: defend
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Defend yourselves against armed invaders, Ortom tells benue people
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, on Monday, urged residents of the state to defend themselves against armed invaders who stormed their communities to kill people. Ortom, who made the remark while reacting to questions from journalists on his arrival in Makurdi from Oyo State where he attended the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ meeting,…
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How to defend your faith!, By Cornelius Afebu Omonokhua
Cornelius Afebu Omonokhua At the dawn of creation, there were no classified religions in the way and manner we have today. Existence was anchored on humanity as God’s family and not pluralism of religion and ethnicity. Faith in humanity enables human beings to appreciate the mission and vision of life. God created humanity for…
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The Wrong Way To Defend The Naira, By Henry Boyo
By Henry Boyo A report on Page 33 of the Punch Newspaper edition of June 21st 2019 has indicated that “between April 2018 and March 2019, the Central Bank of Nigeria injected over $42.3bn into the foreign exchange market to ensure liquidity in that segment of the economy.” In the same report, Isaac Okorafor, CBN’s…
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The wrong way to defend Naira, By Henry Boyo
By Henry Boyo The Central Bank of Nigeria has injected over $10.97bn, into the Forex Market between January and October this year, to defend the Nation’s currency, the Naira, against other major currencies, including the dollar.” (Punch Newspaper report of November 18th 2018 titled “CBN Defended Naira with $11bn in 10 months”). The Punch report,…
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Senate turns back Fashola over unpreparedness to defend power sector budget
The Senate yesterday, walked out the Minister of Power, works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola over what they described as his “unpreparedness to face the committee for his 2018 budget defence.” Abaribe said that the minister told the committee that he was not ready to face members, just as he said that the minister did…