{"id":17892,"date":"2023-02-16T05:44:12","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T05:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/02\/16\/todays-headlines-atikus-victory-will-shock-wike-fidelis-tapgun-watch-out-for-new-nigeria-oyedepo\/"},"modified":"2023-02-16T05:44:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T05:44:12","slug":"todays-headlines-atikus-victory-will-shock-wike-fidelis-tapgun-watch-out-for-new-nigeria-oyedepo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/02\/16\/todays-headlines-atikus-victory-will-shock-wike-fidelis-tapgun-watch-out-for-new-nigeria-oyedepo\/","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s Headlines: Atiku&#8217;s Victory Will Shock Wike\u2014Fidelis Tapgun, Watch Out For New Nigeria\u2013Oyedepo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><strong>Atiku\u2019s victory will shock Wike and others, says Tapgun<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"ql-align-justify\">A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party and former governor of Plateau State, Fidelis Tapgun, has expressed confidence that the PDP will win the forthcoming presidential poll.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ql-align-justify\"><strong>Source: Punch Newspapers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"ql-align-justify\">Tapgun knocked the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, and other PDP stalwarts, who had refused to work for the party\u2019s presidential\u00a0candidate, Atiku Abubakar. He said despite Wike\u2019s opposition and attempts to frustrate Atiku\u2019s ambition, the Rivers State governor would be shocked by the number of votes Atiku would garner even in Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ql-align-justify\">Tapgun, a member of the PDP Board of Trustees, stated this in Jos on Monday, while fielding questions from journalists against the background of the crisis between Atiku and the G-5 governors, led by Wike.\u00a0<span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51);\">The PDP had on Monday announced the cancellation of its presidential rally in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, saying Atiku\u2019s supporters were being constantly attacked in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch out for new Nigeria \u2013 Bishop Oyedepo prays against war<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bishop David Oyedepo of Living Faith Church has assured Nigerians that the 2023 elections will give birth to a new Nigeria.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/a95cb3dfef214dd09ef9fccfe8d6200a\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: Daily Post Nigeria <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oyedepo who spoke during the ongoing prayer and fasting organized for peaceful and credible polls said the spiritual exercise would bring change to the nation. The popular clergy also prayed against any outbreak of war in the country, saying the country shall not \u201cexperience war\u201d.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/f99ece21f0ac4051a702cd1bb33e337d\"\/><\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cWatch out, a new Nigeria emerges. The majority of Nigerians believe there is no way to change Nigeria. Including Church people,  pastors. They just believe it is over. \u201cGod couldn\u2019t have called this emergency after 3 days of prayer and fasting for nothing. God doesn\u2019t waste time. God hates waste. So these three days must lead to a change in this country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sanusi visits Kano 3 Years after the dethronement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dethroned\u00a0Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II visited the state for the first time since his dethronement. Recall that Governor Abdullahi Ganduje dethroned him three years ago.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/f576edfe1f3a4749ba472d88063baf20\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: Vanguard News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(48, 48, 48);\">Sanusi, it was gathered, visited Kano to greet his mother on his way to Dutse, Jigawa State capital.<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: rgb(48, 48, 48);\">The former Kano emir is also expected to pay a condolence visit to the emirate over the recent death of its Emir, Late Nuhu Muhammad Sanusi. He is also expected to congratulate the new emir, Hameem Nuhu Sanusi.<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/84068b33138d4850abd3c0469dc49441\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sanusi II also visited his mother\u2019s residence along the Ibrahim Dabo Road in the Kano metropolis. He welcomed many well-wishers at the mother\u2019s residence.\u00a0<span style=\"color: rgb(48, 48, 48);\">The 14th Fulani emir of Kano was banished to Loko and Awe in Nasarawa state after the dethronement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kano traders, okada riders defy Ganduje\u2019s order on old notes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There was confusion in Kano on Wednesday as traders and commercial tricycle operators rejected the old naira notes in defiance of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje\u2019s earlier threat.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ca59bf7478674e40a53f308a3f595ef0\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: Punch Newspapers <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Recall that the Kano State Government had, on Tuesday, warned that it would not hesitate to revoke the operational licenses of major business owners or take action on anyone who refuses to accept the old naira notes as a means of transaction. A cross-section of tricycle operators, who spoke to The PUNCH on the situation, said their decision to reject the old notes was because commercial banks in the city had also stopped accepting the old notes.<\/p>\n<p>One of the commercial tricycle operators, who gave his name as Lawan, said he stopped collecting the old notes from passengers because he was not sure whether his boss (owner of the tricycle) would accept the same after work hours. <span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51);\">\u201cI give a daily balance of N2,500 to my boss. So, with the uncertainty surrounding the old naira notes, one has to be careful in accepting them,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: Bash760 (via  Opera<br \/>News )<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       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