Nigerian Newspapers: 10 major headlines you need to read this Wednesday morning

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Nigerian Newspapers: 10 major headlines you need to read this Wednesday morning

 

Good morning Nigerians! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers

1. The US Embassy, on Tuesday announced the indefinite suspension of interview waivers for renewals, otherwise known as the “Dropbox” process.

A statement on its website noted that visa applications will no longer be accepted by DHL in Nigeria.

2. The Hope Democratic Party, HDP, has appealed to the Presidential Election Tribunal to restrain President Muhammadu Buhari from his inauguration on May 29.

HDP made the appeal in a motion filed before the tribunal, which is also seeking an order restraining the Chief Justice of Nigeria from swearing-in, administering the oath of office and oath of allegiance to the president on May 29th, 2019.

3. Kingmakers in the Kano emirate, had filed a case against the Governor of the state, Abdullahi Ganduje, for splitting the emirate.

In the suit, with number K/197/2019 filed on Tuesday at a State High Court, Ganduje, the State House of Assembly, Attorney-General of the state and five others were listed as the defendants.

4. President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said he has reviewed the relationship between the executive arm of the government and the outgoing 8th National Assembly and concluded that it was not the best, and that the country deserves more.

He said the nation deserved better than what it got and hoped for a better working relationship between the two arms of government with the forthcoming 9th National Assembly.

5. Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, on Tuesday declared that the fresh investigation of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, was not a witch-hunt.

Magu said the commission does not witch-hunt any government official, irrespective of their political background.

6. The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) said the Speaker of Bayelsa House of Assembly, Kombowei Benson and four other serving and former staff of the assembly will be arraigned in the court on May 22.

Mr. Ibraheem Al-Hassan, the tribunal’s Head, Press & Public Relations said those to be charged alongside the speaker are former Clerk of the Assembly, Aaron Timiye and former Accountant, Thomas Tamaraodubo, NAN reports.

7. The Senate has threatened to shutdown sports betting company, Bet9ja offices if it failed to honour its invitation for a second time.

The lawmakers issued the threat on Tuesday in Abuja during the verification of Loto companies with license to operate in Nigeria.

8. The Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) has dissociated itself from a document being circulated by a group known as Nigerian Continuity and Progress (NCP) calling for support of a revolution to oust the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government and in its place establish an interim government.

A statement from Navy Captain Muhammed Ahmed Wabi, Deputy Director Defence Information on Tuesday said the AFN outrightly frowned at what it termed “undemocratic and demonic actions of the author of the document.”

9. The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) on Tuesday removed Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State as its Board of Trustees Chairman (BoT).

The party also removed late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu’s wife, Bianca as a member, alongside others.

10. Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has refuted reports that he was set to dump the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the All Progressives Congress, APC.

In a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, Governor Ortom maintained that he enjoys a robust relationship with other PDP leaders and members at the state and national levels.

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The Major Headlines Of Nigerian Newspapers Today 18th March, 2018

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The Major Headlines Of Nigerian Newspapers Today 18th March, 2018

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers:

1. Senator Ali Wakili, chairman senate committee on poverty is dead. The senator was said to have died in the early hours of Saturday, in his Abuja residence.

2. Report says no fewer than eight persons have been reportedly killed by a fresh outbreak of meningitis in Bugaje ward in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State.

3. Report also has it that five persons, including a first year student of the Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma, have been allegedly killed by herdsmen in Ugboha, Esan South East Local and Odiguete Ovia North East Local Government Areas of Edo State.

4. The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has said the state cannot continue to bury her citizens as a result of continuous attacks by suspected herdsmen. Speaking at St. Bernard’s Primary School, Ugwu-Okpoga, the governor assured that killing of Benue people had come to an end.

5. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has asked candidates of the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination candidates whose results have not been released yet to be patient with the board as all results will be processed and published soon. This was disclosed by the Head of Media of the Board, Dr Fabian Benjamin.

6. Residents of Achalla -Umana, mgbakwu in Awka North local government area of Anambra state were thrown into mourning on Friday when a 66-year old woman committed suicide in her room. The deceased, identified as Uzoaku, a mother of two, was said to have hung herself with a rope.

7. Former Catholic priest and popular Uyo-based cleric and radio preacher, Rev. Fr. Patrick Henry Edet, ​is now married. He tied the knot with his fiancee, Inyene Akpan in Akwa Ibom on Saturday after his traditional marriage on Friday.

8. President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday graced the wedding reception of Vice President, Osinbajo’s daughter, Damilola Osinbajo and her husband, Oluseun Bakare. The reception which had many dignitaries in attendance held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

9. Founder of Omega Fire Ministry, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has declared that herdsmen killings will not stop anytime soon. He explained that his conclusion was based on the fact that “someone’s body language” is empowering them.

10. The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has bowed to pressure and amended the part of its 2018 May/June Examination that clashed with the Friday Juma’at prayer. The affected subject is Chemistry 1 and 2, which was originally slated for 2pm to 5pm on Friday, April 20, 2018. Director of Public Affairs, WAEC Nigeria, Mr Demianus Ojijeogu confirmed the change. The paper will be delayed till 2.30 or 3pm the same day.

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Nigerian Newspapers: Ten Major Headlines In Nigerian Newspapers Today 4th March, 2018

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Nigerian Newspapers: Ten Major Headlines In Nigerian Newspapers Today 4th March, 2018

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of major headlines from Nigerian Newspapers:

1. Wife of Katsina lawmaker and member representing Ingawa Constituency at the State House of Assembly, Alhaji Abubakar Suleiman Tunas has been kidnapped by suspected gunmen. The victim identified as Mabaruka, is the lawmaker’s junior wife and was kidnapped at their residence in Ingawa Local Government Area of the state.

It was gathered that the armed gunmen have demanded a ransom of N100 million to secure her release.

2. The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Saturday hinted that its leader, Nnamdi Kanu may have been killed by soldiers who invaded his residence in Umuahia, Abia state in September. IPOB anchored its claim on the fact that there was gunshot evidence all over Kanu’s room the day soldiers invaded his residence.

3. Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has said that he will formally declare his 2019 presidential ambition on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) platform in two weeks. Atiku said on Saturday that the event will take place in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

4. President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, has defended his principal’s decision to attend the wedding ceremony of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje’s daughter, Hajiya Fatima and her groom, Idris Ajimobi on Saturday. Onochie was responding to the many criticisms of the president on social media. She said that the president was an adult and has the freedom to decide where he goes.

5. The All Progressives Congress, APC, in the United Kingdom has said that reconciling aggrieved members of the party was crucial to its success in the 2019 general elections.

The UK APC also applauded President Muhammadu for appointing a national leader of party, Bola Tinubu as Chairman, Reconciliation Committee.

6. A federal lawmaker representing Remo constituency of Ogun State in the House of Representatives, Oladipupo Adebutu, on Saturday, charged President Muhammadu Buhari’s government to wave the magic wand it claimed to possess and rescue the abducted Dapchi school girls. This is even as he slammed the Buhari administration for not doing enough in providing security for lives and property across the federation.

7. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the murder of several persons, including international aid workers, by insurgents in Rann, Borno State on Thursday.

The party charged the United Nations (UN) and the International Community to hold the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government directly accountable for the deaths.

8. The All Progressives Congress (APC) national leadership has condemned the purported expulsion of Kogi chapter executive members. According to Bolaji Abdullahi, the sack of its Kogi officials is null and void, saying that neither state nor zonal executives, constituted in whatever name or form can expel anyone from the party.

9. Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has said that he is not aware of the allegation of double registration levelled against him by the Independent National Electoral Commission. He spoke through the state’s Director-General, Publicity and Media Strategy, Mr. Kingsley Fanwo.

10. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has seized the passport of a former Minister of Aviation, Senator Stella Oduah, after grilling her for several hours on Wednesday. Report says the commission has built a very strong case against the ex-minister.

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Summary From Nigerian Newspapers Today, 2nd March, 2018

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Summary From Nigerian Newspapers Today, 2nd March, 2018

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers

1. President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday, said Nigeria had just recovered from its worst recession in more than two decades.

According to him, the rise in foreign private investments in Nigeria was as a result of the success of his administration’s economic agenda.

2. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Thursday released the results of the recently-conducted mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME.

The board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, on Thursday in Lagos, described the conduct of the examination nationwide as hitch-free. He stated that those who sat for the exam can check their results online by visiting www.jamb.org.ng with their registration numbers.

3. Senator representing Kaduna central, Shehu Sani has given reasons President Muhammadu Buhari should reverse his decision and sign the Peace corps bill.

The lawmaker said Buhari should sign the bill and assigned the corps to protect schools against gunmen and kidnappers.

4. Lieutenant-Colonel AE Mamudu, one of the commanding officers of the Nigerian Army Strike Force Group, was on Thursday, killed by a vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Device in Sambisa ‎Forest.

It was gathered that Mamudu was killed along with a young Naval officer while on patrol for Operation Deep Punch 11. ‎

5. The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday told those who want Ibrahim Magu removed as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, boss to perish the thought, asserting that the anti-corruption czar is “going nowhere”.

Osinbajo maintained that the EFCC acting chairman had not committed any offence to warrant his removal.

6. The House of Representatives has unanimously passed a vote of no confidence on the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, and the Minister of State, Mr. Abubakar Bawa-Bwari.

This follows absence of both ministers at a sectoral debate on the steel sector scheduled held on Thursday to find solutions to the troubled Ajaokuta Steel Plant.

7. A pipeline exploded at Iyana – Odo axis of Lasu- Isheri expressway on Thursday.

The exploded pipeline connects Ayobo community in the Ipaja end of Lagos Mainland.

8. Embattled Kogi lawmaker in the National Assembly, Senator Dino Melaye, was Thursday trapped in the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama.

The road leading to the high court was barricaded by heavily armed personnel of the Special Anti robbery squad (SARS), thus preventing the controversial lawmaker from leaving the premises.

9. The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Thursday explained why some Igbo leaders were attacked during the Eastern Consultative Assembly (ECA) gathering in Enugu State.

IPOB said the protest was against the “one Nigeria project,” adding that Igbos have been subjected to apartheid under the current “Fulani Nigeria regime of Muhammadu Buhari.”

10. A batch of 144 Nigerians, which included four pregnant women, on Thursday, voluntary returned from Libya with the assistance of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the European Union (EU).

The returnees arrived at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at 10.30pm.

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1. A group of Christians in the North, under the aegis of Arewa Christians and Indigenous Pastors Association, has called on Nigerians to rescue the country from President Muhammadu Buhari’s “bad leadership.”

Among the global bodies from which the association sought help are the African Union, the European Union, the Commonwealth of Nations, the United Nations and the United States of America.

2. The Abia State governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has been accused of playing a role in the recent attempt to create a factional leadership of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.

The Media and Publicity Secretary, Mr. Emma Powerful, claimed that the governor in collaboration with the department of state services, DSS created a fictitious figure as factional leader of the group to whittle down IPOB’s growing influence.

3. Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay, SAN, has said that Igbos were intimidating President Muhammadu Buhari with the Biafra agitation in order to get appointments.

Sagay said Biafra agitators were doing so for selfish reasons.

4. Former Minister of Health, Prof A.B.C. Nwosu, has described Igbos as lazy thinkers, who are acting strangely ahead of the 2019 general elections.

According to him, Igbos were thinking that by merely supporting President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019, they will automatically become President in 2023.

5. Over 15 pro-Biafran groups converged at the home of the late Igbo leader, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, in Nnewi, Anambra State over the weekend.

The agitators held a prayer session and insisted that there was no going back on their quest for a sovereign state of Biafra.

6. A mathematics teacher in a secondary school in Ekwulobia, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State, Chiadikobi Ezeibekwe, has married his 17-year-old biological sister.

He claimed that God told him to do so; they are now living together.

7. The British Government has reacted to the incessant killing across Nigeria by suspected Fulani herdsmen.

Prime Minister, Theresa May, said the British Government is engaging Nigeria’s federal and state governments over the killings.

8. Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has described the National Assembly’s attempts to reorder the 2019 elections sequence as illegal

Falana said reordering of election sequence breached several provisions of the 1999 Constitution.

9. The Ekiti State governor, Chief Ayodele Fayose, has noted that Nigerians are dying in silence, adding that the corporate existence of the country is being threatened by selective administration of justice, marginalisation.

He also said that vendetta against perceived political opponents is the order of the day, while calling on well-meaning citizens to rise up and salvage the situation before it is too late.

10. Troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE in Borno state has killed five Boko Haram insurgents and captured a top commander of the group in ongoing operations in Sambisa Forest and the Lake Chad basin.

The Deputy Director, Army Public Relations of Operation Lafiya Dole,

Col. Onyeama Nwachukwu, said troops also rescued three civilians, recovered vehicles and high calibre ammunition in various operations in the past two days.

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