Nigerian Newspapers: 10 hot headlines you need to know this Thursday morning

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Nigerian Newspapers: 10 hot headlines you need to know this Thursday morning

 

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

1. Nigerian Army said troops deployed to fight bandits and other criminal activities in Kaduna state have killed two bandits in their hideout and recovered arms and ammunition in a raid.

A statement released today, Thursday, by Army Acting Director Public Relations, Colonel Sagir Musa indicated that the raid on the bandits’ den was conducted while acting on intelligence report in Chikun local government area of Kaduna State.

2. The Federal Government, on Wednesday, filed a Notice of Appeal, challenging the decision of a Federal High Court Lagos, which dismissed a debt recovery suit it filed against Nigeria Agip Oil Company Ltd, and Brasoil Services Company Nigeria Ltd over undeclared oil shipment.

FG through its counsel, Prof. Fabian Ajogwu, SAN, had filed the suit in 2016, seeking to recover almost 12 billion dollars in missing crude oil revenue from some International Oil Companies.

3. The Nigerian Senate has decried increasing cases of alleged herdsmen attacks on farming communities across the country, leading to loss of lives and property.

The Upper Chamber further urged the Federal Government to curtail movement of cattle in the country as a way of checkmating criminals who disguised as herdsmen to perpetrate evil.

4. The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, Wednesday, commenced hearing in the petitions filed by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, his party and three other political parties challenging the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari as winner of the 2019 presidential poll.

Chairman of the five-member panel, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, specifically warned counsel and parties in the various petitions to avoid discussing daily proceedings of the tribunal in the media and other public space.

5. The Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) on Wednesday confirmed that six persons were killed on Tuesday evening when Boko Haram struck at Moloi village in the outskirts of Maiduguri.

Mr Usman Kachalla, the agency’s Head of Rescue Operation, who confirmed the incident to newsmen in Maiduguri, stated that 15 other persons sustained injuries from the attack.

6. Nollywood actors, on Wednesday, alleged that the killings in some part of the North, precisely Zamfara State were politically-motivated.

The group, under the umbrella of Concerned Actors and Seasoned Nollywood Stars, which was lead by former President, Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, Ejike Asiegbu at a rally held in Surulere, Lagos, called for an end to the sponsorship of the senseless killings in the State by political actors and their cohorts.

7. The leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide on Wednesday appealed to the Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu to reconcile with ex-Niger Delta militant Asari Dokubo.

The group urged both parties to reconcile, adding that the rift between Nnamdi Kanu and Dokubo was threatening the bond between South-East and South-South parts of Nigeria.

8. The leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, on Wednesday, reacted to the alleged negotiation between federal government and the leadership of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) to end kidnapping and killings in the country.

They further called on the federal government to also dialogue with Biafra agitators who it said were not violent like the herdsmen.

9. Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on Wednesday assented to the Kano Emirs’ Appointment and Deposition Amendment Bill 2019, after its passage by the State Assembly.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kano State House of Assembly on Wednesday passed a bill establishing four additional emirates and four first class emirs in the state.‎

NAN also reports that the bill, initiated on Monday, passed first reading on Tuesday and scaled through second and third reading on Wednesday.

10. Tottenham Hotspot overcame a 1-0 home defeat to Ajax, to qualify for the final of the Champions League.

Spurs came from behind to overpower the Dutch side 3-2 to face Premier League rivals, Liverpool in the final.

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Nigerian Newspapers: 10 hot headlines this Sunday morning

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Nigerian Newspapers: 10 hot headlines this Sunday morning

Good day Nigerians! Here is today’s headlines from Nigerian Newspapers

1. The Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the President, Mr. Femi Adesina, has insisted that the All Progressives Congress, APC, will play a role in determining the choices President Muhammadu Buhari would make in picking the next cabinet ministers but the party would not lord it over him.

According to him, President Buhari, as a loyal party man would make provision for his party’s recommendations but would personally take definite decisions as to who gets what portfolio in the Federal Executive Council even as Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has hinted that there will be a cabinet of national unity.

2. The lawmaker representing Kaduna Central at the National Assembly, Senator Shehu Sani, has reacted to military report that bandits are now relocating to Kaduna and Niger States.

He confirmed the report to be true, adding that people living in Kamuku and Alawa villages within the two states had earlier reported the presence of dangerous strangers.

3. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N169.74 billion for the award of contracts for the construction and rehabilitation of 10 roads across the country.

Mr Hakeem Bello, the Special Adviser to the Minister of Power, Works and Housing on Communication, in a statement on Saturday said that the projects are to improve transportation infrastructure and restore the nation’s road network as part of implementation of the Federal Government’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan.

4. The Cross River State Police Command has launched Operation Puff Adder in Calabar, the State capital.

Launching the operation, the State Commissioner of Police, Austin Agbonlahor said that the launch was in line with the Inspector General of Police’s directives that the operation be launch in the state.

5. The Kano State Government says it has concluded arrangements to conduct mass wedding for 1,500 prospective couples across the 44 local government areas of the state.

Mr Abba Anwar, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State said the couples passed through different stages of screening before they got to the final wedding stage.

6. The Action Democratic Party (ADP) has expelled its former National Secretary, James Okoroma, and 16 other executive members

According to the National Secretary of the party, Steve Uwajie, the affected officers and members were found guilty of causing division in the party.

7. The All Progressives Congress (APC) may have adopted Idris Wase (Plateau) to emerge the Deputy Speaker of the 9th House of Representatives.

This hint was dropped by Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin (Kano), who is the Director-General (DG) of the Femi Gbajabiamila campaign council.

8. The Police Command in Cross River State have paraded 19 suspected criminals who were allegedly involved in crimes such as attempted murder, armed robbery, kidnapping and cultism.

Parading the suspects, the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ms Irene Ugbo said that the suspected cultists were arrested while trying to undergo an initiation into Skylo secret cult group at the Hawkins cemetery in Calabar south LGA of the state around 12: pm on April 27.

9. The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has said that he would not hesitate to resign if he were president of a country whose citizens are anxious of migration.

According to him, it is a sign that leaders have failed ‘If you live in a nation where your young people are telling you it is better living elsewhere”

10. A couple, Chinonso and Oluebube Anyawu, has allegedly sold their three-day-old son for N300,000.

Reports said the couple had three daughters before they got the male child.

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The Major Headlines In Nigerian Newspapers Today 18th April, 2018

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The Major Headlines In Nigerian Newspapers Today 18th April, 2018

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

1 The kidnapped twins of Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, High Chief Lekan Balogun have regained their freedom. The twins were said to have been released in Lagos. The Olubadan second-in-command, who confirmed the release Tuesday evening, however, said a ransom of N10 million was paid for the release of the twins, a boy and a girl.

2 The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Tuesday, blamed past civilian administrations for the current nation’s economic woes.

The former Lagos state Governor who was represented by Governor Abiola Ajimobi at a symposium in Kano described ex-President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration as the worst culprit in the squandering of the nation’s resources.

3 Suspected herdsmen, Tuesday afternoon launched a fresh attack on Chembe settlement in Ukemberagya/Tswarev ward of Gaambe-Tiev, in Benue State, killing a village head, Chief Iyongovihi Ninge. Report says the attackers came with hordes of cattle, plundering yam seedlings of farmers. They reportedly opened fire on the deceased who was clearing his field in readiness for cultivation.

4 Senior lawyer, Festus Keyamo, SAN, was Tuesday appointed as the Director, Strategic Communications, (Official Spokesperson) for the President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 presidential campaign. This was contained in a statement signed and forwarded to DAILY POST by the Secretary, office of the Director-General, President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organization, Mohammed Dattijo. The same statement also confirmed the appointment of Amaechi as Buhari’s campaign DG.

5 The elective National Convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is to hold on Monday, May 15, 2018. In a letter to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) dated April 9, 2018 with the title, notice of conduct of congresses/national convention, the party said it intended to conduct special ward and local government congresses to elect delegates to the convention.

6 A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae, has said that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has not performed well. Falae said he was not expecting him to seek re-election in 2019. He said Buhari had failed in his primary responsibility of protecting lives and property.

7 Ahmad Salkida, a journalist and close ally of the Boko Haram sect has reversed his statement behind the abduction of Chibok girls from Borno State in 2014. Salkida, in new tweets, yesterday, said new information available to him, from two other cells within the sect, indicated that apart from the original 15 he knew were alive, 15 other girls were still alive.

8 Former First Lady of the United States of America, Barbara Bush, is dead. She died at the age of 92. This was announced in a statement by her husband and former President, George Bush Snr.

9 Senator Barnabas Gemade has backed the call by a former Minister of Defence, TY Danjuma for Nigerians to defend themselves. He added that there was an ongoing cleansing of his ethnic group, Tiv. Speaking on the floor of the National Assembly yesterday Gemade said, the country was becoming a state without control and that of ethnic cleansing.

10 The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, in 19 Northern states and Abuja and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) have called on the Federal Government to reject the call by the British Prime Minister, Theresa May for Nigeria and other Commonwealth nations to allow same-sex marriage. They said Nigeria already had several social challenges to contend with, urging the Britain to respect Nigerian value system.

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The Major Headlines In Nigerian Newspapers Today 17th April, 2018

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The Major Headlines In Nigerian Newspapers Today 17th April, 2018

 

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

1. No fewer than 39 persons have been killed after suspected herdsmen attacked Tiv-dominated villages in Nasarawa State between Sunday and Monday.

Keana, Awe, Doma and Obi were the local government areas the herdsmen launched their latest attack.

2. Four herdsmen were on Monday afternoon killed by troops of the 72 battalion at Yagbo in Guma LGA of Benue State.

The troops repelled the attackers, who had invaded the village.

3. There was confusion in the Maitama area of Abuja, the Nigerian capital on Monday when riot broke out after protesting Shiite group clashed with some security agents.

The group was protesting the release of its leader, El-zakzaky, who has been in custody of the DSS. However, they encountered the DSS operatives who thwarted their rally amid heavy gunshots.

4. Health workers in Nigeria have declares indefinite strike, starting from today, April 17.

The protesting workers, under the aegis of Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, announced that the industrial action became necessary following the refusal of the Nigerian government to honour their demand.

5. The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, yesterday called on Nigerian politicians to channel billions of naira spent on political campaign to educate the populace.

Abubakar, who also advocated the teaching of students in indigenous languages, said illiteracy had caused more harm than good to the nation.

6. Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha, has said he will succeed President Muhammadu Buhari.

According to Okorocha, Buhari’s declaration for a second term was a good development and that “he will win again, just like he did in 2015”.

7. Former Military President of Nigeria, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (Rtd) also known as IBB, has stated that the need for young Nigerians to lead the country cannot be over-emphasised.

The elder statesman, however, noted that any person interested in the seat of power must possess the four distinct qualities of a good leader.

8. Governor of Ekiti State, AyodeIe Fayose, has attacked President Muhammadu Buhari for enjoying in London while Fulani herdsmen kill innocent Nigerians in Benue State.

Fayose frowned at Buhari’s London visit, saying he had never seen a President anywhere in the world staying abroad when his citizens were being killed.

9. The Vice Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede, has said the institution may involve the police to verify a telephone conversation involving Prof. Richard Akindele, who allegedly asked a female student for sex in order to help her pass her exams.

The VC said the university might involve the police to get to the root of the matter if the investigation committee runs into a hitch.

10. No fewer than twenty-five National Youth Service Corps’ members serving in Delta State are to repeat their service year, while nineteen others absconded out of a total of 2, 838 corps’ members of the 2017 Batch ‘A’ stream 1.

The State Coordinator of the NYSC, Mr. Omotade Ayodele Benjamine said three corps members out of the 2, 838 who passed out, served meritoriously, and received award.

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The Major Headlines In Nigerian Newspapers Today 11th April, 2018

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The Major Headlines In Nigerian Newspapers Today 11th April, 2018

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

1. Several persons, including women and children, have been killed, while several others were injured after suspected herdsmen attacked Kadarko, a border town with Benue State.

It was gathered that the gunmen, who were armed with dangerous weapons, invaded the Tiv-dominated village around 8pm on Tuesday and started killing anybody on sight.

2. The Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has denied the report that his principal pledged only one-term.

Adesina, said the president had declared in 2011 not to seek re-election and not in 2015.

3. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai, has ordered the establishment of standing court martial to try any officer who shows partisanship.

He warned GOCs, Brigade Commandeers and other officers interested in politics and romancing with politicians, “to resign before it is too late.”

4. President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, approved the appointment of chief executive officers of agencies in the Federal Ministries.

The Ministries include: Health, Information and Culture, Education, Power, Works, and Housing, and Resident Electoral Commissioners in the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

5. President Muhammadu Buhari same Tuesday requested the Senate to confirm the appointments of 23 members of the National Population Commission (NPC).

Buhari also sought the Senate approval to appoint Mr Festus Okoye as the National Commissioner, Independent National Electoral Commission, and two non-judicial practitioners as members of Federal Judicial Service Commission.

5. Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), has revealed why people of the South East should support President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid.

The SGF said supporting Buhari’s second term bid was the “shortest way” to Igbo presidency, adding that with Buhari’s declaration, the APC needs to open its doors to others knocking.

6. Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom on Tuesday said he had no plans of dumping his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, for an opposition party.

The governor described the rumour of him dumping APC as an act by his “political enemies” who feels he’s a stumbling block to their personal ambitions.

7. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday charged the Managing Director of Heritage Bank Plc, Ifiesimama Sekibo, and five others before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja for an alleged fraud of N1bn.

Sekibo was charged along with Dimire Dike, Wumi Adeniyi, Kolapo Daisi, Funmilayo Taiwo and Akeem Durotoye, over allegations bordering on conspiracy, stealing, obtaining money under false pretences and forgery

8. Multiple music award-winner, Innocent Idibia, otherwise known as 2baba has announced his entrant into politics.

Idibia said he was interested in affecting lives positively and would soon pick up the challenge of a political position.

9. The Presidential Committee on North-East Initiative, PCNI, has debunked reports making the rounds that its chairman, Lieut.-Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd.) has resigned.

Head of Media and Communications of the Committee, Alkasim Abdulkadir, while faulting the report, pleaded with news organisations, journalists and social media users to always verify the source of stories before publishing.

10. Roma and Liverpool have qualified for the semi-finals of the Champions League, after impressive wins on Tuesday night.

While the Serie A side thrashed the LaLiga leaders 3-0 on their home soil, Liverpool beat Manchester City 2-1 at The Etihad to qualify for the last four.

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