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Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Monday, May 2nd 2022
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Below are the Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines from Nigerian Newspapers today:
POLITICS AND NATIONAL NEWS
1. Happy Ramadan 2022: Ramzan 2022 Wishes, Eid Mubarak Quotes, Status
EKO HOT BLOG understands that Ramadan is one of the most prominent festivals of the Islamic religion. During the month of Ramadan, people observe hours-long fasts and after 29-30 days, they end the celebrations with feasting called Eid-ul-Fitr.
2. EID MUBARAK: Buhari Sends Message To Muslims, Promises Victory Over Terrorism
EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his best wishes to Muslims in Nigeria and around the world recognizing the ending of the holy month of Ramadan, he stated that there is hope for the country in overcoming its challenges.
3. Osinbajo Most Likely Buhari’s Successor, Over Atiku, Others, Survey Reveals
EKO HOT BLOG gathered that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is the preferred candidate of Nigerians to succeed Muhammadu Buhari as Nigeria’s next president in 2023, according to a recent nationwide survey carried out by the Intellectual Forum on Politics and Governance (IFP&G).
4. Blocking Over 72 Million Nigerians Over NIN, Senseless –Senior Pastor
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Senior Pastor of awaiting the second coming of christ ministry, Adewale Giwa, has lashed out at the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government for blocking the phone lines of Nigerians over the NIN-SIM policy.
5. Soyinka Visits Sunday Igboho In Benin Republic
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, on Sunday met with Yoruba Nation campaigner, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Ighoho.
6. Four Rivers Govt Officials Declared Wanted – EFCC
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared four officials of the Rivers State government wanted for fraud-related offences.
7. Obaseki Approves ₦40,000 Minimum Wage For Edo Workers
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Sunday approved ₦40,000 as the new minimum wage for workers in the state in commemoration of 2022 Workers’ Day.
EKO NEWS
9. Expatriate Commits Suicide In Lagos Office, Police Launch Investigation
EKO HOT BLOG reports that a 42-years-old Indian national, Devendra Singh, has allegedly committed suicide at his private office in Egbeyemi Street, in the Ilupeju area of Lagos State.
10. Resident Trapped As 3 Storey Building Collapsed In Lagos (VIDEO)
EKO HOT BLOG reports that a three-storey building has collapsed on Ibadan Street, in the Ebute Meta area of Lagos State.
EPE NEWS
11. ICAN Epe District Chairman Renders Account Of Stewardship, Celebrates 1st Anniversary
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Chairman, Epe and Districts Society of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN, High Chief Charles Olufemi Keshinro (FCA), has rendered the society’s account of stewardship in commemoration of his one year in office.
METRO
12. Group Knocks Sokoto Cleric For Holding Eid Prayer On Sunday
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Islamic scholars and the Muslim Rights Concern have chastised Sheikh Musa Lukwa, an Islamic cleric in Sokoto, for defying the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, on moon sighting and leading his followers in Eid prayers on Sunday
13. Two Sisters Fall Inside Well While Fetching Water In Kano
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Kano Fire Service has rescued two sisters aged 9 and 2, who fell inside a well at Dan Gawo village in Bichi Local Government Area of the state.
INTERNATIONAL
14. Joe Biden Calls Trump’s 4-Year As ‘Horrible Plague’
EkO HOT BLOG reports that Joe Biden mocked his predecessor Donald Trump as a ‘horrible plague’ during a light-hearted return to a famously flippant awards dinner boycotted by the former US President.
15. Ukraine: 100 Civilians Leave Mariupol Plant As Evacuation Begins
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the evacuation of the besieged Azovstal steel plant in the port city of Mariupol has stazelrted, with an initial group of 100 civilians en route to Ukrainian-held territory.
ARTICLE
16. Before Femi Adesina Tasted Power
Kings don’t die. They depart to ancestral underworld in vaults known to the Yoruba as aja ile. The mountainous confetti of praise heaped in the trail of the departed Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, is bigger than the entire Oyo kingdom because Iku Baba Yeye was larger than life itself.
17. Eid-el-Fitr 2022: All You Need To Know About Muslims’ Feast, Significance
EKO HOT BLOG reports that as the holy month of Ramadan comes to an end, Muslims from around the world will be preparing for Eid-el-Fitr also known as “festival of breaking the fast”.
18. 4 Warning Signs Of Typhoid Fever You Should Never Ignore
Many people do not realize they have typhoid fever until it has wreaked havoc on their health, just because they fail to know some of the early warning signals.
19. Avoid Drinking Coldwater If You Have Any Of These 3 Medical Conditions
After a hot day or stressful day at work, everyone would want to have a glass of cold water to help chill off and recuperate from the stressful day. Coldwater is the choice of many due to the kind of stressful work they do but it is not always the best.
20. Stop Taking Cold Water, Here Are 4 Benefits Of Drinking Hot Water Often
Do you know that there are certain things that may happen to you if you often drink hot water? Hot water is often seen as one fluid that can help relieve some health issues and also provide the body with numerous benefits but some people are unaware of some of the benefits they can obtain from drinking hot water regularly.
21. WARNING: 5 Signs Your Phone Is Being Tracked And Monitored
In this era, it is now quite simple to track someone’s smart phone activities thanks to the emergence of monitoring software.
22. 5 Highest Paid Nigerian Footballers, And Amount They Earn Per Week
Nigerian footballers, over time, have continued to show how talented they are on the pitch, and it is only natural it shows in their income which is why we compiled a list of the highest-paid Nigerian footballers in Europe and other parts of the world.
SPORTS
23. EPL: ‘It Was Nonsensical’– Sinclair Slams Tuchel Over Decision On Lukaku After Chelsea’s Defeat To Everton
EKO HOT BLOG reports that former Chelsea defender, Frank Sinclair, has slammed manager Thomas Tuchel’s decision to snub Romelu Lukaku against Everton.
24. EPL: Danny Mills Urges Erik ten Hag To Sell £50m Man Utd Flop
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Danny Mills believes Manchester United should sell Aaron Wan-Bissaka this summer in order to boost the club’s summer transfer kitty.
25. EPL: ‘A Joy To Have’ – Mikel Arteta Singles Out Arsenal Star In Crucial West Ham Win
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Mikel Arteta expressed his delight at seeing Rob Holding get on the scoresheet as Arsenal’s unlikely hero in their win over West Ham.
26. Week 43 Pool Result For Sat 30 Apr 2022 – UK 2021/2022 – Pool Agent
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the pool fixtures are for forty-nine (49) football matches for UK football 2021/2022 from the pool agent.
Top 10 Newspaper Headlines Monday, May 2nd 2022
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Major Newspapers in Nigeria
Punch Newspaper
1. Makinde appoints new permanent secretaries, tutors-general, others
The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has approved the appointments of a new set of Permanent Secretaries, Inspectors-General of Education, Tutors-General and the Surveyor-General for the state.
The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Taiwo Adisa, announced this on Sunday.
He said the list contained seven permanent secretaries, 10 Inspectors-General of Education, 10 tutors-general and the surveyor-general of the state.
The governor, according to Adisa, said a date would be announced for the inauguration of the newly promoted officers.
According to the statement, the approval followed a thorough process, which included written and oral examinations.
2. Soyinka meets Igboho in Benin Republic
Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has met with Yoruba Nation campaigner, Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Ighoho, The PUNCH has learnt.
Also at the meeting include Yoruba Nation arrowhead and leader of the Umbrella body of Yoruba Self-determination Groups, Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, Banji Akintoye.
Our correspondent learnt that the meeting took place on Sunday in neighbouring Benin Republic where Igboho is being restricted to after his bail on medical ground.
The details of the Sunday meeting were, however, sketchy as of press time.
Akintoye had on March 7, 2022, announced the release of Ighoho in the neighbouring Francophone country.
Declared wanted by the Department of State Services for allegedly stockpiling arms to destabilise Nigeria, an allegation he denied, Igboho had fled his Ibadan residence and escaped to Benin Republic in July 2021.
Luck ran out on him and he was arrested by the Interpol at a Benin airport on July 19, 2021 when he tried to board a Germany-bound flight.
3. Anambra PDP aspirants hold panel members hostage, party suspends congress
The five-member Anambra State Ward Congress panel of the Peoples Democratic Party, led by Jibrin Ahmed, was, on Sunday, held hostage by the party’s aspirants and stakeholders over its inability to present the original results sheets.
The scenario almost resulted into a free-for-all at the party’s Secretariat at Udoka Estate, when the panel members claimed they left the original results sheets at their hotel room.
The panel members had directed the aspirants, who were contesting the National Assembly elections, and others to converge on the party’s office for briefing before the ward congress, but trouble started when they presented the photocopies of the results sheets.
The development did not go down well with the stakeholders, who insisted that they must bring the original results sheets, adding that this had been the style of the party.
Vanguard Newspaper
4. Labour urges FG to scrap, reverse electricity privatisation exercise
Organised Labour in Nigeria has urged the Federal Government to scrap and reverse the electricity privatisation exercise in the country.
Mr Ayuba Wabba, President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), made the call during the 2022 International Workers’ Day celebration on Sunday in Abuja.
Celebrating under the theme “Labour, Politics and the Quest for Good Governance and Development in Nigeria’’, the event was jointly organised by the NLC and the Trade Union Congress(TUC).
He called on the federal government to take advantage of the five-year review window provided in the Electricity Sector Privatization Reform Act, already overdue.
5. MAYDAY: Our salaries can no longer sustain our households, Ebonyi workers cry out to Umahi
Ebonyi workers in commemoration of the May Day celebration, Sunday appealed to Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State to review their salaries even as they complained that their take-home pay could no longer sustain their households, considering the present economic realities in the country.
The State Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Leonard Nkah made the request while addressing journalists in Abakaliki.
Comrade Ukah said, Ebonyi workers acknowledged the recent promotion released and the regular payment of their salaries by the state government but noted that “the take-home from their salaries, can no longer take care of their households,” and requested “a salary review to enable the workers to cope with the present economic realities in the country.”
The Ebonyi workers, according to the NLC Chairman also appealed to Governor Umahi to increase the workforce of the State, since the interview recruitment exercise for the civil servants was conducted to reduce the rate of unemployment in the state.
6. 2023: Anyanwu’s subsisting expulsion may cost PDP exclusion from polls, CUPP fears
THE Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has expressed fears that the involvement of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu in the affairs of the party leading to the primary may result in its exclusion from participating in the 2023 general election.
The Coalition which alleged that Anyanwu was expelled from the party before his emergence as national secretary of the main opposition party, called on the PDP to immediately reconvene and appoint the Deputy National Secretary as Acting Secretary to avoid the consequential legal backlash of an expelled member signing official documents of the party.
“PDP candidates might be excluded from 2023 general elections if the National Secretary, Sen. Samuel Anyanwu is not removed from office over his subsisting expulsion from the party, before his emergence,” the coalition’s spokesperson, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, said in a statement Sunday night.
Açcording to him, party leaders are expressing fear that “any INEC nomination form bearing the signature of the Secretary whose expulsion has not been lifted, may void such forms and give opponents legal ground to exclude the PDP from the 2023 ballots. “
The Nation Newspaper
7. 2023: Ayade’s Commissioners, aides, LG bosses jostle for offices
Many Commissioners, cabinet aides and local government chairmen currently serving under the administration of Governor Ben Ayade in Cross River State, are now jostling to get ticket of the All Progressive Congress (APC) for different positions in the 2023 elections. For instance, the Commissioner for Finance, Asuquo Ekpeyong jnr, is vying for the governorship ticket to succeed his boss. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Ntufam Okon Owuna is going for the Senate seat of the southern senatorial district.
Commissioner for Industries, Peter Egbe is soliciting blessings and support for his aspiration to become the party flag bearer for the position of the Obubra-Etung Federal House of Representative seat. The General Manager of Cross River State Water Board, Mr. Victor Effiom Ekpo, is eyeing the Southern senatorial district seat. Secretary to the State government, Mrs. Tina Banko One, is gunning for the position of the Federal House of representative seat for Ikom/Boki Federal constituency.
The Chief of Staff to the Governor, Chief Martins Prim, is reportedly seeking the party’s ticket for the Northern Senatorial district seat of the State. Some council chairmen and chairpersons are not left out in the jostle for the 2023 elective positions. The Chairperson for Biase LGA, Mrs. Ada Egwu, is aspiring for the position of the Federal House of Representative for the Akamkpa-Biase federal constituency.
8. 2023: Ministers declare Tinubu God’s choice at crusade
A coalition of church founders and ministers under the auspices of the Integrity Ministers International Ministry incorporated (IMIM), yesterday at a prayer crusade formally unveiled Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as God’s choice for the 2023 presidential elections.
Addressing a mammoth crowd at the headquarters of IMIM at the Ikorodu axis of Lagos, Bishop Kayode Williams, Founder and Vice President of IMIM, revealed that the divine, prophetic message from God indicates that Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is the right person to lead the country come 2023.
According to him, God’s mandate to IMIM is to pray for the wellbeing of the country including its leadership. “It is true we’re all suffering now. But God has revealed to us that His anointed choice for the 2023 is Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He will turn around the fortunes of the country for good, so saith the Lord,” Williams stressed.
Nigerian Tribune
9. UN Secretary-General To Visit Nigeria, Other African Countries
United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG), Antonio Guterres, is billed to embark on a two-day visit to Nigeria beginning from Tuesday, May 3, 2022.
The Director, UN Information Centre (UNIC), Ronald Kayanja, in a state made available in Abuja through the National Information Officer, UNIC, Oluseyi Soremekun, said the visit will be the first mission of the ninth UNSG to Nigeria.
During the mission, Guterres will have an audience with President Muhammadu Buhari; the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo; religious leaders; women and youth leaders; the private sector and the diplomatic community.
The visit is part of the Secretary-General’s annual Ramadan solidarity visits, and Guterres will also visit Niger and Senegal, during which he will highlight the impact of the Ukraine war on the African continent.
10. Niger Commissioners Purchase APC Senate Form For Gov Sani-Bello
The Niger State Commissioners Forum has purchased an expression of interest and nomination form for the Niger North Senatorial seat under the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the state governor, Abubakar Sani-Bello.
While receiving the form at the Government House in Minna, the state capital, Governor Sani-Bello who said he had earlier made up his mind not to vie for any office after his tenure as governor elapses.
He, however, disclosed that the genuine call by different groups not just within the zone but throughout the state made him develop interest, adding that his refusal to do so would amount to being unfair.
“I am highly overwhelmed and grateful for this gesture. A long time ago I said I wasn’t going to contest for any office again and I wasn’t mincing words.
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