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Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Tuesday, June 7th 2022
Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines & Naija News Tuesday, June 7th 2022 can be accessed below.
Below are the Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines from Nigerian Newspapers today:
POLITICS AND NATIONAL NEWS
1. Police Recover Unexploded IEDs At Owo Church
EKO HOT BLOG reports that at least three unexploded improvised explosive devices (IEDs) have been recovered from the scene of the Owo church attack, the police said on Monday.
2. 2023: Governors, NWC Meet Behind Close Door, As Consensus Plot Thickens
EKO HOT BLOG reports a closed-door meeting of the National Working Committee (NWC) and governors who are members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was held on Monday evening.
3. APC Primaries: Buhari Supports Power Shift To South, Says ‘I have No Anointed Candidate’
Following the All Progressives Congress, APC, Northern governors stand against Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello for opposing their position that power should go to the south, President Muhammadu Buhari has declared he is also in agreement with the governors that power should be shifted to the southern part of the country in 2023
4. Ex-Senate President Nnamani Withdraws From APC Presidential Race
EKO HOT BLOG reports that former President of the Senate, Ken Nnamani, on Monday, has pulled out of the race to secure the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress.
5. Consensus Candidate: Crises Rock Apc Over Chairman, Adamu’s Choice + Fmr Enugu Gov Tipped As Atiku’s Vice
Lawan: Adamu’s comment splits NWC, APC Delegates Demand His Resignation
The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Adamu’s claim that the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, is the party’s consensus candidate has stirred the hornet’s nest.
6. Yahaya Bello Rejects Consensus As APC Northern Govs Insists On Southern Candidacy
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has rejected the emergence of the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan as the consensus presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
7. 2023: Tinubu Group Rejects Lawan, Gives Legal Conditions For Consensus
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Bola Tinubu Campaign Organisation has condemned the announcement of Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, as the consensus candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
8. Nobody Can Take Credit For Buhari’s 2015 Election Victory – Garba Shehu
EKO HOT BLOG reports that tens of millions of Nigerians voted for President Muhammadu Buhari and that led to his victory in the 2015 general elections, Garba Shehu has said.
EKO NEWS
9. Singer Banky W Wins PDP Reps Primary AGAIN In Lagos
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigerian singer, Bankole Wellington, popularly known as Banky W, has again, been declared the winner of the PDP primary rerun for the Eti-Osa constituency House of Representatives ticket in the 2023 general election.
INTERNATIONAL
10. Elon Musk Threatens To Ditch Twitter Deal
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Elon Musk has threatened to walk away from his $44bn takeover of Twitter, accusing the social media company of “thwarting” his requests to learn more about its user base.
ARTICLE
11. Tinubu’s Karma and Osinbajo’s Ingratitude (1)
Karma doesn’t revenge. It only rewards good and bad deeds. I’ll choose karma over ingratitude, any day, anytime because, in the fullness of time, fairness is, essentially, the goal of karma.
12. APC Convention And Tinubu’s Last Dance
Now, all the attention of every Nigerian is focused on the convention of the governing All Progressives Congress, slated for today to see who will fly its flag. The opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, last week conducted its convention in which former Vice-president Atiku Abubakar emerged the winner having scored 371 votes to defeat his closest rival, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state, who got 231 votes.
SPORTS
13. Pep Guardiola Keen On Signing Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Manchester City have joined Liverpool in the race for Arsenal youngster Bukayo Saka, and it could be awful timing for the Gunners.
14. Fabrizio Romano Delivers Fresh Update On Van De Beek’s Man Utd Future Under Erik ten
EKO HOT BLOG reports that transfer guru, Fabrizio Romano has revealed that Donny van de Beek is part of Erik ten Hag’s plans for Man United next season.
15. Week 49 Pool Fixtures For Sat 11 June 2022 – UK 2021/2022 – Pool Agent
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the week 48 pool fixtures are for forty-nine (49) football matches for UK football 2021/2022 from the pool agent.
Top 10 Newspaper Headlines Tuesday, June 7th 2022
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Major Newspapers in Nigeria
Punch Newspaper
1. N80bn fraud: Suspended Accountant-General not our member, says ICAN
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria has said that it cannot sanction the suspended Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, over his alleged involvement in an N80bn fraud because he is not a member of ICAN.
The institute said this on Monday in a statement while responding to a letter written by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda asking ICAN to investigate and sanction Idris who is being probed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
HEDA had called on ICAN to subject Ahmed to the institute’s Disciplinary Tribunal for thorough investigation and sanction.
Responding to the letter, the Registrar/Chief Executive Officer of ICAN, Prof Ahmed Kumshe, said that the Institute cannot sanction Ahmed because he was not a member of ICAN.
2. Senate sports committee chair emerges Ebonyi PDP gov candidate
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Sports, Senator Obinna Ogba, has won the rescheduled governorship primary election of the Ebonyi Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, held on Sunday at the party’s secretariat in Abakaliki, the state capital.
Our correspondent reports that the accreditation and voting process, which began around 8:00 pm on Sunday, spilled over into the early hours of Monday.
513 delegates from the 171 wards of the 13 Local Government Areas of the state voted in the primary election which commenced simultaneously with the accreditation of delegates around 9:00 pm, while collation, counting, and announcement of the results were done at about 1:00 am on Monday.
Chairman of the Electoral Panel, Mr. Chris Okoko, who announced the results before journalists, said that Ogba, who polled total valid votes of 253, won the election and had been returned and nominated as the PDP governorship candidate for the 2023 general election.
3. EFCC arrests 19 suspected Internet fraudsters in Kogi
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested 19 suspected Internet fraudsters in a sting operation in Lokoja, Kogi State
This is contained in a statement signed by the commission’s spokesperson, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, and made available to journalists on Monday in Ilorin.
He said the suspects were smoked out of their hideouts by the eagle-eyed operatives of the EFCC during the weekend, following a credible intelligence on their fraudulent activities.
Uwujaren said the suspects included a serving Corps member in the state, Adamu Shuaibu, and 18 others.
Vanguard Newspaper
4. Owo attack mind-blowing, assailants must be brought to justice — Ogunbiyi
Accord party’s governorship candidate in Osun State, Dr Akin Ogunbiyi, has described as satanic, the killing of innocent people worshiping at the St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, Owo, Ondo state on Sunday.
In a statement by his media office on Monday, he decried the satanic attack and urged security operatives and concerned stakeholders to bring the perpetrators of the dastardly act to justice.
Condemning the attack, Ogunbiyi at his party office in Osogbo stated: “Yesterday was indeed a black day for our countrymen and women in Owo. Our hearts are shattered and the hope of many was dashed. The attack is a height of inhumanity and mind-blowing.
“With a heavy heart, we watched as the church of God was desecrated and people were murdered in a gruesome manner. This is an attack on our sensitivity and every available resource must be annexed to hunt down the assailants and bring them to justice.
5. APC Convention: We’re ready to conduct world-class presidential primary election, Gov Abiodun
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Monday said, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was set to conduct a convention which would be a reference for political parties in the country.
Abiodun who is the Chairman, Accreditation and Decoration Committee of the convention, gave this declaration while speaking with newsmen shortly after he inspected the International Conference Centre, Abuja; venue for accreditation of delegates, said all things had been put in place for the success of the event.
This was contained in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Kunle Somorin, and made available to newsmen.
According to him, the Committee made up of deputy governors, members of the National Assembly and eminent party faithful are working round the clock to ensure a hitch-free presidential primary election.
6. Citing injustice, Nnamani withdraws from APC Presidential race
Former Senate President and Presidential Aspirant in the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Senator Ken Nnamani has withdrawn from Tuesday’s presidential primary election of the party.
Citing injustice against the South-east where he comes from, Nnamani said the South having conceded the national chairmanship of the party to the North, there was no need for the Senator Abdullahi Adamu-led National Working Committee NWC of the party to keep dilly-dallying on zoning the presidential ticket to the South.
He said; “You will recall that on March 26, 2022, a new set of members of the National Working Committee of the APC were elected in an elective convention. In that election, there was a unity list which was endorsed by all the Governors of the party and other leaders of the party in was different region and approved by Mr. President.
“The unity list was anchored on the core principles of the party to rotate and zone political offices. The party swapped positions between the north and south. The party offices that were occupied by leaders from the south automatically transferred to the north. This explains why no southern candidate contested for National Chairman at the convention. Everyone accepted that the position of National Chairman was zoned to the north while the position of the President was reserved for the southern aspirants. The clear understanding of party members is that the Presidential Candidate of the party will come from the south and only aspirants from the zone will vie for the office.
The Nation Newspaper
7. APC delegates demand Adamu’s resignation
A section of delegates has demanded the immediate resignation of All Progressives Congress (APC) National chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu.
Adamu announced Senate President Ahmad Lawan as the “consensus candidate” ahead of APC presidential primary on Tuesday.
But outraged NWC members dismissed the statement as “your personal opinion”.
8. UPDATED: NWC supports Northern APC Govs on power shift
Members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday opposed the National Chairman Senator Abdullahi Adamu over the choice of Senate President Ahmed Lawan as consensus presidential candidate of the party.
National Organising Secretary of the Party, Suleiman Mohammed Argungu, who addressed journalists at the end of NWC meeting, said members stand with the position of northern Governors that the Presidency should go to the south.
Argungu, who addressed the reporters with eleven members of the NWC, including four National Vice Chairmen, said the Chairman was only expressing his own opinion which he was entitled to.
Daily Post
9. Owo massacre: Nigeria has collapsed under Buhari, APC – Pastor Giwa
Following the deadly Sunday attack that occurred at Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owo in Ondo State, the Senior Pastor of Awaiting The Second Coming Of Christ Ministry, Adewale Giwa, has disclosed that the development is an indication that the country has collapsed under the APC led government.
According to the pastor, who expressed grief over the killing of the worshippers by gunmen, President Muhammadu Buhari has brought nothing but agony and sorrow upon Nigeria.
Giwa spoke while reacting to the attack where scores of people were killed.
He added that he had been raising alarm over the activities of armed herders in the state, adding that nowhere is safe in the country.
10. Owo church attack: Perpetrators will face full wrath of law – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has described the gruesome killing of parishioners at the St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, on Sunday as an unspeakable evil.
The vice president said the perpetrators would be fished out and made to face the full wrath of the law.
Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said the vice president visited Owo town and the Catholic Church to commiserate with the clergy, community and people of Ondo over the incident.
The vice president also visited those who were injured at St. Louis Catholic Hospital in the town.
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