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Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Friday, June 24th 2022
Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines & Naija News Friday, June 24th 2022 can be accessed below.
Below are the Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines from Nigerian Newspapers today:
POLITICS AND NATIONAL NEWS
1. FG Reveals How IPPIS Eliminated 70,000 ‘Ghost’ Workers, Saved ₦220bn
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Government-backed Integration Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) has, so far, exposed and eliminated about 70,000 ghost workers in the civil service system, the Director-General, Bureau of Public Service Reforms, Dr Dasuki Arabi, revealed on Thursday.
2. 2023: PDP Senators Visits Wike In Rivers, Amid Defection Rumours
EKO HOT BLOG reports that some lawmakers elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday visited the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike.
3. 2023: Okowa Opens Up, Reveals Why He Accepted To Be Atiku’s Running Mate
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa has said that accepting to be Abubakar Atiku‘s running mate in the 2023 presidential election was the best decision for him.
4. Osun 2022: APC Inaugurates Campaign Council
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday inaugurated its National Campaign Council for the Osun State Governorship election.
METRO
5. Police Gun Down Bandit Disguised In Military Fatigue In Kaduna
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Police have gunned down a bandit and recovered an AK49 assault rifle, a locally fabricated long-range revolver with its twelve (12) polymer cased cartridges, and one operational motorcycle in Kaduna.
6. Bandits Collect ₦5m Ransom After Killing Zamfara Poly Lecturer
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the abducted Abdu Gusau Polytechnic Lecturer in Zamfara State who doubles as the Student Affairs Officer of the school, Sanusi Halilu, has been killed by his abductors after payment of five million naira ransom for his release.
7. Abducted Zamfara Wedding Guests Regain Freedom
EKO HOT BLOG reports that twenty-nine abducted Zamfara wedding guests have regained their freedom.
INTERNATIONAL
8. Americans Have Right To Carry Handgun In Public – Supreme Court Affirms
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Americans have a fundamental right to carry firearms in public in a landmark decision that came just weeks after another deadly school shooting.
9. Netflix Cuts 300 More Jobs Following Decline In Subscriptions
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Netflix has announced another round of job cuts as it grapples with slowing growth and increased competition.
10. Ukraine War: NATO Plots New 200,000-Strong Force To ‘Wipe Russia Off Earth’
EKO HOT BLOG reports that NATO is plotting to massively expand its response force to send the message that if Russia tries to invade a member country, it “would be wiped off the earth”, reports claim.
ARTICLE
11. 4 Attitudes That Will Boost Your Self-Confidence
Developing a healthy attitude is one self-therapy that has been proven to be helpful in different ways, for instance; studies have shown that people who have a healthy self-concept or attitude about themselves usually live longer, and they suffer a low risk of depression and are often regarded to be more attractive and accommodative.
12. 4 Causes Of Heartburns You Probably Don’t Know
When someone complains of heartburn, the first question doctors ask is, What did you eat? This is because eating certain foods like coffee, tomatoes and sodas is one of the most common causes of heartburn.
SPORTS
13. Antony Is Determined To Join Man Utd As Winger’s Reps Ask Ajax To Listen To Offers
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Manchester United are looking to sign the Brazilian this summer with Erik ten Hag keen on bolstering his attacking options ahead of the new season.
14. Chelsea Set To Offer Hakim Ziyech To Leeds In Swap Deal For Raphinha
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Chelsea are set to offer Hakim Ziyech to Leeds in a surprise swap deal proposal for Raphinha, according to reports.
15. Ronaldo ‘Wants Out Of Man Utd’ As Board Handed Transfer Ultimatum Over Signings
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Cristiano Ronaldo has allegedly told his inner circle that Manchester United must sign players quickly or he will consider his immediate future at Old Trafford, reports in Portugal claim.
16. Week 51 Pool Fixtures For Sat 25 June 2022 – UK 2021/2022 – Pool Agent
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the week 51 pool fixtures are for forty-nine (49) football matches for UK football 2021/2022 from the pool agent.
Top 10 Newspaper Headlines Friday, June 24th 2022
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Major Newspapers in Nigeria
Punch Newspaper
1. Court remands five youths who tortured lady in viral video
A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, has ordered the remand of five young men who allegedly tortured a lady in a viral video at the Federal Correctional facility in Mandala, Ilorin till August 1, 2022.
The five accused persons, Jimoh Abdulfatai, Olamide Babatunde, Afeez Ayomide, Agboola Abdulsamad, and Yakubu Mustapha, were slammed with a five-count charge.
They were alleged to have assaulted and tortured a young lady, Ayomide Afolayan, of Songa village, Shao in Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State on Monday, June 20, 2022.
According to the prosecution, the five accused persons were charged with criminal conspiracy, criminal intimidation, and indecent assault contrary to sections 97, 114, 210 and 391 of the Penal Code Law and punishable under the same sections of the law.
2. Gunmen abduct Ebonyi traditional ruler
Suspected gunmen have kidnapped the traditional ruler of Isuokoma autonomous community in Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Eze Ambrose Ogbu.
The PUNCH leanrt the monarch was abducted on Wednesday night by yet-to-be-identified persons at his Palace in Isu, in the council area.
A reliable source and stakeholder in the community, who pleaded anonymity, confirmed the incident to our correspondent, in Abakaliki, on Thursday.
According to the source, the royal father’s captors were yet to contact the family as of the time of filing this report, Thursday afternoon.
3. IPPIS eliminated 70,000 ‘ghost’ workers, saved govt N220bn – FG
The Federal Government-backed Integration Personnel and Payroll Information System has, so far, exposed and eliminated about 70,000 ghost workers in the civil service system, the Director-General, Bureau of Public Service Reforms, Dr Dasuki Arabi, revealed on Thursday.
Arabi added that the government has saved at least N220bn, and N10tn through the Treasury Single Account since it was fully implemented by the Buhari regime.
Arabi stated this at the 43rd session of the ministerial briefing organised by the Presidential Communication Team at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The DG who gave updates on the Bureau’s performance in implementing government reforms and programmes also revealed that IPPIS has led to the reduction of the Federal Civil Service personnel to 720,000.
Vanguard Newspaper
4. PDP chieftain, Orubebe meets Wike behind close door
A former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Godswill Orubebe, on Thursday, met the Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State.
Orubebe met with Wike behind closed doors at his private residence in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, but none of them spoke to journalists after the meeting.
Recall the former Niger Delta Affairs Minister had earlier resigned his membership from the party.
Orubebe had made known his grouse with the zoning of the party’s presidential candidacy to the Northern region of the country.
5. Ekweremadu’s people crucifying him while Abba Kyari’s stood by him― Reno Omokri
A former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has reacted to the arrest of two Nigerians, Ike Ekweremadu and Beatrice in the United Kingdom, UK over alleged organ harvesting.
Reno lamented that as bad as former Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari is, his people are staying by him until he is proven guilty while Ekweremadu’s own people are the ones already condemning him.
Stating further that in the US, Trump’s people stayed loyal to him, no matter the charge. An accusation is not a conviction.
Metropolitan Police had said the couple was charged with conspiracy to facilitate the travel of another person for organ harvesting.
6. We don’t have voters registration centres in Niger Republic – INEC
THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has dismissed as fake news reports that it has 21 voters registration centres in Niger Republic.
A caller, who said he was having challenges registering as .a voter in Mushin, Lagos, told Wazobia 95.1FM on Wednesday night the. iNEC had 21 registration centres in Niger Republic.
Dismissing the allegation as fake news, Mr. Rotimi Oyekanmi, Chief press secretary to the INEC National Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, said it was time people are punished for fake news.
His words: “The Commission has 176, 846 polling units across the country and none outside Nigeria. I think it is high time we promulgated a law in this country to hold anybody spreading fake news accountable. Freedom of speech should not be a license for reckless statements.”
The Nation Newspaper
7. FHA committed to provision of affordable housing – Ashafa
The Federal Government is committed to the provision of housing to all segments of Nigerians, MD/ CEO of Federal Housing Authority ( FHA) Senator Gbenga Ashafa has said.
He spoke during the unveiling of Express View Estate, a partnership between Federal Housing Authority Mortgage Bank (FHAMB) and Mixta Africa in Lugbe, Abuja.
Answering questions from reporters on the much-bandied 17 million housing deficit in Nigeria, Ashafa while applauding the efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari government in addressing the nation’s challenges, noted that there is no actual empirical data to back the housing deficit figures as claimed.
Making reference to the position of Minister of Works & Housing, Babatunde Fashola on the much-touted figure, Ashafa said: “What the Minister of Works and Housing have been saying right from onset was that we have not been able to come up with specific deficit figure. However, if you look at the project we are embarking on now, are we going to count the units as part of the houses in existence? What about the number of unoccupied houses everywhere, are we counting them?
8. N25.7bn fraud: Appeal Court affirms conviction of ex-Bank PHB MD Atuche
The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has affirmed the conviction of a former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB Plc, Francis Atuche, for N25.7biillion fraud.
The court also affirmed the conviction of Atuche’s accomplice and co-convict, Ugo Anyanwu, who was the bank’s former Chief Financial Officer.
It also affirmed the acquittal of Atuche’s wife, Elizabeth.
Daily Post
9. No third term ambition – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday ruled out a third term in office.
He spoke at a bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson.
The parley was held on the margins of the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kigali, Rwanda.
Buhari reiterated his resolve to respect the maximum term limit in the Nigerian Constitution.
The PM had asked if the Nigerian leader would run for office again.
“Another term for me? No! The first person who tried it didn’t end very well”, he said.
On insecurity, Buhari said after the Muammar Gadaffi regime, armed guards in countries in the Sahel have been causing havoc.
10. Lawmaker warns colleagues against increment of allowances of public officers
Onofiok Luke, member of the House of Representatives has warned his colleagues not to consider increment of allowances of public officers.
The lawmaker stated this on Thursday, during a debate on a motion to address the working conditions of judicial officers.
Mr Luke Had prayed that the House should urge the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to review the salaries of judicial officers.
He said that in light of the inflation and poor exchange rate, the government should upwardly review the remuneration package of the judicial officers.
But the motion was met with opposition from lawmakers who asked that salaries of all public officials should be increased.
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