Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines & Naija News Today, Wednesday, August 24th 2022 can be accessed below.
Below are the Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines from Nigerian Newspapers today:
POLITICS AND NATIONAL NEWS
1. 2023: BVAS Has Put An End To Manipulation Of Election Results – INEC
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the electronic transmission of results cannot be manipulated due to the nature of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS).
2. 2023: Governors List States Elections May Not Hold Over Insecurity
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Governors have disclosed that elections may not hold in several northwest states in 2023 as a result of the prevalent insecurity in the geopolitical zone.
3. Despite Criticism, Jibrin Insists Northerners Shouldn’t Dominate Top PDP Seats
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Board of Trustees has reiterated that the party cannot allow its top positions to be dominated by Northerners.
4. 2023: Wike’s ‘Ally’ Dumps PDP, Joins APC
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Director General of Wike Solidarity Movement, Sudor Nwiyor on Tuesday dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).
5. 2023: More Details Of Wike’s Meeting With Tinubu Revealed
EKO HOT BLOG reports that a source has confirmed the meeting between the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu and the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike.
6. HRM Dr. Sunday Aikuirawo Aniyi: An Intellectual On The Throne
Our paths crossed by virtue of the political appointments we were both privileged to have been given in the second coming of His Excellency Dr John Kayode Fayemi, the outgoing governor of Ekiti State.
EKO NEWS
7. NBA 2022: Lagos CJ Tasks Lawyers To Restore Pride Of Legal Profession
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Chief Judge of Lagos State, Hon. Justice Kazeem Alogba, has declared open the 62nd edition of the Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on behalf of the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola.
8. LASBCA Urges Lagosians To Report Location Of Distressed Buildings
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the General Manager of Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), Arc. Gbolahan Oki has appealed to the general public to report any distressed and non-conforming buildings noticed around them in order to curb the menace of building collapse in Lagos State.
9. Police Arrest Suspected Cultist Exposed By CCTV In Lagos
EKO HOT BLOG reports that a closed-circuit television (CCTV) installed in a restaurant in Lagos State has exposed wanted criminals.
10. LASG Empowers Youths With 5000 POS Machines
No fewer than 5000 youths from different parts of Lagos State were on Tuesday empowered with Point of Sale (POS) machines to enable the beneficiaries to become self-employed and financially independent.
11. LASG Sensitises Facility Managers On Risk Management In High-rise Buildings
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Director-General, Lagos State Safety Commission, Mr. Lanre Mojola, spoke during a workshop organised by the Commission for stakeholders and held in Alausa with the theme: “Risk Management in High Rise Buildings”, noting that high structures are unique because they have distinct ways of management different from regular buildings due to the hazards associated with height.
12. Lagos State College of Nursing, Igando Begins Sale Of Post-UTME Forms
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Lagos State College of Nursing, Igando, has commenced the online sales of the Post UTME registration forms for admission into the National Diploma (ND) Nursing Programme for the year 2022/2023 academic session.
INTERNATIONAL
13. Darya Dugina: Ukraine Dismisses Russia’s Murder Accusation
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Ukrainian officials have ridiculed Russia’s accusation that its special services were behind the killing of Darya Dugina, the daughter of an ultra-nationalist, in a car-bomb attack.
14. Twitter Is Vulnerable To Russian & Chinese Influence – Whistleblower
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Twitter is exceptionally vulnerable to exploitation by foreign governments in ways that threaten US national security, and may even have foreign spies currently active on its payroll, according to Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, the whistleblower at the center of a massive public disclosure effort reported Tuesday by CNN and The Washington Post.
ARTICLE
15. 3 Early Signs Of Lung Cancer And When You Should See A Doctor
Lung cancer is one of the deadliest form of cancer that is very common amongst smokers. Though a non-smoker might also suffer from lung cancer, the chances are really rare and more unfortunately, lung cancer doesn’t often show signs at the initial stages for some people while for some it shows signs and for you to stand a good chance of survival, you need to be watchful
16. 5 Foods You Should Eat Regularly To Boost Blood Production
A lack of sufficient blood in the body can make you feel weak and lightheaded. According to Healthline, our body uses blood to distribute oxygen and food all over the body.
SPORTS
17. Week 8 Pool Fixtures For Sat 27 Aug 2022 – UK 2022/2023 – Pool Agent
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the week 8 pool fixtures are for forty-nine (49) football matches for UK football 2021/2022 from the pool agent.
Top 10 Newspaper Headlines Wednesday, August 24th 2022
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Major Newspapers in Nigeria
Punch Newspaper
1. Police working with military to fight insurgency – FPRO
In defence of the alleged abandonment of internal security operations by the police, the Nigeria Police Force has noted that its operatives are working in tandem with military operatives to rid the country of insurgency.
Some security experts had in recent times alleged that the military has been at the forefront in the fight against insecurity and banditry in the country while querying the police for allegedly neglecting its primary role to secure the country internally.
Reacting to this, Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, during a Channels TV programme ‘Sunrise Daily,’ on Tuesday, disclosed its synergy with the military towards ending the menace which has led to widespread chaos across rural communities especially in the northern part of the country.
Adejobi detailed how the police had been working with the armed forces towards ensuring the security of the country and stability of the economy, adding that the police have not been sidelined from the anti-terrorism fight by the government or the military.
2. Don’t proscribe ASUU, fund education – Sowore group
Onyinye-Gandhi Chukwunyere, the Spokesperson for the campaign group of the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has condemned what the group alleged as moves by the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government to blackmail the Academic Staff Union Universities into submission.
The group, in a statement on Tuesday, signed by Chukwunyere, stated that a “report published in some media on August 22, 2022, that the APC government under the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is considering proscribing ASUU as a way of ending the prolonged strike by the union is outrageous.”
“While the APC’s contempt for the education of Nigerians is well documented, its reported threat to employ draconian and unconstitutional measures to blackmail and bully ASUU into submission is a new low.
“The crisis in the nation’s educational sector merely reflects the larger, multi-sectoral failures of the APC whose hold on power in the last seven years has been an absolute nightmare for the Nigerian people. Like its predecessors in the Peoples Democratic Party, the APC prefers to attack the messenger rather than address the message. It has repeatedly demonstrated its unwillingness to curb profligacy, stop the serial looting of our treasury, and direct resources to properly fund education and reposition the sector as the primary driver of national development.
3. Presidency to governors: Manage flooding in your states
As the rainy season begins in earnest, the Presidency, on Tuesday, challenged states to “face their duties of managing the flooding within their jurisdictions,” explaining that the Federal Government was not mandated to manage such incidents in all 36 states.
This was as it said those calling on the federal government to respond to every outbreak of natural disaster did not display an understanding of Nigerian law.
According to a statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the Presidency argued that the local, state and federal governments have been dealt a sizeable monthly budget sufficient enough to deal with state-level and national-level natural emergencies.
The statement is titled ‘Flooding in several Nigerian states and the triple response structure.’
Vanguard Newspaper
4. Reps begin investigation into Kuje Correctional Centre attack
The House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence, on Tuesday began investigation into the attack at the Kuje Correctional Centre that led to the escape of 64 inmates.
The committee’s chairman, Mr Sha’aban Saraba, on Tuesday, in Abuja, said the House resolution to investigate the attack was sequel to a motion moved at plenary.
He said that the House had on July inaugurated a joint committee on national security in the wake of the attack to investigate and come up with possible recommendations that would forestall a re-occurrence.
Saraba said that the committee would ascertain the roles played by security and intelligence agencies in the security breach and proffer ways to mitigate against reoccurrence.
5. Editors, SERAP drag Buhari, NBC to court over shutting down of 53 broadcast stations
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) and the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) have instituted a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) over the arbitrary use of the NBC Act and broadcasting code to threaten, revoke and shut down 53 broadcast stations in the country for failing to renew their licenses.
Joined in the suit as Defendant is the Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai Mohammed.
The NBC had last week revoked the licenses of the 53 broadcast stations and threatened to shut down their operations within 24 hours over alleged N2.6 billion debts.
The regulatory body of broadcast stations in a statement last week asked the stations “to pay all outstanding license fees on or before August 23, 2022 or shut down by 12am on August 24.”
6. Strike: FG yet to resolve contending issues – ASUU tells Minister
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Bayero University, Kano, BUK branch has on Tuesday slammed the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu over claims that the Federal Government has resolved the contentious issues except the payment of the six month withheld salaries.
The union who described the Minister’s claim as misleading maintained that none of the contending issues have been addressed.
In a statement signed by the Union’s Chairperson, Haruna Musa and Secretary, Kabiru Haruna Isa, they accused the Minister of diverting attention of Nigerians from the government’s failure to resolve the contentious issues to casting blames on the union over the prolonged strike action on grounds of withheld salaries.
The Nation Newspaper
7. ‘Overzealous ‘Obidients’ may turn off supporters with attacks’
The 2015 presidential candidate of KOWA Party, Prof Remi Sonaiya, has advised supporters of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate known as ‘Obidients’, to be courteous and respectful.
Obidients, as the LP’s candidate supporters are affectionately called, have grown in leaps and bounds in the last few months.
However, they have come under intense criticism for lack of tolerance towards dissenting opinions on social media and other platforms.
8. PSC suspends contables’ recruitment over protests
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has suspended the 2022 recruitment of Constables after a protest by the Force Headquarters.
The PSC in a statement by Mr Ikechukwu Ani, Head of Press and Public Relations on Tuesday in Abuja, said the suspension of the recruitment exercise was to resolve all contending issues with the Nigeria Police Force.
The PSC said its action was in the interest of the nation and enjoined all interested applicants to be patient while the issues were being resolved.
Daily Post
9. Osun: CP orders Area Commanders, DPOs, others to ensure peace
The Osun State Commissioner of Police, Wale Olokode, has given actionable orders to the Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers and Tactical Commanders to embark on rigorous/intensive operations and intelligence-led policing to ensure peace in the state.
This development is coming as the state is facing attacks and counter-attacks by individuals, political parties/supporters, and transporters that unfold after the governorship election in the State.
In a statement signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Yemisi Opalola, the commissioner of Police gave the order to ensure the public places are not taken over by the criminal-minded individuals and groups thereby stemming the tide of this unwarranted trend.
10. Police arrest wanted cultist exposed by CCTV in Lagos
A closed-circuit television (CCTV) installed in a restaurant in Lagos State has exposed wanted criminals.
A suspected cult member who had been on the run and two others are now in police custody.
Public Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the arrest in a statement on Tuesday.
CCTV captured the 22-year-old cultist on July 7 where he was allegedly involved in the killing of a rival at a restaurant in Alapere.
The suspect has been a member of a cult since 2017 and is linked to the death of two other rivals.
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