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Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Saturday, January 28th 2023

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POLITICS AND NATIONAL NEWS

1. ‘It Is A Victory For Democracy’ – Akeredolu Reacts To Tribunal Verdict On Osun Election

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, is confident that the Supreme Court will support the tribunal’s decision that Gboyega Oyetola was rightfully elected governor of Osun in 2022.

2. Osun: ‘Light Has Prevailed Over Darkness’ – Tinubu Reacts To Oyetola’s Tribunal Victory

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has sent a congratulatory message to the former governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola over his victory at the Osun State Election Petition Tribunal.

3. Abia: PDP Fixes Date For Fresh Gubernatorial Primary After Ikonne’s Death

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has fixed Saturday, February 4th for a fresh governorship primary election following Prof. Uche Ikonne’s death.

4. N77 Trillion Debt: Buhari’s Government And The 2023 ‘Budget Of Deficit’

With a flourish of his pen, President Muhammadu Buhari etched his signature onto the eighth and final appropriation bill presented to him by his government.

5. Too Much Ado Over Tinubu’s Health

The Nigerian presidential seat has accommodated a number of physically infirm people over the years. Former President Musa Yar’adua’s battle with a kidney problem was no exception. Unfortunately, the struggle proved to be one he could not overcome, as he passed away in office in May 2010.

6. SPARE: An Attack On The British Monarchy

On January 10th, 2023, a royal revelation was unleashed upon the world. Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex and spare son of King Charles III, bared his soul in a tell-all memoir entitled ‘Spare.’

7. Lagos-Ibadan Expressway: Lagos Govt Announces Traffic Diversion At Old Tollgate-Berger Axis

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Government has announced that traffic will be diverted at the Old Tollgate to Berger section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway from Monday, 30th January till Friday, 15th April, 2023.

8. Lagos: Sanwo-Olu Signs N1.76tn Budget Into Law, Vows Prudent Implementation

Eko Hot Blog reports that Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, signed the state’s N1.768 trillion “Budget of Continuity” into law.

9. ‘Russia Is Now At War With NATO, West’ — EU

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the has warned that “Russia is now at war with the West” and has taken the invasion of Ukraine to a “different stag”‘, raising the horrifying spectre of a global conflict.

10. UN Accuses Russia Of Breaking Child Protection Rules Over Refugees

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the head of the United Nations’ refugee agency has accused Moscow of violating “fundamental” child protection principles by giving Russian passports to unaccompanied child refugees.

11. 5 Natural Remedies To Treat Cough

Coughing is a natural reflex that helps to clear mucus and other irritants from the airways. However, when a cough persists for an extended period, it can be both irritating and debilitating.

12 Signs Of Diabetic Foot and Possible Complications

Diabetes is one chronic health condition that has become very common in today’s world. It arises due to the body’s inability to metabolize glucose either due to poor functioning of the pancreas or the fact that the body doesn’t recognize it anymore.

SPORT

13. Moises Caicedo To Submit Transfer Request In Bid To Force Arsenal Move

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Brighton midfielder, Moises Caicedo, is ready to submit a transfer request in a bid to force through a move to either Arsenal or Chelsea.

14. Arteta Provides Worrying Update On Thomas Partey Injury

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta says Thomas Partey will have an MRI scan on a rib injury this weekend

15. Week 30 Pool Fixtures For Sat 28 Jan 2023 – UK 2022/2023– Pool Agent

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the week 30 pool fixtures are for forty-nine (49) football matches for UK football 2022/2023 from the pool agent.

16. Week 30 Pool Result For Sat 28 Jan 2023 – UK 2022/2023 – Pool Agent

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the week 30 pool fixtures are for forty-nine (49) football matches for UK football 2022/2023 from the pool agent.

Top 10 Newspaper Headlines Saturday, January 28th 2023

Newspaper Headlines

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Major Newspapers in Nigeria

PUNCH NEWSPAPER

1. PDP rejects Osun tribunal judgment, insists Adeleke won

The Peoples Democratic Party has rejected the judgement of the Osun State Governorship Election Tribunal which nullified the mandate freely given to the party and its candidate, Governor Ademola Adeleke by the people of the state in the July 16, 2022 governorship election.

The PUNCH had reported that the state governorship election tribunal nullified Adeleke’s victory and declared Adegboyega Oyetola, the winner of the election on Friday.

The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, on Friday in Abuja, stated that the judgment of the tribunal was contrary to the will of the people of the state which was expressed by the overwhelming votes cast for the party and its candidate at the election.

2. ‘My son died after I consoled man who lost nine children’

The Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has said that his son died a day after consoling a man who lost nine children and 70 cows.

He added the loss of his 36-year-old son, Hassan, was a test from God to see if he was sincere in consoling the bereaved father.

The governor stated this on Friday while receiving condolences at the palace of his father, the Sarkin Gudi, HRH Alhaji Sule Bawa, in Akwanga LGA.

He said from the experiences he had gathered from the Holy Qu’ran, God promised to test the faith of every believer, saying, “This is my time to be tested.”

3. Man City beat Arsenal, reach FA Cup fifth round

Manchester City struck first blood against Arsenal as Nathan Ake’s goal earned Pep Guardiola’s men a place in the fifth round of the FA Cup with a 1-0 win on Friday.

The sides will meet twice more in the next three months in the Premier League with the title on the line.

Arsenal hold a five-point lead over the defending champions at the top of the table, but fell to their first defeat since November at the Etihad.

Mikel Arteta may regret making six changes as the Gunners lacked their usual spark in the final third with Martin Odegaard and Gabriel Mar

VANGUARD NEWSPAPER

4. Minister’s wife assures A’Ibom youths of better days under Tinubu, Shettima

The wife of the Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor (Mrs) Florence Umana has assured youths in Akwa Ibom State of better days when the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu and vice, Kashim Shettima are elected into office in the forthcoming presidential election.

Mrs Umana, who gave the assurance for support when the Progressives Youths for Tinubu/Shettima, Akwa Ibom State chapter paid her a courtesy visit in Uyo, noted that Mr Tinubu has a track record of developing youths as a former governor and would replicate same as the president of Nigeria.

Mrs Umana, who is the National Coordinator for Niger Delta Youths/Women for Tinubu and Shettima, further urged the youths to mobilise other youths and groups across the state and turn out massively for the APC presidential campaign in Uyo on Monday, January 30.

She assured the youths that Mr Tinubu has a rich manifesto that prioritises the youths through wealth creation, employment and inclusive government, adding that his achievements in that area as a former are available and can be verified.

5. Firefighters mobbed in Jabi, as fire razes Abuja apartment, filling station

Firefighters drawn from the Federal Fire Service FFS and the Federal Capital Territory FCT Fire Service had their hands full on Friday evening following an outbreak of fire at an unmarked apartment in the highbrow Jabi area of the territory.

The apartment is House 6 on Patrick O. Bokkor Crescent, adjacent NCDC Office.

While the firefighters battled the Jabi inferno, a filling station by Halli Brothers in the Wuse Zone 1 area of the territory.

6. 19 bag 1st class as Abia varsity graduates 3,757 students

No fewer than 19 graduands bagged first class honours as the Abia State University Uturu, Friday, graduated 3,757 students.

This is as Miss Oluomachi Agbazuere, daughter of Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu’s ex-Chief of Staff, and Information Commissioner, Professor A. C. B Agbazuere, won her father’s Best Graduating Student award prize of N.5 million.

The Isila Ngwa South-born young Law graduate made a total of 4.75 Cumulative Grade Point Aggregate, CGPA.

THE NATION NEWSPAPER

7. I saw many of my colleagues fall during civil war but God kept me – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has relived his experience at the war front during the Civil War.
He recalled how many of his comrades fell right beside him but God kept him to fulfill his destiny.

The President, who spoke at the palace of the Emir of Daura, Faruk Umar Faruk, after concluding the series of commissioning of projects in his two-day state visit to his home-state, Katsina, thanked God for safety in life’s journey over many years.

8. 2023 elections for you to make your mark, Obi tells youths

The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, on Friday said the 2023 elections are about youths and they should seize the opportunity to make their mark.

Obi said this when he featured at a Town hall engagement with students of University of Abuja, organised by the University’s Leadership Cente in Abuja .

The candidate, who gave facts and figures of where Nigeria was and where it would be if voted in as President on Feb. 25, said education would not suffer under his watch and there would be no industrial action.

He said that all the problems of the country, be it economic, education, health, politics and so on, revolved around political leadership that had failed the country over the years.

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