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Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Friday, August 26th 2022
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Below are the Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines from Nigerian Newspapers today:
POLITICS AND NATIONAL NEWS
1. Stay Away From Northern Cyprus, FG Warns Nigerians
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Government has advised Nigerians against travelling to the controversial State of Northern Cyprus, citing the human right abuses meted to Nigerians in the country.
2. ‘Nigerians Will Be Shocked By Outcome Of Investigation Into Itunu Babalola’s Death’ – Abike Dabiri
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has said that the outcome of investigation into the death of Itunu Babalola, the Nigerian lady who was ‘wrongfully jailed’ in Cote D’Ivoire, will shock many.
3. Osinbajo, APC Presidential Aspirants To Meet Over Tinubu-Shettima Ticket
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and 20 other aspirants will meet again in Abuja on August 31, three months after they went head-to-head at the primary for a presidential ticket of All Progressives Congress that eventually produced Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as flagbearer
4. 2023 Election: 22 Presidential Aspirants To Declare Support For Tinubu (Full List)
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the aspirants who contested and lost the 2023 presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are reportedly set to come together on how to work for the success of the eventual winner, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
5. PDP 2023: Atiku Meets Wike, Ortom, Others In London
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has met with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State.
6. Man Kills Stepmother With Pestle, Breaks Father’s Leg
EKO HOT BLOG reports that a 25-year-old resident of Ambassador Quarters in Katsina State identified as Najib Shehu has killed his stepmother and broke his father’s leg.
INTERNATIONAL
7. Ukraine War: Putin Signs Order To Increase Size Of Russian Armed Forces
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin, Thursday, ordered the Russian military to increase its number of soldiers by 137,000 to a total of 1.15 million servicemen amid Moscow’s military action in Ukraine.
8. Court Orders Release Of Trump Redacted Search Papers
EKO HOT BLOG reports that a US judge has ordered investigators to release a redacted version of court papers that convinced him to authorise a search of Donald Trump’s estate.
9. The World Narrowly Escaped Nuclear Radiation Accident – Zelensky
EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Volodomyr Zelensky has said that Europe faced the prospect of a radiation disaster on Thursday when a Russian-occupied nuclear plant was disconnected from Ukraine’s power grid.
ARTICLE
10. 5 Things You Will Notice Before A Heart Attack
Your heart is like the central organ that keeps all the other organs in your body functioning. It pumps blood and regulates our respiratory system.
11. 4 Medical Conditions That Eating Cabbage Could Help Manage
Do you know that there are certain medical problems eating cabbage often may help manage? Cabbage is one of the most common vegetables that is usually used to make some natural salad for the purpose of eating foods like jollof rice, fried rice and the likes.
SPORTS
12. Chelsea ‘Switch Focus’ To Another Premier League Defender Amid Fofana Transfer Frustration
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Chelsea has reportedly turned their attention to Brighton centre-back Adam Webster as they can’t prise Wesley Fofana away from Leicester this summer.
13. Antony’s Dream Of Joining Man Utd Hits Major Setback As Ajax Boss Issues Damning Statement
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Ajax boss Alfred Schreuder has reminded wantaway star Antony that he has a contract in Amsterdam amid continued interest from Manchester United.
14. Chelsea Activate £12.6m Buyout Clause To Sign 19-Year-Old Midfielder
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Chelsea are set to trigger a €15 million (£12.6m) release clause to sign Dynamo Moscow midfielder Arsen Zakharyan, according to reports.
15. 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 Friday, August 26th 2022
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Major Newspapers in Nigeria
Punch Newspaper
1. Atiku, Wike meet in London
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday met the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, in London.
The meeting was held a few hours after former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, met the governor.
Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, joined Atiku at the meeting while Wike attended the meeting with his allies including Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State; Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State; Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State and former Cross River State Governor, Donald Duke, among others.
The meeting came barely three days after Wike met with the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
2. Why we suspended strike – NAAT
The National Association of Academic Technologists on Thursday said it suspended its 158-day-old strike for three months “to allow the government time to conclude negotiations and implementation of NAAT’s demands”.
The PUNCH reports that like other tertiary institution-based unions, NAAT had embarked on strike to push home its lingering demands.
But the union’s President, Ibeji Nwokoma, while addressing the press in Abuja said the suspension of the strike would last for three months.
“It is important to state that at the expiration of the three months window period, NAAT will not hesitate to resume the suspended strike action without notice if all the issues agreed upon with the Minister of Education, on behalf of the government, are not holistically addressed.
3. Abducted Enugu law school students regain freedom
The two students of the Nigerian Law School, Agbani, Enugu State Campus who were kidnapped last Wednesday have been released.
The students identified as Chukwuemeka and Festus Pedro were reportedly abducted around at Eke market in Agbani in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State around 8pm.
Sources said they went to the market to buy foodstuff before they were ambushed by the gunmen.
However, they regained their freedom eight days after their abduction.
The PUNCH could not independently ascertain whether a ransom was paid or not.
The gunmen had shortly after their kidnap demanded N50 million as ransom before they would be released.
Vanguard Newspaper
4. Subsidy removal: FG needs to win trust of Nigerians — Trade Union Congress
Mr Festus Osifo, president, Trade Union Congress (TUC), says Nigerians are not averse to the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) but waiting for the government to win their trust over the issue.
Osifo spoke during a panel session at the Association of Energy Correspondents of Nigeria (NAEC) Strategic International Conference on Thursday in Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the topic of the session was “Energy Transition, PIA, Petroleum Pricing and the Way Forward for the Downstream Sector.”
He noted that majority of Nigerians were not really interested in energy transition but were only concerned about affordable and reliable energy.
5. 2023: Afenifere not divided over Tinubu, says Adeyeye
Sen. Dayo Adeyeye, National Chairman, South West Agenda for Asiwaju 2023 (SWAGA), has said that Afenifere, the Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation is not divided on its support for the presidential ambition of All Progressives Congress (APC) Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
Adeyeye made this known in a programme monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)in Abuja on Thursday.
Adeyeye said that Tinubu’s candidacy enjoys massive support of majority of Afenifere members in spite of contrary insinuations in some quarters.
“I have respect for Adebanjo. He is my leader in Afenifere. As of today, the leader of Afenifere, for clarity is Reuben Fasoranti.
6. Borno Police parades 59 criminal suspects in Maiduguri
The Borno state police command have arrested 59 suspects for abduction, rape, burglary and theft in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC) and Jere Local Government Area.
The arrests of the suspects were made in the last two months in various parts of the metropolis and Jere Council in the state.
Parading the suspects, yesterday (Thursday), in Maiduguri, the Police Commissioner, Abdu Umar disclosed that five suspects including Nsa Hensewa, 46, were nabbed for kidnapping five people including three children.
He said that Hensewa was allergy paid N500, 000 by lady in Lagos to kidnap and transport the three children.
The Nation Newspaper
7. We’ll prosecute lawyers for looting conference venue, materials – NBA
President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Olumide Akpata has said that any lawyer found complicit in the looting of the conference materials collection centre that went viral will be prosecuted.
“I hereby assure the generality of Nigerian legal practitioners that any lawyer found complicit in the vandalisation of conference booths, theft of phones, assault on officials will be prosecuted,” he declared.
Akpata stated this on Thursday while addressing the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the association in Lagos.
He explained circumstances surrounding the delay in the distribution of the conference materials, ascribing it poor quality bags which were rejected.
8. Military nabs 21 pipeline vandals, seizes stolen petroleum products in N/Delta
The Defence Headquarters said troops of Operation Delta Safe had apprehended 21 pipeline vandals and impounded N3.7 billion worth of stolen crude oil and petroleum products in two weeks.
The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, made this known at a bi-weekly news briefing of the Defence Headquarters on Thursday in Abuja.
Danmadami said the troops, in the conduct of operations, Octopus Grip and Operation Dakar Da Barawo, made the arrest during operational activities in creeks, villages, communities and towns.
Daily Post
9. FCT authority alerts of imminent floods in Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has alerted residents of the FCT of imminent heavy floods in Abuja.
FEMA asked emergency workers to be ready to save lives and property in the nation’s capital.
Director-General Abbas Idriss issued a statement on Thursday through the Head of Public Affairs Nkechi Isa.
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMET) High Impact-Based Forecast predicts heavy rainfall in the FCT on Thursday and Friday.
The forecast said there would be flash floods on roads and low lying settlements, disruption of traffic and reduction of visibility.
10. NNPC fuel subsidy: Reps summon Auditor-General over payment documents
The House of Representatives has summoned the Auditor-General of the Federation (AGF) to appear before it on Aug. 30 for an explanation of fuel subsidy payments between 2013 and 2022.
The lawmakers want the auditor-general to provide documentary evidence on the audit carried out on the monies spent on fuel subsidy by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Ltd.
Rep. Ibrahim Aliyu, the Chairman, Special ad hoc Committee investigating the fuel subsidy, issued the notice in Abuja on Thursday.
Aliyu made this known during the scrutiny of documents submitted by the representative of the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGoF), Mr Okolieaboh Sylvia.
The AGoF was represented by the Director of Federation Accounts, Mr Mohammed Saleh.
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