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Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Friday, February 24th 2023
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Below are the Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines from Nigerian Newspapers today:
POLITICS AND NATIONAL NEWS
1. 2023 Polls: Eko Hot Blog Analyses Candidates’ Strengths, Frailties
Since Nigeria transitioned back to democracy in 1999 after years of military dictatorship, presidential elections in the country have naturally been characterized by intense clashes between the political elite vying for the nation’s top job.
2. 2023 Elections: Adamawa LP Guber Candidate Dumps Obi For Tinubu
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Engr Umar Mustapha, the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Adamawa State has collapsed his campaign structure into that of All Progressives Congress (APC) for the presidential quest of Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
3. Presidential Election: NCC Dispels Rumours Of Shutting Down Networks
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, said its attention has been drawn to what it describes as a fraudulent and misleading information circulating on some social media platforms, insinuating there is a planned shutdown of all telecom networks and relevant ICT Units, including online transfer facilities of the banks, with effect from today, February 23, 2023.
4. APGA Chairman Assassinated By Gunmen [PHOTO]
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Ohofia Agba Ward, Ishielu Local Government Area (LGA) of Ebonyi State, Monday Idoko, has been killed by some ‘Unknown Gunmen’.
5. Finnish Police Releases Ekpa After Hours Of Questioning
EKO HOT BLOG reports that a popular pro-Biafra separatist agitator, Simon Ekpa, has been released by Police in Finland, hours after he was arrested and grilled on Thursday, according to HS.
6. Biafra: Simon Ekpa Declares Sit-at-home Order After Release From Finnish Police Custody
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the factional leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Simon Ekpa, has broken silence hours after his release by the Finnish police.
7. Court Nullifies Expulsion Of PDP National Assembly Candidates In Ekiti
EKO HOT BLOG reports that a High Court in Ado Ekiti has nullified the expulsion of five National Assembly candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State.
SPECIAL REPORT
8. Tinubu Vs. Atiku. Vs. Peter Obi: Issues The Next President Must Prioritise
When the sun rises on Saturday, February 25, 2023, the people of Nigeria will be caught on a journey to choose their next leader, like travellers on a perilous expedition through treacherous terrain. This election will shape the fate of the country, at least for the next four years. The air is electric, crackling with anticipation and uncertainty like a gathering storm.
9. Are We Set To Experience A Paradigm Shift? A Closer Look At Peter Obi’s 2023 Presidential Bid
One name that is profound in conversations around the coming election is Peter Obi. Obi, a man whose name has become synonymous with success and prudent spending, has captured the hearts and minds of young Nigerians across the country. There is no denying the incredible achievements of this former governor of Anambra State.
10. Democratic Freedom Under Threat: Victimisation Of Nigerians For Exercising Their Right To Political Choice
Freedom of thought and conscience is a fundamental right that every developed nation recognizes and protects through its constitution. It is this right that guarantees citizens the freedom to vote and be elected into public office.
11. New Naira Policy: President Buhari And Consistent Draconian Policies
The memories of Major-General Muhammadu Buhari’s leadership remain etched in the minds of only a few, despite his tenure as Nigeria’s Military Head of State from 1983 to 1985 being witnessed by many. His regime was marked by authoritarian policies that were so pervasive they gave rise to the term ‘Buharism.’
12. 2023 Elections: What Is Really Behind The Political Smokescreen Of Nigeria?
As the Nigerian presidential election approaches, we all eagerly await the outcome, wondering who will emerge victorious and surpass their opponents through either cunning or sheer luck.
EKO NEWS
13. PHOTOS: Police Ask Lagos Residents To Identify Serial Thief
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Police Command is calling on residents of the state to come identify one Wilfred Amoussou, a suspected serial thief.
14. Funke Akindele Finally Appeals To Colleagues Ahead Of Elections
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Funke Akindele, a Nigerian actress and politician, has made a public appeal for support ahead of the upcoming general elections in Nigeria.
15. Lagos Govt Announces Monthslong Traffic Diversion On Marine Bridge
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Government has announced a traffic diversion plan for the Apapa-bound lane of the Marine bridge from Sunday, 26th February, to Sunday, 28th May 2023.
16. Applicants Propose Sustainable Projects For Lagos SDGs Impact Challenge
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Office of Sustainable Development Goals and Investment has screened 101 eligible applicants for the SDGs Impact Challenges Grants, comprising Non-Governmental Organisations, Civil Society Organisations, and other social impact ventures.
INTERNATIONAL
17. US: Sam Bankman-Fried Charged With Four New Crimes
Eko Hot Blog reports that the former boss of collapsed crypto exchange FTX has been hit with four new criminal charges accusing him of conspiring to make illegal political donations and to commit bank fraud.
18. Burkina Faso: African revolutionary Thomas Sankara’s Family Boycott His Reburial
Eko Hot Blog reports that Burkina Faso’s most famous revolutionary Thomas Sankara has been reburied in the capital by the military junta – despite his widow and children boycotting the funeral.
19. North Korea: Group Issues Warning Of Radioactive Risk To Water From Nuclear Tests
Eko Hot Blog reports that Hundreds of thousands of North Koreans may be exposed to radioactive materials creeping into water, a non-governmental organisation based in Seoul says.
20. US: Billionaire Financier Thomas Lee Dies Aged 78
Eko Hot Blog reports that a US billionaire financier who helped pioneer the debt-fuelled corporate acquisition known as a leveraged buyout has been found dead, his family says.
21. US: Alec Baldwin Pleads Not Guilty To Involuntary Manslaughter
Eko Hot Blog reports that Alec Baldwin has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter for the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie Rust.
22. US: Update On Ex-Lawyer Alex Murdaugh Murder Trial
Eko Hot Blog reports that In a murder trial that has gripped the US, the heir of a South Carolina legal dynasty has admitted to lying about his whereabouts on the night his wife and son were killed.
ENTERTAINMENT
23. R. Kelly Gets Extra Prison Time
Eko Hot Blog reports that disgraced singer R. Kelly must spend an extra year in prison on top of a 30-year sentence he is already serving.
24. My Prayers Were For A Woman With A Day Job – Banky W
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Banky W, a famous Nigerian singer-turned-politician, has revealed that he had once prayed not to marry someone in the entertainment industry.
25. US: Hollywood Film Producer Harvey Weinstein Gets More Years In Prison
Eko Hot Blog reports that former Hollywood film mogul Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 16 more years in prison in Los Angeles on Thursday for rape and sexual assault charges dating back to 2013.
26. Angel Smith On Why Slay Queens Have A Reason To Vote Peter Obi
EKO HOT BLOG reports that reality star and former Big Brother Naija housemate, Angel Smith, has advised young women to vote for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, in the upcoming election.
27. Oscars 2023: Rihanna Set To Perform Lift Me Up
Eko Hot Blog reports that the music superstar is scheduled to perform Lift Me Up during the biggest night in Hollywood – the Oscars.
SPORT
28. Laureus Sports Award: Tobi Amusan Makes History As First Nigerian Woman Nominated
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Tobi Amusan, a record-breaking Nigerian athlete, has become the first Nigerian woman to be nominated for the prestigious Laureus Sports Awards.
29. Bruno Fernandes On How Erik Ten Hag Dealt With Ronaldo, Rashford, Sancho
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes has shed light on the strict rules imposed by manager Erik ten Hag on star players such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Jadon Sancho, and Marcus Rashford.
30. Week 33 Pool Result For Sat 18 Feb 2023 – UK 2022/2023 – Pool Agent
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the week 33 pool fixtures are for forty-nine (49) football matches for UK football 2022/2023 from the pool agent.
Top 10 Newspaper Headlines Friday, February 24th 2023
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Major Newspapers in Nigeria
PUNCH NEWSPAPER
1. Poll: Makinde declares Friday half-working day
The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has declared Friday (tomorrow) as a half-working day, to allow public and civil servants who may need to travel to perform their civic responsibilities in during Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, indicated that the declaration was contained in a circular signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Mrs. Olubanwo Adeosun.
The circular, which was addressed to all Ministries, Departments and Agencies as well as the State House of Assembly and other extra-ministerial departments, directed that government offices will close by 12 noon on Friday, with only staff covering essential services expected to remain at their duty posts afterward.
According to the circular, the declaration of Friday as a half-day is in tandem with the governor’s commitment to deepening democracy and good governance.
2. INEC distributes election materials to 16 LGs in Kwara
The Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Kwara State, Mallam Attahiru Madami, on Thursday took delivery of some sensitive materials for the Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections from the Central Bank of Nigeria, Ilorin branch.
Madami, who was at the CBN office, supervised the movement of the materials out of the bank premises. He said that the materials would in turn be distributed to all the 16 local government areas of the state where the election would take place.
The REC said that the materials would be accompanied and monitored by the police and other security personnel to ensure that they are delivered safely to their destinations before the commencement of the election.
He said that the election materials would be delivered to all parts of the state.
3. Poll: Ex-militant leaders back Obi, demand Atiku’s withdrawal
Leaders of former Delta agitators across the seven states in the region have endorsed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and his running mate, Yusuf Baba-Ahmed, for Saturday’s election.
The ex-Niger Delta militant leaders, their representatives in alliance with a new think-tank of oil producing ethnic nationality of the region, also warned against rigging the general elections and the manipulation of results.
This is as they demand the immediate withdrawal of the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and his running mate, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, from the election.
The former agitators under the aegis of Conference of Ex-militants for Niger Delta Industrial Rebirth made the declaration in a 10-point communique after what they termed a well-attended conference in Port Harcourt.
VANGUARD NEWSPAPER
4. 2023: Credible polls will strengthen Nigeria’s democracy — Electoral Forum
The Electoral Forum, on Thursday, urged Nigerians to get acts together to discharge their civic responsibility of voting for credible leaders to pilot the affairs of the nation.
The Forum’s Chairman, Prof. Adebayo Olukoshi, who briefed journalists in Abuja, stressed the need for stakeholders to ensure the people’s will prevailed during Saturday’s election.
According to him, a credible outcome of the poll would support the country’s democracy to thrive.
5. Rise above fuel, naira scarcity, vote for Tinubu, APC, Akeredolu begs Nigerians
Chairman of the South West Governor’s Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu, has pleaded with Nigerians to rise above the frustration of the fuel and naira scarcity, to vote for the All Progressive Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Saturday.
Akeredolu, in a state broadcast in Akure, the Ondo state capital, lamented that the “ill-timed cash swap policy and the artificial scarcity of fuel are both lethal injections.
According to him they were ” deliberately administered to demarket the All Progressives Congress (APC) government, create an uncontrollable crisis in the nation and finally frustrate the 2023 general elections.
Akeredolu, who said Tinubu represents the new Nigeria the people envisaged, noted that “the central purpose of the controversial Cash Swap Policy and artificial fuel scarcity was to frustrate the popularity and renowned acceptability of the APC Presidential candidate across all tribes and religions in this country.
6. What Peter Obi’s victory will do for Nigeria, Africa – Alexx Ekubo
Nollywood actor, Alexx Ekubo has said Peter Obi’s victory in next Saturday’s presidential election will do for Nigerian and Africa at large what former United States President, Barrack Obama’s victory did for the black race in America.
Recall that the actor had recently lamented that many have fallen out with their family and friends.
He advised Nigerians to avoid enmity with their family, friends, and acquaintances due to divergent political ideas.
THE NATION NEWSPAPER
7. Wike to Rivers: I won’t mislead you on chosen presidential candidate
Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has told the people of the State to trust him in the choice of presidential candidate they should vote for on Saturday.
The Governor insisted the choice already made by stakeholders was done with the interest of the state at heart.
Wike said he would not mislead the people maintaining that he would continue to protect the interest of the State at all times.
The Governor spoke on Thursday while inaugurating some critical road projects in Port Harcourt Local Government Area.
8. Elections: IGP deploys 13 top officers to Kaduna
The Police Command in Kaduna says three Commissioners of Police, four deputies and six assistants have been deployed to oversee the conduct of 2023 general elections in the state.
The Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Muhammad Jalige, said the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Baba, deployed the top officers to provide water-tight security before, during and after the elections
According to him, senior officers in the command are strategizing to provide effective security overage throughout the exercise in the state.
Jalige further said that the team headed by CP Babaji Sunday had already been deployed to various Senatorial zones.
DAILY POST
9. Presidential election: NCC clears air on shutting down networks
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, said its attention has been drawn to what it describes as a fraudulent and misleading information circulating on some social media platforms, insinuating there is a planned shutdown of all telecom networks and relevant ICT Units, including online transfer facilities of the banks, with effect from today, February 23, 2023.
NCC advised all Nigerian public, consumers of telecommunications services, and all bank customers to ignore these or similar messages that insinuate deliberate network shutdown or disruption of services in the Nigerian telecom network.
“These malicious and subversive messages originated and are being circulated by fraudsters and unscrupulous elements in the society with the intent to cause chaos and panic among the populace,” the commission said in a statement on Thursday.
10. Biafra: Simon Ekpa released by Finnish Police after hours of questioning
A popular pro-Biafra separatist agitator, Simon Ekpa, has been released by Police in Finland, hours after he was arrested and grilled on Thursday, according to HS.
Earlier in the day, Ekpa was escorted out of his apartment in Lahti by Finish policemen.
He was later released after the police allegedly arrested him for a suspected crime.
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