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Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Monday, March 6th 2023
Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines & Naija News Today, Monday, March 6th, 2023 can be accessed below.
Below are the Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines from Nigerian Newspapers today:
POLITICS AND NATIONAL NEWS
1. INEC Confirms Readiness For Gov’ship Polls With Functioning Result-Viewing Portal
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission has given assurance that its result-viewing portal which suffered glitches during the presidential and National Assembly elections is now up and running.
2. 2023 Elections: Observers Call For Prosecution Of RECs Over Alleged Sabotage
EKO HOT BLOG reports that a pro-democracy organisation, Centre for Transparency and Advocacy, has demanded that Resident Electoral Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission in the last presidential election should be investigated for their alleged partisanship and connivance with politicians to sabotage and derail the exercise.
3. ‘Why Saturday Governorship Election Might Be Postponed’
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Governorship and State Assembly elections scheduled for the 11th of March, 2023 may be postponed.
4. ‘Lives And Properties Will Be Protected’ – Police Speak On PDP’s Planned To Protest At INEC HQ
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has said it will provide adequate security for members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) planning to lead a protest march in Abuja today.
5. Okowa, Ayu, Other PDP Leaders To Protest At INEC Headquarters Over Election Result
Eko Hot Blog reports that top leaders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) will protest at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja over the result of the presidential election.
6. ‘God Is Watching You’ — Kaigama Warns Election Tribunal Judges
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Diocese, Ignatius Kaigama, on Sunday, called on Justices of the Supreme Court to do their work with the greatest sense of justice as God is watching from above how they would dispense justice as litigants disappointed with the results of the general election head for the tribunal.
7. Troops Thwart Boko Haram Assault On Monguno Town
EKO HOT BLOG reports that troops of the Sector 3 Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), have thwarted an attack by the Islamic State West Africa Province, (ISWAP), in Monguno, the northern part of Borno State.
8. ‘I Have No Plan To Impeach Obaseki’ – Oshiomole Debunks Rumours
EKO HOT BLOG reports that former Edo State Governor and ex-National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has denied planning to impeach Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State.
SPECIAL REPORT
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.’
13. 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
14. ‘I’ll Not Let You Down’ — Tinubu Tells Monarchs At Oba Of Lagos Palace
Eko Hot Blog reports that President-elect Bola Tinubu has vowed not to let Lagos monarchs down.
15. Chrisland Schools Denies Alleged Plan To Exhume Whitney Adeniran’s Body
Eko Hot Blog reports that the management of Chrisland Schools has denied any plan to exhume the body of Whitney Adeniran.
16. PHOTOS: Sanwo-Olu Inspects Lagos Red Line Rail’s Mega Terminal
Eko Hot Blog reports that Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, inspected the mega terminal of the Red Line rail in the Ikeja area of the state.
INTERNATIONAL
17. Prince Harry And Meghan Consider King Charles’ Coronation Invite
Eko Hot Blog reports that Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, will be invited to King Charles III’s coronation, a statement from the couple suggests.
18. China: Government To Boost Military Budget
Eko Hot Blog reports that China will increase military spending by more than 7% this year, while warning of “escalating” threats.
19. UK: Channel Immigrants To Face Lifetime Ban
Eko Hot Blog reports that Channel migrants will be removed from the UK, banned from future re-entry and unable to apply for British citizenship under new legislation.
ARTICLE
20. 5 Simple Ways You Can Protect Your Phone From Virus
Smartphones are handy electronic devices that make daily activities easier. These devices can sometimes be vulnerable when the right procedures are not adopted, hence, smartphone users need to be aware of the various security issues that are essential for the effective management of their phones.
ENTERTAINMENT
21. Fuji Maestro Embarrasses Wife In Public Over Display Of Affection
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Nigerian Fuji maestro, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, popularly known as Kwam1, has sparked mixed reactions online after rejecting his wife’s public display of affection. The incident occurred when KWAM1’s wife, Emanuella Ropo, threw a surprise party to celebrate his 66th birthday.
22. I Was Inches Away From Being A Prostitute – Omotola Jalade
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Nollywood veteran actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, has shared details about the desperate moments in her life following the demise of her father.
SPORT
23. Manchester United Given Something Different At Anfield
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Liverpool thrashed Manchester United 7-0 at Anfield in what has been described as a humiliation for the visitors.
24. I Was Wrong – Paul Scholes Admits Fault On Liverpool Blunder
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Manchester United legend Paul Scholes has admitted that he was wrong to judge the title credentials of Liverpool and his former club earlier this season.
25. AC Milan Reportedly Interested In Ruben Loftus-Cheek
EKO HOT BLOG reports that AC Milan are reportedly interested in signing Chelsea midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek at the end of the season as the player’s contract is set to expire in 15 months’ time.
26. Week 35 Pool Result For Sat 4 Mar 2023 – UK 2022/2023 – Pool Agent
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the week 35 pool fixtures are for forty-nine (49) football matches for UK football 2022/2023 from the pool agent.
Top 10 Newspaper Headlines Monday, March 6th 2023
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Major Newspapers in Nigeria
PUNCH NEWSPAPER
1. Enugu PDP deputy gov candidate accused of threatening priests
The deputy governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr Ifeanyi Ossia has been accused of threatening Catholic priests in Enugu North senatorial district for preaching against bad leadership and asking people not vote for people who have been using government machinery to terrorise the people in the state.
Our correspondent gathered that a few days before the election, some armed thugs invaded several Catholic church parishes in Nsukka and threatened Reverend fathers and their parishioners over their choice to vote against the candidates of PDP.
Since the incident, neither the PDP nor the government of Enugu State had condemned the invasion and the attacks on the religious leaders.
One of the affected Catholic priests who didn’t want to be named because his bishop hasn’t authorised him to speak to the press, said “the state governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has approached the church leadership to douse the tension. However, the deputy governorship candidate is yet to apologize.
2. Niger police raid APC Situation Room
The Situation Room of the All Progressive Congress governorship candidate, Umar Bago, was raided by the Niger State Police Command in Minna on Sunday.
According to the Director of digital and strategic communications of the Bago campaign organisation, Abdulberqy Ebbo, who spoke to our correspondent after a post on Facebook, said the police came into the building and ransacked the situation room saying they were acting on a tip off from some people.
He said the Divisional Police Officer who led the search said he was reliably informed that officials of the Independent Electoral Commission were in the building with sensitive materials thumb printing ahead of the Saturday elections in favor of the APC.
“I got a call that the Situation Room was being searched by the police. I rushed there and asked the DPO what was going on and he said they were informed that INEC staff were in the Situation Room thumbprinting ahead of the governorship elections of Saturday.
3. Raphinha header helps 10-man Barca beat Valencia
Barcelona clung on with 10 men to beat Valencia 1-0 and move 10 points clear of Real Madrid at the top of La Liga on Sunday, thanks to Raphinha’s early header.
The Brazilian winger nodded the Catalans in front in the 16th minute. But after Ferran Torres missed a penalty and Ronald Araujo was sent off, the hosts were left fighting tooth and nail for the three points.
“The important thing is we keep adding points and we have three more,” Raphinha told Movistar.
“It’s hard to play with one less man, we did what we needed to, moved deeper and we pulled out the win.”
Barca retreated in the final half hour following Araujo’s 59th minute red card but survived to beat Ruben Baraja’s Valencia, who are 19th and two points from safety.
VANGUARD NEWSPAPER
4. Tinubu visits Oba Akiolu in Lagos, describes victory as World Cup
President-elect Bola Tinubu on Sunday stormed Lagos first time after winning the presidential election last Saturday and reiterated his promise not to disappoint Nigerians.
Tinubu arrived amid rousing welcome in a homecoming manner, at the Presidential wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja and received among others by Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Chief of Staff Tayo Ayinde, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro and other top functionaries in Lagos.
Shortly, after touching down he and the entourage proceeded to the Iga-Iduganran Palace, on a visit to Oba of Lagos, Rilwanu Akiolu, with some other traditional rulers in the state and White Cap chiefs.
5. Atiku, Obi rejected election results to create chaos in Nigeria – Osoba
Former governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba on Sunday said the rejection of the 2023 presidential election results by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and his counterpart in the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi is an attempt by the duo to create chaos in Nigeria.
Osoba who made the revelation in an interview he granted on Journalist Hangout, a programme on Television Continental (TVC), posited the candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu clearly won the presidential poll, stressing that the election is one of the most peaceful ever conducted in Nigeria.
He added that Nigerians are wiser and would not allow themselves to be instigated or provoked into turning the country on fire while urging the aggrieved candidates to present specific and not random information to back their claims.
Answering a question on Atiku, Obi’s rejection of the election results for the 2023 presidential election, Osoba said, “It is an attempt to draw us back, and create chaos within the system. They all have the results of the elections signed by their agents all over the country, they know very well what happened. To now claim that they won the election that is a disappointment to me; I can assure you, Nigerians are wiser now, and nobody will be instigated or provoked into turning this country on fire. “
6. Higher position is call to service – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says appointment to an important position is a high call to service and responsibility to God and the people.
Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the vice president was as Special Guest of Honour at the Enthronement Service of the new Methodist Archbishop of Abuja, the Most Rev. Michael Akinwale.
The service was held at the Methodist Cathedral of Unity in the FCT.
The church service also featured the presentation of Sir Kayode Beckley as the new Methodist Church Diocesan and Archdiocesan Lay President.
THE NATION NEWSPAPER
7. FG approves N308.45bn promissory notes to exporting coys
The Federal Government has approved the disbursement of N308, 458, 160, 546.41 worth of Promissory Notes to 199 exporting companies under the Export Expansion Grant (EEG) Scheme.
The Executive Director/CEO, Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Dr. Ezra Yakusak while issuing letters to some beneficiaries of the scheme in Abuja commended the government and the National Assembly for the prompt response in approving the payment of the outstanding claims to the beneficiaries.
“The sum of N193, 456, 239, 386.40 was approved for 133 beneficiaries of the scheme in respect of EEG outstanding claims for the period of 2017 to 2020 while the sum of N108, 317, 269, 008.76 was approved for 35 beneficiaries in respect of EEG backlogs of claims for the period of 2007 to 2016 respectively.
8. 26-year-old on bike from Kastina to Lagos to congratulate Tinubu
A26-year-old biker Gaddafi Musa is on a journey from Katsina to Lagos State to congratulate President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Musa, who was at Ilorin around 4.30 pm on Sunday, said that he had begun his journey on Wednesday morning when most of the Statessubmitted their results and all indications pointed that Tinubu would win the election.
According to him, he embarked on the journey to fulfill the promise he made to congratulate President-elect on his bicycle in his residence in Lagos State.
DAILY POST
9. BBTitans: Juicy Jay, Olivia evicted from reality show
The pair, ‘Juovia’ were evicted during the live show.
During the nomination process, the Head of House, Ebubu and Tsatsii were put up for nomination for conspiracy.
This week almost all housemates were nominated for eviction.
The housemate up for eviction are, Khosi, Yemi, Nelisa, Ebubu, Miracle, Tsatsii, Nana, Blackboi, Ipelang and Thabang.
10. Salah breaks record, overtakes Fowler as Liverpool’s top Premier League goalscorer
Mohamed Salah has penned his name in Liverpool’s and English Premier League’s history books by overtaking Robbie Fowler as the Reds’ all-time highest Premier League goalscorer against rivals Manchester United.
Salah smashed in Liverpool’s fourth goal to grab his brace and wrote his name in the annals of EPL football history.
Liverpool ran riot over the Red Devils, whitewashing their rivals 7-0 in a game that will be remembered for ages.
The brace means the Egyptian King has netted 129 top-flight goals for the club, beating Reds icon Fowler in the process.
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