Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Sunday, January 15th 2023

Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines & Naija News Today, Sunday, January 15th, 2022 can be accessed below.

Below are the Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines from Nigerian Newspapers today:

POLITICS AND NATIONAL NEWS

1. Offices Burnt As Fire Guts Police Headquarters In Kano

Eko Hot Blog reports that the headquarters of the Kano State Police Command situated in the Bompai area of the state was engulfed by fire on Saturday.

2. Massive Turn Out As Peter Obi Takes Campaign To Ondo State (Photos)

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi stormed Akure the Ondo State capital on Saturday for a campaign rally.

3. Tinubu: APC North-East Youths Insist On Dumping Shettima, Knock Keyamo

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the North-East Youths and Stakeholders Forum of the All Progressive Congress has reiterated the decision to dump the party’s Vice Presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima, as they knock the spokesman of the APC campaign council, Festus Keyamo, for alleging that its decision was a subtle blackmail.

4. Deciphering Tinubu’s Economic Strategy And Its Implications For The Road Ahead In Nigeria

Like a ravenous beast consuming everything in its path, Nigeria’s government continues to gobble up debt, with the Debt Management Office forecasting a possible N77 trillion debt by mid-2023. This is unsurprising to many citizens who are well aware of their government’s insatiable appetite for borrowing.

5. The Clock Ticks On, Exceeding Two-year Mark Since #EndSARS, Yet The Plague Of Police Brutality In Nigeria Remains Unabated

The #EndSARS movement, as it quickly came to be known in October 2020, garnered global attention and support as the world watched in horror at the reports of police brutality in Nigeria. Despite the promise of reform, the issue has continued to haunt the country like a ghost from the past.

6. Why Wike, Other G-5 Governors May Pitch Their Tent With Tinubu

Like a chorus of discontent, Governor Nyesom Wike and the other G-5 Governors – Seyi Makinde, Okezie Ikpeazu, Samuel Ortom, and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi – have all united in their fervent rejection of Atiku’s presidential aspirations. It is beyond dispute that these leaders of the People’s Democratic Party have made their opposition to Atiku’s bid known with great conviction.

7. Christmas Day 2022: A Grinch With Cold Hands

Christmas celebration is a commemoration of the miraculous birth of Jesus Christ, the son of God. Each year on December 25th, billions of people around the globe come together to honor this sacred event through religious and cultural celebrations.

8. Police Arrest Couple For Brutally Beating Children In Lagos

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Police Command has arrested a couple for allegedly torturing two children in the Egbeda area of the state.

9. Mexico: Authorities Enact Total Ban On Smoking In Public Places

Mexico has brought into force one of the world’s strictest anti-tobacco laws by enacting a total ban on smoking in public places

10. US: Rep. Suzanne Bonamici And Husband Struck By A Car In Portland

Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., was briefly hospitalized Friday night after she and her husband were hit by a car in Portland, according to her spokesperson.

11. War: 10 Killed As Russia Fires New Waves Of Missiles Across Ukraine

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Russia launched fresh waves of missile attacks across Ukraine on Saturday, killing at least 12 people in a strike on an apartment block in the eastern city of Dnipro.

12. Jordan: Jesus Baptism Site To Become Huge Tourists Attraction By 2030

Today the River Jordan lacks its biblical proportions, but some 200,000 visitors still flock to the traditional spot for Christian baptisms in Jordan in a typical year.

13. Israel: Thousands Protest Against Netanyahu Government

Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered in central Tel Aviv on Saturday night to protest plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government to overhaul the legal system and weaken the Supreme Court — a step that critics say will destroy the country’s democratic system of checks and balances.