Headlines
Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Thursday, December 29th 2022
Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines & Naija News Today, Thursday, December 29th, 2022 can be accessed below.
Below are the Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines from Nigerian Newspapers today:
POLITICS AND NATIONAL NEWS
1. PDP Makes Move To Battle G-5 Governors Ahead Of Presidential Endorsement – Reports
EKO HOT BLOG gathered that reports have indicated that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will be forced to invoke articles of its constitution to combat threats to its electoral fortunes by the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and his four aggrieved colleagues.
2. Senate Suspends Buhari’s Request To Approve Unapproved N23.7trn Spending
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Nigerian Senate has suspended a request by President Muhammadu Buhari to approve N23.7 trillion spent without the approval of the National Assembly.
3. Imo Governor Announces Ohanaeze Ndigbo President-general’s Death
Eko Hot Blog reports that the President-general of the sociocultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, is dead.
4. 2023: ‘APC Will Not Get 25% Of Votes In Edo’ – Obaseki
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, ahead of the 2023 election, has boasted that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will not get 25 percent of his state’s votes.
SPECIAL REPORT
5. Renewed Hope: Dissecting Tinubu’s Comprehensive Plans For Security
Security, undoubtedly, is germane to the sustainability of any society. Safety of lives and properties is fundamental to key issues in national development.
6. CBN Taking Our Financial Freedom from Us with ‘Suffocating’ Monetary Policies
The Central Bank of Nigeria has in recent time been working tirelessly to regulate the system’s economy and get complete control of “all cash in circulation” throughout the country.
7. Attacks on INEC: What Shape Will the 2023 General Election Take?
While we count down to the 2023 General Election, the tension in the political atmosphere counts up with episodes of calculated violence and mischief perpetrated by political thugs.
8. How Attacks on INEC Facilities are Designed to Jeopardize 2023 General Elections
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, there are growing fears that the elections, especially in the South-eastern part of the country might be under serious threat following the frequent attacks on INEC facilities.
EKO NEWS
9. LASEMA Removes Second Body Of Fun-Seekers Who Drowned In Lagos Beach
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has recovered the body of a second missing fun seeker who drowned on at Baracuda Beach, Abraham Adesanya, Ajah area of Lagos State.
10. Lagos Threatens To Punish Nightclubs For Allowing Illegal Parking
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Parking Authority (LASPA) has said it will punish some nightclubs for allowing their customers to perpetrate illegal parking on major roads across the state during the festive season.
INTERNATIONAL
11. Supreme Court Sets Date To Pass Judgement On Biden Student Loan Forgiveness
The conservative-majority Supreme Court will have a major say over whether President Joe Biden is able to accomplish some of his most ambitious agenda items in 2023.
12. US: House Of Reps Bans TikTok From Official Devices
Eko Hot Blog reports that Users who install the short-form video app on any House mobile device will be asked to remove the software, according to the notice, which was provided by the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer.
13. Energy Giant ExxonMobil Sues EU To Block Energy Windfall Tax
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the United States, US energy giant, ExxonMobil is suing the EU in a bid to force the bloc to scrap its new windfall tax on oil firms.
14. Another Russian Oligarch Dies ‘Suddenly’ As List Of Putin’s Wealthy Critics Dying Keeps Growing
EKO HOT BLOG reports that no fewer than 10 people critical of Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine have died in suspicious circumstances since the start of the invasion
15. Bangladesh: Dhaka Opens First Metro Line
Some commuters in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, now have an easier route to work after the first phase of a long-awaited metro system finally opened.
16. Michigan: Missing Doctor Found Dead Near His Home
A Michigan doctor who was reported missing on Christmas Eve was found dead Tuesday after a diving team searched a frozen pond near his home.
17. Former Pope Benedict’s Health Is Deteriorating-Pope Francis
Pope Francis has said that his predecessor Pope Benedict, the 95-year-old former pontiff who resigned from the post nine years ago, is “very sick” after a deterioration in his health on Wednesday.
18. Thai Border: Ten Confirmed Dead In Cambodia Casino Fire
At least 10 people have been killed in a fire at a Cambodian hotel-casino on the border with Thailand, police say.
ARTICLE
19. 3 Easy Ways To Avoid Cracked Feet In Harmattan Season
Cracked feet is one thing that is common in harmattan. In fact, people often say that harmattan period is the best time to check out a lady’s physical looks if you want to marry her.
ENTERTAINMENT
20. Actor And Comedian John Bird Dies Aged 86
Actor and comedian John Bird has died aged 86, his representatives have confirmed.
21. Ini Edo Speaks On New Deal With Netflix
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nollywood actress, Ini Edo has taken to social media to open up on her new deal with Netflix and how much it cost her.
SPORT
22. Benfica Reply Chelsea’s Club-record Bid For Enzo Fernandez
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Benfica are reportedly attempting to convince Enzo Fernandez to stay until the end of the season following Chelsea’s club-record offer for the midfielder, according to reports.
23. DONE DEAL: Liverpool Confirm Signing Of Cody Gakpo From PSV
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Liverpool have confirmed the signing of forward Cody Gakpo from PSV Eindhoven.
24. Week 25 Pool Results For Sat 24 Dec 2022 – UK 2022/2023 -Pool Agent
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the week 25 pool fixtures are for forty-nine (49) football matches for UK football 2022/2023 from the pool agent.
Top 10 Newspaper Headlines Thursday, December 29th 2022
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Major Newspapers in Nigeria
PUNCH NEWSPAPER
1. Reps demand justice for slain Lagos lawyer, Raheem
The House of Representatives has demanded justice for a Lagos-based female lawyer, Omobolanle Raheem, who was shot and killed by an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Drambi Vandi, an officer attached to the Ajah Divisional Headquarters of the Lagos State Police Command.
At the plenary on Wednesday, members of the House observed one-minute silence in honour Raheem, and Gafaru Braimoh who was the second person to have been killed by policemen in the same area within one month.
The lawmakers demanded, “an immediate investigation be carried out to get justice for these two victims,” while they resolved that “police officers should be banned from consuming alcohol and other hard substances that are capable of inhibiting their sense of reasoning and capability to carry out their duties judiciously.”
The House also declared that there should be a zero-tolerance policy to misconduct or misbehaviour in the Nigeria Police.
2. PDP member killed in Oyo
A member of the Peoples Democratic Party in Oyo State, Mudashiru Baraka, has been killed.
He was said to have been killed by rival political thugs on Wednesday morning in Oyo town.
PUNCH Metro gathered that Baraka, a PDP grassroots mobiliser in the town, was macheted to death by his assailants at his father’s house in the morning.
Lamenting the attack was allegedly backed by some individuals in the opposition party, the ruling PDP in the state said others who escaped from the scene sustained various degrees of injuries while appealing to the state Commissioner of Police, CP Adebowale Williams, to bring culprits of the dastardly acts to justice expeditiously.
3. Residents flee Ondo communities over killer-herdsmen attacks
The residents of Ijagba, Imoru and Arimogija in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State have raised the alarm over the incessant attacks on the communities by suspected killer-herdsmen.
In a ‘Save our Souls’ message to the state government, the residents who are mostly farmers claimed that the killer-herdsmen had been terrorising the communities for over two weeks, killing and destroying properties worth millions of naira.
It was gathered that the herdsmen had allegedly been destroying farmlands and crops which included yam, maize and cassava in the affected communities and if the farmers resisted them, they would attack them.
A source in one of the communities on Wednesday stated that the herdsmen who always kidnapped the residents of the community for ransom had warned them not to go near their farms and local plantation.
VANGUARD NEWSPAPER
4. 7 burnt to death in Sagamu-Benin expressway accident
No fewer than seven people were burnt to death on Wednesday when a Mazda bus suddenly burst into flames a few meters before Odogbolu on the Sagamu-Benin expressway
Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Spokesman, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta.
Akinbiyi said that seven others sustained injuries in the accident that occurred at 2.50 p.m.
According to him, the bus marked AGL 886 YD suddenly burst into flames due to an engine overflow.
5. National Assembly passes N21.82trn Budget for 2023
THE National Assembly Wednesday passed the 2023 Appropriation Bill to the tune of N21, 827,188,747, 391 as the national budget as the aggregate expenditure for the fiscal year.
The approved budget was jerked by N1.31 trillion which was moved from the initial N20.1 trillion to N21.8 trillion.
Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari had on Friday, October 7th 2022 proposed and laid a N20.51 trillion Appropriation bill for consideration by both the Senate and the House of Representatives.
The passage of the appropriation bill was sequel to the consideration and approval of the report of the Senator Jibrin Barau, APC, Kano North led Senate Committee on Appropriations and the House Committee on Appropriation presented by the chairman, Hon. Aliyu Betara.
6. ‘I bless God for life,’ CDQ narrates near-death experience
Nigerian rapper, Sodiq Abubakar better known as CDQ, who is currently hospitalised, is thankful for his survival.
The rapper took to Instagram to express gratitude to God for saving his life.
Recounting the experience, CDQ revealed that he thought he was going to die, as he has never felt helpless in his life.
THE NATION NEWSPAPER
7. I hawked oranges to train my daughter, says slain lawyer’s mum
The mother of the slain expectant lawyer, Mrs. Bolanle Raheem, has revealed she hawked oranges to train her to become a lawyer.
She spoke when Lagos Police Commissioner (CP), Abiodun Alabi, visited the family’s residence in Ajah on Tuesday.
Bolanle’s mother wept inconsolably over the murder of her daughter by Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Drambi Vandi at Ajiwe in Ajah on Christmas Day.
“I cannot see my ‘The Law’ again. People usually call her ‘The Law’. She was taken away from me.
8. ‘Tinubu healthy, intellectually fit to rule Nigeria’
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is healthy and intellectually fit to rule Nigeria.
The declaration was made on Wednesday in Osogbo by Mr. Adeboye Adebayo, a member of the APC’s Presidential Campaign Council.
He spoke at a media engagement held at the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Office in Osogbo, on: “Tinubu’s manifesto: Speaking directly to peoples’ needs and national challenges.’’
DAILY POST
9. Ondo: Abducted students finally regain freedom
Four students from Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, who had been held captive for five days in Ondo State by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers were freed on Wednesday.
According to sources, the students were released after the victims’ families paid an undisclosed ransom.
The victims were abducted last week Friday while returning to their hometown of Ajowa-Akoko in Akoko North West Local Government for Christmas.
The victims were Florence Obadero, Oreoluwa Aregbesola, Ifeoluwa Ahmed, and Omotoyosi Olarotimi. Their driver was identified as Monday Momodu.
10. Passenger dies in Otedola Bridge accident, LASTMA rescues others
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) said Tuesday evening’s accident inward Otedola bridge claimed one life.
The agency, however, rescued 12 victims trapped inside a commercial bus after it rammed into a petrol tanker.
General Manager, Bolaji Oreagba issued a statement signed by the Director of Public Affairs, Taofiq Adebayo.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the bus had a brake failure, according to Oreagba.
Thank you for experiencing our major newspaper headlines for today. More tales are offered on EKO HOT BLOG internet site. (Click Here)
We publish newspaper headlines every morning on Ekohotblog
Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ekohotblog/
Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ekohotblog_
Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/ekohotblog
To register for our e-newsletter, click the web link listed below
Advertise or Publish a Story on EkoHot Blog:
Kindly contact us at [email protected]. Breaking stories should be sent to the above email and substantiated with pictorial evidence.
Citizen journalists will receive a token as data incentive.
Call or Whatsapp: 0803 561 7233, 0703 414 5611
