Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Tuesday, August 23rd 2022

Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines & Naija News Today, Tuesday, August 23rd 2022 can be accessed below.

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

POLITICS AND NATIONAL NEWS

1. 2023: SDP Disowns Spokesperson Over Recent Comment On Tinubu’s Candidacy

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the National Publicity Secretary of the Social Democratic Party, Rufus Aiyenigba, has urged the public to disregard Alfa Mohammed who is laying claim to the position he occupies in the party.

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2. 2023: Another Amaechi’s Ally Dumps APC, Joins PDP

EKO HOT BLOG reports that a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, Princewill Dike, has dumped the party for the Peoples Democratic Party.

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3. APC’s Loss In Osun A Consequence Of Sacrilege Committed Against Bola Ige – Soyinka

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has said that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was punished at the recent Osun State Governorship Election for committing a “sacrilege” against a slain former Minister of Justice, Bola Ige; and those who represent his ideals.

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4. Atiku Never Said He’ll Handover Federal Varsities To State Govts – Aide

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Paul Ibe, the Media Adviser to Atiku Abubakar has said that the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will not handover Federal Universities to state governments if he becomes president in 2023.

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EPE NEWS

5. Epe Kayokayo 2022: Epe Ogunmodede Club Sinks Epe Club As Barrister Omodele, Tunde Seiriki Claim Victory At Novelty Match

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the President of Epe Ogunmodede Club, Barrister Omodele Ibrahim,  and his counterpart, Lawyer Tunde Seriki, led the Epe Ogunmodede Football Team to victory during the Epe Kayokayo 2022 novelty match.

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EKO NEWS

6. LASG Reiterates Commitment To Ending Gridlock On Mile 2 – Tincan Axis

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the state government assured stakeholders that attention would be focused on Apapa until there is a free flow of traffic in the area.

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7. Lagos TESCOM Charges Teachers To Shun Exam Malpractices

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Lagos State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) has charged teachers in Lagos State Secondary Schools to desist from all forms of examination malpractices in the course of discharging their primary responsibilities.

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8. Lagos Set To Host ‘Showcase Session’ At NBA General Conference

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Lagos State Government is set to host a ‘Lagos Showcase Session’ at the ongoing Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association taking place at the Eko Atlantic City.

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9. LASG, NG-CARES Empower Ikorodu Entrepreneurs Affected By COVID-19 Pandemic

EKO HOT BLOG reports that500 beneficiaries of an empowerment training initiative – Lagos-CARES, a partnership initiative with the Federal Government’s NG-CARES programme, have received Certificates of Competency and Cash Grants in 10 soft skills and practical training during a graduation ceremony held recently in Ikorodu, Lagos.

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10. Lagos Commissioner Bags Award Of Credence

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Mrs. Cecilia Bolaji Dada, has been awarded an honorary Award of Credence by the Fight Against Corruption Organisation (FACO), a Non-Governmental Organisation focused on strategies and advocacies to curb reprehensible activities that constitute a national menace.

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INTERNATIONAL

11. Elon Musk Subpoenas Jack Dorsey Ahead Of Twitter Court Battle

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Elon Musk has launched legal action to summon Twitter former CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey to appear in court as part of his legal battle with the tech company.

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12. Trump Sues Justice Department Over Search On Florida Home

EKO HOT BLOG reports that a former US President Donald Trump has asked a judge to freeze the justice department’s investigation of files seized from his Mar-a-Lago home.

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ARTICLE

13. 7 Common Foods That Can Cause Chronic Cancer

One of the things that make people have cancer is what they eat. According to Healthline, there are various cancers. We have cancer of the lung, liver, kidney, cheat, prostate, and skin.

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14. 5 Foods You Should Eat As Natural Pain Killers

Inflammation is what causes pain because of the way our brain responds to inflammation. According to Healthline, chronic inflammation can cause asthma, cancer, heart disease, and mental deterioration.

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ENTERTAINMENT

15. BBNaija S7: Chomzy Emerges HOH, Picks Eloswag As deputy

EKO HOT BLOG report that Big Brother Naija season 7 housemate, Chomzy, has emerged the Head of House for week five and the first female to hold the position this season.

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SPORTS

16. Week 7 Pool Result For Sat 20 Aug 2022 – UK 2022/2023 – Pool Agent

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the week 7 pool results are for forty-nine (49) football matches for UK football 2021/2022 from the pool agent.

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Top 10 Newspaper Headlines Tuesday, August 23rd 2022

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Major Newspapers in Nigeria

Punch Newspaper

1. Police apologised to Agba Jalingo, petitioner absent – Sowore

The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has said that the Nigeria Police Force has apologised to the Cross River activist and journalist, Agba Jalingo, who was arrested over alleged defamation of Elizabeth Ayade, the wife of Frank Ayade, who is a brother to the Governor of Cross River State, Ben Ayade.

In a live video on his Facebook page, Monday, Sowore stated that the police noted that the petitioner (Elizabeth) complained of trauma.

“He (Jalingo) was asked to return this morning with the provision that the lady in question should appear. But, when we got here, we were surprised, they said she has trauma. They said that she is supposed to write her own statement since she is the complainant. But, she couldn’t show up,” Sowore said.

“I told the police that since Agba Jalingo is part of our campaign, they should wait till March 2023 before they continue the case. Anyway, there is no case here, saying that the police had “stylishly apologised for the way they treated him.”

Jalingo’s lawyer, Marshal Abubakar, who also spoke, said, “If the lawyer (Elizabeth)  feels aggrieved by the publication of any media house, she has a remedy in law, and her remedy lies in the tort of defamation. There is no basis whatsoever for using obnoxious, anachronistic, and outdated laws that have been set aside by courts of the land to start hounding journalists who are simply carrying out duties as persons who hold the duty to inform the society about happenings.

2. Hoodlums disrupt chieftaincy installation by Olubadan

The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, has condemned the disruption of chieftaincy installation by hoodlums believed to have been hired by some prospective Mogajis and Baales.

The installation which was held on Monday was said to have been disrupted by the hoodlums and this was said to have forced the monarch to suspend the activities.

It was learnt that there were contentions concerning the choice of some of the chiefs and the Olubadan condemned the resort to the use of miscreants to address the issue.

Oba Balogun, in a statement signed by his Personal Assistant (Media), Oladele Ogunsola, expressed disappointment at the unruly behaviour of the supporters of the prospective chiefs.

He said the disruption led to the abrupt end of the programme shortly after the installation of only three out of 10 chiefs slated for the day.

“It was a sad scene, seeing miscreants storming the palace, where, accompanied by my members of council seated to perform the traditional rites throwing decorum to the wind in abeyance of the exalted and majestic positions of my members of the Council.

3. Qatar deports migrant workers after wage protest

Qatar has deported migrant workers for staging a rare protest against unpaid wages less than three months before the football World Cup, a labour rights group said on Monday.

Qatar’s government, which has faced an intense spotlight over the treatment of migrants, has confirmed that some of the workers who took part in the August 14 protest were detained but has given no details as to whether they have been expelled.

During the protest earlier this month in Doha, at least 60 workers — including some who had reportedly not been paid for seven months — held up traffic outside the Al Bandary company, according to Equidem, a London-based labour rights campaign organisation.

“We have spoken to workers involved in the protests (including) one who has been deported back to Nepal, and confirmed he has returned,”  said Equidem head Mustafa Qadri said.

“Others from Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Egypt and the Philippines have also been deported,” he added.

Qatar’s government said on Sunday that “a number of protesters were detained for breaching public security laws”.

It added that “a minority of protesters who failed to remain peaceful and acted in breach of Qatar’s public security laws face deportation by court order”.

Vanguard Newspaper

4. 2023 Presidential poll: APC S’West vows to deliver massive votes for Tinubu

National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Iyiola Omisore, and National Vice Chairman, South West, Isaacs Kekemeke, have expressed confidence that the South West Zone of Nigeria will deliver massive votes for it’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu in the 2023 general poll.

The duo spoke at a media briefing, Monday, at the end of a strategic zonal meeting of the APC South West leaders, held at the party Secretariat, Acme road, Ogba, Lagos.

Also at the meeting were: Isaac Omodewu, Chairman APC Oyo Styate, Mrs Olubunmi Oriniowo, APC National Ex-Officio, South West, and Mr. Ayo Afolabi, South West Zonal Publicity Secretary, among others.

Omisore, speaking to the media said, “Election is very near. Luckily for us the presidential candidate for the party (APC) is for the South West.

5. 2023, time to sack old politicians — Labour party urges Nigerians

The labour party in Osun state has urged Nigerians to use their permanent voters card to discard politicians who feel Nigeria is their personal heritage and belonging.

Speaking at the inauguration of the party in Ile-Ife, Osun state on Sunday, the Ife branch Chairman, Olamide Awosunle, said Nigerians are now in bondage with no meaningful or reasonable means of escaping.

He added that”the concept of citizenship remains skin-deep and a mirage as ethnic and religious fault lines deep; state institutions have virtually become impotent to serve any useful purpose because of the poison of incompetence hoisted by nepotism and clannish disposition of the leadership”.

He added that citizens are now groaning under the yoke of insecurity and economic hardship unleashed on them through corruption and mismanagement, adding that Peter Obi is the key to move Nigeria to prosperity.

6. Gridlock: We’ll fix Oshodi-Apapa expressway reconstruction project in 2months – Sanwo-Olu

Lagos State Governor, Bababjide Sanwo-Olu, has called on residents and motorists along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway of the state, on the need to be patient over the ongoing rehabilitation of the road, assuring that the project will be completed in the next two months

This came as motorists on Monday, around Sanya to Second Rainbow, got stranded in traffic gridlock for several hours due to the on-going rehabilitation work in the axis which expanded to Tin-Can Island Port.

Sanwo-Olu, gave the assurance, through his Special Adviser on Transportation, Sola Giwa, while speaking with newsmen, after an inspection tour and on-the-spot assessment of the project.

Sanwo-Olu’s aide had earlier met with Managers of Nigerian Port Authority, NPA, representatives of Messer Hi-Tech contractor, truck operators and stakeholders, at a crucial meeting bothering on Apapa traffic issues and road construction, held at NPA Tincan Island, Apapa Office.

The Nation Newspaper

7. Gunmen in speedboat kidnap Rivers monarch

Gunmen riding on a speedboat have kidnapped the Chairman of the Abissa Council of Chiefs in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State, High Chief Matthew Opoto.

Opoto was reportedly seized and taken away while on his way to his community in the Abissa waterway.

The marauders were said to have intercepted the boat conveying Opoto alongside some members of his council of chiefs and forced the occupants to identify their target.

An indigene of the area, Minaibiye Dolphin, who confirmed the incident said the monarch was a few minutes to his destination when the assailants struck.

He said: “The chairman of Abissa council of chiefs High Chief Mathew Opito, (3rd) was travelling with some of his chiefs and about five minutes to arrive the community, gunmen came in a speed boat, identified him and took him away.

8. Lagos taskforce seizes over 300 motorcycles

The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Taskforce on Monday said it seized over 300 motorcycles for flouting the ban on certain routes.

It said those seized operated in places like Oko-Oba, Local Airport Road and Abeokuta Expressway, which are all banned routes for commercial motorcycles.

A statement by the agency’s Director, Press and Public Affairs, Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, said the agency also raided Jakande and Iyana Ejigbo axis where not less than 120 motorcycles were impounded.

Quoting the Taskforce Chairman, CSP Shola Jejeloye, Abdulraheem said the enforcement would be continuous in order to deter stubborn riders.

“CSP Jejeloye further disclosed that though the level of compliance on Abeokuta Expressway is impressive, the agency still recorded confiscation of 45 bikes along that axis in the past one week while 113 bikes were impounded at Oko-Oba and 29 suspects were arrested.

Daily Post

9. Buhari congratulates US-based Noel Alumona, first African to win AFS Award

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Noel Ifeanyi Alumona for winning the 2022 AFS Award for Young Global Citizens.

The Nigerian, studying Special Education in Vanderbilt University, United States, became the first African to win the prize since inception in 1914.

The award was presented to the student during the International Youth Day organized by the United Nations Global Communications Department, the AFS Intercultural Programs and The Youth Assembly.

Buhari hailed Alumona for kindness and sacrificial spirit, noting that he already established foundations to cater for the needs of the physically challenged, vulnerable and less privileged.

The Nigerian leader extols his outstanding character and dedication to helping others, particularly for attracting global spotlight to his fatherland.

10. ASUU strike: Activist charges students to scuttle 2023 political campaigns

Rights activist Adeniyi Alimi Sulaiman has called on Nigeria students to get tougher on the lingering Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike.

The Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ) chairman charged them to block political campaigns for 2023 general elections.

In a statement on Monday, Sulaman tasked the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) to force the government to resolve its face-off with ASUU.

He accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of putting citizens “into the current mess in our educational sector”.

Sulaiman urged ASUU not to bow to President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in the disagreement over the payment of salaries from February.

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