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Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Tuesday, December 13th 2022
Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines & Naija News Today, Tuesday, December 13th, 2022 can be accessed below.
Below are the Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines from Nigerian Newspapers today:
POLITICS AND NATIONAL NEWS
1. Two Political Parties Form Alliance Ahead Of 2023 General Election
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the African Action Congress (AAC) and a faction of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) have announced an alliance for the purpose of the 2023 presidential election.
2. Nigerian Army Accused Of Killing Children Fathered By Boko Haram Terrorists
EKO HOT BLOG reports that an international news agency, Reuters has accused the Nigerian Army of killing children fathered by Boko Haram terrorists
3. Sholape Animashawun Foundation Partners Charity To Grant N1m Worth Of Scholarships To PLWDs
Eko Hot Blog reports that The Care People Foundation, in conjunction with the Sholape Animashawun Foundation, granted 17 people living with disabilities (PWLDs) N1 million worth of scholarships.
SPECIAL REPORT
4. COP27 Resolution: A Justification Of Tinubu’s Viral Climate Change Comments?
The world is currently in a climate emergency, and Nigeria is not exempted from the devastating effects of this crisis. Recently, Nigeria experienced its worst flooding disaster in more than ten years. The flooding, attributed to climate change, killed more than 600 people and affected more than two million Nigerians. Interestingly, experts have asked people in flood-prone areas to brace up for worse next year.
5. Electoral Violence: The Biggest Challenge To Nigeria’s Democratic System
Since its independence in 1960, Nigeria’s electoral history and democratic development have frequently contained ‘violence’. The time leading up to, during, and following elections always sees an escalation of different forms of this threatening act across the nation.
6. Why Lagos State Has Sustained The Frontline Of Transformations
While no state government has overtly admitted to drawing inspiration and making imitations of Lagos, there are telltale signs of replicated patterns ideated by Lagos. Lagos is the first past the winning post. Sanwo-Olu’s terrain is not called the “Center of Excellence for Fun.”
7. Joe Biden And Kamala Harris Might Bury A Century-Old Menace
The concept of student loans is not alien to the American tertiary education system. An average American undergraduate or postgraduate student either owes a student loan or knows someone who does. A student loan is a financial assistance rendered to a student in post-secondary education to cover tuition and related expenses, including books, supplies, and living costs.
8. Is Cristiano Ronaldo Still Old Trafford Hero Or A Villain?
On Tuesday, 31st August 2021, social media was ablaze with Manchester United’s delightful announcement of the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo from Juventus on a two-year contract with the option to extend for a year further. Almost every Manchester United fan was delighted to hear the return of the “Old Trafford hero” as most people believed he would help bring back the glory days that Manchester United is known for.
EKO NEWS
9. Speak Out Against Gender-based Violence, Lagos Public Defender Urges Men
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Office of the Public Defender (OPD), has challenged men to take the front position in the current war against gender-based violence through active participation in the sensitisation and awareness campaign against the social menace in the state.
10. Sanwo-Olu Flags Off Reconstruction Of Nigeria’s Oldest Courthouse Destoyed By Hoodlums
Eko Hot Blog reports that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, performed the sod turning for the redevelopment of the oldest courthouse in the country, two years after the iconic colonial vestige was razed by rampaging hoodlums in an unrest that trailed the EndSARS protest in October 2020.
EPE NEWS
11. Wale Raji Reiterates Commitment To Driving Youth Passion At Epe Christmas Concert
Eko Hot Blog reports that the lawmaker representing Epe Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, Wale Raji, has reassured youths in the constituency of his commitment to support talent development to promote arts, culture, and tourism.
INTERNATIONAL
12. US: Officials Discuss Steps To Rescue Ex-Marine From Russian Custody
US officials are meeting on Monday to discuss steps on how to free ex-US Marine Paul Whelan from Russian custody, according to a US envoy.
13. Indonesia: Tourists Won’t Be Charged Under Sex Outside Marriage Law
Tourists visiting Indonesia will not be charged under a new law which will criminalise sex outside marriage, officials say.
14. US: Karen Bass Makes History As LA’s First Female Mayor
Karen Bass was sworn-in as mayor of Los Angeles, California on Sunday, making her the first woman to lead the second-largest city in the US.
15. FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested
Eko Hot Blog reports that the founder of collapsed cryptocurrency exchnage FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, was arrested in The Bahamas late Monday evening.
16. Italy: Three Women Shot Dead In Rome Cafe
Three women including a friend of Italy’s new prime minister were killed when a man opened fire at a cafe in Rome, injuring four other people.
17. US: Arizona Govt Set To Create A Boarder Of Shipping Containers
Resistance is mounting to a controversial plan from Arizona’s governor to build a wall of shipping containers along the US-Mexico border.
18. War: EU Slaps New Sanctions On Iranian Experts Helping Russia
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the European Union foreign ministers have imposed new sanctions on Iranian clerics, senior officials and top state media employees over the brutal crackdown on protesters, and also on experts they believe are linked to supplying Russia with explosive drones to use in its war against Ukraine.
19. War: Putin Cancels Annual Conference For First Time In 10 Years
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not hold his traditional big year-end news conference, the Kremlin has said, for the first time in 10 years.
20. Russia: Putin Cancels Annual End Of The Year News Conference
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not hold his traditional big year-end news conference, the Kremlin has said, for the first time in 10 years.
21. Twitter Disbands Trust And Safety Council
Twitter on Monday night announced it was disbanding its “Trust and Safety Council,” according to an email the company sent to the councils’ members.
22. Peru: President Dina Boluarte Proposes Early General Elections
Peru’s new President Dina Boluarte has proposed bringing general elections forward two years to April 2024, during a televised speech delivered early Monday morning, amid ongoing protests throughout the country
23. War: UK Vows To ‘Turn Lights Back On’ In Ukraine Amid Russia’s Attacks
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the United Kingdom (UK) has vowed to “turn the light on in Ukraine”.
ARTICLE
24. 10 Tricks Easily To Spot A Liar, According To Psychologists
Whether you are dealing with a dishonest colleague, a cheating partner, or a manipulative friend, these tips will help you to see through their lies and uncover the truth.
ENTERTAINMENT
25. ‘How I Met My Fiance’ – DJ Cuppy Opens Up, Officially Announces Her Engagement
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigerian billionaire’s daughter and female disc jockey, DJ Cuppy, has officially announced that she’s engaged to British boxer, Ryan Taylor.
SPORT
26. Arsenal Identify Top Transfer Target In January
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Arsenal have made Shakhtar Donetsk winger Mykhaylo Mudryk their top target for the January transfer window, according to reports.
27. Ancelotti Set To Take Over As Brazil Manager
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Real Madrid manager, Carlo Ancelotti, is set for a shock move to replace Tite as Brazil’s head coach.
28. Week 23 Pool Result For Sat 10 Dec 2022 – UK 2022/2023 -Pool Agent
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the week 23 pool fixtures are for forty-nine (49) football matches for UK football 2022/2023 from the pool agent.
Top 10 Newspaper Headlines Tuesday, December 13th 2022
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Major Newspapers in Nigeria
PUNCH NEWSPAPER
1. Admit returnee Nigerians with expired passport — NIS
The Nigeria Immigration Service on Monday announced that Nigerians returning to Nigeria can be admitted into the country with their expired Nigerian passports.
This was contained in a memo addressed to all Heads of Missions, Immigration Attachés, Airports Comptroller and Airlines.
According to the memo which was signed by the Special Assistant to the Comptroller General (Foreign Desk), DCI BM Lawal for the Comptroller-General of the Immigration Service, Muhammed Babandede, all airlines are requested to allow holders with expired Nigerian passports to board without any hindrance.
The memo reads, “I am directed to respectfully present the compliments of the Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service and notify all relevant authorities that the Federal government of Nigeria has approved that Nigerians returning home can be admitted into the country with their expired Nigerian passports.
“Consequently, all Airlines are requested to allow holders of expired Nigerian passports to board without any hindrance.”
2. Politicians buying PVCs from voters – INEC
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Independent National Electoral Commission, on Monday, accused some politicians of buying up Permanent Voter Cards and financially inducing voters to harvest their Voter Identification Numbers.
The commission also said that two persons have been recently convicted for illegal possession of PVCs in Sokoto and Kano states.
The acting chairman of INEC and National Commissioner, overseeing the FCT, Nasarawa, Kaduna and Plateau states, Mohammed Haruna, raised the alarm in Abuja, on Monday, during the launch of the #YourVoteMatters project by an election observer group, NESSACTION.
The project was supported by the International Foundation for Electoral System; the United States Agency for International Development and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
3. W’Cup: US seizes 55 websites for illegal live-streaming
Fifty-five websites have been seized for illegally live-streaming matches from the World Cup in Qatar, the United States Justice Department said Monday.
The websites were shut down after a FIFA representative identified sites being used to distribute copyright-infringing content without the authorization of the soccer world governing body, the department said in a statement.
FIFA holds exclusive rights to the World Cup, which has reached the semi-final stage.
“While many may believe that such websites do not constitute serious threats, the infringement upon rights holders of any intellectual property is a growing threat to our economic viability,” said special agent James Harris of the Homeland Security Department.
VANGUARD NEWSPAPER
4. Lagos 2023: I’ll form govt with Ndigbos — Jandor
The Lagos PDP Governorship Candidate, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), has assured Ndigbo in Lagos State of his resolve to from an all-inclusive government and stop all harassment against them in markets.
Adediran said this at an interactive meeting with Ndigbo leaders at the palace of Eze Ndigbo of Ikeja Local Government, Lagos on Monday.
The Lagos PDP gubernatorial candidate noted that the prosperity of the state could be linked to the investment of Ndigbo in Lagos State.
“I am here to assure the Igwe that this time around, the party that you love, will jointly form the government of Lagos State with you in 2023.
“Although, we know it is difficult for one to have been working all over the years with no results, l appeal to you that this is not the time to give up.
5. FG says pre, post-arrival covid-19 tests unnecessary for travellers
As the prevalence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria and most parts of the world remains at a low level for a sustained period, the Federal Government, FG, through the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has said pre-arrival or post-arrival testing for COVID-19 was no longer required for travellers irrespective of vaccination status.
This was made known in an All Operators Letter, AOL, addressed to Aviation Service providers by the Director General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Captain Musa S. Nuhu, on Monday, in Abuja.
The letter partly reads: “COVID-19 Travel Testing: Pre-departure and post-arrival COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction tests are no longer required for all passengers irrespective of vaccination status. The PCR tests required for all passengers who are partial/not fully vaccinated have been suspended.”
6. 2023: INEC commences nationwide distribution of PVCs
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Monday, commenced the distribution of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) at its local government offices nationwide.
The News Agency of Nigeria reporter who monitored the collection of the PVCs in FCT, reports that the exercise commenced simultaneously at INCE, FCT headquarters and its six area council offices.
NAN reports that some of the registered voters in their hundreds were seen on the queue at the gate at INEC FCT state office for the collection of their cards.
NAN reports that the collection was done in wards in the FCT, depending on the mode of registration, including those who did fresh registration, transfers, requested for replacement and others.
THE NATION NEWSPAPER
7. Workers to Adeleke: offset Aregbesola’s arrears
Osun State workers, under the aegis of All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS), has appealed to Governor Ademola Adeleke to offset the salary owed its members by the Rauf Aregbesola administration.
They spoke at the weekend in Osogbo at the 32nd annual congress and presentation of educational blueprint to the governor.
ANCOPSS President Mr. Akinropo Ijaodola admonished the new administration to take their welfare more seriously and improve on the quality of education.
8. ‘Fed Govt lost N16tr through tax waivers, exemptions’
Between 2020 and this year, a total of N16.4 trillion has been lost as a result of tax waivers and exemptions handed by the Federal Government.
A Non- Governmental Organisation (NGO), Centre for Social Justice, made this known in its report entitled: ‘Frivolous, Inappropriate, Unclear and Wasteful estimates in the 2023 Federal appropriation bill’.
Eze Onyekpere, Lead Director, Centre for Social Justice in the report submitted to the Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC), said “from 2020 to 2022, a total of N16.4trillion revenue was foregone as tax expenditure while FGN and the states continued to pile up debts”.
Foregone revenue refers to tax waivers, concessions and money which should have accrued to Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) or the Federation Account which was waived and will no longer be collected.
DAILY POST
9. Constitution Amendment: Gbajabiamila, Lawan lobby governors to save local govt autonomy, 43 other bills
The Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila have appealed to governors to allow the 44 constitution alteration bills sent to the States Houses of Assembly to scale through.
The two lawmakers made the plea on Monday at Distinguished Parliamentarians Lecture 2022 series organised by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) in Abuja on Monday.
It would be recalled that there is a current face-off between the governors and the federal lawmakers over the State Police bill rejected by the National Assembly.
The governors, who want the lawmakers to sign the reconsider the police bill, have reportedly gave a condition that the state police bill must be reconsidered or States Assembly won’t proceed with the amendment process.
10. 2022 World Cup: Why Morocco beat Portugal – Mourinho
AS Roma manager, Jose Mourinho, has hailed Morocco’s tactics and fighting spirit at the 2022 World Cup.
The Atlas Lions defeated Mourinho’s native country Portugal 1-0 to qualify for the semi-final.
It is the first time an African nation has come this far at the tournament.
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