Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Tuesday, December 27th 2022

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

POLITICS AND NATIONAL NEWS

1. Fresh Trouble For Obi As South-East Billionaire Endorses Soludo For President

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Anambra State born-billionaire businessman, Prince Arthur Eze, has distanced himself from the presidential ambition of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi.

2. Stop All Forms Of Violence In The Southeast – Nnamdi Kanu Tells IPOB

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has issued a stern warning to his members and its security outfit, the Eastern Security Network, (ESN) to stay away from any form of violence this festive period.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. ‘This Is Unacceptable’ – Tinubu Reacts To Killing Of Pregnant Lawyer In Lagos

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, (APC) Bola Tinubu has condemned the shooting and killing of Mrs. Bolanle Raheem, a lawyer, which took place on Sunday under the Ajah bridge in Lagos by a police officer attached to Ajiwe police station.

8. Sanwo-Olu To Alimosho Hospital Patients: Yuletide Season Signals Hope Of Quick Recovery For You

Eko Hot Blog reports that Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has urged patients of Alimosho General Hospital not to be depressed by their health state or for not being able to celebrate with their loved ones at home, stressing that the grace of being able to witness the season signals hope of quick recovery for them.

9. Lagos Women Affairs Ministry Holds 2022 Women Security, Peace Forum

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA), has held the Year 2022 Women Security and Peace Forum with the theme: “Strengthening Women’s Resilience and Leadership as a Path to Peace in Regions”, aimed at fostering security and peace amongst residents, especially women in the State.

10. Brazil: Police Arrest Man Suspected Of Planting Explosives In The Capital

Police in Brasilia arrested a man on Saturday suspected of planting and possessing explosive devices one week ahead of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s inauguration, Police Chief Robson Candido said during a news briefing.

11. China Set To Stop Covid Quarantine For Foreign Arrivals

China has announced that its requirement for travellers arriving in the country to go into quarantine will end on 8 January.

12. War: Ukraine Launches Revenge Attack On Russian HQ

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Ukraine carried out a devastating strike on a Russian command post in the Kherson region on Christmas Eve, inflicting heavy casualties on Putin’s army.

13. War: Ukrainian Strike Hits Russian Barracks In Occupied Regions

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Ukraine has hit four control points and six areas where Russian troops had been concentrated in the last 24 hours, the latest update from the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces claimed.

14. Burkina Faso: Minibus Hits Deadly Landmine Amid Jihadist Violence

A minibus has hit a landmine in Burkina Faso in West Africa, killing at least 10 people, officials say.

15. Iran Protests: Family Of Football Legend Ali Daei Stopped From Leaving

Iranian football legend Ali Daei says an international flight has been rerouted to prevent his wife and daughter from leaving the country.

16. Spain: 7 Dead After Coach Plunge From Bridge Into River

Emergency services in Spain have confirmed a seventh death after a bus plunged from a bridge into a river on Christmas Eve (Saturday).

17. Serbia: Troops On High Alert Over Rising Tensions

The Serbian army says it is at its “highest level of combat readiness” after weeks of escalating tensions between Serbia and Kosovo.

18. Opinion!!! Pele Can’t Untie Messi’s Shoelace (1)

When Frenchman Jules Rimet became FIFA President in 1921, his mission was to wean football off the dominance of the Olympic Games, and project it as the most popular sport, unifying people from all walks of life.

19. 5 Health Conditions You Must Never Overlook As You Grow Older

As we age, it’s important to pay attention to our health and be aware of any potential health conditions that may arise.

20. Chelsea ‘Offered’ Leandro Trossard As Liverpool Make Transfer Decision

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Brighton winger, Leandro Trossard has reportedly been offered to Chelsea ahead of the January transfer window, while Liverpool have also been contacted regarding the 28-year-old’s availability next month.

21. Confirmed: Liverpool Beat Man Utd To Sign Cody Gakpo From PSV

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Liverpool have reached an agreement to sign Netherlands forward Cody Gakpo from PSV Eindhoven.

22. Female Golf Legend Dies At 83

Kathy Whitworth – the professional golfer with the most trophies – has died aged 83, America’s Ladies Professional Golf Association has said.

23. 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.

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

PUNCH NEWSPAPER

1. Fire guts residential building in Lagos

Fire has gutted a residential building on Aladelola Street, Ikosi Ketu area of Lagos State on Monday.

The raging fire was seen razing the building as residents who trooped to the scene watched from afar.

The fire is still currently ongoing, with men of the fire service making efforts to put it out.

The PUNCH gathered that the water in the first tank of the fire service truck got exhausted, with another truck coming in afterwards.

2. Slain Lagos lawyer was pregnant — Designer, Toyin Lawani

Celebrity designer, Toyin Lawani, has revealed that the lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, who was killed by a police officer attached to the Ajiwe Police Station in the Ajah area of Lagos State on Christmas Day, was pregnant.

Sharing a video via her Instagram account on Monday, Lawani revealed her relationship with the deceased, their last chat, and more.

She said, “Look, I cried myself to sleep but it is not a joke, Bolanle is gone. She still chatted with me last week. She is very peaceful, her husband always ready to go… they don’t have ‘wahala’ and I heard this morning that she was shot by the police at Ajah. She went to buy pizza for Christmas, for her daughter, she was shot in front of her daughter. The police asked them to park and there was a car in front of them, they were about to park not like they were moving or anything and they shot her in the chest. She died on the spot.

“She is pregnant. Nigeria police, when are you people going to stop giving these drunkards uniforms. These people on the road, they will be disturbing everybody’s peace for no reason, trying to extort money from people. Christmas Day, Bolanle! Haaa! Oh my God! We must all make sure that we support her, make sure whoever did this to her pays for his crime.”

3. Activist knocks Buhari over Leah Shabiru’s continued captivity

A peace advocate, Rev. Gideon Para-Mallam, on Monday berated the Federal Government for its inability to secure the freedom of Leah Sharibu who had celebrated her fifth Christmas in the captivity of Boko Haram insurgents.

The activist called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) and his All Progressives Congress-led regime to fulfill his promise to release her from Boko Haram den.

He also reminded all men and women of goodwill, common sense and those who celebrate humanity to “remember that Leah Sharibu is an innocent human being, kept against her will in captivity by Boko Haram.”

Para-Mallam, President and CEO of Para-Mallam Peace Foundation, made the lamentation in a statement titled, ‘Leah Sharibu’s 5th Christmas in Captivity: Should we care or remain silent?’, obtained by journalists in Abuja.

VANGUARD NEWSPAPER

4. Three bloated bodies recovered in Kirikiri carnal in three days

The sight of dead bodies floating on the Kirikiri canal, Apapa, Lagos, has assumed a disturbing phenomenon, with three bodies –two males and a female recovered within three days.

These bloated bodies which usually floated towards the shore of Vanguard’s corporate office, emit distinct odours.

Last year, over nine bloated bodies in their decomposing states were found in the same canal, some with injuries.

5. Obi supporters kick as ‘Atiku/Obi’ campaign posters emerge in Bauchi

A Coalition of supporters of the presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi and his running mate, Yusuf Ahmed Datti known has dissociated itself from a campaign poster in circulation the pictures of the presidential candidate of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and their candidate Peter Obi as presidential and vice presidential candidates in the 2023 general elections.

The Coalition said that its candidate has not formed any political alliance with anyone.

Speaking with journalists in Bauchi on Monday, the Chairman of Obidatti Coalition, Elder Musa Abel described the development as a deliberate effort to confuse teeming supporters of the LP in the state.

6. Kukah blast Buhari on anti corruption, federal character

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah has lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari on his war against corruption, but commended his efforts in the area of infrastructures which he said has been tremendously improved.

The bishop acknowledged that, there has been a measurable improvement in the landscape especially in the area of roads and railway .

In his Christmas message delivered at St. Mary Catholic Church, Sokoto, titled “Let us turn a new leaf,” Bishop Kukah remarked that, “it is sad that despite your lofty promises, you are leaving us far more vulnerable than when you came, that the corruption we thought would be fought has become a leviathan and sadly, a consequence of a government marked by nepotism.

“In my Message last year, I pointed out that you had breached the Constitution by your failure to honour and adhere to the federal character provisions of our Constitution. Thus evidence is all before us all.

THE NATION NEWSPAPER

7. IPOB leader Kanu seeks end to violence in Southeast

Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu has called for an end to violence in the Southeast.

Kanu, who is in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS), conveyed the message through his lawyers during a visit to him.

He said the enemies were relentlessly exploiting the people and recruiting criminals to destroy Igboland and blame it on IPOB.

8. Gunmen kill retired squadron leader in Plateau

Gunmen have killed a retired squadron leader, Mrs. Hellen Godos, in the Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State.

Her son was abducted but later released, while another person was shot.

The incident occurred at about 8 pm on Christmas eve.

The assailants forced themselves into Godos’ residence after firing shots.

DAILY POST

9. Drug war: US approves forensic, intelligence support for NDLEA

The United States government has announced a project that would boost the war against illicit drugs in Nigeria.

The support will strengthen forensic and chemical analysis, intelligence gathering and prosecution capability of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) is coordinating the intervention.

NDLEA Director of Media, Femi Babafemi made the announcement in a statement on Monday.

10. NCAA alert pilots, airlines of hazardous weather during dry season

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has warned pilots and all airline operators to exercise caution over hazardous weather during this dry season.

NCAA gave this warning in an Advisory Circular, AC, signed by the Director General, Capt. Musa Nuhu dated 19th December 2022, with reference no AC: NCAA-AEROMET – 34 initiated by the Directorate of Aerodrome and Airspace Standards, DAAS, addressed to Pilots and all Airline Operators.

Following the Seasonal Climate Prediction, SCP, that cessation of rainfall and weather associated with the dry season in Nigeria from late December 2022 to March/April 2023 by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NIMET, NCAA alerted pilots about the nature of weather associated with the dry season in the nation ranging from light/moderate to severe dust haze and sometime early morning fog which can sometime reduce the horizontal visibility to below the aerodrome operating minima.