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Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Tuesday, January 3rd 2023
Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines & Naija News Today, Tuesday, January 3rd, 2022 can be accessed below.
Below are the Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines from Nigerian Newspapers today:
POLITICS AND NATIONAL NEWS
1. IPOB Speaks On Boycotting 2023 Elections
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Monday spoke on reported plans to boycott the 2023 general election which is fast approaching.
2. Gunmen Attack Ohakim’s Convoy, Kill Four Policemen
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the convoy of a former Governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim was attacked by fleeing gunmen on Monday.
3. ‘He Is Not Fighting For South’ – Reno Omokri Reveals Why Wike Is Against Atiku
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has opined that Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, is not fighting the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on the ground of 2023 presidential zoning.
SPECIAL REPORT
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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
8. Avoid Unsafe Sale, Storage Of Fuel, Lagos Govt Warns Residents
Eko Hot Blog reports that Lagos State government has warned against unsafe fuel storage in homes, markets, and workplaces which can result in fires with resultant loss of lives and properties.
9. Lagos Water Deficit: Relief Is On The Way – Sanwo-Olu
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said the state is working on resolving the challenges responsible for the lack of potable water in the state.
EPE NEWS
10. New Year: Abiru Celebrates With Patients At Epe General Hospital As ECF Donates Cash Gifts
Eko Hot Blog reports that the lawmaker representing Lagos East Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Tokunbo Abiru, has joined patients at the Epe General Hospital, in Epe Local Government, Lagos State, to celebrate the new year, 2023.
INTERNATIONAL
11. India: Two Killed In Freak Accident At New Year Party
Eko Hot Blog reports that Manjunath Olekar, 67, was preparing his gun to fire celebratory shots during the party at his home in Shivamogga city on Saturday.
12. Tesla Reports 1.3 Million Deliveries For 2022
Electric car maker Tesla says it delivered a record 1.3m vehicles last year, 40% more than in 2021.
13. Senegal: MPs Jailed For Assaulting Pregnant Colleague
Two opposition MPs in Senegal have been given six-month jail sentences for kicking a pregnant colleague in the stomach during a budget debate.
14. New York: Teenager Charged Over New Year Eve Police Machete Attack
Police have charged a 19-year-old with two counts of attempted murder over an attack on three police officers near Times Square on New Year’s Eve.
15. Egypt: US Returns Ancient Coffin To Cairo
A looted ancient Egyptian sarcophagus that was on display at a US museum has been returned to Egypt.
16. Earth, Wind & Fire Band Drummer Fred White Dies Aged 67
Fred White, former drummer of the band Earth, Wind & Fire, has died aged 67.
17. War: Putin Under pressure As Ukraine Missile Strike Kill Dozens Of Russian Troops
EKO HOT BLOG reports that HIMARS missile strikes have killed 63 Russian servicemen, Russian defence chiefs have confirmed in a huge blow to President Vladimir Putin.
ARTICLE
18. PRESS STATEMENT!!! The Gospel of Political Endorsement and Leadership Selection According to Obasanjo
When the duo of former president Olusegun Obasanjo and Pa Ayo Adebanjo attended the 70th birthday of Chief John Nwodo in Enugu on Sunday, December 11, 2022, we knew then that the die was already cast on the candidacy of Gregory Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate.
19. Pelé: Shame of Nigeria’s Vagabond Leadership
With a halo round his head, Pelé packed lightning in his right foot, thunder in his left; the reason his footsteps sparkled, the reason he shone like a million stars, the reason he was named Edson after the inventor of the light bulb, Thomas Edison: the reason he turned football to ‘jogo bonito’ – the beautiful game.
20. 3 Things You Should Avoid While Using Gas Cooker To Prevent Fire Outbreak
The introduction of gas stoves was one of the many innovations sparked by technical advancement in recent years.
ENTERTAINMENT
21. Burna Boy Apologises To Fans For Late Performance
Multi-award-winning musician and Afrobeat phenomenon Burna Boy, has apologised to his fans for being late for his Lagos Concert on Monday morning.
SPORT
22. ‘You Don’t Deserve To Win’ – Enrique Blasts Liverpool After Brentford Defeat
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Former Liverpool left-back, Jose Enrique, has hit out at his former club after their disappointing Premier League 3-1 defeat to Brentford on Monday night.
23. US: NFL Game Suspended After player Collapses On Field
American football star Damar Hamlin is in a critical condition after collapsing during a primetime US National Football League game.
24. Week 26 Pool Result for Sat 31 Dec 2022 – UK 2022/2023 – Pool Agent
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the week 26 pool fixtures are for forty-nine (49) football matches for UK football 2022/2023 from the pool agent.
Top 10 Newspaper Headlines Tuesday, January 3rd 2022
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Major Newspapers in Nigeria
PUNCH NEWSPAPER
1. Obi: Obasanjo attempting to foist puppet – Bwala
The spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council, Daniel Bwala, has labelled former President Olusegun Obasanjo as a “meddlesome interloper”, who is striving to force a puppet on Nigerians.
Bwala made the allegation when he appeared on Politics Today, a popular programme on Channels Television on Monday.
Obasanjo had stirred the hornet nest in his New Year’s message when he openly endorsed that former Anambra State governor and Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi, in the letter.
But Bwala, who spoke from his London location, accused Obasanjo of being the only one of five surviving past leaders meddling in the affairs of the country.
2. Obasanjo attacking Buhari out of frustration, Presidency claims
The Presidency, on Monday, said former President Olusegun Obasanjo is verbally attacking the Buhari regime “out of frustration.”
It also described Obasanjo’s attitude to the President as “vengeful”.
“‘Hell’ for Obasanjo is when a President, any President that comes after him refuses to be his own puppet, to do as he wishes on all matters and at all times.
“He then keeps attacking out of frustration. Obasanjo’s vengeful attitude towards President Buhari is the height of selfishness and little short of moral squalor,” the Presidency said in a statement signed by Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu.
3. Obi’s endorsement: Nigerians shouldn’t trust Obasanjo – S’West group
A South-West political organisation under the aegis of Conscience Bureau, on Monday, called on Nigerians to ignore the “curious” endorsement of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, by former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
The South-West group warned that Nigerians must beware of such an endorsement.
It, however, added that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Abubakar Atiku, can be trusted with the task of changing the negative narratives of Nigeria with the current challenges.
A statement issued by the General Secretary of CB, Said Ologuneru, recalled that when the All Progressives Congress led by Bola Ahmed Tinubu and its other leaders went to seek Obasanjo’s endorsement then for the President, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)’s presidential ambition on December 13, 2013, Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, acting on his premonition, said that such an endorsement could lead the nation to a shipwreck.
He said going by what Nigerians have gone through between 2015 and now, under the APC presidency, it was apparent that the country had experienced a shipwreck, as Soyinka predicted, warning Nigerians not to allow a repeat of that horrible experience.
VANGUARD NEWSPAPER
4. Vote selling, buying, crime against humanity – Bishop Ajakaye
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Catholic Bishop of Ekiti Diocese, Most Rev. Felix Femi Ajakaye, has called on Nigerians to shun vote selling and vote buying.
Bishop Ajakaye, said “as individuals and groups, we must never allow the incessant inglorious vote selling and vote buying at this year elections
“We must get back our beloved country, Nigeria, from the few who think they are owners. We, the people, are the original owners”.
5. Stop listening to devil’s whispering, Adeleke tells Oyetola
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has urged his predecessor, Adegboyega Oyetola to stop listening to Devil’s whispering on a possible return to governorship, saying God does not support electoral banditry and deceit.
Oyetola had during a welcome prayer organised for him but All Progressives Congress, APC leaders and supporters in the state capital earlier on Monday said God has promised him of return as Governor in the state.
However, Adeleke in a statement by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed reminded former Governor Oyetola that there is life after losing the election, adding that Osun people have moved and are now enjoying “a new governance of openness, accountability, and responsiveness to yearnings and aspirations of the citizenry.
6. Obi’s endorsement, affirmation of Obasanjo’s dream of better Nigeria – LP
Labour Party has described Sunday’s endorsement of its Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi by former Nigeria President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo as an affirmation by the former President of having a better Nigeria after the 2023 elections.
The party in a release signed by its erstwhile acting National Publicity Secretary, Dr. Abayomi Oluwafemi Arabambi, and made available to Vanguard in Abeokuta, said the endorsement affirmed the fatherly role the former President has been playing in ensuring that Nigeria overcomes her present socio-economic and political challenges
The party said the former President who had to steer the ship of the country at the highest level, knows Nigeria inside out, including the current office seekers, hence when Baba Obasanjo speaks, he knows what he is saying, so the endorsement is a welcome step.
THE NATION NEWSPAPER
7. Military gets kudos for ensuring peaceful yuletide
Troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) have been commended for their role in ensuring a peaceful yuletide for Nigerians, especially the Christian community.
The Northern Youths Vanguard for Development (NYVD), while applauding the troops, noted that the military is determined to keep its promise of restoring of peace in the country.
The group, in a statement by the President, Yakubu Dauda and Secretary, Roseline Musa, Monday, said: “For the second year running, the people of the region, especially the Northeast had a peaceful Christmas.”
The NYVD urged the people of the region to show appreciation to the military through cooperation and the provision of useful information on the activities of enemies of the country in their domain.
8. Stop attacking Obasanjo for backing Obi, says Shehu Sani
Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has faulted those who attacked former president Olusegun Obasanjo for backing Labour Party candidate Peter Obi.
He said other presidential candidates can seek the backing of former leaders Yakubu Gowon, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida or Abdulsalami Abubakar.
The former lawmaker said in a tweet on Monday: “Obasanjo has made his choice.
“He is entitled to his opinion. He should not be attacked.
DAILY POST
9. Ortom charges Christians to maintain fellowship with one another
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has charged Christians in the state to maintain close fellowship with each other to strengthen their faith in serving God with clear focus on achieving righteousness.
He gave the charge Monday, January 2nd, 2023 at the “The Brethren” annual Prayer and Praise Convocation with the theme; “Engaging the Next Generation” held at the Chapel of Grace, Benue People’s House, Makurdi.
Governor Ortom who delivered a keynote address titled, “Occupying the Public Space,” pointed out that working together in support of each other would provide Christians the opportunity to be “productive and bear fruits” while serving God.
The Governor described the theme of the two day retreat which is an annual programme of the Christian body as “apt and fitting,” stressing that “engaging the next generation” from taking over from the older one should be taken seriously.
10. Nobody can stop elections in South-East – Biafra group
The Youth wing of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has said elections will be held in the South-East zone.
The group’s stand was made against an earlier statement by Finland-based Simon Ekpa.
Leader of the IPOB youth wing, Comrade Ndubuisi Igwekani, aka Agu Biafra, told journalists in Enugu on Tuesday that the Biafra group would not interfere in the election process, stressing that the will of the Nigerian youths would be respected.
“It is Nigerians that brought Peter Obi out, and their goal is genuine, to recover Nigeria.
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