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Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Wednesday, August 10th 2022
Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines & Naija News Today, Wednesday, August 10th 2022 can be accessed below.
Below are the Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines from Nigerian Newspapers today:
POLITICS AND NATIONAL NEWS
1. NIDCOM Boss, Commiserates With Family Of Deceased Diaspora Youngster As Father Demands Justice (Photo)
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has paid a condolence visit to the family of late Chibueze Momah at their Lagos residence.
2. 2023: INEC Denies Backdating Documents For Lawan, Akpabio
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday denied doctoring and backdating documents to accommodate the nominations of Ahmad Lawan and Godswill Akpabio as senatorial candidates for the 2023 general elections.
3. I’ll Still Perform, Whether I’m In PDP Or Not – Wike
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said effective leadership is not about political party.
4. Fresh Trouble For APC, As Prominent Leader Dumps Party, Defect To PDP
EKO HOT BLOG reports a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Kwara State, Bala Mahmud and his supporters on Monday dumped the ruling party for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
5. Presidential Amnesty: Celebration In Taraba Over Nyame’s Release
EKO HOT BLOG reports that residents of Taraba State and political stakeholders have expressed delight over the release of Rev Jolly Nyame and Mr Joshua Dariye following the amnesty by President Muhammadu Buhari.
6. Teenager Remanded For Allegedly R*ping 10-year-old In Kwara
EKO HOT BLOG reports that a fifteen year-old boy who allegedly had forceful carnal knowledge of a 10year-old-girl at Oro-Ago, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara has been remanded by the State Juvenile Court.
EKO NEWS
7. Lagos, UNFPA Partners On Cancer Control
EKO HOT BLOG reports that no fewer than 200 health workers drawn from 60 public health facilities including the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), 15 General Hospitals and 44 Primary Health Care Centres have been trained to provide breast and cervical cancer screening for citizens in their facilities.
8. LASG Trains Workforce On Effective Succession Plan
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Lagos State Government, through the Office of the Auditor-General for Local Governments, has held a three-day training programme for its Audit Team Leaders and Heads of Departments. The theme of the event was “Teamwork and Effective Succession Plan as Drivers for Productivity in The Workplace”.
9. Domestic Violence: LASG Set To Introduce Marital Counseling For Intending Couples
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Lagos State Government has expressed readiness to introduce compulsory Marital Effectiveness Preparatory Counseling for intending couples to ensure they are enlightened about all matters relating to Domestic and Sexual Violence in the State.
10. Food Security: Lagos Cares Initiative For Farmers Kicks Off
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Lagos State Government has commenced its Lagos-CARES initiative to cater for 15,000 farm households and 69 food markets by cushioning the effects of the continuous rise in prices of feeds and other farm inputs across the State.
INTERNATIONAL
11. Ukraine War: Powerful Explosions Hit Russian Military Airbase In Crimea [VIDEO]
EKO HOT BLOG reports that one person has been killed after powerful explosions rocked a military base in Crimea, the head of the Russia-appointed regional administration there said.
12. Republicans Demand Explanation For FBI’s Raid On Trump’s Home
EKO HOT BLOG reports that furious allies of former President Donald Trump are demanding an explanation for the FBI’s raid on his Florida home, Mar-a-Lago
ARTICLE
13. Opinion!!! The Mafia Paradigm
Bureaucracy is a systemic form of administration. Since there is a universally acceptable standard benchmark, a deviation from the ideal type reveals the unintended fault lines and the extent to which the system can no longer function as a bureaucratic administration, as expected. A variation in the ideal structure of a bureaucracy, anywhere, is an aberration; and it generates or produces contaminated contents and a distorted organisation
14. Opinion!!! Nigeria and The Politics We Play!
The founding fathers of politics in Nigeria came with some ideals girding them. To begin with, one would discover that almost all of them were lawyers while those who were not lawyers were people with discernible convictions.
15. Checkout Buhari’s Position As List Of Highest Earning African Presidents Is Released
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the top five highest-paid presidents in Africa earn a combined amount of over US$1.7 million annually.
16. Avoid Ginger If You Suffer From Any Of These 3 Medical Conditions
It is no longer news that ginger is highly beneficial to the human body. Reason being that ginger is loaded with anti oxidant contents that go a long way in keeping the body healthy and also affecting numerous chronic diseases.
ENTERTAINMENT
17. BBNaija: Pharmsavi Biography, Wiki, Social Media, Age, Real Name, Tribe, State, Net Worth
EKO HOT BLOG reports that BBNaija Housemate Pharmsavi Bbnaija hails from Akwa Ibom. He describes himself as confident and multitalented extrovert with “an amazing sense of humour”.
SPORTS
18. Chelsea At Risk Of Another Transfer Blunder As Cesare Casadei Deal Is Hijacked
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Chelsea are at risk of another transfer blunder with their bid to sign Cesare Casadei from Inter Milan hijacked by Nice, according to reports.
19. Ben Foster Reveals Man Utd Star Who Negotiated His Own Contracts
EKO HOT BLOG reports that ex-Man Utd and Watford goalkeeper, Ben Foster, has claimed that Gary Neville negotiated his contracts at Manchester United.
20. Ex-Man Utd Striker Chicharito Offers To ‘Play For Free’ Amid Current Crisis
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Man Utd legend Javier Hernandez says he would play for free if the opportunity to return ever came up as he currently focuses on an MLS title challenge with LA Galaxy.
21. Week 6 Pool Fixtures For Sat 13 Aug 2022 – UK 2022/2023 – Pool Agent
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the week 6 pool fixtures are for forty-nine (49) football matches for UK football 2021/2022 from the pool agent.
Top 10 Newspaper Headlines Wednesday, August 10th 2022
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Major Newspapers in Nigeria
Punch Newspaper
1. 1.9 million passports issued in 18 months –FG
The Federal Government has said no fewer than N1.9 million passports have been issued to Nigerians between January 2021 and June 2022.
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, said a total of 1.3 million were issued in 2021 with no fewer 650,000 booklets have been collected by Nigerians as of June 2022.
Aregbesola who spoke at the commissioning of the Enhanced Passport Production Centre in Port Harcourt, on Tuesday stated that there is no longer shortage of booklets in the country.
In a statement by his Media Adviser Sola Fasure, Aregbesola said enough booklets had been distributed across the various centres nationwide.
The statement partly read, “We have left no stone unturned in our quest to make passports available to Nigerians. Last year alone, we provided 1.3 million passports to Nigerians. As of today, there is no booklet shortage in Nigeria.
“As of the second quarter of this year (in June), the NIS has provided 645,000 passports out of the 750,000 applications received. To address the challenge of the backlog, we have sent 11,000 booklets to Ikoyi, 11,000 to Alausa and 8,000 to FESTAC centres in Lagos.
2. Nigeria will remain one – Buhari
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, said his regime was determined to keep the country together.
Reminiscing the gory civil war from 1967 – 1970, the President said the price had been paid to ensure Nigeria’s unity. Therefore, political leaders must uphold the ultimate objective of promoting the interest of the country.
According to a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, Buhari said this when he received former State Chairmen of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change at the State House, Abuja.
The statement was titled, ‘We are Nigerians, God willing we will remain Nigerians, and Nigeria will remain one, says President Buhari.’
The President said the self-centeredness that led to the loss of about a million lives between 1967-1970 must not be allowed to repeat itself, noting that the CPC was founded on the bedrock of patriotism and loyalty to the unity of Nigeria.
He said, “Our main objective is the Federal Republic of Nigeria. We are human beings. We have our weaknesses, but I can assure you that the patriotism in us is hard-earned. We have gone through all the troubles from 15th of January 1966 to date. You know what I mean by this, we have killed a million of ourselves in order to keep this country together.
3. EFCC arrests 18 suspected Internet fraudsters in Kogi
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, have arrested 18 suspected ‘Yahoo-Yahoo Boys’ operating in Lokoja, Kogi State.
The arrest was effected by operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command Office of the commission when they busted the hideouts of the suspected internet fraudsters in Lokoja.
According to a statement by the Media Unit of the Command, it was the second of such operations in the state within the last two months.
The operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command, which covers Kwara, Ekiti and Kogi states, had recently in June 2022 arrested 19 suspected fraudsters at different locations in Lokoja.
The latest arrest, which was made on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, followed actionable intelligence and hours of surveillance by the anti-graft operatives to smoke the suspected fraudsters out of their hideouts.
Vanguard Newspaper
4. INEC denies recognising Lawan, Akpabio for senatorial elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied alleged doctoring of documents to accommodate Sen. Ahmed Lawan and Godswill Akpabio to run for Yobe North and Akwa Ibom North West senatorial districts respectively in 2023.
The commission gave the denial in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye in Abuja on Tuesday.
Okoye said that not for the first time, INEC’s attention had been drawn to a story published by an online medium that the commission had doctored, backdated and certified documents to accommodate the nominations of Lawan and Akpabio, from Yobe and Akwa-Ibom respectively
5. Alleged electoral fraud: Defense counsel withdraws from Professor Uduk’s trial
THE ongoing trial of Professor Ignatius Uduk of University of Uyo, UNIUYO, at Akwa Ibom State High Court, Uyo, over alleged electoral fraud, took a fresh twist yesterday, following an application by the defense counsel, Abasiodiong Ekpenyong to withdraw his legal services from the case.
The professor of Physical and Health Education (UNIUYO), is facing charges bordering on announcing and publishing of fake election results and perjury, preferred against him by the Independent National Electoral Commissíon (INEC).
The case was slated for Tuesday, August 9, 2022, for Professor Uduk to open his defense, after previous dates the court fixed for him to do so suffered several adjournments, due to excuses from him (Uduk).
6. Gumi laments injustice, poverty as 2023 general elections near
A popular controversial Islamic scholar, Ahmad Gumi, has lamented that there is no social justice in the country, adding that there was breakdown of power at all levels of government.
The cleric berated Nigerian politicians for flying personal jets while the majority of the population remain poor.
Gumi revealed this in the state of the nation broadcast as published by Channels TV on Tuesday.
The Islamic cleric said: “We have made available for whoever has any ambition or interest in our country ready ‘soldiers’ he can conscript.
The Nation Newspaper
7. Davido reacts after someone drives his Lambo in viral video
Popular Afrobeats singer Davido has reacted to the viral video of his car being driven by someone else in his absence
Seeing the singer is away in the UK, a lady spotted his Lamborghini Aventador being driven and decided to find out who could possibly be behind the wheels.
The concerned lady noted she paused her market rounds just to chase after the luxurious ride to ensure it wasn’t being stolen.
8. Erigga begs Yahoo boys to ‘price’ items
Rapper Erhiga Agarivbie aka Erigga has appealed passionately to internet fraudsters aka Yahoo Boys
Erigga, in a tweet, begged them to always bargain prices of goods especially “polo” shirts.
He lamented the effect their failure not to bargain has on the common man.
Daily Post
9. Fire guts EKEDC Lagos Island station
Fire on Tuesday gutted Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) injection substation in Idumagbo, Lagos Island.
Godwin Idemudia, General Manager, Corporate Communications EKEDC in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos, said electricity supply to customers in Idumagbo and Ajele areas have been affected as a result of the fire outbreak.
He said the incident happened at 3pm when one of the 15MVA power transformers inside the substation caught fire.
Part of the statement read: “This is to inform our dear customers in Lagos Island that a 15MVA power transformer at our New Idumagbo Injection Substation caught fire at 3pm on Tuesday.
10. Trump search: FBI, Justice Department abusing power – Rudy Giuliani
American politician, Rudy Giuliani, has condemned the search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago mansion.
The former New York City mayor accused the FBI and Department of Justice leadership of abusing their “awesome power”.
“The FBI and DOJ leadership has abused the awesome power of law enforcement as if the U.S. has no constitution and is a fascist police state”, Giuliani tweeted.
The 78-year-old further accused the officials of a “cover-up” of supposed crimes linked to President Joe Biden.
“Biden administration first in history to pursue predecessor and his supporters criminally”, Giuliani added.
The former Trump’s personal lawyer suggested the federal government was witch-hunting the ex-leader.
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