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Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines For Today, Wednesday, January 19th, 2022
Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines & Naija news today, January 19th, 2022 can be accessed below.
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Below are the Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines from Nigerian Newspapers today:
POLITICS AND NATIONAL NEWS
1. [COVID-19] NCDC Announces 6 Deaths, 163 New Cases
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirms that Nigeria now has a total of 251,341 COVID-19 cases.
2. [COVID-19] US Makes Good On Promise Of 3.2m Pfizer Vaccines To Nigeria
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Nigeria has received 3.2 million Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines donated by the United States as authorities step up efforts to curb the spread of the disease in the country.
3. INEC Speaks On Actual Date For 2023 Presidential Election
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said it will not announce the actual date for the 2023 presidential election until the Electoral Act Amendment Bill is signed into law.
4. Buhari May Sign Electoral Act Amendment Bill This Week – Lawan
EKO HOT BLOG reports that there are strong indications that President Muhammadu Buhari will sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill this week, the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan has confirmed.
5. Ekiti, Osun Polls: Parties Must Adhere To Our Timetable – INEC
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has insisted that parties must respect dates for Ekiti, Osun Governorship Election Primaries and the commission’s timetable.
6. BREAKING: Buhari Loses Campaign Coordinator
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Alhaji Danladi Pasali, Coordinator President Muhammadu Buhari campaign organisation (BCO) is dead.
7. 2023: Babangida Picks ‘Best Candidate In APC’
EKO HOT BLOG reports that a former governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, has said that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is the best candidate in the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 presidential election.
8. 2023: PDP Chieftain Counsels Party On Choice Of Candidate
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Segun Showunmi, former Spokesman to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday challenged Governors elected on the platform of the party to scout for a candidate who “can get the job done by uniting the country”, not a “kindergarten President.
9. World Igbo Congress Sends Huge Message To Nigerian Govt On Restructuring
EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Houston-based sociopolitical organization, World Igbo Congress (WIC) on Tuesday said if the government continue to disregard restructuring Nigeria, “retaining a president of Igbo extraction is nonsense”.
EKO NEWS
10. Commercial Buses, Cabs, Others To Pay ₦800 Levy From February – LASG
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Lagos State Government and transportation stakeholders in the state on Tuesday signed an agreement and officially unveiled the ‘Consolidated Informal Transport Sector Levy’ to harmonise dues collected by the government from commercial motorists at parks and garages across the state.
11. Lagos Shuts 6 Lounges, Night Clubs
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Lagos State Government has sealed 6 lounges and nightclubs in Ikeja as part of its 2022 Zero Accident Campaign (ZAC).
EPE NEWS
12. Editorial: MOCPED Transmutation Saga: Why LASG Will Be Consolidating Bad Precedent With LAHA Bill Of LASUED Main Campus
On 29th December 2021, the Lagos State House of Assembly passed a bill wherein it unanimously proposed for the Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Otto-Ijanikin, at (AOCOED), to play host to the newly formed Lagos State University of Education, LASUED.
METRO
13. Rising Kidnap Cases On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway: Police Command Speaks
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Ogun State Police Command has assured the general public that it has mapped out strategies to outrun kidnappers currently terrorising the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, and flush them out of that axis.
14. Osun: Housewife Bathes Her Daughter With Hot Water For Refusing Errand
EKO HOT BLOG reports that a housewife simply identified as Zainab, resident at Oke Oniti area of Osogbo, Osun State, has been arrested for bathing her 11-year-old daughter (name withheld) with hot water after she reportedly refused to run an errand for her.
INTERNATIONAL
15. US Capitol Riot Committee Summons Trump’s Former Personal Attorney
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the congressional panel investigating last year’s US Capitol riot have issued a subpoena to former President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani.
SPORTS
16. AFCON 2021: Eight Teams Qualify For Round Of 16 – Full List
EKO HOT BLOG reports that eight countries have qualified for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, round of 16.
17. AFCON: Troost-Ekong Heaps Praise On One Super Eagles Star
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Super Eagles of Nigeria vice-captain, William Troost-Ekong has praised his defensive partner, Kenneth Omeruo for ‘making things so easy’.
18. AFCON 2021: I Will Take Super Eagles Job On Permanent Basis – Eguavoen
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Super Eagles interim coach, Austine Eguavoen, has indicated that he will be willing to take up the position of managing the team on a permanent basis.
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