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Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Tuesday, April 12th 2022
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Below are the Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines from Nigerian Newspapers today:
POLITICS AND NATIONAL NEWS
1. Ramadan 2022 Timetable: Sahur and Iftar Time For The 8th to 14th
EKO HOT BLOG has compiled the Ramadan 2022 Timetable, Sahur and Iftar Time For The 8th to 14th
2. FG Receives 3.2m J&J COVID-19 Vaccines From Italy
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigerian government has received 3.2 million doses of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccines, from the Italian government in Abuja
3. Transport University, Daura Will Take-Off Sept. – Amaechi
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, on Monday, expressed optimism that Daura Transport University will take off in September.
4. 2023: Yemi Osinbajo Will Build On Buhari’s Gains -Aide
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, Monday in Abuja said the President Muhammadu Buhari (retd)’s regime has made commendable strides in the areas of infrastructure, ease of doing business and security.
5. Wike Ready To Fight Insecurity And Poverty, If Elected As President
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Nyesom Wike, the Governor of Rivers State, has stated that if elected President of Nigeria in 2023, he will address the country’s festering insecurity and poverty.
6. 2023: Amaechi Visits Emirs Of Kano, Bichi & Daura
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Minister of Transportation Hon. Chibuke Rotimi Amaechi, on Monday, visited the Emirs of Kano and Daura over his Presidential ambition.
7. APC Protests Against PDP’s Victory In Adamawa, Calls Results ‘Fabricated’
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the opposition All Progressives Congress in Adamawa State has disputed the state independent commission’s local government election results, which declared the Peoples Democratic Party’s nominees winners in all 21 of the state’s local government areas.
EKO NEWS
8. APC Lagos West: GAC Denies Endorsing Any Candidate, Says Only Musiliu Obanikoro Has Indicated Interest
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the highest decisions making political body in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC), has refuted the news going around that it had endorsed anyone as the party’s candidate in the forthcoming senatorial election for Lagos West Senatorial District.
METRO
9. Consumers Ask Tribunal To Commit MultiChoice MD To Prison
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the claimants have prayed a Federal Competition and Consumer Protection (FCCPC) Tribunal to commit the Managing Director of Multichoice Nigeria Ltd, John Ugbe, to prison for alleged disregard to its order.
10. Plateau: More Than 50 Bodies Recovered, 100 Houses Razed
EKO HOT BLOG reports that over 50 dead bodies have been recovered in villages of Kanam Local Government Area of Plateau State, according to residents.
11. One Dies, Scores Injured In Rivers Jailbreak Attempt
EKO HOT BLOG reports that one inmate died yesterday, while scores were injured during an attempted jailbreak at Port Harcourt Correctional Centre.
12. Terrorists Attack Kaduna Community, Abduct Varsity Students
EKO HOT BLOG reports that terrorists attacked Gwantu Kurmi community, the headquarters of the Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State, and abducted a varsity students
INTERNATIONAL
13. UN Says Over 4 Million Ukrainian Children Displaced
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the UN’s children’s agency UNICEF, on Monday, announced that nearly two-thirds of all Ukrainian children have fled their homes in the six weeks since Russia’s invasion.
14. Ukraine Crisis: Russia Unleashes Chemical Weapons On Ukraine
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Russia has unleashed chemical weapons in Ukraine as Ukrainian troops are said to be suffering dizziness, breathing problems and other symptoms from the unknown substance, which is said to have been distributed via a drone.
ARTICLE
15. 3 Reasons Some Women Suffer Miscarriage At the Early Stage Of Pregnancy
The average childbirth expectancy after pregnancy is nine months. When the fetus dies in the womb after a few months of pregnancy or before normal delivery, this is referred to as a miscarriage.
16. 5 Amazing Benefits Of Using Rice Water On Your Skin
Around a thousand years ago, the Japanese began utilizing fermented water from cooked rice to beautify their hair. The water is said to be beneficial to our hair.
17. 3 Foods That Will Keep Your Bones Strong Even At Old Age
We need our bones to carry our bodies as we age, so we won’t need someone to carry us or move us around in a wheelchair. Some people lose bone mass as they age.
18. 5 Signs That Your Close Friends Are Trying To Ruin Your Relationship
You should know what to do if someone tries to destroy your relationship, but first, you should recognize the warning signs. Keep an eye out for these red flags that could lead to the end of your relationship, even when it comes from really close friends.
19. 4 Things You Do That Could Make Your Pimples Worse
One of the things that women most seek is flawless skin, but as we all know, this is not always the case, especially with the prevalence of skin concerns such as pimples. Some of them are so stubborn that they won’t go away no matter what beauty product you apply.
20. 7 Warning Signs Your Friend Is In An Abusive Marriage
EKO HOT BLOG had reported how the police arrested the husband of Osinachi Nwachukwu, a popular gospel artiste and lead singer at the Dunamis International Headquarters for alleged culpable homicide.
SPORTS
21. Identity Of New Super Eagles Head Coach Revealed
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is on the verge of appointing former Cameroon head coach, Antonio Conceicao, to take charge of the national team.
22. 2 People At Utd That Could Discourage Erik ten From Taking Manager Job
EKO HOT BLOG reports that former Manchester United player, Gary Neville, has hinted that Ralf Rangnick and Donny Van De Beek are the two people at United that could caution Erik ten Hag against accepting United manager job
23. “King Of Stupidity”– Ex Tennis World No.1 Slams Novak Djokovic’s Vaccine Stance
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the former world No.1 Marcelo Rios has called Novak Djokovic ‘stupid’ over his vaccination stance
24. Week 41 Pool Fixtures For Sat 16 April 2022 – UK 2021/2022 – Pool Agent
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the week 41 pool fixtures are for forty-nine (49) football matches for UK football 2021/2022 from the pool agent.
Top 10 Newspaper Headlines Tuesday, April 12 2022
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Major Newspapers in Nigeria
Punch Newspaper
1. Elephant kills Colombian researcher in Uganda
A Colombian researcher has been trampled to death by an elephant in Kibale National Park in western Uganda, the country’s national parks authority said Monday.
Ramirez Amaya Sebastian, based at Arizona State University in the United States, was with another researcher and a guide in the national park, known for its wildlife and research centre, when he died.
“They came across a lone elephant that charged them, forcing them to run in different directions,” Uganda’s national parks authority said in a statement on Monday.
“The elephant chased Sebastian and trampled him, resulting in his death,” the statement added, saying it was the first such deadly incident in the national park for 50 years.
In January, a Saudi tourist was trampled to death by an elephant during a game drive at another popular park in Uganda, Murchison Falls, after leaving the car he was travelling in.
2. Troops neutralise terrorists, destroy bunkers around Lake Chad
The Nigerian Army has said troops of Operation Lake Sanity have neutralised several terrorists and recovered weapons and equipment in an operation around the Lake Chad axis.
In a terse statement, the Nigerian Army also said the troops destroyed a vehicle fabrication workshop and several bunkers used by Boko Haram terrorists and their Islamic State West Africa Province counterparts.
“Gallant troops of Operation LAKE SANITY today neutralised several terrorists and recovered weapons/ equipment around the Lake Chad axis. BokoHaram/ISWAP Central Vehicle Fabrication Workshop & several bunkers were also discovered and destroyed,” the statement read.
3. Sit-at-home: Gunmen kill one, torch vehicle in Enugu -Police
The Police Command in Enugu State, on Monday, confirmed the death of an unidentified male traveller after yet-to-be-identified gunmen attacked a Sienna vehicle in Enugu.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu that an unidentified male traveller was confirmed dead after being hit when the yet-to-be-identified gunmen attacked.
It was gathered that the unidentified male traveller had allegedly boarded the Sienna vehicle heading to Onitsha within the early hours of this Monday, April 11, at the Holy Ghost Roundabout axis of Enugu metropolis.
Ndukwe said: “Yet-to-be identified miscreants, operating in a mini-bus, shot an unidentified male traveller and in the process torched a Sienna vehicle around Holy Ghost Roundabout axis in the early morning hours of today.
4. MTN gets final approval to operate payment service bank
The Central Bank of Nigeria has granted Momo Payment Service Bank Limited final approval to commence operations.
This was revealed in a statement signed by the company’s secretary, Uto Ukpanah, on Monday.
This is coming after the CBN granted the firm approval in principle to operate in November 2021.
The statement read, “We refer to our notification issued on 5 November 2021 in which we communicated receipt of the approval in principle from the CBN for Momo PSB.
Vanguard Newspaper
5. Train Attack: Relations issue govt 72hrs ultimatum to rescue kidnapped victims
A 72-hour ultimatum has been issued to the government by relations of kidnapped victims during the Abuja-Kaduna train attack, who alleged that the government has been insensitive to their plight, two weeks after the incident.
“Since the incident, the Nigerian Railway Corporation is yet to reach out to us on efforts made to rescue the kidnapped victims,” they said.
They, therefore, handed down a 72-hour-ultimatum to ensure the safe rescue of their beloved ones from the den of the terrorists, adding that failure to listen to them, would force them to take a decision on how to rescue their loved ones.
They spoke after their meeting on Monday in Kaduna, saying that they had yet to be contacted by the terrorists for negotiation.
6. FG handing over Ajaokuta Steel Company to British firm, fake news — Adegbite
The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc Olamilekan Adegbite, Monday, said alleged handing over Ajaokuta Steel Company to a British firm as reported by some media organisations is fake news.
Adegbite while clearing air on the alleged handover of the multi-billion steel complex to a British firm, in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media, Ayodeji Adeyemi, explained that a local Nigerian firm which has a British partner, had expressed interest in carrying out the Technical Audit, T.A, for free with no preconditions, and not that the Federal Government handed over Ajaokuta Steel Company to an alleged British firm.
7. Woman, 25, in court over alleged threat to pastor, family
A 25-year-old woman, Chidinma Umeh, on Monday appeared before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, charged with threatening the lives of one Pastor L.O Oshiyemi and his family members.
The defendant, who is standing trial on a two-count charge of threat to life and willful damage, however, rebutted commission of the offences. .
The Prosecutor, Insp. Donjour Perezi told the court that the defendant committed the offences on March 22 at 5:00 p.m., at No. 16, Ogundare Awise Street, Ifako, Gbagada in Lagos.
Perezi said that the defendant threatened Oshiyemi and his family with extreme violence by invading his abode, throwing stones and beer bottles into his premises.
8. 2023: it’s time for possible change in Ondo North — Ajipe assures
An investment expert and a leading Ondo North Senatorial hopeful under the All Progressives Congress, in Ondo State, Chief Alex Ajipe has promised massive and positive change in the area if voted in.
Ajipe assures that the once-bustling commercial nerve of the state will no more become a shadow of itself.
He said that ” recent history has it that the Northern Senatorial District of Ondo State used to be the major commercial hub with the influx of goods from the northern parts of the country.
The Nation Newspaper
9. FG vows to get justice for late ‘Ekwueme’ singer Osinachi
The Federal Government has vowed to get justice for the late popular gospel artiste, Osinachi Nwachukwu.
The Nation reports on April 8, Osinachi, the gospel singer known for her collaborative hit track ‘Ekwueme’, died at an Abuja hospital where she was being treated for an ailment.
Since her demise, there have been allegations the singer was a victim of domestic violence.
10. Power failure: Ice block now over N200 in Gusau
Ice-block made from 50ml sachet water now sells for between N200 and N250 in Gusau, the Zamfara capital.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this was caused in parts of the capital city by the current erratic or total absence of electricity.
Hajiya Hauwa’u Suleiman, a housewife who sells the sachet water and ice blocks said, her freezers could no longer freeze water into ice as there was no light to power them.
11. 2023: Jubilation in Akure as Osinbajo declares for presidency
Some All Progressives Congress (APC) members in Ondo State, on Monday, organised a gathering to show solidarity for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s declaration to run for the presidency in the 2023 general elections.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that many of the supporters also trooped to the streets of Akure on Monday morning to celebrate the declaration
Mr Ifeoluwa Fasoranti, Director General, Yemi Osinbajo Campaign Organisation, who addressed the crowd at Akure Town Hall, said the people are happy to hear that the vice president has finally declared interest in the presidency.
12. One inmate dead, others injured in Rivers Correctional Centre riot
At least one inmate has died and others were injured during a free-for-all that broke out at the Port Harcourt correctional centre.
The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the centre, Juliet Ofoni, confirmed the incident on Monday.
She said it happened at the old Port Harcourt township correctional centre.
Guardian Newspaper
13. Only 20 % of health facilities have sanitation facilities, says Minister
The Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, on Monday, said that only 20 per cent of hospitals have basic sanitation facilities, adding that this should raise concerns over the poor hygiene situations in the country.
Adamu said this at the Inter-Ministerial Dialogue on Sanitation in Abuja.
According to him, these statistics are abysmally low and Nigerians should show more commitment to change the narrative.
He said that the meeting was an opportunity to highlight and maximise the role sanitation and hygiene were playing in preventing and mitigating disease outbreak in the country.
14. NPHCDA receives 3m additional doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Italy
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), on Monday in Abuja, received over three million single-shot COVID-19 vaccines, donated by the Italian government.
The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that with the 17 million doses earlier sent by other EU Member States, the three million brings the number of doses gifted to Nigeria by EU Member States to 20 million, representing 61 per cent of all donated vaccines received by Nigeria through the COVAX facility.
Also in February, the Nigerian Government, through the Federal Ministry of Health and NPHCDA, formally rolled out the administration of J&J vaccine across the country, rapidly improving coverage.
15. Gunmen murder new community head in Kaduna
Gunmen have murdered a newly installed community leader in Chikun Local Council, Kaduna State, Isiaku Madaki, at his Kakura residence, yesterday.
A resident of Kakura, Baban David, disclosed to journalists that the deceased was, on Saturday, installed as the community’s leader.
Kakura, a community predominantly occupied by the Gbagi ethnic group, has other tribes with few Fulani settlers, who have lived in the community for decades.
David said: “We all gathered in his residence on Saturday to rejoice with him over his appointment. However, we were shocked when in the early hours of Sunday, we began to hear gunshots. We could not come out of our houses due to fear. Later, we were told that the gunmen had killed him in the presence of his wife and other family members.
16. Lagos tasks stakeholders on end to bullying, accidents in schools
Lagos State government, yesterday, said school safety should be the concern of all, reason stakeholders must be involved to make pupils feel safe in school environment.
The state government said it would initiate proactive measures to curb bullying and accidents in public and private schools.
It stated this at a Safe School Initiative workshop organised by the Lagos Safety Commission and Office of Education Quality Assurance in collaboration with School Run Academy with the theme, “Creating A Safety Culture and Compliance.”
The state’s Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folashade Adefisayo, said the move by the government was to prevent a repeat of the incident that claimed lives of students and injured about 17 others at Babs Fafunwa Millennium School, Ojodu, in December last year.
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