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SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, 20/01/2022

Punch
Buhari begins two-day visit to Kaduna today

Senate passes rice council bill, targets $2bn savings from imports

Electoral Act amendment: Senate bows to Buhari, includes consensus for party primaries

Reps order probe of Malami, IGP’s involvement in Magodo estate dispute

FG charges not worth defending, Kanu tells court, gets Feb date

Nigeria to partner Egypt on power transmission, distribution

Fuel subsidy: NEC considers report today, TUC meets, ASCSN threatens showdown

FG to establish 18 modular refineries in oil-producing states

FDI drops by 48% in two years

Cooking gas demand surges over NLNG’s 100% domestic supply

Nigeria passengers face hitches as airlines suspend US flights over 5G rollout

NESREA rescues sea cow held captive in Lagos

Protect LG chairmen for illegal refineries mass destruction, Wike tells CP

Social Investment Programme fund being looted, Bauchi gov alleges

Bird flu outbreak hits Kaduna poultry farms

Bauchi opens N330m new general hospital

Afenifere insists on state police

Parents lament as Niger pupils stay home over teachers strike

Lagos domestic worker flees with N13.9m cash, jewellery one week after resumption

 Sit-at-home continues in Anambra, commercial activities grounded

 Ken Saro-Wiwa’s widow dies at 72

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The Nation
Buhari urges Reps to pass Proceeds of Crime, Whistle-Blower, Witness Protection Bills

Buhari affirms Nigeria’s commitment to democracy in West Africa

Reps probe AGF, IG over Magodo GRA incident in Lagos

Kanu pleads not guilty to terrorism charges

EFCC quizzes AMCON MD over underpriced assets

UNIBEN: Row over hike in hostel fee

LUTH begins construction of  ultra-modern outpatient building      

Ex-Lagos council chairmen, others mobilise for Tinubu

Afenifere decries kidnapping on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Soot: Wike orders council chairmen to destroy illegal refineries

Lagos acquires two speed trains from U.S. for city service

Matawalle consoles Tambuwal over brother’s death      

Cross River to become net supplier of processed chicken, says Ayade      

Kaduna poultry farmers may lose 100,000 birds to flu      

Community to shut down NPDC/Elcrest operations over dredging      

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Vanguard.  
Nigeria vs Guinea Bissau: Umar, Ekong help Super Eagles to 2-0 win

AFCON 2021: Buhari hails Super Eagles

Governors in marathon meeting on insecurity, health, food security, others

Electoral Bill: NASS bows to Buhari, approves direct, indirect primaries for parties

Create space for youth participation in decision making process to avoid crimes, violence, anarchy – CDS

NCAT to receive B737 simulator

Why we reverse ourselves after releasing cargos — Customs

Police top brass to converge in Akwa Ibom over insecurity

NPA winds up Continental Shipyard, paid off workers

NSCDC nabs mother for pouring hot water on daughter

Convention: Tension as Police take over APC secretariat

Truckers reject return of payment on ‘ETO’ platform

Customs, NPA, NDLEA, DSS reiterate commitment to collaboration this year

Gulf of Guinea records sharp drop in piracy incidents

EKITI GOV: US-based public health practitioner woos Gani Adams for Oyebanji

Good governance shouldn’t be left for Buhari alone ― Hon Ulafor

2003 Ogun governorship election is a bygone ― Osoba

Stakeholders mull petition to UN over invasion of Nigeria, Africa waters by foreigners

Oluwo advocates return of WAI, seeks death penalty for drug dealers

4 die, 12 injured on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Oduduwa College alumni to donate N25m worth of equipment to school

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SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, 19/01/2022

Punch
Labour lists conditions for fuel subsidy removal, says $9.5bn wasted on refineries

N20bn: Tinubu, Alpha Beta ex-MD discuss out-of-court settlement

Buhari didn’t direct anyone to remove petrol subsidy – Lawan

Senate passes bill placing aviation college under TETFUND

Again, EFCC quizzes ex-Lagos AG, Shasore, over P&ID scam

Nigerian-born Canadian minister suspended for using phone while driving

Nigeria’s import bill rose to $8.92bn in nine months – Report

Cash-strapped banks borrow N9.17tn from CBN in seven months

Abuja passengers kick as NCAA stops departing plane for inspection

NUC probes nine illegal varsities, to prosecute proprietors

APC zones chairmanship seat to North-Central, lists South-East for secretary

Bandits killed 300 persons, kidnapped 200 in Niger January attacks – Gov

Assembly suspends Akwa Ibom LG boss, alleges gross misconduct

Soludo plans panel to conduct exams, interviews for nominees

Danfo, taxi, others to pay N800 daily levy from February 1 -Lagos govt

Gunmen release abducted wedding guests, N7.5m ransom paid

Troops foil bandits’ operations in Kaduna, kill three, rescue eight kidnap victims

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The Nation
Nigeria on food sufficiency path, says Buhari

Buhari to attend Gambian President, Adama Barrow’s inauguration Wednesday

Buhari seeks confirmation of NCC, FJSC nominees

Kanu for arraignment Wednesday on amended terrorism charge

Judge to DSS: I don’t want to see Nnamdi Kanu in this attire again

Alleged N29b fraud: Appeal Court orders ex-Adamawa Governor Nyako to enter defence

Court grants Instagram celebrity Mompha N200 million bail

Nnamdi Kanu’s supporters clash with security men

NLNG suspends export of cooking gas for 100% domestic supply

FG to inject 10m gas cylinders for sale nationwide

INEC trains visually impaired voters ahead of FCT council poll

Bandits killed 300, abducted 200 in Niger State within two weeks, says governor

Lagos psychiatric hospital ‘ll be ready soon – Commissioner

Job opportunities: Ekiti Govt. reschedules exams

High Chiefs agree to withdraw suit for new Olubadan’s emergence

IPOB’s sit-at-home: Banks, schools, markets shutdown in Imo

Total lockdown in Abakaliki over sit-at-home

Enugu deserted as residents comply with IPOB’s sit-at-home

Abia villagers flee as gunmen kill soldiers

Joeboy hits 100 million streams on Boomplay

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Vanguard. 
Buhari leaves Abuja to attend inauguration of Gambian president

Buhari’s legacy strong, difficult to dismantle ― Presidency

Reps want FG to prioritize perimeter fence for FUTO

Alleged fraud: Court grants Saipem MD, one other N500m bail

Investigate abduction of Plateau traditional rulers, Reps tell IGP

Go after operators of illegal refineries in N/Delta, Reps tell IGP

P&ID scam: EFCC quizzes ex-Lagos AG, Olasupo Shasore

FG inauguates governing councils of new 8 polytechnics,6 CoEs

NBBF fixes January 31 for elective congress

Igbo Presidency: Northern Youths clamour for Ohuabunwa

2023: Mode of primaries not enough reason to ditch Electoral Bill — Women Forum

SGBV: Sex offenders to report presence at new location —WRAHP HP

2023: GGL-N Coalition drums support for Emmanuel Udom

2023: 600 women groups to stage ‘One Million Women March’ for Yahaya Bello

Sharing formula: Ex-Oyo LG secretaries, CoS, councillors set for showdown with ex-ALGON chairmen over ‘lopsidedness’

Herdsmen crisis: Benue producing generation of illiterate children, Govt cries out

Man, 25, commits suicide in Kwara over inability to pay debt

12 injured as truck carrying log of wood collides with commercial bus in Osun

Murder of Benue tax official: It’s unbelievable the military I gave my entire life can kill my grandson, Octogenarian laments

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2023 PRESIDENCY: UMAHI PLEDGES TO TRANSFORM NIGERIA

~Says “If God Calls you, He will Equip you”

The Governor of Ebonyi State and Chairman, South East Governors' Forum, Engineer David Nweze Umahi says he would deploy the magic behind the transformation of Ebonyi State to address Nigeria's problems if he is elected President in 2023.

Engineer Umahi was speaking when he featured on the Channels Television Political programme "Politics Today" on Monday.

Governor Umahi expressed hope that with his experience in governance and his Engineering acumen, Nigeria would be great.

"I went to discuss with Mr. President about his coming in March and also discuss a political solution to our insecurity in South East and also our Airport project, to let him know that our Airport is going to be ready by May 2022 but we needed some financial assistance to buy the Airport equipment.

"You say my State is small but I tell you, Nigeria is going to develop by developing every small part of Nigeria and so if what God has done in Ebonyi State within six years plus could be replicated through the work of my hands in other parts of Nigeria, I think Nigeria we all dream of will come to be.

"My position is to expose what I have done, my position is to be convinced with myself that I can do the job, my position is to believe that God is interested in me, the rest is up to the people to make their choice."

Governor Umahi said his Presidency would focus more on tackling the insecurity situation as well as the issue of corruption if elected in the next year's general elections.

"We are in nation faced with a lot of insecurity challenges, there are economic issues, there is corruption issue and there are unpatriotic acts by some of we Leaders and I think all of them are tied together and so we must start like Mr. President by engaging, we have to engage ourselves, we have to decide as a Nation whether we need to rescue this Nation by making sacrifices, if we can kill corruption in this country to a very large extent, then the issue of insecurity, the issue of economic growth, they will receive very good attention and this country will become great again.

"We must begin to engage to say look if you are successful and your children are not successful then you are not successful, so we begin to let people know the true meaning of life, nobody goes to the grave with this money but it is your legacies that will speak for you, speak for your children and your generation so this is the kind of engagement that we need to do so that people would understand that everything is not about money and that every position given to us by God as Leaders, God will ask us for accountability of what we did with such positions.

"The seed of corruption was sown in this Country and it has been growing and you cannot say to what extent it could grow, corruption is the business of everybody, fighting it is the business of everybody, if Mr. President gets his allocation and he has good intentions to build a railway, to build roads, to build other utilities, and such intentions are compromised down the line, how will Mr. President be accountable? What we needed to do is to find out what Mr. President has done fighting this evil seed that was sown in the past and I think that Mr. President has done appreciably very very well in fighting corruption, he has no brother or sister or party man in fighting corruption and I praise his courage, in terms of economy, he has also done tremendously well because I can take Ebonyi State for example, what and what do we have from the Federal Government right now that we didn't have before and so for me, it is the indices that we count and measure because I know such is also replicated in the various States and at the Federal level, so I think the APC Government is being demarketed very badly and her members are not helping matters because if you don't say what you have done, nobody is going to say what you have done.

"It is important to evaluate the method that we have deployed so far and judge whether we should not deploy other methods in fighting this corruption and I think that engagement is very important, the truth is between us and God what we do with the resources that God gave to develop the people, the society believes that every Leader in this country is a thief but that is not totally true.

"We need to strengthen our compromised and weak institutions and that is by engaging and there is only one agenda that you would bring to the table, do we agree to kill corruption and move this country forward? Do we agree to secure the future for our children and if it is the consensus, then all hands must be up and I believe very strongly that when you do this kind of engagement and the masses they see that you are not corrupt, and you are treating everybody with the same template, I think things would begin to move, I believe so strongly."

While acknowledging that power belongs to God, Governor Umahi expressed hope that God Almighty would crown his efforts with success in the poll.

"My ambition is in the hand of God and one thing we do not know and I continue to quote is that by strength shall no man prevail, power and might belongs to God but human efforts tend to negate that, so the more we have more Governors into APC, the more chances we have to win the election and also continue the project of Mr. President, the project of Nigeria from where Mr. President would stop by 2023."

The Governor, however, assured that despite his Presidential ambition, he would not derail in pursuing the Ebonyi project to its logical conclusion.

"For me, the most important one is the first calling, the first assignment that God gave to me which is Ebonyi project and if God says that I have done this very well, that I am faithful, then God will enthrone me for the second assignment but let me say that I am in full control of all projects, I am in full control of my programmes, and I have made it known to the Stakeholders of Ebonyi State that there is no amount of vying for the Presidency that is going to affect the Ebonyi project, I know that it is an added responsibility and it would be more challenging but if God calls you he will equip you, so, I think we are in total control of the development of our State."

Francis Nwaze
Special Assistant to the Governor
(Media and Publicity)
January 17, 2022

SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, 18/01/2022

Punch
Chinese company dominates Nigeria’s N10.5tn railway projects, says Fitch report

US, UK decline Kanu’s request as observers at trial

Odili’s house invaders had wrong address on search warrant by magistrate – Policeman

National Assembly under fire as BudgIT uncovers N378.9bn duplicated projects

Prison attackers mustn’t live to tell story, Aregbesola tells NCoS officials

After eight months decline, inflation rises to 15.63%, FG’s 2022 target shaky

Gencos record N304bn payment shortfall in nine months – NERC report

FG plans additional 2,000 affordable homes

Teachers who’ve applied for elongation should keep working – FG

JAMB wants more Niger, Adamawa, eight states’ candidates to register

Insecurity: UI students' union apologises to Makinde over 'harsh' complaints

Aisha Buhari hosts Liberia's VP, APC women leaders in Abuja

National convention: APC governors propose Feb 26, Al-Makura, Musa lead in party chair’s race

Afenifere, Ohanaeze threats over presidential candidates unsettle PDP

600 women groups converge on Abuja for Bello’s presidential bid

Akeredolu urges residents to pay tax for development

Akwa Ibom sets up panels to enforce grazing, okada ban

Oyo panel combs settlements as Lassa fever spreads, kills residents

Police summon Ganduje’s ex-commissioner, critic alleges intimidation

Hoodlums in army uniform kidnap seven wedding guests in Ogun, demand N60m ransom

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The Nation
Kanu faces eight new terror charges as trial resumes Tuesday

Sit-at-home enforcers flog traders, destroy vehicles in Enugu, Anambra

Alleged P&ID scam: Court remands ex-director Taiga

COVID-19 funds : SERAP seeks prosecution of corrupt officials, agencies

Dismissed soldier, other to die by hanging for robbery

Fed Govt to NCoS officers: kill attackers of correctional facilities

Cholera: Nigeria reports 3,604 deaths, 111,062 cases in 2021, says NCDC

FCTA bars unvaccinated workers, visitors over virus spread

New texts for languages, English in 2022 UTME

NITDA unveils online portal for PLWDs

Lecturers urge FUOYE management to obey court orders

2023: Wike’s presidential posters flood Abuja

APC committee to release convention guidelines Tuesday

Override Buhari’s veto on Electoral Bill, PDP governors urge lawmakers

2023: Igbo delegation storms North, pledges N10b for presidential project

Wike reconciles Diri, Alaibe

OSU law class reunites 26 years after

Abductors of Plateau monarch demand N10m ransom

Fire destroys 21 shops at Kebbi community Kamba

Alaafin, wives celebrate 51st coronation anniversary

(www.thenationonlineng.net)



Vanguard

Army uncovers illegal oil bunkering depot in Lagos

School cert as minimum educational qualification to vie for President, NASS offices no longer fashionable – Gbajabiamila

FG files fresh terrorism charge against Nnamdi Kanu

COVID-19: 4th dose of vaccine shows limited results with omicron ― Study

Nigeria ready for ICAO safety audit, says NCAA

Nigeria to launch 2nd satellite — Pantami

NASS staff slips from stairs, dies

PenCom reviews Pension Reform Act 2014

Amaechi nominated for Blue Economy ‘Maritime Security’ award

Osun 2022: PDP group accuses Saraki of attempting to impose Adeleke

Uzodinma has destroyed the foundation of good governance – Imo PDP

Borno launches distribution of agric inputs to 500 dry season farmers in Monguno

Taraba budgets N4.72bn for Pension Board in 2022

Nasarawa Deputy Governor tells communities to cohabit peacefully

Ogun Chieftaincy Law will curb fetish practices in Oba installation, burial – MURIC

Gunmen abduct traditional ruler in Plateau

Bandits to Zamfara villages: Pay N24m tax or be attacked

Police rescue 16 kidnapped victims, foil another attempt in Kaduna

Sacked Kano commissioner, Magaji, invited by police

2023: 600 women groups to stage ‘One Million Women March’ for Yahaya Bello

(www.vanguardngr.com)

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