Headline January 4 Headlines from Nigeria’s Major Newspapers

NATION
*Nigeria: More of the same
*Oyetola: One good term deserves another
*Akinyemi, visionary intellectual @ 80
*Bullying: defining and reproaching with disingenuity
*We want to know who owns the oil
*Reactionary undertones of fuel subsidy removal
*New year wishes
*UBA: Lifting promo winners with cash prizes
*Expanding social safety nets to reduce poverty
*Probe alleged fraud in Abia, HEDA urges ICPC
*‘Let’s go back to competitive, constructive federalism’
*Appeal Court promises improved performance in new legal year
*‘SAN title won’t change me’
*Activists preach respect for child rights
*Recovery, insolvency lawyers’ association gets new officers, members
*2022: Drama of courts, cases, litigants

LEADERSHIP 
*US FDA Clears Pfizer’s Booster Shot For 12 To 15-Year-Olds
*Kogi Deputy Governor Pays Royal Homage To Attah Igala
*Imo Crisis: Anxiety Over Uzodimma’s Threat To Name Sponsors
*APC To Shehu Sani: Kaduna 2023 Governorship Not For Comedians
*Police Kill 1, Repel Attack On Imo Monarch Palace
*[EDITORIAL] Ensure Faithful Implementation Of 2022 Budget
*Seven Tips On How To Recharge Before Getting Back To Work
*Positive Outlook For Nigerian Economy In 2022, Expert Says
*Pressure Mounts On APC Leaders To Shift National Convention
*Bashir Tofa, June 12 Actor And Quintessential Politician, Bows Out At 75
*2023: Group Condemns Campaign Of Calumny Against Kogi Gov
*2023: Chart A Course For APC, Obahiagbon Tells Buhari, CECPC
*Group Chides FCT NUJ Over Journalist Arrest Allegation Against Masari
*Nigeria Envoy To Sierra Leone Turbanned In Nasarawa
*Kwara Governor Restates Commitment To Inclusive Growth
*BREAKING: OPEC Appoints Haitham Al-Ghais Secretary General
*How I Will Govern Nigeria As President – Ayom
*FCTA Warns Against Dumping Of Refuse On Drainages, Roadsides
*ACF Mourns Olubadan, Foundation Member, Bashir Tofa
*2023 Presidency: Ohanaeze Youths Fault Wike’s Support For Governor Bala
*Community Seeks Obaseki’s Support For Okpella Aerodrome Project
*Why PDP Cannot Fail To Rescue Nigeria – Wike
*Stakeholders Hail Ayade Over Emergence Of C’River APC Chairman-elect
*MURIC Gives Aregbesola, Oyetola 7-day Ultimatum To End Fight
*Taraba Gov Pledges Support For New Works, Housing Minister
*South-East Monarchs, Clergymen Raise Alarm Over Rising Insecurity In Imo
*2023: Saraki Presidency Will Salvage Nigeria – Group
*Buhari Mourns Bashir Tofa, Sends Delegation To Kano
*Minister Resigns After Mass Protests

DAILY TRUST
*Bashir Tofa: The Saint Goes Home
*Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi: A Visionary Intellectual @ 80
*Bashir Tofa: June 20, 1947 – January 3, 2022
*2022: Expectations, Lamentations, Vilifications And Anticipations
*Addressing The Security Challenge: The Bakori Example
*2023: Election And Politics Of Vote-Buying
*Price Of Crude Oil Hits $78.34 Ahead Of OPEC+ Meeting
*Lack Of Emergency Services At Abuja Airport Untrue – FAAN
*N540bn Zungeru Power Project To Be Commissioned In 4 Phases – Contractor
*Customs Generates N188.6bn At Onne Port In 2021
*We’re Executing N43bn Projects To Raise Electricity Grid – Minister
*Commuters Groan As Fuel Scarcity Hits Kano
*ABCON Asks CBN To De-Risk BDCs Operations
*CHI Ltd Charges Nigerians On Healthy Living
*Why We Supported Great GSM Village Annual Festival – Glo
*What To Know About Vesicovaginal Fistula
*You Can Catch Omicron Through A ‘Whiff Of Infected Breath’ Because Variant Is So Transmissible — Expert
*‘Family Planning Is A Human Capital Development Function’
*Judiciary: Cases, Personalities To Look Out For In 2022

VANGUARD
*Pharaohs coach fires warning to Super Eagles, others
*ABCON lobbies CBN to de-risk BDCs for diaspora remittances
*Chappal Petroleum, others go for ExxonMobil Nigeria oil assets
*GENCOs loses drop 42.2% to N147.05bn over non-payment for unused power
*American-based Nigerian music executive, Akeju calls for unity amidst Ghana, Nigeria artistes feud
*Owokoniran condole with Ganduje over Tofa’s death
*Foreign arrivals in Nepal down nearly 35 pct in 2021
*OPEC puts global oil demand forecast at 4.2 mb/d
*A thought for the less-privileged in the new year
*Forex: Turnover in I&E window falls 5% to $31.3bn in 2021
*Al Shabab set to deny Ighalo AFCON appearance
*Turkish inflation rate jumps to 30%
*SEC insists on deadline for fund managers regulatory fees
*UNIBEN directs admission seekers to upload O’ level results
*Kaduna to spend N4.7bn on water, sanitation, hygiene in 2022
*2023 Presidential Election: APC wooing Goodluck Jonathan, says PDP
*2023: It’s ungodly for Delta South to aspire for governorship — Gbagi
*Abia APC Crisis: More party chieftains defect to Emenike group
*Why I want to succeed Buhari — Okunnu-Lamidi, female presidential aspirant
*Bolaji Akinyemi @80: A Tribute

PUNCH
*Ebuehi to join Eagles in Garoua Jan.6
*Senegal’s Mendy, Mane jet out for AFCON
*Can Ghana finally end Nations Cup hoodoo
*Behold, Eagles 13 AFCON debutants
*AFCON 2021 countdown: Spotlight on Group E
*AFCON: Amuneke predicts tough Group D for Eagles
*Four contexts you can use ‘the’ with peoples’ names
*N188.64bn generated at Onne Port in 2021, say Customs
*Ogun upbeat on surpassing N100bn IGR, boasts of projects
*Vitafoam posts N4.38bn profit, declares N1.88bn dividend

THISDAY
*Presidency: OPC Denies Supporting Osinbajo, Tinubu, Fayemi
*Lagos Schools Urged to Set up Safety Measures for Resumption
*Nkanu East Wants Enugu Governorship Ticket in 2023
*Asiko Energy Moves to Increase Access to LPG
*Again, Glo Sponsors Benin Great GSM Village’s Annual Festival
*Masari Denies Ordering Arrest of Abuja Journalist
*FG Urged to Dialogue to Ease Tension in South-east
*Delta to Complete Ongoing Projects in 2022
*Lagos State Judiciary Gets 14 New Judges
*BRIPAN Elects New Council Members
*‘Our Best is Yet to Come’, ALAN
*Deloitte: Oilfield Services to Remain at 25% Below 2019 Levels
*“Access to Climate Information can Solve 50% of Nigeria’s Agric Challenges”
*2021: Onne Customs Generates N188.6bn, Surpasses 2020 Collection With N69bn
*As Sector Illiquidity Persists, Discos Remit Only N265.03bn of N519.77bn Invoices...
*BUA, Wartsila Sign Agreement for Construction of 70MW Power Plant
*FMDQ: Total Foreign Exchange Trade Drops by 23.59% in November
*Oil Industry: 2021 in Retrospect and Prospects for 2022
*Again, NiMet Alerts on Poor Visibility in Northern Nigeria
*Dangote Flags off Nutrition Program in Kano
*OPEC Forecasts Little Impact of Omicron on Oil Demand
*Airport Project: Okpella, Edo Govt Poised for War
*Agric Sector in 2021: Still Work in Progress

THE SUN
*National drug control master plan 2021-2025
*Salary increase for police personnel
*What Nigeria needs in 2022 –Obi
*No controversy over who becomes next Olubadan –Kingmakers
*It’s hypocritical to ignore Electoral Act, sign unimplementable 2022 budget –Wike 
*Ugwuanyi one of PDP’s shinning lights – Wike
*2023: Stop using our name to gain politician mileage –OPC warns
*Tinubu Hails Prof. Akinyemi at 80
*Lagos blue, red lines rail begins operation Q4, says Sanwo-Olu 
*3 killed in Plateau, Lalong vows to sign death penalty for kidnappers
*Electoral bill: Nigeria not ripe for direct primary –IPAC
*Buhari, Ganduje, Atiku, Kalu, Anyim, ACF, others mourn as Tofa is buried in Kano
*2023: S’East most qualified to produce Buahri’s successor -Anyim
*Bayelsa SSG rallies support for Diri, sues for unity in Southern Ijaw
*Food security: NiMET urges farmers to utilise weather forecasts
*Dialogue with South East agitators, PDP leader tells FG
*Delta Deputy Speaker’s aide, wife, 12 others escape death in auto crash
*Residents cry for help as herdsmen sack Edo community
*Man arrested for attempted murder of pregnant wife in Ogun
*Tension in Enugu community as residents protest against monarch
*2023: PDP govs in consultations over presidential candidate –Ogidi, ex-deputy national chairman
*Kalu lauds NFC over establishment of Abia cinematography centre
*Police foil attack on Imo monarch’s palace

GUARDIAN
*Labour unions strategise ahead of proposed fuel subsidy removal
*Legal hurdle clouds Olubadan succession
*IPOB bans Nigerian anthem in South East schools, use of cows at ceremonies
*Ogun targets N100b IGR, moves against water scarcity
*Ikeja bridge to be delivered two months ahead of deadline, says Sanwo-Olu
*Tension in Imo as Uzodimma uncovers alleged sponsors of insecurity
*Lagos confirms availability of Moderna, Pfizer vaccines at designated centres
*Senator disagrees with advocates of zoning in Cross River
*Gunmen abduct bride 24 hours to her wedding in Plateau  
*Sani, APC trade words over el-Rufai’s successor
*Lalong condemns killing of three in Bassa, orders arrest of attackers

GOD BLESS NIGERIA

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:
January 4, 2022

1. The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Monday said cows reared by Fulani herdsmen would no longer be used for any social event in the Southeast. The group stated this in a New Year address by its Head of Directorate Mazi Chika Edoziem, through its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful.

2. No fewer than three people have been killed in Rafin Bauna village of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State. The victims were reportedly on their way from Dutsen Kura to Rafin Bauna when they were ambushed and killed by the assailants.

3. The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) says it has no connection with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former Lagos Governor, Bola Tinubu and Ekiti Governor, Kayode Fayemi. Publicity Secretary, Yinka Oguntimehin said the organization was not involved with a “Mega Accord of 57 civil society groups rooting for southwest presidential candidate”.

4. Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong is saddened by the killing of three people at Rafin Bauna, Bassa Local Government Area. The governor, in a statement on Monday, mandated security agencies in the State to “go after the assailants” who attacked and killed the people on Sunday, and chase them out of Plateau.

5. There was tension in Edo State yesterday when scores of persons with some of them dressed in military uniform and suspected to be Fulani herdsman reportedly invaded a farming community known as 2nd Abumere Ojigbelu Camp in Ovia Northeast Local Government Area of Edo State and chased the villagers away.

6. The University College Hospital, Ibadan, yesterday narrated that the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, died at the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital at 01.15 am. The hospital in a statement by its Deputy Director of Information and Public Relations Officer, Toye Akinrinola, said the monarch was referred to UCH from a private hospital in Ibadan about 9.30 pm on Saturday.

7. The Lagos State Ministry of Education has insisted that public and private schools in the State will resume on Tuesday, January 4, 2021, to begin the second term of the 2021/2022 academic session. This is as the Commissioner for Education in the State, Folasade Adefisayo, urged school administrators in all public and private schools in the State to step up safety measures towards reducing insecurity and untoward incidents.

8. Bello Turji, a notorious bandit in Zamfara State, on Monday, released 52 people who had been under captivity for a long time. Turji is the arrowhead of killings and kidnappings around Shinkafi – Sabon Birni and Isah local government areas of Zamfara and Sokoto states.

9. Farmat Paul, a bride-to-be, was kidnapped hours before her wedding in Plateau State. The resident of Ngyong community in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau was abducted at her pastor’s house where she was expected to pass the night before the wedding.

10. One person was killed and many others wounded as gunmen attacked the palace of Eze Imo, Dr E. C. Okeke at Ezioha Amaifeke in Orlu Local Government Area of lmo State. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Mike Abattam, the gunmen stormed the palace around 1pm on Monday.


God bless Nigeria