Naija News: Top Nigerian News headlines for today, Friday 18th November 2022

Naija News, read Top Headlines today, Friday 18th November 2022 below.

Below are the Newspaper Headlines & Naija News today from Nigerian Newspapers. Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:

1. Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has vowed not to talk ill of the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Fayose, who thinks that President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor should come from the South, maintained that despite party differences, he holds Tinubu in high regard.

2. Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Thursday promised to provide “logistics support” for Peter Obi, the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate. Wike said he would provide logistics support during Obi’s campaign in Rivers State. He pledged his support to Obi at the venue of the Nkpolu-Oroworokwo Flyover inauguration in Port Harcourt. The governor also declared that Obi has what it takes to become Nigeria’s president.

3. The Theatre Command Operation HADIN KAI of the Nigerian Army has revealed another sad occurrence at one of her military base on Thursday November 17th, 2022. IDOMAVOICE recalls that in less that 24 hours, Brig. Gen Audu Ogbole was killed in lagos by a junior colleague who was actually driving under the influence of alcohol. According to the Army, “a soldier shot and killed a staff of one of the NGOs providing humanitarian support in the North East.

4. Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), CON, OFR, has charged parents and other stakeholders to rise up to the challenge of ensuring that illicit substances are kept away from young Nigerians, warning that complacency is capable of compromising the bright future ahead of the youth population.

.5. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled a crucial meeting with some state governors ahead of the 2023 general elections. The meeting slated for next Tuesday, November 22, 2022, at the Nicon Luxury, Abuja, will have INEC Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye; Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje; his counterpart in Bauchi, Bala Mohammed; Benue Governor, Samuel Ortom, all in attendance.

6. Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said no Political Party can defeat the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State. Wike made this known as he invites Mr Peter Obi and Yusuf Baba-Dati, the Presidential candidate and running mate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections to the official commissioning of a newly constructed flyover in Port Harcourt..

7. English Premier League club, Manchester United have removed a gigantic painting of their embattled player, Cristiano Ronaldo from the front of Old Trafford. The removal of Ronaldo’s huge poster will pave way for it to be replaced with Rugby League World Cup branding ahead of this weekend.

8. Rev. Dr. Abel Amadi has been elected as the new General Superintendent, of Assemblies of God Nigeria. Until his election early Thursday morning, Rev. Amadi was the District Superintendent of Owerri East District of Assemblies of God Nigeria.

9. A Benue-born Military Officer, Director of Finance of the Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre (NAFRC) and one of the finest officers in the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Ogbole Audu James has been killed by a drunk soldier..

10. Tiv Area Traditional Council has condemned in strong terms what it describes as “the incessant, brutal and mindless attacks (not communal clashes) on innocent, unarmed farmers and farming communities, especially border communities” of Benue State by armed herdsmen and bandits.