Naija News, read Top Headlines today, Sunday 8 January 2023 below.
Below are the Newspaper Headlines & Naija News today from Nigerian Newspapers. Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:
1. The Leader and National Chairman, Yoruba Self-Determination Struggle, also known as Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, Wale Adeniran, has announced his immediate resignation as a member of the group following allegations of fraud and embezzlement.
2. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed Deposit Money Banks to stop the payment of customers making over-the-counter withdrawals of new naira notes. The apex bank issued the directive to the banks on Wednesday and ordered that the implementation must begin immediately.
3. The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, on Saturday announced the redeployment of Major Generals and Brigadier Generals among other senior officers across the Nigerian Army formations and units in the country.the federal government cared about was its commitment to the January to December budget cycle.
4. The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi has given further insight into why he chose to contest the nation’s highest political office in 2023. It will be recalled that Obi was the vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019 while former Vice President Atiku Abubakar was the party’s presidential candidate.
5. Former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido, has berated former President Olusegun Obasanjo for endorsing the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Speaking to newsmen, Lamido said the former president made a very grievous mistake done out of fear endorsing Obi.
6. The Governor Ahmadu Fintiri-led Adamawa State Government has rejected a request by President Muhammadu Buhari for the use of the state owned Ribadu Square in Yola, the state capital, for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign.
7. The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye has revealed that the huge crowd seen at major political parties rallies is rented. The popular clergyman stated this on Saturday morning, January 7, during the RCCG monthly Holy Ghost Service tagged, “Wonderful” which was held at the Redemption City, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State.
8. An attempt by suspected kidnappers to abduct the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Yakubu Sanda, on Friday night was foiled by the Plateau State Police Command. IDOMA VOICE gathered that the gunmen trailed the Speaker in an ash-colored Honda CR-V to his residence at the Federal Low-cost in Jos but the attempt to abduct the three occupants of the vehicle was aborted by the Police officers on guard duty.
9. Reasons have emerged on why the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, and his New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) counterpart, Rabiu Kwankwaso didn’t pursue their 2023 ambitions on the platform of the Accord Party.
10. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has slammed the All Progressives Congress (APC) flagbearer, Bola Tinubu, over his recent statement on reforming ‘Yahoo Boys’.
