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Top Newspaper Headlines Today 29th December 2022 can be accessed below.
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1. Uproar in Senate over strange N23.7 trillion ‘Ways and Means” expenditure request
President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for N23.7 trillion ‘Ways and Means’ request for approval have sparked an uproar in Senate on Wednesday. The uproar which forced the red chambers into a close door session started when Senator Solomon Adeola Olamilekan who is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance presented the Committee report on “Approval of Ways and Means”, a request sent to the Senate by President Muhammadu Buhari.
2. Ohanaeze President-General, Obiozor reportedly dead
More revelation has emerged over speculation surrounding the death of the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo. George Obiozor’s death. A highly placed chieftain of Ohanaeze confirmed to DAILY POST that Obiozor died on December 26th.
3. Senate to resume session January 17, 2023
The Senate will resume its 2023 plenary on January 17 after its Wednesday, December 28, 2022 session. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, announced this during today’s heated plenary where lawmakers debated on President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for consideration of the Ways and Means Advances request.
4. Gbajabiamila didn’t promise payment of salary arrears – Reps reply ASUU
The House of Representatives has responded to the allegation by the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, that the Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila deceived the union to call off the strike. The spokesperson of the House, Ben Kalu, in a statement on Wednesday, said the speaker never promised the lecturers payment of arrears.
5. Omobolanle Raheem: Concerns over police recruitment, training process
Barely three weeks after policemen from the Ajah Division, Lagos State, were reported to have gunned down one Gafaru Buraimoh of Happy Land Estate, Ajah, in the State, they struck again, taking another precious life of an innocent Nigerian identified as Omobolanle Raheem. News One reported that a Lagos-based lawyer, Raheem, pregnant with a child, was, on 25 December, brutally shot dead in the presence of her husband for no justifiable reason, sadly enough, by the police from the same Ajah Division.
6. 2023: Wike killed Igbo presidency – Ohanaeze youths
The youth wing of apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has again come hard on Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State over the political intrigues playing out in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ahead of the 2023 presidential election. News One reports that Wike and his aggrieved G-5 governors are currently out of the country where they are expected to take a final stand on the candidate to support for the country’s top political position.
7. Niger lawmakers pass 2023 budget with additional N5bn
Legislators of the Niger State House of Assembly have passed the 2023 Appropriation Bill of over N243 billion as against over N238 billion earlier presented by the State Governor, Alh Abubakar Sani Bello into law. This shows an increase of about N5 billion to the Bill.
8. Bikers tragedy: Gov Ayade, Buhari’s daughter, commissioners, guests observe minute silence
Governor Ben Ayade and President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Zahra Buhari Indimi, his commissioners, carnival officials, participants, guests and tourists observed a one-minute silence in honour of those killed yesterday during bikers’ parade segment of the ongoing Calabar Carnival. A car had lost control and rammed into the spectators and bystanders on one of the carnival routes in Calabar, killing over 10 persons and critically injuring 20 others.
9. Tinubu healthy, intellectually fit to rule Nigeria – PCC member
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is healthy and intellectually fit to rule Nigeria. The declaration was made on Wednesday in Osogbo by Mr Adeboye Adebayo, a member of the APC’s Presidential Campaign Council.
10. NPFL: Rivers United begins title defence against Lobi Stars
Holders Rivers United will begin the defence of their Nigeria Professional Football League title against Lobi Stars. The encounter will hold at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt on January 8.