Breaking News in Nigeria Today Tuesday 3rd January 2023
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Tuesday 3rd January 2023 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Thousands pay respects to ex-Pope at the Vatican
Thousands of people have been paying their respects to former Pope Benedict XVI at his lying in state in the Vatican. He died on New Year’s Eve at the age of 95, almost a decade after he stood down because of ill health, reports the BBC. Pope Francis will preside over Thursday’s funeral – the
Visibly underage persons who attempt to vote will be arrested, says INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says visibly underage persons who attempt to vote during the 2023 elections will be arrested. Festus Okoye, INEC national commissioner for information and voter education, said this on Monday during an interview on ‘The Morning Show’, a programme by Arise Television. Okoye said in an effort to address issues
Navratilova: Tennis legend diagnosed with throat, breast cancer
Martina Navratilova has been diagnosed with both throat and breast cancer. The 18-time Grand Slam singles champion, who previously had breast cancer in 2010, will start treatment in New York later this month. Navratilova, 66, said both cancers had been caught at an early stage, reports the BBC. “The double whammy is serious, but fixable,
Gunmen abduct retired col., two children in Zamfara
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have kidnapped a retired colonel, Rabi’u Yandoto, and his two children on the Gusau-Tsafe Road in Zamfara State. An indigene of the area, Mohammed Hassan, said Yandoto was going to his hometown together with his two children Sunday night when he was ambushed by bandits and taken to the forest.
S’East govs are real enemies of Ndigbo, not Fulani herdsmen – Ohanaeze group
The Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC) has declared governors and political leaders of the South-East geopolitical zone as the real enemies of the region. This is also as the group maintained that one of the New Year’s resolutions of the youths for 2023, should be to sack the South East governors from the political space, insisting
2023: What God told me will happen, by Oyetola
The immediate past Governor of Osun State, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Monday disclosed that God has revealed two agenda that will happen in 2023 to him. He boasted that, according to the revelation from God, he would surely retrieve his mandate and he urged the people of the state, especially his supporters, to have faith in
Three arrested for attempting to kill police sergeant in Ogun
The Police in Ogun State have arrested three men for allegedly attempting to kill a police sergeant, Akinpelu Sunday. Akinpelu, who was attached to Owode Egba police division, was allegedly attacked by the suspects while on official duty at Orile imo, in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public
4 killed as two helicopters collide
Two helicopters collided in mid-air, killing four people Monday at Australia’s Gold Coast tourism hotspot, officials said, with images showing one of the aircraft’s rotors lying on a sandbar. Three other people were in critical condition, police said, describing how bystanders had rushed to haul passengers from an upside-down helicopter. One helicopter had
Buhari appoints Aboloma, Chairman National Quality Council
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Osita Anthony Aboloma as Chairman, National Quality Council. In a statement on Monday by the media aide to the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Ifedayo Sayo, the appointment, which takes effect from August 3, 2022, is renewable for a second five-year tenure. The Minister
Former Pope’s lying in state begins at the Vatican
Tens of thousands of people are expected to pay their respects to former Pope Benedict XVI when his lying in state begins at the Vatican later Monday. He died on New Year’s Eve at the age of 95, almost a decade after he stood down because of ill health, reports the BBC.
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