Top Nigerian newspapers headlines and breaking news in Nigeria today, Wednesday, March 22, 2023.
Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has stopped hundreds of Chadians from entering Kaduna State to vote for the All Progressive Congress, APC party.
Obasanjo had received a call from a junior immigration officer ( name withheld ) that unknown 100 trucks carrying over one million Chadians got access to the Nigeria border and were heading to Kaduna, former President of Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria, PMAN stated.
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The Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi has won the polling units inside the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
At PU 131, opposite Pilot Gate, State House, Abuja, Obi polled total of 17 votes ahead of Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
However, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) managed to secure just three votes.
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25 election, has told the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) declare him winner of the election.
Obi also sought the court to cancel the election and conduct a fresh one in alternative.
The above formed part of the reliefs being sought in a petition Obi filed with his party at the court’s secretariat located at the Court of Appeal in Abuja.
Serie A Giants Napoli have told Manchester United the very amount to make available for the signing of Victor Osimhen this summer.
The Italian side will not sell the Nigeria International this summer unless the Red Devils are able to cough out €150million (£132m).
United have since prioritized signing a top striker at the end of the season and have reportedly lined up the likes of Tottenham star, Harry Kane and Benfica’s Goncalo Ramos.
Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen breezed into the Super Eagles camp on Tuesday night to the excitement of his teammates.
The red hot striker into the country on Tuesday afternoon and signed an endorsement deal with a health brand before proceeding to Abuja where the Super Eagles camped.
The 24-year-old missed the team’s second training session at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja on Tuesday night following his late arrival in camp.
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate requesting the confirmation of new members of the board of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation.
This development was contained in a letter dated March 15, 2023.
The letter was read at the start of the plenary on Tuesday by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan.
Five women have been elected into the Kwara State House of Assembly.
The women were elected during the last Saturday’s House of Assembly election in the state.
They would partake in the 10th legislative session of the Assembly which will be inaugurated in June this year.
Their names include Rukayat Shittu, Owode/Onire constituency; Arinola Lawal, Ilorin East constituency; Medinat AbdulRaheem, Lanwa/ Ejidongari constituency; Aishat Babatunde-Alanamu, Ilorin North-West constituency; and Mariam Aladi, Ilorin South constituency.
The Senate said it has ordered for probe as to why President Muhammadu Buhari did not assent to 19 out of the 35 constitution alternation bills transmitted to him by the National Assembly.
The House resumed its plenary after the Governorship and State Houses of Assembly election.
Its President, Ahmad Lawan, asserted it had constituted a committee to probe the president on the matter.
Checks disclosed Buhari had last week signed into law 16 constitution amendment bills out of the 35 bills transmitted to him by the ninth National Assembly.
