Nigerian Newspapers: Read Top Newspaper Headlines Today, 18th March 2022
The following are today’s newspaper headlines and Naija news from Nigerian newspapers.
1. Following the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the FG announced on Thursday that it was developing a new trade policy with countries that used to be part of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or USSR, with whom it has significant mutual trade ties. The administration also stated that it has finalized plans to begin 24-hour port operations in order to address the problem of port congestion in Lagos.
2. Mr. Sola Adams, a member of the Ogun House of Assembly, has condemned elephants’ invasion of farmlands in Itashin, Ijebu East Local Government Area, which resulted in the injury of a farmer. Adams, speaking at the plenary in Abeokuta, expressed concern about the recent incident in which elephants attacked villagers in his area.
3. The Middle Belt Movement for Justice and Peace, or MBMJP, has urged the Federal Government to resolve its dispute with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, or ASUU, as soon as possible, or the masses may be forced to join the National Association of Nigerian Students, or NANS, in a nationwide protest on March 28, 2022.
4. On Thursday, Anambra State Governor Charles Soludo told members of the IPOB, the ESN, and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra that violence and killings will not bring Igboland development. This was said by the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria during his inaugural address on Thursday at Government House, Agu-Awka, Awka, the state capital.
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5. On Thursday, the Anambra State Police Command said it did not see the need to arrest Bianca, the wife of former Anambra State Governor Ebelechukwu Obiano and widow of the late Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, for breach of public peace. Ikenga Tochukwu, the Command’s spokesman, stated this in an interview yesterday.
6. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has apprehended Willie Obiano, the immediate past Governor of Anambra State (EFCC). Only hours after being handed over to the new governor of the state, Chukwuma Soludo, Obiano was detained at the Lagos International Airport.
7. The North East Business Forum has purchased the form for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, less than 24 hours after the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) opened the sale of nomination and expression of interest forms for the 2023 general elections.
8. The wife of outgoing Governor Willie Obiano, Ebelechukwu, and Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu engaged in physical combat yesterday at the inauguration of Prof. Chukwuma Soludo as the sixth Governor of Anambra State. The event took place right after Soludo took his oath of office at the government residence.
9. Senator James Akpanudoedehe, Secretary of the APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, has received a vote of no confidence from members of the APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee. Senator Akpanudoedehe has a conflict of interest ahead of the party’s national convention, which is scheduled for next Saturday.
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10. According to Gary Warner, an American cybercrime expert, the viral report of a notorious Nigerian fraudster, Ramon Abbas, aka Hushpuppi, laundering $400,000 while incarcerated in the United States is the work of some scammers.
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