Top Nigerian Newspaper Headlines For Today, Sunday, 6th February, 2022

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Good morning Nigeria, welcome to Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today Sunday, 6th February 2022.

Yoruba nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, will soon be released from detention by Benin Republic authorities.

Naija News reports that this was made known on Saturday by Abuja-based human rights lawyer Pelumi Olajengbesi.

Recall that Sunday Igboho was in July 2021 arrested alongside his wife, Ropo, at an airport in Cotonou while trying to board a plane to Germany.

The secessionist agitator has been in detention after a Benin Republic Court frustrated Nigeria’s government plans to extradite him.

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Engineer Segun Oni, has dumped the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Naija News reports that Oni was first-runner up in the just-concluded governorship primaries of the PDP held in the Ado Ekiti, the state capital.

The former governor lost the primaries to Ayodele Fayose’s anointed aspirant, Bisi Kolawole, who emerged as the party gubernatorial candidate.

This new platform earlier reported that the ex-Governor may join the All Progressives Grand Alliance (AGPA) to contest the governorship poll.

President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, said Nigeria will continue to pursue peace and progress in Africa, and other parts of the world, by consistently pushing for justice, fairness and inclusiveness in global affairs.

In a sideline meeting with the Prime Minister of Palestine, Mohammad Shtayyeh, at the ongoing African Union meetings, President Buhari said the country remains unwavering in supporting democracy, development and good governance, particularly in ensuring the rights of individuals and institutions.

“As a country we are doing our best, and we will continue doing our best to ensure justice and fairness,” he said.

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) is reportedly set to be the agency that will license and regulate social media platforms, online news outlets and content creators in the country.

Naija News learned that the proposed amendment is part of the NBC Act Amendment Bill that will be reintroduced as an executive bill in the National Assembly by the Federal Government.

Recall that the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, is reportedly set to relaunch a fresh bid for the regulation of social media in the country.

The Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Kaduna State, Rev John Hayab, has revealed that the only Bethel Baptist students left in captivity refused to be rescued from bandit terrorists.

Recall that 121 pupils were kidnapped by bandits in July 5, 2021, at the school premises along the Kaduna-Kachia highway, Damishi, in the Chikun Local Government Area of the state.

The bandits had released 120 of the pupils in batches, with only one left, Naija News reports.

A former campaign spokesman for ex-Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, Kassim Afegbua, has called on the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in 2019 general elections to rest after vying for the position for 24 years.

According to Afegbua, the main opposition party can not recycle leaders who should be resting at home with their grandchildren to come lead Nigerians in the 21st century.

He further stated that Atiku is too old to contest in the 2023 general election, as he is expected to know when to exit the contest for power.

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Joe Igbokwe, has said the Presidential Villa cannot wait to have the party’s national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and wife, Senator Remi Tinubu.

The aide to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State made this known in a post via his official Facebook page on Saturday.

Igbokwe added that Abuja, which is the seat of power in Nigeria, must not be allowed to miss Tinubu and his wife.

Former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido has submitted that zoning the 2023 presidency is not a progressive idea and he doesn’t support it.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain added that zoning does not allow the emergence of the best candidate and should not be encouraged.

Naija News reports Lamido stated this during a recent interview with the British Broadcasting Service (BBC).

The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria, Osita Okechukwu, has regained his freedom after he was released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Naija News had reported that Okechukwu was quizzed by the anti-graft agency on January 29, 2022, over a case of conspiracy, abuse of office and misappropriation of public funds to the tune of N1.3billion.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain had arrived at the headquarters of the commission at about 1.30 pm to honour an invitation but was detained and interrogated.

A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Shina Peller has disclosed that the intention of scrapping the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) was not to render Nigerians jobless.

Naija News reports that the lawmaker had sponsored a bill to scrap the security agency which passed first reading at the lower legislative chamber.

Consequently, the bill became public knowledge and has caused diverse reactions from notable Nigerians on social media and broadcast stations in the country.