Top Nigerian Newspaper Headlines Today, Sunday 28th January, 2024

Good morning Nigeria, welcome to the The Herald roundup of top Nigerian newspaper headlines today, Sunday, 28th January 2024.

Super Eagle’s Ademola Lookman has sent Camaeroon out of the ongoing 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) game.

The Herald reports that Ademola Lookman scored twice in each half to hand Nigeria a famous win over the Indomitable Lions.

Victor Osimhen broke free and laid off a pass to Lookman, who saw his weak finish trickle pass the line.

With time running out, Lookman touched home Calvin Bassey’s cross.

Jose Peseiro’s men will now face Angola in the quarter-finals of the tourna

It’s another weekend of football in Europe’s biggest leagues.

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Jürgen Klopp has stunned Liverpool and the world of football by announcing he is to leave the club at the end of the season, The Herald reports

The 56-year-old in a video posted on the Liverpoolfc.com on Friday attributed his decision to “running out of energy”.

Klopp said, “I will leave the club at the end of the season.

“I understand that it’s a shock,” he said.

Klopp became Liverpool boss in 2015. Since then, the German has gone on to win the club’s first Premier League title.

Football fans and tweeps have flooded X formerly known as Twitter pay tribute to Jürgen Klopp as he looks set to pull the curtain down on a glittering nine-year stint as Liverpool (The Reds) manager.

The Herald reports that Jürgen Klopp via a video posted on the Liverpoolfc.com on Friday announced his plans to exit Liverpool because he is running out energy.

Klopp has re-established The Reds as one of European football’s top clubs after several years floundering in mid-table, leading the club to Champions League and Premier League glory.

In total, the German has won seven major honours during his time at the club and holds the highest win rate of any manager in Liverpool’s history (60.7%, 50+ games), according to Opta.

Jürgen Klopp is also the only Liverpool manager to win each of the Premier League European Cup/Champions League, FA Cup, and League Cup during his time on Merseyside.

With his brand of pulsating ‘heavy metal’ football enthralling the red half of Merseyside for the past nine years, tweeps and football family have reacted to the news, The Herald captured some tweets, see below;

The principal reason why the Naira is depreciated is because our legal tender is now being floated. No longer are we wasting $1.5 billion a month artificially defending the Naira. The country’s currency is currently responding to the laws of demand and supply.

This means that the more foreign goods and services Nigeria imports and the less of our own goods and services we export, the more the downward pressure on the Naira.

Now, what is Nigeria’s single biggest import? Fuel. We spend an average of $10 billion importing refined petroleum products. That is $10 billion that weakens the Naira and strengthens the Euro (because we primarily import fuel from Europe).

However, now that the Dangote Refinery, along with the revamped Port Harcourt Refinery, are poised to meet our local production needs in fuel and even surpass them, thereby making Nigeria a potential fuel exporter, that $10 billion pressure on the Naira will disappear.

The Governor of Ondo State, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has said that the overwhelming reactions that greeted the nomination and appointment of Dr. Olayide Adelami and Hon. Tayo Oluwatuyi as Deputy Governor and Secretary to the State Government respectively showed that he made the right choices for both positions.

The governor, who said this on Friday at the Presidential Lodge of the Government House in Akure while meeting both Adelami and Oluwatuyi for the first time since their appointment, added that he considered them highly qualified and well equipped to carry out the responsibilities entrusted to them.

Aiyedatiwa, who congratulated Adelami and Oluwatuyi, disclosed that he received calls and messages from notable personalities, including traditional rulers and religious leaders, commending both appointments.

The Governor of Benue State, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has appreciated the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government for approving the contract for the dualisation of the Makurdi-Otukpo-9th Mile (Enugu) road project.

Alia spoke at Apir, Makurdi local government on Thursday, January 25, during the flag off of the Makurdi-Enugu Road construction project.

He assured the Ministry of Works and the contractor handling the project, China Habour Engineering Company Limited (CHEC) of the state government’s support and partnership to ensure the project is completed within the specified time.

Alia, who also appreciated God for granting the state a new leaf under his watch, thanked the people of Benue for their patience, with a call on them to continue to support his administration and that of President Tinubu for the overall progress of the state and country.

Matches have been concluded in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) group stage with 16 teams emerging for the knockout stage, The Herald report.

There were so many shocking exits in the group stage which saw underdogs making into the knockout stage and some heavyweights being kicked out of the competition.

Checkout Full Fixtures Of 2023 AFCON Round Of 16 Pairings Below:

Justice Abubakar Hussaini Musa of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on Thursday, January 25, vacated an earlier order of the court directing the Inspector-General of Police to arrest the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede for disobeying the ruling of the court directing operatives of the Commission to vacate a property at Number 6, Aso Drive, Abuja.

The judge upheld the submission of the EFCC Counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo SAN, that Olukoyede “is an officer of the law and respecter of the rule of law, with fervent commitment towards moving the EFCC towards enhanced professionalism and accountable conducts” who could not have willfully ignored or disobeyed the order of the court.

Oyedepo further told the court that, “I am here to assure my Lord that Mr. Ola Olukoyede who is now the Executive Chairman of the EFCC, whose appointment was confirmed by the Senate of Federal Republic of Nigeria on the 18 October, 2023, and being a legal practitioner of many years at the bar may not knowingly disobey the order of the court”.

The Supreme Court has delivered a unanimous judgment, dismissing the appeal filed by Muhammad Sani Yahaya of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) against the election of Taraba Governor Agbu Kefas.

A five-member panel of the court ruled on Thursday that the NNPP and its candidate failed to establish their case challenging Kefas’ election.

Justice Mohammed Lawal Garba, who read the lead judgment, emphasized that the NNPP and its candidate were unable to provide sufficient evidence to support their claim that the majority of valid votes did not elect Kefas.

Leading opposition figure, Peter Obi has queried President Bola Tinubu’s “private visit” to Paris, France.

Recall that Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale disclosed in a terse statement on Wednesday, January 24, that the president was leaving for a private visit to Paris, France, the same day.

In a statement he shared on X, Obi said that the president is now a “public national asset” and Nigerians deserve to know why he is travelling abroad.

“I have been wondering what is private for a sitting President who is not on vacation to embark on a publicly funded ‘private’ visit.

“May I humbly remind the President that he is now a public national asset.

Nigerians are buzzing with excitement as Kizz Daniel drops the highly anticipated remix of his hit song, Twe Twe, featuring none other than Davido. The speculation surrounding a collaboration between the two artists earlier this month has now been clarified, and fans are expressing their opinions on the remix.

In a video accompanying the remix release, Davido is seen singing along to his verse, adding his signature touch to the track. The collaboration seems to have enhanced the appeal of Twe Twe, making it more suitable for a broader audience, including parents and their children.