Nigerian Newspapers, read top Naija News headlines today, 13 October 2022 below.
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Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council Full List
The full list of the Doyin Okupe led Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council can be seen below .
Naija News NG reports that the list parades top Nigerians from the six geopolitical zones . Proud and gallant Obidients like Aisha Yesufu, Kenneth Okonkwo, Chris Nwokobia, Yunusa Tanko etc made it to the list .
READ : Full List Of Peter Obi’s Presidential Campaign Council
See the list of over 1000 members below :
The complete list of @NgLabour Presidential Campaign Council. pic.twitter.com/810VAtsYMz
— Olaudah Equiano® (@RealOlaudah) October 12, 2022
Junior Achievement Nigeria partners FirstBank to Implement 22nd National Company of the Year Competition
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has partnered with Junior Achievement Nigeria to implement the 22nd National Company of the Year (NCOY) competition which will be held on Thursday, 13th October 2022.
The annual flagship event which was last held physically in 2019 will bring together 12 winning student companies from the Regional Company of the Year competition to compete for the National Company of the Year award sponsored by First Bank of Nigeria Limited. The winner of the National Company of the Year competition will proceed further to represent Nigeria at the Junior Achievement Africa’s Company of the Year (ACOY) competition.
The goal of the Junior Achievement Company Program is to inspire senior secondary school students to start and run their own business(es), develop a product or service, and market their brand. With the support of seasoned volunteers, students come together to form a company, choose a business name and elect company officers to oversee the operations of the company for the program duration. These activities help them hone some in-demand skills like creativity, accountability, teamwork, leadership, problem-solving, critical thinking and public speaking needed to succeed in this competition and thrive globally. In the end, the student companies present the results of their enterprise before a panel of judges.
The judges for this year’s competition are: Osayi Alile -CEO, Aspire Coronation Trust(ACT) Foundation; Molade Adeniyi -CEO, Wave; Nneka Itabor, Head, Transaction Banking Sales, Commercial Banking, FirstBank; Afolake Oredola, Business Manager, Commercial Banking, FirstBank; Uchenna Achunine, Director, Business Development and Communications, Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF); David Adegboyega – Sound Character Coach & Nation Builder; Femi Iromini – Co-founder/CEO Moni Africa.
According to the Executive Director, Junior Achievement Nigeria, Foluso Gbadamosi, she stated:
“We are glad that the National Company of the Year competition will once again be held physically after 2 years of being virtual. We are eager to see the tremendous business solutions and enterprises that our young leaders have doggedly built. More than ever, it is extremely important to equip young people for a global economy and we are grateful to selfless minds in the form of people and organizations who have partnered with us on this mission. We celebrate our sponsors, First Bank of Nigeria Limited for their continual support in building young leaders and we say a big thank you to every friend and stakeholder of JAN.”
Folake Ani-Mumuney, FirstBank’s Group Head, Marketing & Corporate Communications said “we commend Junior Achievement Nigeria for organizing the 22nd edition of the National Company of the Year Competition, a competition that has been impactful in promoting the entrepreneurship skills, spirit and talent innate in school children, whom are unarguably the leaders of tomorrow.
Our sponsorship of the National Company of the Year competition aligns with our FutureFirst initiative driven to promote financial literacy, entrepreneurship and innovative development and career counseling of school children at an early age. We are excited to be part of the entrepreneurship journey of all representatives of the participating teams and we wish everyone the best”, she concluded.
The 12 student companies competing at Junior Achievement Nigeria 2022 National Company of the Year are:
- Green Apex student company from International School, University of Lagos; produced a biodegradable sanitary pad for women
- Champion Squad student company from Taidob College, Asero, Ogun State produced the wearable totes made from a revamping process of used clothes with creative and fashionable local adire
- Nexus Queens Creation student company from Queens School, Ibadan developed a Decorative led lamp structured with 80% carton.
- Octagram student company from Redeemer’s Int’l Secondary School, Rivers State developed a Gas detector which alerts users about leakages and Honey candy that aids digestion, heals sore throat and reduces cholesterol
Sowore Berates Tinubu For Being Absent At ICAN Conference
Presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has berated the APC Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu for being absent at the ICAN conference.
Naija News NG reports that Omoyele Sowore wondered why Bola Tinubu an accountant decided not to attend the 52nd Annual ICAN Conference.
READ : VIDEO : Lagos welcomes Omoyele Sowore after 3 years
Recall that Tinubu was an accountant for Deloitte and Mobil .
Watch the video below :
Greatest gbo-gbo cooking Agbado master on stage at the ICAN conference. 😂😂. pic.twitter.com/uS4mhFlCXA
— Chudé (@ChudeMedia) October 12, 2022
Goodluck Jonathan, Peter Obi Congratulate Okonjo-Iweala On Becoming A GCON
Former President of Nigeria and her former boss, Goodluck Jonathan and Peter Obi have congratulated Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her GCON National Honors Award.
Naija News NG reports that the Director General of World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was among a long list of successful Nigerians who President Buhari conferred National Honors Awards on in Abuja on October 11, 2022.
The Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, GCON, is the highest honour for a non-President in Nigeria.
READ : Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Was Not Muhammadu Buhari’s First Choice
Read the congratulatory messages from Goodluck Jonathan and Labour Party’s Presidential Candidate below :
Goodluck E. Jonathan @GEJonathan
Congratulations to Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, GCON,Director General WTO,
@TonyOElumelu CFR, Chairman Heirs Holdings, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, OON, Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and other awardees on their conferment with national honours by President
@MBuhari ,GCFR. I wish them more strides and honour in their service to humanity .
– GEJ
Peter Obi @PeterObi
Today, the status of Nigerian women have been further accentuated with the recognition and bestowing on @NOIweala and @AminaJMohammed the very high national honours of GCON. Such recognition attests to their respective contribution, service and role in nation-building.
Read other reactions from Nigerians below :
Sulai Odus @SulaiOdus
What a coincidence, a day we are celebrating our girls that will transform to Women.
These duo (GCON) are a source of motivation to our girls, never to give up and also for the Govt/society to keep supporting and encouraging our girls/women at all levels.
Thank you @MBuhari.
ᴏᴠɪᴇ ᴀʟɪ ᴏnovwo-ᴏᴍᴀsᴏʀᴏ ™☤🇳🇬@OvieNews
Congratulations to Ngozi @NOIweala and @AminaJMohammed who were conferred with the highest honour for a non-President in Nigeria ,as President Buhari bestows on them ,the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON). Only Presidents and former (GCFR) will be above them.
Mo-Mo💙 @Morris_Monye
This same Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in 2015 that APC insulted and even Oshiomhole attacked and argued economics with, is the same Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala that APC is awarding National honors of GCON on in 2022
You see, propaganda remains propaganda. The truth will always overtake lies.
Nicole Hasat @Nicole_Izoduwa
APC to Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in 2015;
“You are a fake intellectual”
APC To Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in 2022 awarding her GCON:
“An astute,rigorously unsentimental economist & Nigeria’s most original,foremost & courageous economist.”
Propaganda will will fall flat before TRUTH.
Meaning of the National Honors Awards :
The Nigerian National Honours, in descending order of importance, are:
Order of the Federal Republic
Grand Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (GCFR)
Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR)
Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR)
Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR)
Order of the Niger
Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON)
Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON)
Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON)
Member of the Order of the Niger (MON)
The GCFR and GCON are customarily respectively bestowed on former occupants of the office of President of Nigeria and Vice President of Nigeria including former military heads of state of Nigeria and Chiefs of General Staff. The GCON is also customarily bestowed on the Chief Justice of Nigeria and the President of the Nigerian Senate during their first year in office, while the CON is customarily bestowed on Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
Controversy Trails Teni’s MON National Honours Award
Singer Teni has been called out for not showing appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari while receieving her MON National Honours Award .
Naija News NG reports that Teni was among a long list of top Nigerians who were conferred National Honours Awards by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja yesterday, 11 October 2022.
Teni no send una president oooo 😌❤️ Love it… na weyrey plenty pass for this app, if she shaked him ( na wahala), she no still shake am,na still wahala
• Teni • Ezra • Chioma • Neymar #PrayForRicoSwavey pic.twitter.com/1tN4QhpQqC
— Gbolahan🥷 (@thatopboy) October 11, 2022
Some Nigerians felt the I Wanna Be A Billionaire crooner did not show gratitude to the President while she received the award .
Below are tweets by Nigerians who defended Teni and those who bashed her .
READ : Singer, Teni Accused Of Ordering Her Bouncer To Beat Up UNIBEN Student
Daniel Regha
Teni sh¤uldn’t have collected her national award, the best thing was to boyc¤tt the event by n¤t attending; Cos u can n¤t be aga!nst a govt & still let members of that govt bestow on u an award. That’s r!diculous. We Nigerians talk big, but d¤n’t know what activism is all about.
Rinu Oduala 🔥🔫 @SavvyRinu
If I was Teni, once I reached that stage and collected the award, I would kneel down immediately and clean Buhari’s shoes.
I would not stop there but proceed to donate myself to a lifetime of servanthood.
I must show absolute & total respect! Especially as a woman, you know.
Chlorpheniramine #OBIdients 🇳🇬 @VictorIsrael_
After Anthony Joshua shake Buhari, dem beat am anyhow like person wey thief iphone for computer village. Nigerian super eagles hold meeting with Buhari before their match, dem collect beating. You come dey tell Teni to shake Buhari. Babe no want her career to end for Uyomeyo
Person pikin wey sing “I wanna be a billionaire” make she shake Buhari make she no achieve am abi? Nothing survives under Buhari. Not career, not hope, not our economy, not security, nothing. Even COVID-19 couldn’t survive. That man should do and go. Teni did nothing wrong.
TIFE🇬🇧🌚 @ZeekiHodl
If you’re not happy with the way Teni received the award from Buhari go to her house and collect the award back.
FS Yusuf @FS_Yusuf_
People are not worried that a failed Minister of Education is getting a national award, they are worried that Paystack Ezra Olubi “didn’t dress to impress their daddy” and Teni didn’t dobalè for emperor Buhari.
I don taya for una. I swear .
DISTINGUISHED Everest @novieverest
“Teni should have respected the office of the president.”
Has Buhari respected the office of the citizens?
Grand Commander of the Feminist Battalion @kikimordi
Narratives are very useless on Twitter because once it’s formed. Those arguing for and against it are already wrong. All Teni did was receive an award now we’re debating a non-existent thing. Starve it; it’s not wrong, it’s not right, it simply doesn’t exist.
I saw a tweet saying “I’ve watched this video 10 times and I still don’t see anything wrong”
Why are you watching it 10 times 💀
If you didn’t see anything wrong the first time believe your eyes not some spinner on Twitter who survives on clout and engagement.
Demola Olarewaju @DemolaRewaju
One can respect the Office of the President and receive a well-deserved National Honour of Nigeria but still show rejection for the occupant of the Office. Patriotism is Loyalty to the Country, not necessarily the Leadership of the Country.
Teni walked a fine line, beautifully.
Duke of Africa @Allezamani
Teni did what most of your so called celebrities had no guts to do. Nigerian youths has constantly received disrespect and abuse from the Nigeria government. What does APC blind bats mean that she disrespected the President, I thought they say Respect is reciprocal?
Akin Akinwale @mrlurvy
We are making it look like PMB did Teni a favour. So she must kneel and rababa.
I bet PMB does not even know some of the recipients.
VIDEO: Soldiers Apprehend Soldier Who Supplies Bullets To Boko Haram
A shocking video has emerged online that shows moment an unidentified Nigerian soldier was stripped of bullets he stole to supply Boko Haram members.
In the video shared online by Goldmyne TV, the soldiers who are attached to the operation Hadin Kai 156 Task Force Dake Battalion Mainok are seen stripping bullets which were hidden on the body of one of their colleague.
READ : Two Boko Haram Members Arrested In A Bank In Kaduna
They accused the soldier of planning to supply the ammunition to Boko Haram who may later turn around and use it to attack them.
Why I Declined Peter Obi’s Vice Presidential Candidate Offer- Mukhtar Shagari
Mukhtar Shagari former Deputy Governor of Sokoto State revealed why he declined the offer to be Peter Obi’s Vice Presidential candidate.
Naija News NG reports that Mukhtar Shagari revealed that he declined the offer because he believes Peter Obi would not win the 2023 presidential election.
READ : Videos : Obidients Shutdown Agbor For Peter Obi
Shagari, speaking on Channels Television’s Politics yesterday on Tuesday, October 12 2022, said he declined the opportunity because he did not believe Obi stood a chance in 2023.
“The Labour party contacted me and requested if I would like to be the Vice Presidential candidate to Peter Obi,” the PDP chieftain said.
“And I looked at the political scenario, what Labour party is, and decided that I cannot be the Vice Presidential candidate to Peter Obi.
“I do not see the path through which Peter Obi will win the election in this country.
“It is so clear that in areas in the South-East, and young people are shouting about him on social media – yes, it’s politics.
“But the truth of the matter is that there are two dominant parties in this country – APC and PDP. If you want to become President, I think you must belong to one of them.”
Shagari also said zoning is not a constitutional matter as it is not provided in the nation’s constitution.
“it’s purely a party affair,” he said.
