Top Newspaper Headlines & Naija News today, 13 September 2022, can be accessed below.

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Below are the Newspaper Headlines & Naija News today from Nigerian Newspapers. Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:

1- I need a kidney donor to live – Sonia Ekweremadu begs online

Ike Ekweremadu‘s daughter Sonia has gone online to beg Nigerians to save her life by donating kidney to her .

Naija News NG reports that Sonia Ekweremadu via her Instagram account, Soniaekw, appealed to good Nigerians to come to her rescue .

She narrated how this illness made her drop out of her post graduate studies at the University of Newcastle in 2019 and landed her parents in trouble in United Kingdom .

The statement read, “I, Sonia Ekweremadu, hereby appeal to the general public to come to my aid and save my life.

“I am 25 years old and a graduate of Media and Communications, University of Coventry. I dropped out of my post graduate studies at the University of Newcastle in 2019 when I was diagnosed with a rare kidney disease, FSGS Nephrotic Syndrome.

“My family has battled to save my life and has taken me to various hospitals, but the illness persisted and kept degenerating. I am alive today by the special grace of God.

“I am presently in London, UK, receiving five hours of dialysis three to four times a week. This is at the expense of my family as I am not qualified for NHS due to my immigration status.

“The last three years have been extremely challenging. The charges being faced by my parents in London presently, are directly connected to my illness and have complicated matter for me and my family. I do not intend to delve into details of this unfortunate development as the matter is still in Court. I am, however, optimistic that the truth will prevail and it will end in praise to God.

“In the circumstance above, I am appealing to anybody whom it may please to assist me willingly with a kidney donation in the name of God.

“This appeal would have been utterly unnecessary as every member of my family is eager to donate their kidney to me, knowing that I would do the same for any of them.

“Regrettably, comprehensive medical examination showed that my case of nephrotic syndrome is a genetic illness and the doctors advised against donation from any of my family members, as it would likely reoccur. In the time that my father has been incarcerated, he has been diagnosed with acute kidney damage.

“Anybody that is moved by this appeal and wishes to donate his or her kidney to me may send an email to [email protected] and include his or her name, phone number, email address and place of residence.”

Sonia said the laws of England and Wales demands that organ donation must be done out of compassion.

“Please, note that under the laws of England and Wales, organ donation must be purely driven by compassion and, therefore, no reward is involved.

“Finally, I have decided to commit and dedicate myself to helping people with the challenges of kidney disease, upon my full recovery. Thank you and God bless you.”

READ : Ike Ekweremadu To Remain In Custody Till October 31

Her father is facing trial in United Kingdom for an alleged organ harvesting case .

2- Meet The New Face Of Heritage Bank Akinola George-Taylor 

Heritage Bank has appointed Akinola George-Taylor as its acting managing director/chief executive officer effective from September 12, 2022, NAIJA NEWS NG reports.

The bank also announced the appointments of two executive directors, Osepiribo Ben-Willie and George Oko-Oboh.

‘I’m dying’ – Ailing Ekweremadu’s daughter, Sonia begs for kidney donor
The lender in a statement on Monday made available to NAIJA NEWS NG said, George-Taylor, a seasoned banker, will take over leadership from Ifie Sekibo, the founder and pioneer managing director/CEO of the bank, who has served his 10 years tenure in accordance with the bank’s term limits for chief executives, having headed it since 2012.

“As an experienced banker with over two decades working in the banking and financial services sector, Akinola George-Taylor has a proven track record in managing multi-billion Naira operations.

“He started his banking career in 1993 with GTBank where George-Taylor rose to the position of Executive Director in charge of Public Sector Group, Abuja & North Central. Whilst at the Bank, he has held various positions in different business sectors. He was also the Managing Director of GTBank in Sierra Leone between 2005 to 2009,” the bank said.

According to the bank, “Osepiribo Ben-Willie is an accomplished banker with over two decades experience of which she has been leading business transformation initiatives at various levels within the financial service space. Ben-Willie is currently the Directorate Head South-South, South-East & Private Wealth Management Team in Heritage Bank Plc. She has worked in the following banking institutions Credite Bank Nigeria Limited, Diamond Bank, Zenith Bank and Stanbic IBTC.

“George Oko-Oboh currently heads the Abuja and North Directorate Business of Heritage Bank Plc where he plays a pivotal role in the business growth and daily operations of all businesses and transactions as it relates to his area of supervision. Oko-Oboh is an accomplished financial services professional with over two decades of banking experience functioning in various leading business roles spanning Retail, SME, Commercial, Public Sector, Collections, Funding Advisory and Corporate Negotiations.

Heritage Bank emerged from a business combination of Heritage Banking Company Limited (HBCL) and Enterprise Bank Limited (EBL) after the acquisition of Societe Generale of Nigeria’s (SGBN) license by IEI Investment Ltd from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) having met all requirements by Nigeria’s apex bank in 2012. The bank thereafter returned 100% of existing SGBN account holders’ funds which were frozen at the closure of the SGBN. This move brought a lot of smiles to the faces of former account holders and inspired many of them to open new accounts with Heritage Bank.

In October 2014, the lender successfully met the requirements of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) and the CBN toward owning 100% shares in Enterprise Bank Ltd., after a highly competitive bid process.

3- Dele Alake : David Hundeyin Knocks Tinubu’s Media Czar, Says He Is A Bad Liar

David Hundeyin a Nigerian Investigative Journalist has knocked Dele Alake’s explaination of Bola Tinubu’s source of wealth.

Naija News NG reports that David Hundeyin in a Twitter thread said that Tolu Ogunlesi and Adebola Williams were better liars than Dele Alake.

Read his words below :

“The likes of Debola and Tolu from 2015 were much smarter liars than Dele Alake.

A smart liar would know that stock trading is an activity that leaves a public record paper trail.

Debunking the “Tinubu traded stocks” lie is as simple as checking publicly available SEC records.
Mr Publicist has collected USD to market a known drug trafficker for president, and now he’s stuck because he has no reasonable argument to make.

So the only option as a proper Nigerian Boomer, is to push out his chest and start saying nonsense with vigour and vim.
Any kind of personal integrity be damned. Man must receive that USD wire transfer by any means necessary.

Even at the cost of coming out of all this looking like a complete fool.”

Read reactions below : 

@esthyluvv : As young as I am, I can’t go on TV to do what he just did. My children, this videos will be online for the rest of my life…nah. terrible audacity to have.

Jhon Snow : Someone that made his wealth through stock trading wants to recruit 50 million youths into the army and feed them Ewa, dodo and Agbado?
The same person that said that the dollar rise doesn’t concern us bc we won’t be paid in dollars,that’s not how a stock trader thinks!

Onyekachi Okolie : I doubt if that individual is bothered about being a smart liar. It’s a situation of go do your worst, if you can.

Dugbem Agbo : The interview really scattered the man’s head, it’s like he didn’t see those questions coming, man was completely rattled and was unable to answer any of the questions convincingly.

During an interviews with Channels TV’s Seun Okin, Dele Alake revealed the owners of Oriental Hotel and Alpha Beta . 

Naija News NG reports that Dele Alake the Director Strategic Communication of Tinubu’s Presidential Campaign Organisation said Bola Tinubu is not the owner of Alpha Beta and Oriental Hotel .

On Alpha Beta he challenged Seun Okin to go to Corporate Affairs Comission, CAC and verify the owners of Alpha Beta .

READ : Nigerians debate Bola Tinubu’s contribution to the development of Lagos

Speaking on Orienta Hotel he said, ” Oriental Hotels is owned by the WEMCO Group located at WEMCO Road in Ogba, Lagos . They have been in Nigeria since the late 50s .They own JEMCO, WEMCO, NEWCO all in Ikeja. They own Omohood in Ijebu Ode, Porsely Wears in Abeokuta, they own Ibafor Steels near Punch Newspapers, they own Golden Crown Chinese Restaurant in Palm Groove . ”

What you need to know about Dele Alake 

Henry Dele Alake is a journalist, activist, technocrat and a politician

Dele hails from Ekiti state. He was born on the 6th of October 1956. He is currently 66 years.

He was a mentee of the late MKO Abiola.

Amidst oppression and terrorization, Dele was at the forefront during the 1993 controversial election which was annulled by the then military president; General Ibrahim Babangida

Dele was commissioner for Information and Strategy to the then Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu between 1999–2007.

He is currently the Director of Media and Communication of The Tinubu Campaign Council supporting the presidential aspiration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2023 election

Education

Alake attended Surulere Baptist Primary School, Lagos for his elementary education before heading to Christ’s School Ado Ekiti, for his West African School Certificate. He then later proceeded to Igbobi College, Yaba, Lagos where he obtained his Higher School Certificate in 1975.

Later in 1975, he headed to the University of Lagos, Akoka for bachelor’s degree in Political Science and a master’s degree in Mass Communications

4- VIDEO : Femi Falana Spits Fire At Labour Party Retreat

Femi Falana (SAN) spoke powerfully today September 12, 2022 at the Labour Party National Retreat in Abuja .

Naija News NG reports that reverred Human Rights Activists said the Labour Party is up against people who have amassed unblievable wealth through corrupt means in a bid to buy the votes of Nigerian people .

READ : All Former Heads Of State And Six Governors Working For Peter Obi – Labour Party

Femi Falana added that the man in Aso Rock, President Muhammadu Buhari said he is tired and those who want to take over from him are also tired.

“The man in Aso Rock is tired and he said he wants to go home, those who are wrestling to succeed him are also tired – Femi Falana said .

5- JAMB scraps mop-up UTME , See Why

JAMB  the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says it will no longer conduct mop-up examinations for candidates for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) who are not bio-metrically verified.

The board made this known in its Weekly Bulletin from the office of the Registrar on Monday in Abuja.

It said the move was to further strengthen the noose around examination malpractice.

“The board has decided that the era whereby some candidates will present themselves at the examination venue and claim difficulty to be biometrically verified and expect the system to allow them to sit for the examination is gone for good.

“It will be recalled that the board, out of its magnanimity has allowed such candidates to be rescheduled for the mop-up UTME introduced in 2017.

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“However, the board has of late, realised the futility of such an arrangement after assessing the process and its impact on the entire examination value chain.

“Consequently, the management of the board has regrettably resolved that all candidates must be verified to sit for their examination as there will be no more mop-ups UTME for whatever reason.

“To cater for the few that may have genuine cases of inability to be captured, such candidates are to clearly indicate such difficulty from the point of registration.

“This is so that they can be assigned to a centre situated within the National headquarters of the board for close monitoring,” it said.

The bulletin noted that the measure was not only to sanitise the examination process but also to ensure that the hard-earned reputation of the board was not impugned.

JAMB said the decision emanated from the management’s rigorous review of the 2022 UTME exercise with the need to close all loopholes noticed during the examination.

“Examination malpractice remained one of the major obstacles faced by all public examination bodies globally, hence, the need for it to consistently take steps to confront the monster.

“No candidate of the UTME will be allowed to sit for its examination without first being biometrically verified. All 10 fingers of the candidate must be captured at the point of registration.

“To combat the menace of examination malpractice, the board has taken full advantage of technology by introducing, among others, biometric capturing of a candidate’s 10 fingers during UTME registration.

“This is to ensure that there is a convincing match between the fingerprints captured and those presented by the candidate at the examination venue,” it said.

The board added that any scenario other than the above was an invitation to examination security breach.

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