Nigerian Newspapers: Headlines that will interest you today, Monday

Good day, good citizens of Nigeria, here are headlines from Nigerian Newspapers that may interest you today, Monday, December 27, 2021.

1. Tension in foods, drinks sector over expatriate quota abuse [Vanguard Newspaper]

Industrial unrest is looming in the Food and Beverages sector of the nation’s economy over alleged expatriate quota abuse by multi-nationals and other major companies in the industry.

Already, organised labour has petitioned the Federal Government through the Ministry of Labour and Employment, accusing a major multi-national in the sector of flagrant abuse of expatriate quota.

2. Biafra: Ojukwu accepted Shagari’s condition to be stripped of military status for amnesty — Amb Ukume [Vanguard Newspaper]

Nigerian Ambassador to Vote D’Ivoire during late President Shehu Shagari’s administration, Denis Ukume,has disclosed that late Biafra warlord,Odumegwu Ojukwu accepted Shagari’s condition to be derobed of military status for him to be granted amnesty.

The 83-year old claimed Ojukwu agreed to Shagari’s condition to be referred to simply as “Mr” without any military insignia, if he (Ojukwu) would be granted pardon for his role in the Nigerian Civil War.

3. States revive isolation centres, COVID-19 cases soar, vaccination grounded at 3.9% [Punch Newspaper]

State governments have intensified preparations of isolation centres in readiness for possible admission of COVID-19 patients as cases of the virus continue to rise in the country.

Officials of states including Ogun, Gombe, Benue, Lagos, Ondo and Sokoto, in separate interviews with our correspondents on Sunday, said they had enough bed spaces to admit COVID-19 patients.

This came to the fore as the number of officially confirmed COVID-19 infections  hit 236, 014 while the rate of full vaccination was stalled at 3.9 per cent as of Saturday.

4. Okorocha lambasts Uzodinma, IGP as son-in-law arrested in church [Punch Newspaper]

A former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, on Sunday said the police operatives who arrested his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, during a service at St Peter’s Anglican Church, Eziama Obieri in the Nkwerre Local Government Area of the state, pushed his wife, Nkechi, to the ground and tore the clothes of his first daughter, Uloma.

Okorocha, who briefed journalists at his Spilbat mansion in Owerri, the state capital, said Governor Hope Uzodinma deceived the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, into desecrating the church of worship by arresting Nwosu.

There was panic after Nwosu was whisked away from a church service at his home town, Eziama Obieri. Read more.

5. NIGERIA IN 2022: What to expect from economy [Business Day]

The year 2022 will probably not be significantly different from the current year as widespread poverty, high unemployment, and falling consumer purchasing power are expected to persist.

Economists polled in a BusinessDay survey all tipped Nigeria’s GDP to expand in 2022, albeit at a slower pace than in 2021, as the low base effect that powered growth this year fades. They also highlighted key trends that will shape the economy in the new year.