THE National chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has felicitated with the Muslim Ummah and teeming supporters of the party on the occasion of the Eid-el-Maulud celebration. Ganduje in a statement by his Chief press secretary, Mr Edwin Olofu called on Nigerians irrespective of religious and political leanings to remain tolerant, and imbibe the culture of peaceful coexistence required for the unity and progress of the country. Ganduje used the occasion to appeal to all Nigerians to continue to support and pray for President Bola Tinubu as he tackles the economic and security challenges…
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THE Federal Government has invited organised labour to a meeting in a last-minute bid to stop the planned October 3, 2023 nationwide strike announced by the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress on Tuesday. The two unions had declared an indefinite strike with effect from Tuesday to protest the alleged failure of the FG to provide post-subsidy palliatives for workers, but the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Productivity assured Nigerians it would meet with the leadership of the unions before they shut down the economy. The spokesperson for the labour ministry, Olajide Oshundun, said the meeting scheduled for…
THE Federal Government says 25 percent of the national budget will henceforth be dedicated to education in order to meet global standards, boost the quality of the sector and ensure the best hands are retained. The Minister of Education, Prof. Mamman Tahir, made this known on Tuesday during a press briefing to reel out preparations for the 2023 World Teachers Day. He also appealed to security agencies and the military to do more to protect schools, especially the ones in vulnerable areas to ensure the safety of students is guaranteed.
NIGERIA’sMinister of Foreign Affairs, His Excellency Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar (OON) as part of Nigeria’s participation at the just concluded 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, US, hosted the Nigeria State Luncheon on “Financing Nigeria’s Growth Agenda” with public officials and investors geared towards galvanizing investment opportunities for Nigeria’s socio-economic development. The event which was held at The Madison Main Ballroom, The Lotte New York Palace, on the 21st of September 2023 wascoordinated by Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, His Excellency Wale Edun. It provided a quality opportunity for the…
THE Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, has said the Federal Government will soon unveil the audit report of probe of the Central Bank of Nigeria. President Bola Tinubu had on July 28, 2023, named a former Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, Jim Obazee, as the Special Investigator for the CBN. The President asked the special investigator to probe the CBN and key Government Business Entities, adding that the investigator would report directly to the President’s Office. However, the SGF said on Monday that the probe report of the CBN, when made…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has finally agreed to release his university certificate to his political opponent, Atiku Abubakar, but has pleaded with a federal judge in the United States to block all other details, especially the gender and admission records, from being disclosed. News Point Nigeria reports that the decision comes amid the legal battle at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago. The case was brought by Atiku, who alleged that Tinubu was not eligible to be president because he did not have the required educational qualifications. Tinubu initially resisted releasing his certificate after…
THE Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS), Federal Capital Territory (FCT), says it is set to upwardly review traffic offence fines from the least N2,000 to a high oh N300,000. Mr Kalu Emetu, DRTS Director of Public Relations, made this known on Monday during an enlightenment exercise embarked upon by the service in some selected motor parks in the FCT. Emetu said the service took the decision of imposing stiffer penalties to serve as deterrent and reduce traffic offences in the territory. “We are hoping that this development will go a long way in forcing motorists to deem it necessary…
NO fewer than 333 million children across the world live in abject poverty, a report by the World Bank, done in conjunction with the United Nations International Children Emergency Fund, UNICEF, has stated. The report titled ‘Global Trends in Child Monetary Poverty’ noted that most of the affected children are in Africa, Southeast Asia, Latin America among others. Speaking on the development, Luis-Felipe Lopez-Calva, the Global Director for Poverty and Equity, World Bank, said, “A world where 333 million children live in extreme poverty – deprived not only of basic needs but also dignity, opportunity or hope – is simply…
HOUSE of Representatives candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party(NNPP) for Ofu/Idah, Igalamela-Odolu/Ibaji Federal Constituency of Kogi State, Egbunu Yusuf Amanabo has dumped his party for the ruling All Ptogressives Congress (APC) ahead of the forthcoming November 23 Governorship. Amanabo also indicated that he will collapse all his structure in the four Local Governmemt of Ofu, Idah, Igalamela-Odolu and Ibaji for the Ododo/Oyibo campaign organizatoon. Speaking shortly after a closed door meeting with Governor Yahaya Bello and the deputy Governorship Candidate of the APC, Joel Oyibo he said he has collapsed his structure for the Ododo/Oyibo campaign organization. “I have…
THE Federal Government may spend about N1.68tn as subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, from September to December this year, an analysis of data provided by oil marketers and the sector has shown. PMS dealers stated on Thursday that the pump price of petrol should be between N890 to N900/litre based on the fall of the naira against the United States dollar and the surge in the price of crude in the international market. Petrol currently sells at between N598 and N617/litre depending on the location of purchase, fuelling suspicion that the commodity is being subsidised by the…
GOMBE State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, CON has embarked on a mission to secure investment opportunities and development partnerships for the state’s socio-economic growth. During his visit to the Nigeria Consul General in New York, Ambassador Lot Peter Egopija, on the sidelines of the ongoing 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Governor Inuwa highlighted the immense potential of Gombe State and its readiness to tap into global opportunities. The Governor informed Ambassador Egopija of Gombe State’s agricultural richness and the presence of two major dams in the state which are essential for irrigation and hydropower generation. This valuable…
THE Revenue Mobilisation Allocation And Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) says a total of N5,244,037,636,561.60 has accrued into the Federation Account for the period between January and June 2023. News Point Nigeria reports that the figure was captured in the monthly report to the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) under the caption ‘CBN Federation Account Component Statement’. The RMAFC Chairman, Mr Mohammed Bello Shehu, in a statement on Wednesday, said out of the total gross revenue inflows into the Federation Account, the sum of N627,301,922,426.35 was NNPCL JV Petroleum Profit Tax (PPT) due, captured and…
DIRECTOR-GENERAL of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Abbas Garba Idris has announced his resignation as the director general of the agency. Idris, who has been the director general since the creation of FEMA in 2013, while announcing this yesterday at the 22nd management meeting of FEMA, described the meeting as the last for him as DG of the agency. According to him, as the pioneer director general, he ensured that management and staff were able to nurse the agency from inception in 2013 to one of the best among its peers in Nigeria through sheer determination,…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has appointed Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, spokesperson of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) as Special Adviser On Political issues in the office of Vice-President Kashim Shettima. News Point Nigeria reports that, the spokesperson of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) Hakeem Baba-Ahmed has been appointed as the special adviser on political issues to Vice-President Kashim Shettima. Baba-Ahmed is the elder brother of Datti Baba-Ahmed, the running mate of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi in the February 25 election. Baba-Ahmed, who disclosed his new appointment in a post on his X handle on Monday, said he is…
THE Zamfara State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Sokoto has fixed Monday 18th September 2023 to deliver Judgement. The tribunal is set to deliver its verdict on the petition filed by the former governor of the state, Bello Matawalle challenging the validity of the election that brought in Dauda Lawal as the governor of the state. Matawalle, who is now Minister of State for Defence, accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of subverting his victory at the polls, for failure to include the results of some ward areas, which if added, will give him victory with a wide…
SOME football coaches in Katsina State have undergone a four-day coaching training fully sponsored by the state government. The training was in collaboration with London Based Football Company (You Vs You) headed by Ahmed Mohammed, the Chairman of Katsina Football Academy. At the end of the training on Friday, the coaches asked parents to give their children time for football and other aspects of sports for them to become better players and excel. The training held at the Muhammadu Dikko Stadium, Katsina, drew participants from across the three senatorial zones of of the state – Funtua, Daura and Katsina. Twenty…
A SEVEN-MAN panel of inquiry constituted by the acting Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has yet to unravel the circumstances that led to the death of a 100-level Course 9 police cadet, Sulaiman Jika, who died on the premises of the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State. The Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Force Criminal Investigation Department, Abuja, Abiodun Alabi, who heads the panel, told our correspondent in an interview recently that investigation into the matter was still ongoing. News Point Nigeria had reported that Jika dropped dead at POLAC on Saturday, September 2, following a brief…
THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees believes the par party will get justice in the Supreme Court over the February 25 presidential election won by Bola Tinubu, the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). In a 12-hour marathon judgement on September 6, the Presidential Election Petitions Court dismissed the petitions filed by PDP, the Allied Peoples Movement (APM); the Labour Party (LP) as well as their presidential candidates challenging Tinubu’s victory. The five-man panel led by Justice Haruna Tsammani not only dismissed the consolidated petitions of the PDP, the APM, and the LP, but it also…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu yesterday, directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to create a platform for quarterly reconciliatory meetings with foreign airlines to address the backlog of trapped funds in excess of $600 million. This came as leading aircraft manufacturer, Airbus Industrie, on the sidelines of the summit, predicted that Nigeria’s domestic air traffic was set to increase by five per cent annually for the next two decades. This is even as the International Air Transport Association (IATA) criticized Nigeria over multiple charges imposed on airlines operating in the country. Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, who disclosed…
THE Federal Government has issued a flood alert, saying 13 northern states will likely witness heavy rainfalls that may lead to flooding between September 13 and 17. In a statement on Wednesday, the Ministry of Environment through its National Flood Early Warning Systems (FEWS) Central Hub, listed 50 communities across the North to be affected. Some of the states identified are Kano (Sumaila and Kunchi), Kebbi (Argungu), Katsina (Bindawa, Jibia, Kaita, and Katsina), Niger (Kontagora, Mashegu, and New Bussa), Kwara (Kosubosu), Zamfara (Kaura Namoda and Shinkafi), and Bauchi (Bajoga, Darazo, Kirfi, Azare, Jama’are, Itas, Misau). Others are Taraba (Bali, Donga,…