– Says, 73.5% Of 2023 Revenue For Debt Servicing THE Debt Management Office (DMO) has issued a warning to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu against additional borrowing, citing that 73.5% of this year’s revenue will be used to service debt. According to the DMO, this high Debt Service-to-Revenue ratio is unsustainable and poses a threat to debt sustainability. Recall that President Tinubu is currently in Paris, France where he is expected to participate in the New Global Financial Pact Summit organised by President Emmanuel Macron. The DMO recommended that Tinubu focuses on increasing revenue generation to achieve a sustainable Debt Service-to-Revenue…
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SANI Liman Kila was born in Kila, Jigawa State, on June 23, 1968. He attended Kila Kudu Central Primary School from 1974 to 1980 and Government Secondary School Dawakin Tofa, Kano from 1980-1985. He gained admission to B.Ed English at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, graduating in 1998. He also earned a MSc Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution from National Open University of Nigeria in 2009. He joined the Nigeria Immigration Service in 1989 and In 1991, he was at the Immigration Training School, Kano (TSK) before he proceeded to Machine Readable Passport (MPR) Training in 2000. He was at the…
A FEDERAL High Court in Abuja on Monday adjurned a case on an alleged money Laundering to June 26th, 2023 after it had summoned the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) Managing Director, Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad and four directors of a private companies. The charges of breach of Public Procurement Act were pressed by Donnington Ltd against Velocity Logistics, Winslow Logistics, Equal Logistics, Sahams Crystal Investment, and Antaser Nig Ltd. The charges were alleged to bother on infractions against the Money Laundering Act and, especially the non-declaration of the activities of their companies as specified under Sec 5 (1) (a) (I) of…
TWO goals from Victor Osimhen has helped the Super Eagles defeat Sierra Leone 3-2 to qualify for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) with one game to spare. The third goal for Nigeria in the game played at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Stadium in Monrovia, Liberia, on Sunday, was scored by Kelechi Iheanacho. The Eagles started the game on the front foot and their pressure paid off in the 19th minute after Napoli striker Osimhen met a long ball and lobbed over the onrushing Sierra Leone goalkeeper who watched helplessly as the ball went into his net. Joe Aribo…
A 13-YEAR-OLD boy Khalifa Umar has been shot dead by gunmen who invaded Jama’are Market in Jama’are Local Government Area of Bauchi State News Point Nigeria reports that the gunmen also abducted one Alhaji Sama’ila Magaji and his brother, Inuwa Magaji and injured two others on Saturday night. A resident of Jama’are said people were surprised by the attack because it was new to them and Jama’are has no nearby forests. “Saturday was a market day and we sighted up to 40 or 50 gunmen on motorcycles,” the resident who craved anonymity said. The Police Public Relations Officer in the…
A MEMBER of the 10th Kaduna State House of Assembly, Honorable Garba Madami has died. The member representing the Chikun constituency died on Saturday just four days after he and other members of the Assembly were inaugurated. The late lawmaker was a one-time chairman of Chikun Local Government Area and former Commissioner of Planning and Budget. He also served as Political Adviser to the late Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State. Meanwhile, the Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, has expressed shock over Madami’s death. In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mohammed Shehu, the Governor commiserated with…
THE Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the appointment of Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs) Frank Mba and Bala Ciroma as Deputy Inspectors General of Police (DIGs). This was contained in a statement by the PSC spokesperson, Ikechukwu Ani, on Friday. According to him, DIG Ciroma will replace DIG Ali Janga who has retired from Service and had represented the North-East geopolitical zone in the Police Management Team. “DIG Ciroma, the most senior Officer from the zone will henceforth represent the zone. DIG Mba will represent the South East zone and replace retired DIG John Amadi who before his…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has begun putting in place a structural approach to make available cheap fuel through compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied natural gas (LPG) to mitigate the effects of the subsidy removal on Nigerians. The Group CEO of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, stated this late Wednesday in a chat with State House correspondents after a meeting with Tinubu. Kyari said the plans would be rolled out soon, adding that the structural plan, which he described as a work in progress, was part of the President’s palliative measures for citizens. He added that there…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has signed the Nigeria Data Protection Bill, 2023 into law. The Nigeria Data Protection Act, 2023 provides a legal framework for the protection of personal information and the practice of data protection in Nigeria. Dr Vincent Olatunji, the National Commissioner, Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB), said this at the NDPD Strategic Roadmap and Action Plan(SRAP) validation workshop in Abuja. The bill was sent to the Senate and House of Representatives for consideration and passage on Tuesday, April 4 2023 via a letter from former President Muhammadu Buhari. “Now an Act, the new law establishes the Nigeria Data…
KWARA State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has expressed dismay over the news of no fewer than 100 people who are feared dead in a boat accident in Egbu village, in the Patigi Local Government Area of the state. It was reported that the boat travelling along the Niger River was carrying wedding guests who were returning on Monday morning to Kwara State from a ceremony in nearby Niger State. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye, on Tuesday, the governor commiserated with families of the victims and members of the community where the incident occurred. He expressed deep…
Dr GEORGE Uboh, Chairman of George Uboh Whistleblowers Network (GUWN), has narrated how he was arrested and detained for 101 days in 2019 after he exposed the Forex scam under Godwin Emefiele, embattled Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). He made the revelation at a press briefing in Abuja on Monday. Uboh commended President Bola Tinubu for suspending Emefiele and ordering probe. “While the media is replete with reports of Emefiele’s corruption post-arrest, pre-arrest, however, no Nigerian dared criticise the Almighty Emefiele. George Uboh Whistleblowers Network (hereinafter GUWN) exposed Emefiele’s corruption regarding forex fraud of over US$3 billion…
THE Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has accused the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) of fraudulently denying its members supply of the products for which they have already paid. In a statement signed by IPMAN’s Secretary for Private Depot Operation (PDO), Lagos, Mr. Folalu Ebenezer and four other concerned marketers, the association said their members have tickets issued to them for over nine months but for which the products were never supplied in spite of having paid to the NNPCL through their official portal. The association in the statement said: “The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria…
AT least 1,200 victims of human trafficking have been rescued and 10 suspected human traffickers have been arrested and convicted by the Katsina State Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). According to the State Commander of NAPTIP, Musa Aliyu, the victims comprising men, women, and their children were rescued between last year and now. He stated that with the commitment of the Katsina State Government, the State NAPTIP liaison office has been upgraded to a Command. He further called on the good people of the state not to hesitate to directly report issues…
MANCHESTER City’s long quest to win the Champions League finally ended in triumph against Inter Milan in Istanbul as Pep Guardiola’s side completed the Treble. After winning the Premier League and FA Cup, City emulated Manchester United’s triple trophy haul in 1999 as they became only the second English club to achieve the feat after Rodri’s crisp 68th-minute strike settled an attritional final. Pep Guardiola’s all-conquering side were never at their best against a brilliantly organised Inter and had to cope with loss of Kevin De Bruyne to injury in the first half. But the massed ranks of City fans…
TROOPS of Operation Forest Sanity in conjunction with the Defence Headquarters Special Forces have neutralised six bandits during an operation in Giwa Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major-General Musa Danmadami, in a statement on Saturday, said the six bandits were killed in a gun battle on Friday, following a raid on their hideout at Maidaro village in Giwa LGA by the Special Forces. He added that several arms and ammunition were equally recovered by the troops, while the camps of the bandits were also destroyed during the covert operation. “In an ensued…
THE immediate past governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, has threatened to deal with his predecessor in office and the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, if he meets him at the State House. Ganduje, who also served as Kwankwaso’s deputy when he was governor, issued the threat after meeting with the President Bola Tinubu on Friday where he apprised him of the damage allegedly done by the government led by Kwankwaso’s party barely two weeks it assumed office. “I know he (Kwankwaso) is in the building but we have not met. Probably if we…
THERE was tight security and protest as one of the factional Speakers of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Ibrahim Balarabe, on Thursday held a plenary session. During the plenary, the only female lawmaker of the 7th assembly, Hajara Danyaro, was sworn in. Earlier, Hajara was not in either of the camps during the crisis but this swearing-in indicates her membership of the Balarabe-led factional camp. Principal officers of the Balarabe camp were also announced. Adamu Omadefu was named as the Majority Leader; Danladi Jatau, Deputy Majority Leader; Larry Ven-Bawa, Chief Whip; Suleiman Azara, Deputy Chief Whip; Ibrahim Musa of…
THE attention of Kano Renaissance Group has been drawn to series of nocturnal meetings being held by some retired military personnel, with the sole purpose of working out mechanisms to malign the person of former ambassador and Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai (Rtd) and ensure he is reduced in esteem in the eyes of President Bola Tinubu and other well meaning Nigerians. In a press release signed yesterday by the group’s President, Malam Suleiman Uba Gaya, it says “the bigger objective of these characters is to ensure the well decorated General, who served Nigeria and particularly…
THE Board and Management of the Nigerian Railway Corporation have announced the recommencement of two additional train trips on the Abuja-Kaduna train service. Recall that in January this year, the News Point Nigeria reported that the Abuja-Kaduna train detailed in Kubwa led to the reduction of trips on the rail corridor. But a statement on Saturday by the NRC management stated that the train service will resume on Sunday, 4th June 2023. The NRC apologises to its esteemed passengers for any inconvenience they might have experienced as a result of the temporary reduction in train service. The NRC assures its…
ALHAJI Usman Jidda Shuwa, Borno’s immediate past Secretary to State Government, is dead. Shuwa, who until May 28, is Governor Babagana Umara Zulum’s SSG, passed away after a brief illness. According to a family source, he passed on at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, UMTH, this evening. Shuwa was a seasoned administrator with a long standing track record of working at both state and federal levels. Born 1958, he died aged 65. His burial arrangements will be announced by the state government.