THE presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has advised Nigerian youths not to be deceived again by political parties that have kept them in endemic poverty. He said this while speaking at the Kano Pillars Stadium in Kano during the party’s presidential campaign rally on Sunday. The former Anambra State governor promised to return Kano, a bubbling commercial city, to its old glory. “We want bring back Kano to what Kano used to be. That is what we want to do and we can only do it by pulling you out of poverty. We are not in this…
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THE North-East Zonal Secretary of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Dr Babayo Liman, and hundreds of his supporters have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party on Saturday in Gombe State. Liman disclosed this during an interview with journalists in Gombe, the state capital, while declaring his support to Atiku Abubakar, PDP Presidential candidate. The former NNPP member abandoned his position in the Presidential Campaign Council of Kwankwaso, stressing that he decided to resign his appointment with the NNPP and defected to the PDP in order to support the former Vice President following his track record. He said, “We registered more than…
HAJIYA Najaatu Muhammad, the Director of the Civil Society directorate of the Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has dumped the party ahead of the 2023 general elections. She announced her resignation in a letter dated January 19, 2023 and addressed to Senator Abdullahi Adamu, national chairman of the APC. Muhammad, who is a national commissioner at the Police Service Commission (PSC), said the challenges Nigeria faces require her to continue championing the struggle for a better country with a clear conscience. She attributed her withdrawal from party politics to recent developments in the country’s political and…
THE Senate through its Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions on Friday summoned the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, over the N48bn pipeline surveillance contract awarded to stakeholders in the Niger Delta region. The pipeline surveillance contract was awarded by the Federal Government to Global West Vessel Specialist Limited, a private maritime security firm founded by Government Ekpemupolo, also known as Tompolo, an erstwhile Commander of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta. The Tompolo-owned firm was expected to protect all oil pipelines criss-crossing nearly all the states in…
KANO state All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidates, Dr Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna has visited the campaign office of Tinubu/Shettima, the party’s presidential flag bearer for the forthcoming 2023 general elections. Gawuna was received by over 2600 Tinubu/Shettima support groups under the leadership of the Director, North West, Tinubu/Shettima campaign support group, Dr Baffa Babba Dan Agundi. The Kano deputy governor commended Dan Agundi for his organization, steadfastness and the continuous support he renders to the support groups and the party at large. Gawuna said he is convinced the APC will win Kano and Nigeria as evident in the mass registration…
THE Kano State Police Command has arrested a 45-year-old man in possession of 29 Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) at Dawakin Tofa LGA of the state. The spokesman for the police in the state, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who confirmed this to journalists, said the suspect has been identified as Tasiu Abdullahi from Hayin Hago area of Dawakin Tofa LGA. Kiyawa said the suspect has been transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department of the command where investigation is currently ongoing after which the suspect would be charged to court. Meanwhile, the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has alleged that the suspect…
A DISTURBANCE reportedly occurred at the All Progressives Congress (APC) rally earlier Thursday at the Rumuwoji playground in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. Some explosions were reported during the rally at the Ojukwu Townhall in the Rumuwoji area of Port Harcourt. The APC spokesman in the state, Darlington Nwauju claimed a bomb explosion rocked the rally and that five people were injured. He gave the names of those injured as Hope Isaac, Paul Oghonemu, Felicia Gogo, Amba Frank, and Gift Angela. He referred to the incident as another black day in the annals of democracy in Rivers and lamented…
THE Director, Support Groups of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Management Council (PCMC), Dr Baraka Sani has told Nigerian students that the presidential candidate of the PDP Atiku Abubakar will improve and strengthen the educational system in Nigeria when voted into power. Baraka stated this in a written address to parents and Nigerian students made available to News Point Nigeria in Kano on Thursday. She lamented the deteriorating situation of education in Nigeria insisting that the sector is losing $2 billion in annual spending by parents on their children schooling abroad. “And 47.3% of out-of-school children globally are…
THE presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, is scheduled to make a live appearance at Chatham House in London today. The international policy institute kicks off the event at 2 pm (WAT) where Kwankwaso will speak on the topic ‘Nigeria’s 2023 elections: Service delivery and policy alternatives’. The NNPP candidate will discuss his policy ideas for improving systems and services, with a particular focus on the country’s education sector and the wider priorities for ensuring secure and inclusive service delivery.
THE 36 state governors have invited the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emiefele, for a virtual meeting on Thursday over issues related to the new naira notes introduced by the apex bank. The Head, Media and Public Affairs, Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) Secretariat, Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. Bello-Barkindo said that the meeting, according to the invitation issued to Emiefele by the Chairman of NGF, Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, would commence at 9 pm prompt. “Issuing the invitation, the Nigeria Governors Forum Director General, Mr Asishana…
THE Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof Abubakar Adamu Rasheed on Monday commissioned Twin-lecture Theatre named after him at Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria (MAAUN), Kano. Prof Rasheed, who unveiled the building, expressed satisfaction with the facilities put in place and thanked the University management for naming the twin-lecture theatre after him. He commended the Founder and Chairman Governing Council of MAAUN, Prof Adamu Abubakar Gwarzo for his contribution towards elevating the standard of education in Nigeria and beyond. After commissioning the edifice, Prof Rasheed was conducted round some structures in the University including the Murtala Ramat…
KOGI State government under the leadership of Alhaji Yahaya Bello has stopped private individuals from paying WAEC fees of students in the state. This directive is coming few days after the Kogi Central Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senatorial candidate, Barr. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan promised to offset WAEC fees of students in Kogi Central senatorial district. In a letter by the Executive Chairman of Kogi State Science, Technical Education and Teaching Service Commission, Hon. Cecilia E. Cook, the state government said it took the decision because of insecurity situation in the country. The state government warned that any secondary school principal who…
THE Member House of Representatives, representing Gaya, Ajingj and Albasu Constituency, Abdullahi Mahmud Gaya has received over 200 members of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), who defected to All Progressive Congress (APC) in Gaya Local Government Area of Kano State. The Member received the decamped members during his campaign rally on Sunday night in Kazurawa and Balan towns of his constituency. In his speech, a former member of NNPP in Kazurawa Dalha Alhaji Sule Mai Rakumi declared that he joined APC for the interest of development in his political ward and the honour he received from the Member House…
THE Katsina State Government on Monday said it’s working closely with various security agencies in the state to reinforce security strategy aimed at ensuring that all places of worship are properly manned and adequately secured. The Special Adviser to the State Governor on Security Matters, Malam Ibrahim Katsina disclosed this in an interview with Channels Television, monitored by News Point Nigeria, at his office in the state capital on Monday. This commitment is coming barely 24 hours after a group of bandits armed with sophisticated guns on motorcycles abducted worshippers at the New Life For All Church in Kankara Local…
THE leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar have visited Jos to commiserate with the Plateau State chapter over the death of some party supporters in an accident on Saturday. The PDP presidential flag bearer and the party’s Chairman Iyorchia Ayu led other party leaders to Jos on Sunday. Atiku, who sympathised with the state chapter, prayed for the repose of the souls of the dead and wished the injured speedy recovery. He announced a donation of 30 million naira for the medical bills and treatment of the injured. Ayu on…
THE Honourable Commissioner, Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Dr. Zahara’u Muhammad Umar, has cleared the air of confusion surrounding rumours over allegation of assault against a senior staff of the state’s Children’s Home, Nassarawa. Making the the clarification in her office during a press briefing held on Sunday, January 15th, 2023, Dr. Zahara’u traced the source of the allegation to two female inmates of the home, whom she described as scandalous. Setting the record straight, the commissioner said, pained by the refusal of the senior staff to give in to constant demand for food stuff for personal family…
AbdulAziz PRESIDENTIAL candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has strengthened his media office with the injection of two new aides. Those appointed are Mahmud Jega as Special Adviser, Public Affairs and Abdulaziz Abdulaziz as Special Assistant on Media and Publicity. Until his appointment, Jega, a respected editor, was an in-house analyst for Arise TV and ran a weekly column for Thisday newspaper. He was also the Editor-in-Chief of an online publication, 21st Century Chronicle. Abdulaziz, an award-winning journalist and social media influencer, was until the appointment Deputy General Editor of Daily Trust Newspapers. He…
THE Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, Chairman of Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), General Buba Marwa (Rtd.), Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Inuwa Kashifu Abdullahi, Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun as well as the Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Hon. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha will be conferred with Forbes Award on Friday. While Governor Abiodun will receive Forbes Best of Africa, Governor of Industrial Revolution, Ado-Bayero will be honoured with the Most Outstanding Traditional Ruler Award; General Marwa Health Safety Award of Excellence, while Abdullahi will receive the Outstanding Corporate…
THE Kano state deputy governor, Dr Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna has visited the burnt Kano Police Command Headquarters on behalf of the Kano state government. In a gallery signed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Haruna Kiyawa and made available to News Point Nigeria, Gawuna was seen taken round the burnt offices by the AIG Zone 1, who was present at the premises.
A MYSTERIOUS fire gutted the headquarters of the Kano State Police located at Bompai, Nasarawa Local Government Area, Saturday afternoon. Even though the cause of the fire outbreak was scanty as at the time of filing the report, a source, who pleaded anonymity, told News Point Nigeria that, the fire started from the Finance Department and spread to the closest office of the Deputy Commissioner (Admin) and to other offices. The source added that, Kano State Police Commissioner, Mamman Dauda had deployed a special unit of fire investigators to unravel the ignition source of the fire. Many offices and documents were…