Author: Khalifa Muhammad

THE Emir of Dukku, Alh. Haruna Abdulkadir Rasheed has extolled Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya’s policy directions and visionary initiatives which he said have turned Gombe to a model from which other states and agencies emulate. The Emir stated this while receiving the Governor who led other APC candidates and stalwarts on a courtesy visit to the palace ahead of the commencement of a campaign rally in Dukku. The Emir applauded the governor’s zeal towards development, expressing satisfaction with the  keen interest and attention he is giving to the people of Dukku. He specifically appraised the afforestation project of Inuwa-led administration…

THE Sokoto Division of the Court of Appeal has reinstated Dauda Lawal as the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) governorship candidate in Zamfara State. News Point Nigeria reports that a high court in Gusau, Zamfara State, presided by Justice Aminu Bappa-Aliyu had nullified the primaries that produced Dauda Lawal as PDP governorship candidate and instead, ruled that the Peoples’ Democratic Party has no gubernatorial candidate in the state. In its ruling, the appellate court on Friday has set aside a judgment of the Federal High Court. All the members of the three-man panel of the Appeal Court in the Friday sitting concurred…

THE Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has said federal civil servants will start getting their allowances paid in full by January as soon as President Muhammadu Buhari, approves the payment. Ngige disclosed this while fielding questions from journalists on Thursday. He said contrary to speculations that the Federal Government was proposing a salary increase for civil servants, the true position was that the federal civil servants’ allowances would be paid in full as soon as Buhari approved the payment. He said the idea of paying the allowances to the federal civil servants was muted as part of…

GOMBE State Governor,  Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya says the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress,  APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed and his running mate,  Sen. Kashim Shettima Tinubu bear all the hallmarks of a true,  progressive and pan-Nigerian leaders with wherewithal to build on the positives of the Buhari administration and enthrone a system that encourages industrialisation and socio-economic development. The Governor re-echoed this during yesterday his campaign rally that took him to 10 political wards of Funakaye Local Government Area to shore up support for  candidates of the APC at all levels ahead of the 2023 general elections. The wards…

THE Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has revealed why he won’t support the APC Presidential Candidate or  any presidential candidate ahead of the 2023 election in February. The Minister stated this on Wednesday, in his country home in Alor while speaking to journalists. When asked on which of the candidates he thinks may win the election, Ngige said he would not like to predict, insisting Nigerians should be allowed to choose who they want to be their president. Giving an account of his personal relationship with each of the frontline presidential candidates, Ngige said: “Malam Kwankwaso, is…

MORE than 5000 football clubs comprising over 100,000 youths came out in large numbers today to welcome the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu who landed in Kano for his candidacy campaign. The youths escorted the caravan of Tinubu from Kano State Government House to the Sani Abacha Stadium where the campaign rally was scheduled to hold. The Director of North West Tinubu/Shettima campaign support group, Baffa Babba Dan Agundi, in a statement issued to reporters on Wednesday explained that the youths were jubilating and throwing football to Tinubu’s caravan chanting “Jagaban for Nigeria”. According to…

THE Director-General of the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organization (APCO), Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state has alleged that the opposition political party is amassing money to buy peoples votes ahead of next month’s elections. Gov. Tambuwal made the assertion on Tuesday in Binji local government area of Sokoto state while on the third leg of a statewide campaign on behalf of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The state campaign train has so far touched base in seven out of the 23 local government areas of the state: Dange/Shuni, Illela, Kware, Silame, Wamakko, Binji and Tangaza. According to Tambuwal, who…

PRESIDENTIAL Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that it is unacceptable that Kano is no longer the manufacturing hub it once was. Tinubu made the lamentation in a town hall meeting with Muslim leaders from the Northwest geopolitical zone in Kano on Tuesday. According to Tinubu, if he clinch power in the next months’s election, he would come up with policies that would not only revive Kano’s manufacturing glory, he would also “expand it beyond what it once was to make it what it should be.” “We all should find it unacceptable that…

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, signed the 2023 Budget of N21.83 trillion along with the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Bill into law. Buhari signed the 2023 transition budget Tuesday morning at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, in the presence of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President Ahmad Lawan, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, and other members of the Federal Executive Council. Speaking at the event, the President said his regime would speed up critical infrastructure projects nationwide as it raced toward the finish line on May 29, 2023. He noted that the budget is N21.83…

THE alarmingly growing number of married women involved with drug abuse has been described as the biggest challenge of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in the state. The NDLEA commander in the state, Mr Abubakar Idris Ahmad said this in an interview with Voice of America, Hausa Service, on Friday. According to the NDLEA Kano Boss, the agency has has seized nine tonnes of illicit drugs worth N1.5 billion and arrested 1,078 suspects in Kano in 12 months but there biggest challenge remains the growing number of married women involved with drug abuse in the state. Ahmed added…

PARIS St-Germain lost for the first time since March as they were beaten by in-form Lens in Ligue 1. Second-placed Lens have lost only once in 17 Ligue 1 games this season and are now just four points behind Christophe Galtier’s star-studded league leaders. Lois Openda scored one goal and set up another for Franck Haise’s side. PSG were without Neymar, who was suspended after being sent off on Wednesday, and Lionel Messi, who continues his post-World Cup recovery. The hosts led after five minutes when Przemyslaw Frankowski volleyed into an empty net after a rebound off Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi…

GOVERNOR Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Saturday said the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, would reopen the nation’s borders if elected at the 2023 general election. The Director-General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council made the assertion at the PDP campaign rally in Illela Local Government Area of the state. “These include reopening of the nation’s borders, addressing challenges of insecurity and the provision of basic necessities of life for Nigerians,” he said. The governor added that his administration in the state had a lot of sympathy for the people of Illela being among the worst…

KANO state Commissioner for Religious Affairs, Dr Muhammad Tahir Adam (Baba Impossible) has been relieved of his appointment. The state Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Malam Muhammad Garba, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday, said the removal was with immediate effect. He said the sacking of the commissioner and member of the state executive council followed his unbecoming attitude as a public servant holding sensitive office, as well as unguarded utterances. The commissioner added that apart from operating without due consultation, Baba Impossible has not been loyal to the government. He announced further that already, Governor…

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has listed the requirements needed to successfully participate in the auction of properties across the country which are subject of Final Forfeiture Orders. According to the Commission, interested persons or organizations have until 12:00 noon Monday, 9th January, 2023 to submit their bids. According to a statement by Wilson Uwujaren, Head, media & Publicity of EFCC, the auction is open to members of the public with the exception of individuals / corporate entities who have been / or are being prosecuted by the EFCC; Directors of such companies and employees of the EFCC.…

HUNDREDS of constituents of a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Thursday declared their support for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, saying the Muslim-Muslim ticket should not be a factor in next year’s election. News Point Nigeria gathered that Dogara, who represents the Dass/Tafawa Balewa/Bogoro Federal Constituency of Bauchi State, has been one of the leading voices in the country opposing the same-faith ticket put up by the APC. Not satisfied with his party’s decision, Dogara dumped the APC and joined the Peoples Democratic Party, where he expressed support for…

THE Kano Road and Traffic Agency (KAROTA) arrested 3,245 offenders from January to December. This is contained in a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Agency, Nabilusi Abubakar Kofar Nai’sa, on Friday in Kano. He said the number of offenders reduced in 2022, compared to previous year when KAROTA recorded 7,835 offenders. According to the statement, “in the year  under review, the Agency succeeded in registering a total of 52,242 tricycles under the Kano Tricycle Permit System. “This registration is very important to us, hence anyone whose tricycle is duly registered will not use it to commit any…

THE Katsina state All Progressives People Congress (APC) Gubernatorial candidate, Dr. Dikko Umar Radda  has picked holes with those playing politics with the issue of insecurity in the state. Dr. Radda spoke as he resumed his state wide tour with Katsina senatorial District. He said ironically those charging the current administration with issue of insecurity were the very architects of the problem. The candidate who resumed the tour on Monday said poverty, unemployment as well as the concomitant economic disparity and deprivation  fueled by the PDP’s  sixteen years rule was what caused terrorism and criminality in Nigeria. He said the…

POLICE in Kaduna State have arrested a traditional title holder in Zaria for allegedly sodomising a 14-year-old boy. Police spokesman in the state, DSP Muhammadu Jalige, told newsmen in Zaria, Kaduna State on Wednesday that the suspect would be prosecuted at the conclusion of the investigation. The elder brother to the victim, Malam Hamza Zubairu, told NAN that the incident happened on Dec. 9 in Kwarbai Area of Zaria. Zubairu said the suspect, a neighbour of the victim’s parents used to enjoy a lot of respects in the neighbourhood. He added that on the day of the incident, the suspect…

DR Ade Faponle, a Consultant Nephrologist, at Zenith Medical and Kidney Centre, Abuja, has disclosed that Nigeria has only 250 specialists in the area of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). With an estimated population growth of 300 million people, that makes it one specialist to 1.2 million people. Faponle said this on Wednesday in Ilorin during a paper presentation at the 2022 Scientific Conference and Annual General Meeting of the Association of Resident Doctors, University of Ilorin (ARD-UITH) branch. The expert spoke on: “Kidney Protection: Evolving and Emerging Threats – Call to Action”. He lamented the dearth of CKD specialists in…

THERE are indications that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, would expel Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and his allies in the G5 Integrity Group should they come out with a declaration to support another presidential candidate apart from Atiku Abubakar, the party’s standard bearer. Sources in the party confirmed that the action of the party will be swift and decisive against Wike and his allies with consequences for the four governors who are either running for re-election or seeking Senate seats. News Point Nigeria reports that Wike and his allies are in London for what has been reported as their…