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.…
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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…
KANO State Agro-Pastoral Development Project, KSADP, funded by the Islamic Development Bank, Lives and Livelihood Fund and the government of Kano State, has unfolded a financial plan, in the sum of N23, 076, 030, 000, 34 for infrastructure and other interventions in 2023. The State Project Coordinator, KSADP, Malam Ibrahim Garba Muhammad, made this known during a presentation before the Steering Committee of the project, chaired by the Kano State Deputy Governor, Dr. Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, highlighting that the budget involves expenditure on several projects including Dansoshiya Grazing Reserve development, expansion of Watari irrigation scheme by 1,000 hectares, and upgrade…
AN Abuja-based Islamic cleric, Imam Yahya Al-Yolawi on Tuesday in Abuja urged youths who have the means to get married and shun fornication. This, he said, would make them to earn rewards here on earth and in the hereafter. Al-Yolawi, Chief Imam of Nurul Yaqeen Jumma’at Mosque, Abuja, said, marriage protects the heart from the evil of unbridled sexual desires and the concomitant dangers. He said marriage is like an unbreakable fortress which protects those involved from going into hellfire in the hereafter. “If a person fears the dangers of fornication he or she will prefer to get married. “Marriage…
THREE Nigerian superstars made it to the 2022 list of top 25 favourite songs that a former United States President, Barack Obama, released, with some fans expressing their views about his choice of music. Sharing the list of his favourite songs for 2022 on Friday December 23 via his social media handles, Obama wrote, “I always enjoy sharing my end-of-year music playlist with all of you, and this year we heard a lot of great songs.” Burna Boy, born Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, made the list with his Grammy-nominated ‘Last Last’ single off the Grammy-nominated ‘Love, Damini’ album. Ayra Starr’s recent…