THERE was a mild drama at the House of Representatives on Wednesday when a member who came to the chamber “improperly dressed” was walked out. The lawmaker, whose identity could not be ascertained because he is one of the newly elected members, entered the chamber casually dressed in a red t-shirt and brown trousers. The lawmaker walked in and took his seat at the upper gallery of the temporary chamber of the House when the House was almost rounding off the proceeding for the day. Shortly after taking his seat, a member of the House, Billy Osaweru, raised a point…
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PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, met with the class of 1999 Governors at the council chamber of the Aso Villa, Abuja. The ex-governors were at the State House to identify with Tinubu, who was the governor of Lagos State from May 1999 to 2007, and to express solidarity over his recent policies since assumption of office as Nigeria’s President on May 29, 2023. Among the former Governors present are James Ibori of Delta State; Donald Duke of Cross River State; Orji Kalu of Abia State; Victor Attah of Akwa Ibom State; Adamu Mu’azu of Bauchi State; Sam Egwu of Ebonyi…
PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu has written to the House of Representatives, seeking an amendment to the 2022 supplementary appropriation act to accommodate N500 billion for provisions of palliatives for Nigerians. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas read the president’s letter at plenary on Wednesday. He said the request became necessary to enable the government provide palliatives for Nigerians to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal. “I write to request for the amendment of the 2022 supplementary appropriation act. The request became necessary among others things, to source for funds to provide necessary palliatives to mitigate the effects…
THE Vice President, Senator Kashima Shettima has called on the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, and other principal officers of the lower chamber of the National Assembly to support President Bola Tinubu’s administration. He made the call on Tuesday while receiving members of the House at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Shettima observed that the state of affairs in the country requires the cooperation of all citizens irrespective of differences in political affiliations or religious persuasions, tribal and sectional backgrounds to support the Tinubu administration in its noble objective of transforming the nation. “The President is determined…
NOT all land borders shut by the Federal Government across Nigeria in 2018 have been reopened, the acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Wale Adeniyi, has said. He said only six strategic land borders were reopened in 2021. Adeniyi stated this on Tuesday after a private meeting with the President Bola Tinubu at Aso Villa in Abuja. The Customs boss told State House correspondents that there are ongoing processes to review the situation and the quest to achieve border security and regional integration. He noted, however, that the reopening of the borders will be made public. Adeniyi lamented…
PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed sadness and grief over the latest round of violence and killings in Plateau State. The President condemned in strong terms the most recent internecine killings in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State and parts of Benue State. President Tinubu found very depressing the festering reprisal attacks, needless and avoidable bloodletting among communities in the two States. “It is most unfortunate that in this orgy of violence, an innocent eight-month-old baby in Farin Lamba community of Vwang District, Jos South Local Government, died in a conflict she knew nothing about. “A major consequence of…
THE House of Representatives has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to stop the implementation of its directive that banks should add customers’ social media handles as means of identification. This was the resolution of the House following a motion sponsored by nine members. The CBN had released its Customer Due Diligence Regulations 2023, noting that the inclusion of social media handles on “Know Your Customer” would galvanize compliance with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing provisions. However, the House was worried that if the directive takes effect, Nigerians, who are not on social media with large turnovers from their…
SENATE President Godswill Akpabio has also announced some standing committees, namely Appropriations, Public Accounts, Ethics, and Public Petitions and Establishment. Akpabio, who spoke at Tuesday’s plenary session, revealed that Senator Solomon Adeola would chair the Appropriations Committee, while Senator Ahmed Wadada is to chair the Public Accounts Committee. See the announced Special Senate Committees and their Chairpersons below: Rules and Business — Titus Zam (chairman), Opeyemi Bamidele (deputy) Senate Services — Sunday Karimi (chairman), Williams Eteng Jonah (deputy) Ethics and Public Petitions — Okechukwu Ezea (chairman), Khalid Ibrahim Mustapha (deputy) Public Accounts — Aliu Wadada Ahmed (chairman), Onyeka Peter (deputy)…
A HIGH Court of the Federal Capital Territory yesterday deferred hearing on a case instituted against the immediate past Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, for allegedly abusing his office. ‘ Justice Oluyemisi Adelaja adjourned the case for definite hearing, even as he directed the service of all the necessary court papers on the ex-AGF, Malami, SAN, to enable him to enter his defence in the matter. He further directed that a proof of service of the suit and hearing notice on Malami, should be made available to the court. The suit is seeking…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu, on Monday, returned to Abuja after a two-day trip to Guinea Bissau for the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in Bissau. At the summit, which is the President’s first meeting with the sub-regional authority, Tinubu emerged as the new ECOWAS Chairman after President Muhammadu Buhari who previously held the position in 2018. Tinubu told the leaders in the sub-region that under his leadership, the commission will take democracy seriously. According to the Nigerian President, Democracy is very tough but it is…
THE Federal Government has filed an eight-count charge against former Minister of Aviation Stella Oduah at a Federal High Court in Abuja, accusing her of falsely claiming to have lost her National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate, among other allegations. The charge was filed on June 26, 2023, according to court documents made available to News Point Nigeria on Monday. This comes barely 13 months after the NYSC claimed that the former Anambra North did not complete the mandatory one-year programme. One of the counts read, “That you SENATOR STELLA ODUAH AND D.A.O OSHINOWO (at large) sometime in the year,…
PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed top investigative journalist, AbdulAziz AbdulAziz as Senior Special Assistant, Print Media, News Point Nigeria gathered. Abdulaziz, an award-winning journalist and social media influencer, was until this appointment, the Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Tinubu Presidential Campaign. Before then, he was the Deputy General Editor of Daily Trust Newspapers. He also anchored a morning show for the Trust TV, an arm of the Media Trust Group. AbdulAziz has also worked for Leadership Newspapers, Blueprint Newspapers and Premium Times in sparkling media career of over a decade and half. More details shortly…
A REPORT emerged (Not News Point Nigeria) that the Department of State Services (DSS) is removing all incriminating files from the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and ICPC relating to Tinubu and his close aides and associates. Tinubu was arraigned before the Code of Conduct Tribunal in September 2011 for allegedly operating foreign bank accounts, contrary to the constitution. However, in a statement on Saturday, ICPC spokesperson, Azuka Ogugua, described the report as fake. She said the attention of the commission was drawn to a spurious news report by an online medium, titled “Secret Police, DSS Carts Away Files Implicating…
ACTING Inspector-General of Police Olukayode Egbetokun on Saturday encouraged all Nigerians to embrace, download, and use the “NPF Rescue Me App”. According to a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the mobile application provides a platform for citizens to quickly alert the Police Force in emergency situations. Noting that the initiative is aimed at facilitating prompt response and assistance, Egbetokun explained that it was in line with the vision of the Nigeria Police Force to foster stronger community engagement. “The ‘NPF Rescue Me App’ is available on both the ‘android’ and ‘ios’ application stores for free downloads…
SENATOR Ahmad Yarima on Friday defended his marriage to a 14-year-old Egyptian girl, which sent shockwaves across the globe 13 years ago when it first came to light. The former Zamfara State governor drew the ire of local human rights groups when reports emerged in 2010 that he had married an alleged 13-year-old foreigner at the national mosque in Abuja. The outrage prompted a Senate probe — as a sitting senator at the time. However, Yerima who appeared on Channels Television’s Politics Today monitored by News Point Nigeria, revealed that his Egyptian bride was older and was in the process…
A FISCAL policy partner at Price Waterhouse Coopers (Pwc), Taiwo Oyedele, says that poor Nigerians will feel the impact of the four executive orders signed by President Bola Tinubu on Thursday, as they won’t have to pay more for some critical goods and services. Tinubu had on Thursday signed four Executive Orders one of which is the suspension of the five per cent Excise Tax on telecommunication services as well as the Excise Duties escalation on locally manufactured products. Speaking on Channels Television Politics Today on Thursday monitored by News Point Nigeria, Oyedele said the prices of some goods and…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu will announce new dates for Nigeria’s conduct of the national population and housing census, the Chairman of the National Population Census (NPC), Nasir Isa Kwarra, has said. The NPC boss told State House correspondents on Thursday after his meeting with the President that further delay in the conduct of the census will incur additional expenses. The census earlier scheduled for May 3 to 7, 2023 by the then administration of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari was postponed to a date to be determined by the Tinubu administration. After a meeting with the President on Thursday, Kwarra said he briefed him…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has signed four Executive Orders one of which is the suspension of the five per cent Excise Tax on telecommunication services as well as the Excise Duties escalation on locally manufactured products. The Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele Alake announced this on Thursday while briefing journalists at the State House in Abuja. He stated that the President also signed the Finance Act (Effective Date Variation) Order, 2023, which now defers the commencement date of the changes contained in the Act from May 23, 2023 to September 1, 2023. According to…
THE Senate, on Wednesday, asked relevant government agencies to release funds for dredging of canals across the country to prevent flooding during this year’s rainy season. The upper chamber made the call after considering a motion on the urgent need to intervene in the flooding issues in Ogun, Kwara and other parts of the country. The Senate Majority Whip, Ali Ndume drew the attention of the house to a motion he had raised in the 9th Assembly on the uneven disbursement of loans to the six geopolitical zones by the Development Bank of Nigeria. The 9th Senate after a series…
CHIEF Olisa Metuh, former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is currently meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at Aso Rock. Metuh, who was spokesperson of the opposition party when the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ended the 16-year of the PDP in 2015, visited Nigeria’s number one citizen alongside former Senate President Anyim Pius Anyim. The duo, who were very critical of the APC in the buildup to the 2015 elections, arrived at the presidential villa ahead of the meeting scheduled for 2pm. Anyim, who was a former Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), had…