Author: Amina Ibrahim

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…

THE Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) has revoked the licence of Nazia Building and Civil Engineering Company Limited, owners of a multi-storey building which collapsed on Monday at the Life Camp area of Abuja. FCDA Director of Development Control, Mukhtar Galadima, told Channels Television that the developer was granted a licence to build on the land. However, the structure failed an integrity test and the developer was instructed to stop construction but continued till the eventual incident on Monday afternoon. The collapsed structure was designed to be a five-storey hotel but the building, which was under construction, collapsed on some…

SENATE President Godswill Akpabio has announced the principal officers of the 10th Senate, which he says emerged by consensus. The new officers are Senator Opeyemi Bamidele from Ekiti State as Senate Leader, Senator Dave Umahi from Ebonyi State as Deputy Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume from Borno State as Chief Whip, and Senator Lola Ashiru from Kwara State as Deputy Chief Whip. More details shortly…

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has urged the newly appointed service chiefs to work as a team, underscoring that there is work to be done. Tinubu made the remark when he met the new National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu and the new service chiefs for the first time on Monday, since their appointment on June 19, 2023. In a chat with State House correspondents, the NSA conveyed the President’s assurances to the service chiefs that they have his unwavering support. Ribadu, who said the service chiefs pledged their loyalty to the President and Nigerians, also underlined their commitment to work tirelessly…

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu, on Monday, met with the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu; and the service chiefs at the State House in Abuja.  In attendance at the meeting include the Chief of Defence Staff, Maj. Gen. C.G Musa; the Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen T. A Lagbaja; the Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral E. A Ogalla; and the Chief of Air Staff, AVM H.B Abubakar. The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun was also present at the security meeting. The meeting was not unconnected to the worrisome security situation in the country. Monday’s meeting is the President’s…

THE Presidential Election Petition Court has resumed sitting in the Nation’s Capital for the respondents- INEC, the APC and its presidential candidate, to open their defence in the petitions of the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party, who are challenging the victory of President Bola Tinubu. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), was the first to lead the path by calling three witnesses in the Labour Party’s petition. Unfortunately, their first defence witness slated for this morning, called to register his unavailability due to domestic urgency, that’s according to the Counsel to INEC, Abubakar Mahmoud. He asked that the case…

THE Federal Government has rejected the European Union’s report on the 2023 general elections, describing the conclusions of the EU Electoral Observer Mission as “jaundiced”. “We urge the EU and other foreign interests to be objective in all their assessments of the internal affairs of our country and allow Nigeria to breathe,” Dele Alake, the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy said in a statement on Sunday. Alake insisted that the February 25, 2023 presidential election was “clearly and fairly” won by Tinubu, the then candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC). He also said…

THE Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has declared that its National Vice President, Engr. Munnir Atiku Lamido is missing. Disclosing this in a statement on Friday the National PRO, MACBAN, Alhaji Muhammad Nura Abdullahi, stated that: “we wish to bring to the notice of the general public and the security agencies that Engr. Munnir Atiku Lamido is missing. Engr. Munnir is the National Vice President of MACBAN.” “He left his house in Katsina State on Friday 23th June, 2023 with the intention of traveling to kaduna. He has been missing since then,” he said. According to the…

THE Federal Government has so far saved about N400bn as a result of the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, since May 31, 2023, when the initiative was officially implemented, oil marketers stated on Thursday. Also, the oil dealers stated that there was a high possibility for the cost of petrol to rise in July, going by the recent floating of the naira against the United States dollar by the Federal Government. The Central Bank of Nigeria unified the country’s exchange rates into the Investors and Exporters window on June 14, 2023, allowing market forces to…

THE World Bank has thrown its weight in support of the Federal Government’s subsidy removal and the exchange rate unification. This comes weeks after President Bola Tinubu’s inaugural speech on subsidy removal and the need to unify Nigeria’s exchange rate. Speaking at an event organised by the World Bank to assess the nation’s economy in the last six months on Tuesday, Country Director, Dr Subham Chadhuri, explained that the policy though painful remains key to rebuilding the economy of the nation. Mr Chadhuri, however, advocated measures that will reduce the impact on the people going forward. He further stated that…