THE Federal Government has approved a fresh allocation of ₦1,854,277,768 to fund the education, rehabilitation, and reintegration of the Chibok schoolgirls rescued from Boko Haram captivity. The Ministry of Education, in a statement issued on Thursday by its Director of Press and Public Relations, Boriowo Folasade made available to News Point Nigeria, said the intervention will sustain the Chibok Girls Rehabilitation Programme through 2027. The package covers tuition, accommodation, vocational training, psychosocial support, and other welfare services for the freed girls, who remain under federal care more than a decade after their ordeal. “Under the Renewed Hope Agenda of President…
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THE Federal Government has issued a fresh flood alert, warning that 107 local government areas across 29 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are at risk of severe flooding between September 1 and September 15, 2025. The advisory, released on Monday in Abuja by the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NiHSA) made available to News Point Nigeria, is based on projections from the 2025 Annual Flood Outlook, real-time hydrometric data, river stage forecasts, and satellite monitoring. According to the statement signed by NiHSA’s Director-General, Mr Umar Mohammed, more than 631 communities and over 50 critical infrastructure points, including highways and…
THE Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has given the Federal Government a 10-day ultimatum to meet its outstanding demands or face a nationwide strike. In a communiqué issued after an Extraordinary National Executive Council (E-NEC) meeting held virtually on Sunday, the doctors expressed frustration over what they described as repeated government failures to honour agreements. The statement was signed by Tope Osundara, NARD President; Oluwasola Odunbaku, General Secretary; and Omoha Amobi, Publicity and Social Secretary. The ultimatum expires Wednesday, 10th September 2025. The association recalled that it had earlier issued a three-week ultimatum in July, but in the spirit…
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed concerns raised by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) over voter registration figures released in its first-week report of the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise. News Point Nigeria reported that the ADC had faulted the numbers from Osun State, describing them as “suspicious” and inconsistent with demographic realities, after nearly 400,000 new registrations were reportedly recorded in just seven days. In a statement on Thursday, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, warned that such anomalies, if unchecked, could undermine public confidence in Nigeria’s electoral process. But in a swift response, the…
FORMER Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has declared that he will not contest for any political office in the 2027 general elections, stressing that his renewed involvement in politics is strictly to support credible leadership across all levels of government. News Point Nigeria reports that El-Rufai made the declaration in Kaduna on Thursday during a reception organised for new members who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) under the leadership of Aliyu Bello. The outspoken former governor, who left office in 2023, said his original plan was to retire from partisan politics.…
THE Special Adviser to the President on Policy and Coordination and Head of the Central Results Delivery Coordination Unit, Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman, has assured that the Police Service Commission (PSC) will be empowered to execute its constitutional mandate without interference. Bala Usman gave the assurance on Monday in Abuja when she led a high-powered delegation on an engagement visit to the PSC headquarters. The meeting was aimed at identifying areas of support to enhance effective service delivery in line with President Bola Tinubu’s agenda of strengthening national security. Speaking during the visit, Bala Usman emphasized that the Central Results…
THE Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) forecasts heavy rainy and thundery weather conditions across Nigeria from Monday to Wednesday. The Agency in a post on it’s X handle disclosed that thunderstorms with moderate rainfall are expected over parts of the northern states, including Jigawa, Zamfara, Kano, Kaduna, Bauchi, Yobe, and Katsina, starting Monday morning, with afternoon rains extending to Kebbi, Adamawa, and Taraba. “Flash floods are possible in Bauchi, Jigawa, Katsina, Kaduna, and Kano States during this period. “Central states like Niger, Benue, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Plateau, and Nasarawa will see morning cloudiness and light to moderate rainfall, with…
THE National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has issued a public alert over newly discovered critical security vulnerability in embedded SIM (eSIM) cards, now being deployed by attackers to potentially hijack phone numbers or subscriber data, intercept communications, and deploy malicious applets. The vulnerability affects more than 2 billion devices globally and poses significant risks to communications security. In a statement on Friday made available to News Point Nigeria, the Agency warned that the flaw could expose billions of smartphones, tablets, wearables, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices worldwide to large-scale cyberattacks. According to the agency, the flaw originates from…
THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the sudden death of Ambassador Taofik Obasanjo Coker, Nigeria’s Consul-General in Buea, Republic of Cameroon. According to an official statement signed by the Ministry’s Spokesperson, Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa made available to News Point Nigeria, Ambassador Coker passed away on Saturday, August 16, 2025, after a brief illness. The statement described the late diplomat as a hardworking and dedicated public servant who represented Nigeria with “distinction, commitment and professionalism” throughout his career. “His untimely death is a great loss to the diplomatic community and the nation at large,” the Ministry said. Before his appointment…
A PROFESSOR of Linguistics at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Christine Iyetunde Ofulue, has said that Nigerian Pidgin is globally growing fast due to its exceptional scale and reach. She stated this on Tuesday, August 19, 2025 in Abuja while delivering the university’s 35th inaugural lecture with the theme, “Reclaiming Marginalised Voices: Intersections of Diversity and Educational Spaces.” While Ofulue, a staff in the Faculty of Arts of the NOUN, asserted that all languages are equal, she also said Nigeria stands as Africa’s most linguistically diverse nation, with around 540 distinct languages across three major language families; Afro-Asiatic,…
OPERATIVES of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) have rescued 25 women from a human trafficking ring. In a statement, NAPTIP spokesman Vincent Adekoye said the women suspected to be victims of labour exploitation were en route to Saudi Arabia before they were intercepted in Abuja, Nigeria. The unsuspecting victims were picked up in front of a popular hotel in the highbrow area of Wuse II, Abuja, where they had gathered, awaiting their trafficker. During interrogation, the victims, whose ages range from 17 to 43 years, claimed that they were recruited from Kano, Jigawa, and…
THE Minister of State for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Tanko Sununu, on Monday said the Federal Government was committed to alleviating poverty in the country. Sununu, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily monitored by News Point Nigeria, said over two million poor households had been captured in the social net as they would receive the government’s cash transfer soon. “In the next few days to come, before the end of August, we are going to reach out to 2.2 million households. “The process is such that the National Social Safety-Net Coordinating Office (NASSCO) will now harvest…
THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to return allegedly diverted funds from the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) and to urgently constitute the Governing Board of the National Pension Commission (PENCOM), warning that failure to comply could trigger nationwide industrial unrest. In a strongly worded statement issued on Thursday after its Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting, NLC President Joe Ajaero accused the government of diverting 40 percent of workers’ contributions into the national treasury as “revenue,” in clear breach of the statutes establishing the NSITF. The CWC said the action undermines…
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has announced the disbursement of a total of ₦86.3 billion loan to 449,039 students since the scheme was launched on its portal on May 24, 2024. According to the latest daily status report released on Monday, August 11, 2025, the scheme disbursed the loan as of August 6, 2025. The Fund noted that “the scheme delivers on President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda of empowering every Nigerian student through access to higher education funding.” It said the disbursement included ₦47,629,338,384 paid directly to 218 institutions as tuition fees and ₦38,718,120,000 given to students as…
THE Federal Government has firmly rejected any arrangement with the United States to receive deportees under President Donald Trump’s revived “third-country deportation” policy, stressing that Nigeria will not follow the path of Rwanda, Eswatini, or South Sudan. Speaking to this newspaper, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Kimiebi Ebienfa confirmed that Abuja’s position remains unchanged, citing national security and economic implications. Foreign Affairs Minister Yusuf Tuggar revealed in July that Washington was applying “considerable pressure” on African nations to take in Venezuelan nationals, some directly from U.S. prisons, whose home country refuses to accept them. “This is unacceptable,” Tuggar said. “It…
FIRST Lady, Oluremi Tinubu has donated N1 billion to support victims of the recent flooding in the Mokwa local government area of Niger state. The donation was made through the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI), the First Lady’s flagship humanitarian project, during a condolence visit to the state on Tuesday. According to a post by the senior special assistant to the First Lady on Media, Busola Kukoyi, via her verified X handle (@KukoyiBusola), the First Lady presented a cheque for the sum and a consignment of relief materials to Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago at the Government House in Minna. “First Lady…
BRITISH politician and Conservative Party minister, Kemi Badenoch, has said she no longer identifies as Nigerian, despite her ancestral ties and upbringing in the country. In a candid interview on the Rosebud podcast hosted by Gyles Brandreth, Badenoch revealed she hasn’t held a Nigerian passport for more than two decades and now sees the United Kingdom as her true home. News Point Nigeria reports that born Olukemi Adegoke in Wimbledon, London in 1980 to Nigerian parents, Badenoch spent much of her early life in Lagos and the United States before moving to the UK at the age of 16. Despite…
HOSPITALS across Nigeria are bracing for a nationwide shutdown as nurses under the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Federal Health Institutions Sector, commence a seven-day warning strike beginning Wednesday, July 30, 2025. The strike action, which will paralyse healthcare delivery in at least 74 federal medical centres, teaching hospitals, specialist health institutions, state-owned hospitals and primary healthcare centres across the country, is being staged in protest over long-standing issues including poor remuneration, staff shortages, unimplemented allowances, and unsafe working conditions. The union had on July 14, 2025, issued a 15-day ultimatum to the Federal Government, demanding immediate…
THE Federal Ministry of Education, led by Minister Tunji Alausa, has announced a new directive setting 12 years as the minimum entry age for pupils enrolling into Junior Secondary School (JSS1) after completing the standard six years of primary education. News Point Nigeria reports that the new guideline was unveiled in a comprehensive policy document on non-state schools, recently released by the ministry to streamline and standardise the educational journey of Nigerian children especially in the fast-growing private education sector. According to the document, basic education in Nigeria will now span nine years: six years of primary school followed by…
A PROFESSOR of Science and Technology Education, National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Chibuogwu Virginia Nnaka, has revealed the central role of professional teacher education towards dismantling systemic gender barriers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education and careers. Nnaka, a renown advocate for gender equity in science and technology education, disclosed this while delivering the 34th Inaugural Lecture of the university, titled, “Professional Teacher Education: A Catalyst for Widening the Gateway to Gender Equity in STEM Education and Careers.” The lecture, which took place on Thursday, July 24, 2025 at the NOUN headquarters in Abuja, dwelt on achieving…