THE Department of State Services, DSS, has confirmed the arrest of the former presidential spokesman, Dr. Doyin Okupe. DSS said he was arrested on the instruction of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The confirmation was made via a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the DSS, Dr. Peter Afunanya, in a statement sent to News Point Nigeria. Afunanya said: “Doyin Okupe was intercepted by the DSS at Terminal 1 of Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, this morning (Thursday) at the instance of the EFCC. “He has long been handed over to the Commission, which requested for the…
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BARELY two months to the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the total number of registered voters for the elections to the 18 registered political parties in Nigeria. The registered voters’ list was handed over to the representatives of all the political parties by INEC Chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu at a meeting with political parties held at the Commission’s Conference Hall, Maitama, Abuja on Wednesday. A closer look at the Registered Voters’ list shows that out of the 93, 469, 008 persons who are on the register, 49, 054, 162 are male while 44, 414, 846…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has said Boko Haram a plot to destroy Nigeria. The President stated this while receiving Executive members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), led by the Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, at the State House, Abuja. He faulted the ideology of the terrorist group which barred people from seeking knowledge thereby affecting the intellectual growth of citizens. President Buhari said the gains recorded in security would be further consolidated, and more attention would be given to the economy, before handing over on May 29, 2023. The President said the security situation had improved over…
THE United States was facing another major aviation disruption on Wednesday as the Federal Aviation Administration ordered a halt to all domestic flight departures after the system providing pilots with pre-flight safety notices went offline. The FAA said in a statement it had ordered airlines to pause all domestic departures until 9 a.m. Eastern Time while it tried to restore its NOTAMS — or Notice to Air Missions — system. “We are performing final validation checks and repopulating the system now,” an earlier FAA statement said. “Operations across the National Airspace System are affected. We will provide frequent updates as…
WIFE of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Amina Titi Atiku Abubakar has vowed that women, children and people living with disabilities will be empowered if her husband takes over power in 2023. She made the vow during the Respect Her Vote Summit 2023 and the launch of the SHE 2 Orange Nigeria project in Abuja. Amina said she has been a mother to so many children and promised that she would not relent in demonstrating that attribute if her husband wins the presidential seat. She said, “I have been a mother to so many Nigerian children…
THE Nigeria Immigration Service has disclosed that it has commenced the deployment of Assistant Comptroller Generals to some zonal offices with a higher number of unclaimed passports to ramp up the collection of over 140, 000 produced but unclaimed passports across the country. The Comptroller General of Immigration, Isah Idris, made this known in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of the NIS, Anthony Akuneme, on Tuesday. Idris stated that Lagos State topped the list of uncollected passports with about 40,000 produced passports yet to be claimed by applicants. He said, “Lagos State topped the list of uncollected…
PRESIDENTIAL candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday, said he was encouraged by the United Kingdom’s strong interest in helping Nigeria recover in every facet of its life. Atiku stated this on his verified Twitter handle while reflecting on his visit to the UK to meet some of its government officials. The PDP candidate had traveled to the UK on Monday on the invitation of the British government. During the course of the two-day visit, Atiku will engage British government officials and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby. Atiku revealed that he met with senior UK…
THE Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has confirmed that seven of its personnel alongside five other persons were ambushed and killed at Kuriga mining site, Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The NSCDC Director of Public Relations, Mr. Olusola Odumosu told journalist on Tuesday in Abuja that the five others were from a sister security agency and local vigilance group. He said that one NSCDC personnel escaped the attack with injuries and is currently undergoing treatment. Odumosu said that the attack which occurred on Monday at about 10 a.m, was unfortunate and a big loss to…
THE immediate former Wazirin Bauchi, Muhammadu Bello Kirfi, has said that he will remove the state Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, from office the same way he brought him to power. Kirfi, an elder statesman, stated this for the first time after he was sacked by the state government as Wazirin Bauchi. The state emirate council said it sacked the former Waziri because of what it described as “disloyalty and disrespect toward the state governor”. A letter signed by the Council Secretary, Alhaji Shehu Mudi Muhammad and dated 3rd January 2023 disclosed his removal. But speaking during a media chat with…
AGGRIEVED students of Taraba State University in Jalingo, the state capital, took to the streets on Monday to protest as unpaid lecturers boycotted the school’s semester examinations billed to commence today. The students were supposed to start their examination today but the inability of the lecturers to get paid impeded the process. In protest, the students blocked all roads leading to the institution, hindering vehicular movement around the axis. They also burnt tyres and chanted solidarity songs. The students later blocked the Jalingo-Wukari Expressroad hindering vehicular movement. Business activities were also brought to a halt. The students’ leader at the…
A RENOWNED professor of law and former legal adviser to the former Nigerian president, General Sani Abacha, Prof. Auwalu Yadudu has lost his wife, Hajiya Zainab Auwal Yadudu. According to a short message sent by the professor, a former dean, Faculty of Law at the Bayero University Kano, his wife died in the United State of America on Sunday. He said the late Hajiya Zainab, who he had spent over four decades with died in the hospital while reciting Kalimah Ashshhada, adding that arrangements are underway to bring her body to Nigeria for the funeral. Allahu Akbar, I have just…
THE Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has dismissed reports of the suspension of train services on the Itakpe-Warri axis following an attack by gunmen on Ekehen Train Station in the Igbuebem Local Government Area (LGA) of Edo State. The Managing Director of NRC, Fidet Okhiria, told Channels Television via telephone that the train services have not been suspended, contrary to reports making the rounds. He confirmed that there was an attack which the police and the NRC are currently looking into, but said the incident has not disrupted operations at the station. “As I speak to you now, a train is…
A COALITION of civil society organizations have backed the call by the Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, urging the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the National Assembly to investigate the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) over 2022 hajj operation finances and contracts. Governor Ganduje made the call in Kano recently while receiving the 2022 Hajj Operations report from the management of Kano Pilgrims Welfare Board, led by the Chairman of the Board, Professor Abdullahi Pakistan, and Executive Secretary of the Board, Abba Danbatta. Mr Ganduje said,…
MAJOR General IS Ali has been appointed the new Theatre Commander of the Joint Task Force North-East Operation Hadin Kai in a major shakeup announced by the Nigerian Army on Saturday. Those affected by the redeployment include some Principal Staff Officers of the Army Headquarters, Corps Commanders, Commandants of Army Training Institutions, Brigade Commanders, Commanding officers and several others. Notable among the new General Officers’ Commanding (GOC) are Major General AB Ibrahim now appointed as the Commander Operation Safe Haven, Major General AS Chinade now GOC of Headquarters 82 Division, while Major General GM Mutkut is to assume command as…
FORMER Jigawa Governor, Sule Lamido, on Friday said Peter Obi’s endorsement, the Presidential candidate of Labour Party by former President Olusegun Obasanjo was “a big mistake.” Lamido, who was a Foreign Affairs Minister under Obasanjo’s administration, made the remarks while answering questions from newsmen at Bamaina, his country home, near Birnin kudu Local Government Area of Jigawa state. “Obasanjo is my boss, I believe in him, but he is also a human being, he can make mistakes. So he made a mistake. “It’s a big mistake for him to endorse candidate outside his own party which gave him the relevance,…
SAUDI Arabia is reportedly set to bend its marriage law to allow Al Nassr new star signing Cristiano Ronaldo to live with his partner, Georgina Rodriguez. Saudi Arabia marriage law forbids couples that are not married from living together. However, Spanish news outlet, Sport, revealed that Ronaldo and Rodriguez will be living together in Saudi Arabia and are most likely not going to be punished for breaking the law. Ronaldo joined Al Nassr from Manchester United after his contract with the club was terminated by mutual agreement following an explosive interview the Portuguese star had in November with British presenter, Piers…
THE Former Speaker, Kogi House of Assembly, Alfa Imam, on Thursday led scores of supporters of the ruling APC to defect to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The former speaker described their defection as “decisive” and “a step in the right direction.” Receiving the defectors on behalf of the PDP in Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi, Sen Tunde Ogbeha, former Senator representing Kogi West, said the ruling party had failed the country. He applauded the defectors’ decision to “move out of APC to join PDP that holds the ace, to take Nigeria to the promised land. He welcomed Alfa…
THE Coming of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the campaign in Kano has boosted the morale of APC not only in Kano but Nigeria at large. This was contained in a statement issued to reporters in Kano on Friday by the Director of the North West Tinubu/Shettima campaign support group, Baffa Babba Dan’Agundi. Dan’Agundi explained that, the mammoth crowd that came out to support the Tinubu/Shettima and Gawuna/Garo candidacies has demoralized the opposition including the presidential candidate of The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwanso. “This is because right from the…
SOKOTO state Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has continued to mobilize electoral support for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), its gubernatorial candidate and other candidates for different positions in the forthcoming elections. Governor Tambuwal, who is himself, seeking to become a Senator representing Sokoto-South senatorial district of the state, has been in the forefront of a statewide campaign to garner votes for the party at all levels. A recurrent theme in the campaign slants of the Governor, who is also the Director General of Atiku/Okowa presidential campaign organization, has been the rallying of party members and other supporters to vote for…
THE Emir of Bauchi, Dr. Rilwanu Suleiman Adamu, Thursday, appointed Alhaji Muhammad Uba Ahmed Kari as the new Waziri of Bauchi Emirate. The appointment of the new Waziri, a Senior Councilor in the Bauchi Emirate Council, followed the removal of Alhaji Muhammad Bello Kirfi from the same position two days ago, for alleged disrespect and disloyalty to Governor Bala Mohammed and Bauchi State government. News Point Nigeria reports that Kirfi was a Minister of Special Duties and a political ally of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. A press statement signed by the Information Officer of the Bauchi Emirate Council, Babangida…