THE Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Adamawa State, Umar Mustapha, has announced his withdrawal from the race to support the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Aishatu Ahmad Binani. A few days to the presidential election, Mustapha had accused the LP of working against him, ditching its presidential candidate, Peter Obi and calling on his supporters to work for the then APC standard bearer, Bola Ahmad Tinubu instead. Addressing an APC stakeholders meeting on Sunday, Mustapha also known as Otumba, said he had finally decided to step down for Binani, with whom he said he shared the…
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THE Nigeria Police Force says it has paid all allowances of police officers deployed for the presidential and National Assembly elections. Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Saturday, debunked allegations that the Force had yet to pay its staff on election duties. Adejobi described it as astonishing to read reports that some police officers have been denied the payment of their accrued allowances, adding that such delay has not gone down well with the Force. “The Nigeria Police Force wishes to clear the air on the alleged non-payment of elections allowances to police personnel who…
THE Governor of Kogi State has responded to allegations of money laundering involving the state government levelled against his nephew and others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In December 2022, there were reports that the EFCC had arraigned some persons on allegations that they were laundering monies belonging to the Kogi State Government. Though the government rebutted the claims, last month, the Commission arraigned a suspect identified as Ali Bello, a nephew of the Kogi governor, and four others before a Federal High Court in Abuja. Reacting to the EFCC’s allegations and arrests on Channels Television’s live…
THE Federal Government has summoned the Burkina Faso envoy to Nigeria, Pascal Gouba, over alleged murder of 16 Nigerians who were on a pilgrimage to Kaolak, Senegal over a month ago. The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Zubairu Dada, made this known on Thursday in a statement signed by the Special Adviser on Media, HMOS, Ibrahim Aliyu. Recall that the Jam’iyyatu Ansariddeen Attijaniyya of Nigeria revealed that 16 of its members were shot dead allegedly by the Burkinabe soldiers on patrol. They were reportedly on their way to the home country of their leader, Sheikhul-islam Ibrahim Niasse in…
THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the declaration and return of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Bola Tinubu as president-elect by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary Debo Ologunagba, the PDP asked INEC to immediately withdraw the Certificate of Return issued to Tinubu and cancel the presidential election declaration in line with its powers under Section 65 of the Electoral Act 2022. According to the party, INEC in declaring the APC presidential candidate as the winner, acted contrary to the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of…
THE National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, is of the opinion that the party’s candidate in the recently concluded presidential election, Asiwaju Bola Ahmes Tinubu, is indeed the people’s clear choice. Addressing a news conference, Senator Adamu said the party is out to share the spirit of the moment with Nigerians. He added that the essence of the press conference is to show appreciation to Nigerians having won the February 25th presidential election. The APC chairman saluted the free and fair decision of Nigerians, he also applauded president Buhari for standing by the party and…
POLITICAL and community leaders in President Muhammadu Buhari’s home state in Katsina have continued to pour into his private residence in Daura to express their happiness, following the emergence of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the country’s next president. Receiving Governor Aminu Bello Masari and the Emir of Daura, Dr. Umar Faruk Umar, who led members of their cabinets on separate visits on Wednesday, President Buhari, in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Mallam Garba Shehu, reiterated what he had often said about the President-elect that “Bola Tinubu truly believes in Nigeria and…
PETER Obi, Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, has broken his silence after the election he lost to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, his All Progressives Congress (APC) rival. Tinubu polled 8,794,726 votes to defeat his closest rival, Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 6,984,520 to emerge second. while Obi came third with 6,101,533 votes. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Tinubu President-elect and handed over his certificate of return to him. There have been protests in Abuja, while the opposition parties, including Labour Party and PDP, called for the cancellation of the election over alleged rigging.…
THE presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has won the presidential election in Borno State. Borno is the home state of vice presidential candidate of the APC, Senator Kashim Shettima. Tinubu was declared the winner of the election at the state collation center on Tuesday. Of the 27 local government areas, where the election was held Saturday, Tinubu won 24 and lost the 4 to Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The state collation officer, Prof. Jude Rabo, announced the result of the election at Sir Kashim Ibrahim College of…
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared all National Assembly elections in Sokoto state inconclusive. News Point Nigeria learnt that the elections were marred by violence and over voting among other irregularities. There are three Senatorial and 11 House of Representatives’ seats in the state. News Point Nigeria gathered that Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal was leading Senator Ibrahim Danbaba Dambuwa of the APC in Sokoto South Senatorial before it was declared inconclusive. According to the results, Tambuwal scored 87,850 votes while Dambuwa secured 79,991 votes. The returning officer, Professor Shehu Usman Gulumbe declared the election Inconclusive due to over…
ATIKU Abubakar, the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been declared the winner of the presidential election in Sokoto. The election was however not a walk in the park as Atiku defeated his closest rival Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu with just over 3000 votes. Atiku polled 288,679 votes as against 285,444 which was polled by Tinubu. Following in a great distance was the LP candidate who polled 6,568 votes and the NNPP with 1300 votes. Meanwhile, Atiku also won the presidential election in Kaduna State, sweeping the polls with 554,360 votes, beating Tinubu who polled 399,293 votes.…
THE presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has emerged as the winner in Zamfara State. The collation officer for Zamfara State presidential election, Professor Kashim Shehu of Federal University of Birnin Kebbi, announced the results in Gusau, the state capital, in the early hours of Tuesday. Shehu noted that the APC’s Tinubu won 12 out of 14 Local Government Areas in the state, while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party won two. According to the results announced at the presidential election collation centre, Tinubu polled 298,396 votes. The former Lagos State governor was closely followed…
FORMER Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari has been declared the winner of Zamfara West Senatorial in the just concluded Saturday 25th February polls. The Collation Officer for Zamfara West, Professor Rufus Teniola of the Federal University Gusau, declared All Progressive Congress (APC) Abdulaziz Yari winner with a total of 147,346 to defeat his closest rival Bello S. Fagon of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)who polled 55,83 votes. In the result collated, the candidate of the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) polled 363 while Labour Party scored 111 The Senatorial District has six local governments comprising Gummi, Bukkuyum, Anka, Talata…
MONDAY Market in Maiduguri, the biggest in Borno State, has been gutted by fire. News Point Nigeria gathered that the fire started around 2am on Sunday and has spread to different parts of the market. According to a source and shop owner, who spoke to News Point Nigeria via telephone, the fire service are still struggling to completely put off the fire. “It’s almost five hours now and the fire service are doing their best to put off the inferno”. More later…
GOVERNOR Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state just casted his vote at his hometown of Tambuwal. The Governor, who arrived and voted at the Government Girls Day Secondary School, Tambuwal polling unit at about 12:46 pm, observed that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) staff and the materials for voting didn’t set up shop on schedule. This delay, he also observed was not just in his unit but across the state “from the reports I got while waiting here.” He also noted that there was no adequate deployment of security personnel to man the polling units in the state, a…
THE 14th Emir of Kano, Khalifa Muhammadu Sanusi II, on Wednesday berated Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje over the latter’s comment on President Muhammadu Buhari’s New Naira Policy. News Point Nigeria reports that, Khalifa Sanusi stated this while addressing some followers and a select journalists at his Lagos home over the weekend. According to the Khalifa, who is also the leader of the Tijjaniyya Order in Nigeria, Governor Ganduje has no moral right to criticize President Buhari’s policies as the governor was part of the people defending such policies. Recall, Governor Ganduje lashed out at the administration of President Buhari over…
AHEAD of Wednesday’s hearing by the Supreme Court of the case between the Federal Government and three Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, regarding the Naira swap policy, APC, National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has met with the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami. The barely one-hour meeting which was held at the APC National Secretariat on Monday also had in attendance the plaintiffs, Governors Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state; Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, and Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State. A reliable source close to Governor Matawalle told News Point Nigeria that,…
THE Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Ishaq Oloyede, has said a total of 1.6 million candidates have registered to sit for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) as sale of UTME forms ends on Wednesday, February 22, 2023. News Point Nigeria reports that, Prof Oloyede, who disclosed this in Abuja on Monday during a monitoring tour of the registration in Abuja led by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Andrew David Adajo, said the board had apprehended about 15 people who go against conduct of the UTME registration processes. JAMB commenced the sale of…
THE National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, is holding an emergency meeting with state governors on the party’s platform. Earlier, it was not totally clear what the agenda for the meeting was today, however, News Point Nigeria learnt that the development might not be unconnected with the growing friction between President Muhammadu Buhari, and some aggrieved governors over the naira redesign policy, which has subjected Nigerians to untold hardship in the last few weeks. Further affirming the speculation, Senator Adamu in his opening remark stated that recent developments necessitated the need for the invitation he…
THE All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential flagbearer, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has assured that his government would never deviate from the essence of democracy by ensuring that true democratic principle of government of the people, by the people and for the people is put in place. Tinubu made the promise at the APC Presidential rally in Maiduguri, even as he insinuated that the Naira redesign and fuel scarcity – which are anti people – are attempts by some people to sabotage his election victory. He vowed to run a government of hard work, honesty and accountability, noting that the people of…