ZAMFARA State Commissioner for Budget, Alhaji Aliyu Mafara, on Friday, resigned his position, dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), and joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Zamfara State, News Point Nigeria gathered. Alhaji Aliyu Mafara who is the incumbent Commissioner for Budget in Governor Bello Matawalle’s cabinet declared his full support for the PDP governorship candidate in the state, Dauda Lawal-Dare. Speaking on Friday during the brief ceremony at the residence of the Zamfara PDP governorship candidate in Gusau, the former commissioner reiterated that his conscience would not allow him to stick to failure. He said, “I informed…
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THE Federal Government has directed all Universities and Inter-University Centres to shut down and academic activities suspended from February 22 to March 14 over the forthcoming February 25 and March 11, 2023 general elections. The order is to allow the over 3.8 million registered voters, accounting for 40.8 per cent of students, to participate in the elections. The directive was contained in a circular dated February 3, 2023 and addressed to all Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities and Directors/Chief Executives of Inter-University Centres by the National Universities Commission (NUC), which was sighted by News Point Nigeria on Thursday. NUC Deputy Executive…
NO fewer than fifteen (15) suspects have been arrested and paraded by the Police for committing various crimes in Katsina State and its environs. The first category of the suspects comprised three (3) suspected thieves led by one Mohamed Abdurrahman of Saulawa Quarters, Katsina State. The suspects according to the Katsina Police Spokesman, SP Gambo Isah, specialized in breaking into houses to commit armed robbery and car snatching in the state capital. Two Corolla motor vehicles, two brand-new motorcycles, and a locally-made gun were recovered from them. Other suspects arrested and paraded before the command headquarters on Tuesday include; two…
THE death toll from the clash between terrorists and the Yansakai Group in Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina State has risen above 100, residents say. This figure comes shortly after Governor Aminu Masari of the State sent a delegation under the leadership of Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Muntari Lawal to condole with families of the victims. Residents of the affected communities put the number of those killed at over one hundred, stating that more corpses are being recovered from the area as some persons in the communities are still missing. One of the residents who hails from…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the attack on vigilantes at Yargoje forest in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State, where many lives were lost. The insurgents had ambushed a convoy of vigilantes in the forest as they went to recover stolen cows leading to the killings on Thursday. The President, according to a release issued on Sunday by his spokesperson, Malam Garba Shehu, paid tribute to all those vigilantes and family members who have been killed, saying the sacrifices of the brave men who are working to prevent and punish crime in their communities will not be forgotten. According…
THE death toll from the attack by bandits on some communities in Bakori and Kankara local government areas of Katsina State has risen to 84. News Point Nigeria broke the news that, no fewer than 30 members of vigilante group and residents were confirmed killed in an ambush by bandits as an unspecified number were injured in Kankara Local Government Area of the state, on Thursday. However, residents of the affected communities had on Friday put the number of those killed at 58 and expressed fear that more corpses could be recovered from the area as others were still missing.…
THE Police Service Commission has approved the appointment of three Assistant Inspectors General of Police to the rank of Deputy Inspectors of Police. In a statement on Sunday by the commission’s Head of Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, the promotion of eight Commissioners of Police to the rank of Assistant Inspectors General (AIGs) was suspended. This is because the CPs failed to appear before it for the mandatory promotion interview. “As part of an effort to fill up the leadership vacuum in the Nigerian Police Force, The Police Service Commission has approved the appointment of three Assistant Inspectors General…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Lafia, the capital of Nasarawa State, to unveil the Federal Government projects including the Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Development Institute. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that AMEDI is one of the Buhari regime’s legacies meant to make Nigeria a hub and supplier of agro-allied technology, equipment, and machinery. The project is also aimed at making the nation self-sufficient in food production as well as creating more sustainable jobs for Nigeria’s teeming youths. AMEDI, a multi-billion naira product of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure is equipped with modern laboratories and machines for…
THE Katsina State Government is to set up a commission of inquiry on Thursday’s terrorist ambush in the Kankara Local Government Area of the state which led to the death of 41 persons while two were injured. Governor Aminu Masari’s Special Adviser on Security Matters, Mallam Ahmad Katsina, made the disclosure on Friday night after a review of the incident. He said, “The incident jolted everybody and His Excellency, Governor Aminu Masari, is very sad about it. Firstly, he has directed the reinforcement of security in the area. He has also directed that a commission of inquiry be instituted on…
THE Katsina State Police Command has confirmed the death of 41 members of local vigilance groups, popularly known as “Yansakai” in an ambush by bandits in Yargoje forest. This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah, on Friday in Katsina. “On Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, at about 22:00 hours, terrorists in their numbers, shooting sporadically with AK 47 rifles, attacked the house of one Alhaji Muntari at Unguwar Audu Gare, Kandarawa, Bakori Local Government, and rustled 50 cows and 30 sheep. “Subsequently, on Feb. 2, at about 10:00 hours, Yansakai…
BANDITS have killed 30 numbers of vigilantes and residents in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State in an ambush, News Point Nigeria gathered. Although residents alleged that 30 people were killed in the ambush, the spokesman for the Katsina State Police Command, Gambo Isah, disputed the figures. He insisted the real figures of the victims would be known after the police operatives who had gone to the scene of the incident provided a feedback. Isah said, “Our team led by the Area Commander is there already and until I receive a feedback from them, I cannot give you the…
VICE President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday expressed worry over the difficulty faced by Nigerians in getting the new naira notes. Osinbajo met with some players in the FinTech space to explore possible ways of mitigating the hardship. He urged regulators and the banks to deploy more FinTechs and money agents to the hinterlands to address the worrying situation. “You need cash to pay for transport. For instance, in Abuja how do you take ‘drop or along’ or use a Keke NAPEP without cash, or buy foodstuff on the road or in canteens, or even buying recharge cards?” he stated. “Parents…
NATIONAL Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has said the current curriculum used by tertiary institutions were obsolete and not in tune with present reality. Executive Secretary, NBTE, Prof. Idris Bugaje, stated this at the public presentation of the new and reviewed National Diploma (ND), Higher National Diploma (HND) curricula NOS and ODFeL in Abuja. Noting that the nation cannot afford to continue teaching students with such a curriculum, he said building infrastructure in higher institutions, especially polytechnics without relevant curricula is ‘like having a good and well-decorated body but without a soul’. “Some of the already reviewed curricula were more…
THE leadership of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam led by of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has condemned the killing of 47 herdsmen during the accidental airstrikes by the Nigerian Air Force in Nasarawa, calling on the Federal Government to fish out the perpetrators for prosecution. The JNI through its Secretary-General, Dr. Khalid Abubakar-Aliyu, in a terse statement in Kaduna on Thursday, also called on the Federal Government to compensate victim families over the loss of their beloved ones during the attack. According to the group, the government should thoroughly interrogate the events that culminated in the most…
ABDULWAHAB Babankanti, a reporter with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Jos, with his three friends, were reportedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen along the Bauchi-Jos highway. A family source who disclosed the incident to newsmen said that Babankanti and other victims were abducted on Monday, January 30, 2023, at Toro community while on transit from Bauchi to Jos. We learned of their abduction when the kidnappers called to confirm that they kidnapped them, a source told The State of Plateau News portal. He further said the kidnappers are demanding N10m ransom to free the victims.
THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has stated that elections are won by votes from eligle voters not fickle support from a state governor. In an apparent jibe at the leader of the G5 governors, Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, Atiku said gone are the days that a governor dictates for voters who to votes for, election today are in the hands of the voters. In an interview with BBC Hausa service, Atiku said, ‘“Elections now is not like in the past when a governor will dictate who to vote for, elections today is in the hands…
THE sum of over N747.6 million was raised by the Sokoto state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) before 12 midnight on Monday. More donations were still being expected as high brow guests depart the International Conference Center, Kasarawa venue of fund raising dinner organized by the party. The trio of Governor Duoye Diri of Bayelsa state, former Senate President, Bukola Saraki and former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara gave the Sokoto state PDP N80 million which breakdown indicate the spread of the sum as N50 million, N25 million and N5 million respectively by the donors.…
AMID ongoing campaigns ahead of the February 25 presidential election, the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, has cautioned politicians against abusing or insulting one another. The Sultan gave the charge on Tuesday when the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar, visited his palace amid plans to hold a campaign rally in the state. “Whatever you do with the fear of God, if you believe God gives and God takes, you will succeed and you will end well in this life. This life is a short stay here. We must work for the eternal life there,” he said. “And…
THE governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal has stated that, the fortune of the state will change for good if he gets elected governor of the state. Citing two stories from News Point Nigeria website, Lawal said it’s sad that the only time you see the name of Zamfara state in the headline of a newspaper is for something poor. The guber candidate, who made the remark during a meeting with stakeholders and party members in Gusau over the weekend, cited the stories on Zamfara’s poor JAMB registration and the state’s hesitance on…
THE Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested six suspected kidnappers who have been terrorising residents in Lafia Local Government Area of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Maiyaki Baba, made the disclosure to newsmen at the command’s headquarters in Lafia on Monday while parading 28 suspected criminals who were arrested in the month of January 2023, for committing various crimes across the 13 LGAs of the state. He explained that the six suspected kidnappers, who had been on the watch list of the police, were arrested in Kiguna Village of Lafia East Development Area in Lafia LGA after painstaking…