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…
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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…
THE Kaduna State Council Of Ulama and the Southern Kaduna Christians signed a pact to promote peace in the region ahead of the 2023 general elections. According to a statement jointly signed by the Kaduna State Chief Imam, Dr Muhammad Kassim and the Chairman, Southern Kaduna Christian Leaders, Apostle Emmanuel Kure, issued on Monday and made available to News Point Nigeria, the pact was agreed to encourage Muslims and Christians in the region to shun violence, embrace dialogue and remain committed to the pact before, during and after the 2023 general election. The two organisations explained that the religious leaders…
THE Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has called on the Federal Government to as a matter of urgency investigate the circumstances surrounding the killing of 40 pastoralists and butchers around Doma, Nasarawa State, allegedly by a drone strike on 25th January, 2023. News Point Nigeria had broke the news of how herders were killed in the Rukuni community of Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa last week. The herders were said to have been trailed by the guards and killed while offloading the cattle shortly after reaching their destination in Nasarawa. But the ACF, while reacting to the killing, through its…
THE Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, was at the weekend in Lagos, decorated with the 2022 Regulator of the Year Award at the prestigious 11th Edition of the Vanguard Personality of the Year Award where men and women who have distinguished themselves as achievers of excellence in their various fields of endeavours were honoured. The award was conferred on Danbatta in recognition of the EVC’s effective regulatory achievements through cutting-edge initiatives, especially during his first five years in office during which Nigeria’s telecom sector has shown spectacular landmarks, at a…
THE Nigeria Police Force (NPF) says it has effectively concluded the training of its officers attached to the Explosive Ordnance Disposal – Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (EOD-CBRN) Unit. The training which discussed established protocols for safe explosives disposal and preventive measures ahead of the 2023 General Elections was approved by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, as part of his vision to ensure strategic and timely training and retraining of police officers, particularly those with dynamic specializations. Upon conclusion of the training and quarterly conference of Commanders and heads of EOD formations across the country, where the…
NO fewer than 8,150 persons were displaced from Galadima-Kogo and environs in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger when an aircraft bombed the area on Jan. 24. Many members of a vigilance group in the area were killed, while their commander sustained serious injuries. The area bombed had Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) taking refuge at some facilities. Secretary to Niger State Government, Alhaji Ahmed Matane, said in Minna on Saturday that the aircraft belongs to the Nigeria Air Force and was not aware that security personnel were in the area. He added that it was not a mysterious aircraft as…
THE death toll from the bomb blast that struck a group of herders has risen to 54 from 28, following an alleged airforce attack on Rukubi, a village on the border between Nasarawa and Benue states, Tuesday. Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore spokesman, Tasiu Sulaiman, confirmed this to News Point Nigeria via a telephone conversation, Saturday. According to him, 26 more bodies have been recovered in the bushes, and a dozen more still missing according to the communities’ head count. This is coming a few hours after, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN visited Governor Abdullahi Sule, the Emir of Lafia, Alhaji…