Author: Peter Noah KC

A MAGISTRATES’ court in Owerri, Imo State, on Thursday, remanded the immediate past deputy governor of the state, Gerald Irona, in prison custody. The presiding magistrate, C. N Ezerioha, after hearing the prosecution counsel and defence counsel, ordered that Irona be remanded in Owerri correctional centre. She further said that the court does not have the jurisdiction to hear the matter. Details in a while…

RESIDENT of the Federal Capital Territory and neighboring Nasarawa and Niger states encountered another level of hardship on Wednesday as more filling stations ran out of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol. An additional number of retail outlets went dry in Abuja and the neighbouring states, a development that triggered massive queues stretching several kilometers at the very few stations that had products on Wednesday. This time round, many filling stations belonging to major marketers ran out of stock, while those operated by independent dealers and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited had nothing to sell to customers on Wednesday.…

THE Department of State Services (DSS) has alerted the public of orchestrated plans by some persons to cause a total breakdown of law and order in the country shortly after the postponed gubernatorial and State Assembly elections. The Service also raised the alarm over what it described as unnecessary palpable political tension in parts of the country prior to the elections. The DSS also advised the citizens to shun fake news, hate speech and such other utterances that may be inimical to peaceful co-existence. Part of the DSS statement signed by its spokesperson, Dr. Peter Afunnaya, stated that the DSS…

9 BRIGADE of the Nigerian Army Wednesday recovered 1,691 Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs in an apartment in the Olodi Apapa area of Lagos State, News Point Nigeria gathered. According to an Army source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, three persons were subsequently arrested in the apartment, also recovered were ballot papers, cutlasses and Indian Hemp. ”The public will know more as soon as we conclude investigation”, the source said.

THE scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, in Abuja and other northern states could persist till after Saturday’s gubernatorial elections in various states, oil marketers said on Tuesday. Petrol scarcity became severe on Monday in Abuja, Nasarawa, Niger and other states in the North, as thousands of motorists besieged the few filling stations that dispensed the commodity in these areas. The cost of petrol rose to as high as N400/litre at filling stations operated by independent marketers, while black marketers sold the product for between N450/litre to N500/litre. Many motorists resorted to accessing the product from black marketers,…

AHEAD of the March 11 governorship and state assemblies’ elections, the national leadership of the Labour Party (LP) says it has not formed an alliance with any political party. LP National Chairman, Julius Abure in a statement on Tuesday, urged “millions of the electorate who believe in LP presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi” also known as ‘Obidients’ to vote the party’s candidates in Saturday’s governorship and state assemblies’ polls. Abure said the Labour Party is leaving nothing to chance in ensuring that its candidates not only participate, but win at the ballot. “This call becomes necessary given reports from some…

THE Ebonyi State Police Command has declared the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, Ifeanyi Odoh, wanted. News Point Nigeria gathered that, Mr Odoh and nine others were declared wanted on Monday over the death of a monarch, Igbokwe Ewa. Some gunmen killed the monarch last Monday in his country home. He was, until his death, the traditional ruler of the Umu-Ezekoha Community in the Ezza North Local Government Area. Details later…

THE Labour Party (LP) Candidate for Abia South Senatorial District in the just-concluded February 25 National Assembly elections, Chinedu Onyeizu, on Monday, asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct rerun elections in over 100 polling units in the district where he claimed voting didn’t occur. Onyeizu also alleged that the returning officer for the election, Prof Georgina Ugwuanyi declared the incumbent Senator for the district, Enyinnaya Abaribe the winner of the poll after receiving instructions from Abuja. The LP candidate said this was already after the returning officer declared the election inconclusive. Abaribe, who was deputy governor of…

DANGOTE Sugar Refinery Plc has reported a profit before tax (PBT) of N82.3 billion in the year ended December 31, 2022, indicating an increase of 142 percent to N48,28 billion over N34.billion recorded in the corresponding period in 2021. According to the annual report of the Sugar company, profit after tax rose to N54.74 billion, representing an increase of 148 per cent to N32.69 billion compared to N22.05 billion posted in the same period in 2021. All the performance indicators were on the upswing as revenue rose by 45 per cent, from N278.05 billion to N403.25 billion while earnings per…

AHEAD of the March 11 House of Assembly poll, former Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, says his successor in office, Godwin Obaseki should not be worried about being impeached if he loses out in the contest. Oshiomhole, who is now the Senator-Elect for Edo North Senatorial District from the February 25 general election, stated this during an interview with journalists in Benin City, the Edo State capital. He maintained that if Obaseki had performed well as Edo State Governor, then he would not be worried about the electorate voting against his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). “Of the number…

A CLERGY with the Church of Christ in Nations, COCIN, Rev Musa Hyok, was on Saturday night killed alongside two of his only Sons in the Ganawuri community of Riyom local Government area of Plateau. The incident which occurred in the early hours of Sunday was said to be a reprisal attack following the killing of three Youths on Wednesday in Ganawuri. Youth leader of Ganawuri, Song Mura, who confirmed the development to AIT said trouble started when some Suspected kidnappers were arrested during the Market day last Wednesday but later escaped in the hands of Vigilante who were to…

AFTER over 20 years of its formation, pro-workers political organisation, Labour Party (LP) seems to be gradually making inroads into mainstream politics as the party has got six Senate and 34 House of Representatives seats in the February 25 National Assembly (NASS) elections. elatively obscure in the political arena before now, LP, which was previously known as the Party for Social Democracy (PSD), gained unprecedented popularity with what has been described by many as the Peter Obi phenomenon. The milestone of LP in the just-concluded elections for the red and green chambers is no doubt credited to the fame and…

THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has held talks with its Pakistani counterparts, to explore ways of collaboration to restrict channels of trafficking illicit substances between Nigeria and Pakistan. According to the NDLEA, the Pakistani agencies include the Division of Controlled Drugs of the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP), Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF), and Controlled Substances Section of the Ministry of Narcotics Control. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Saturday, said the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd), approved a delegation to the meeting held on…

THE Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has lauded the Supreme Court judgement nullifying the ban on old N200, N500, and N1,000 banknotes by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) till December 31. “It has always been the position of the House of Representatives that despite the noble intentions behind the currency swap policy, the design and implementation of the policy has been fatally flawed and contradictory to the ends of law and public policy,” Gbajabimaila said in a Friday statement reacting to the judgement. “The decision of the Supreme Court suspending the currency swap policy introduced by…

THE Abia State Police Command has said that at least one AK-47 rifle loaded with 30 rounds of ammunition, two riot gunners and some quantity of ammunition were stolen by armed gunmen who attacked Nkporo Police Divisional Headquarters in Ohafia Area Command on Sunday. The command’s spokesman, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, in a statement, said the hoodlums operating in three Toyota Sienna buses shot sporadically, dislodged policemen on duty, broke into the station’s armoury and stole the items. He said the attackers also made away with sets of uniforms kept in the armoury and offices and injured three police constables. He…

FORMER National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, says either Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) is lying for claiming victory in last Saturday’s presidential election. Following Wednesday’s declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that Bola Tinubu of the APC was the winner of the election, Both Atiku and Obi organised separate press briefings where each claimed victory in the poll. But speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday monitored by News Point Nigeria, Oshiomhole, who won the Edo North senatorial election on Saturday,…

THE flag bearer of the Labour Party (LP) in Nigeria’s just-concluded presidential election, Peter Obi says he won the poll and he will explore all legal options to reclaim his mandate. “We will explore all legal and peaceful option to reclaim our mandate. We won the election and we will prove it to Nigerians,” Obi said at a press conference on Thursday in Abuja. “I am challenging the process,” Obi declared to a room full of journalists at Nigeria’s capital city, his first media appearance after the declaration of a winner by the electoral umpire. “This is very unfair. It…

A PROMINENT chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Delta State and the Koromotiemowei of Ogbe Ijoh Warri Kingdom, Chief Aribogha Johnny, on Wednesday formally dumped the PDP and defected to the All Progressives Congress. Johnny, alongside his supporters, defected few hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission declared Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the APC the winner of the 2023 presidential election. The former PDP chieftain said in a signed statement that his “decision came not just as a result of the outcome of the just concluded presidential election, but as a result of the level of marginalisation and…

PETER Obi of the Labour Party has won the presidential election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Delta State last Saturday. In the result announced by INEC early Tuesday, Obi scored 341,866 to floor closest challengers. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) whose vice presidential candidate is the incumbent governor of Delta State Ifeanyi Okowa came second and the All Progressives Congress (APC) emerged third. While the PDP scored 161,600 votes to come second, APC scored 90,183 to occupy third place in the state. The candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) came distant fourth with 3,122…

THE Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has won the presidential election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Imo State on Saturday. According to the result announced by INEC in Imo State, Obi polled 352,904 votes to defeat his closest challengers, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Tinubu polled 66,171 to emerge second while Atiku scored 30,004 to come second. Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) came fourth with 1,536 votes. INEC disclosed that a total of 476,730 voters were accredited out of…