A BENUE State High Court has upheld the suspension of former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu. Ayu was in March suspended by his Nyorov council ward exco over failure to pay dues, abruptly ending his reign as the PDP National Chairman. The ward exco had also accused Ayu of anti-party activities after which they passed a vote of no confidence on him. While reading their resolution at the time, the secretary of the party in Igyorov ward, Vanger Dooyum, said Ayu’s anti-party activities – alongside his allies – contributed to PDP’s loss in his ward…
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PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has received in audience members of the Progressives Governors Forum at the State House. The governors were led by the Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma, who only recently was elected Chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum. Among those in attendance are nine newly-elected governors and eleven others who are returning for a second term. There are suggestions that the meeting which marks the first official interaction between President Tinubu and the APC governors since his inauguration earlier this week, may have as part of its agenda, the selection of leaders for the National Assembly, ministerial appointments, as…
FOLLOWING the controversial unveiling of the new national carrier, Nigeria Air, with an Ethiopian Airline aircraft, the House of Representatives Committee on Aviation has summoned the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Aviation, Dr Emmanuel Meribole to an emergency meeting over the project. The committee headed by Honourable Nnolim Nnaji directed Meribole to come along with every document and personnel connected with the national carrier. News Point Nigeria had reported that the Federal Government last Friday unveiled Nigeria Air to Nigeria, a development that created major uproar nationwide. It was also gathered that Ethiopian Airline had repainted and rebranded one of its…
IN both nations efforts to enhance flight connectivity, Nigeria and Finland have signed a Memoradum of Understanding (MoU) on May 23, 2023 in Helsinki, Finland. The MoU was a follow-up to the initialed Air Services Agreement (ASA) between Nigeria and Finland at the last International Civil Aviation Negotiation (ICAN) Event which held in Abuja, December 2022. The MoU provides for the designated airlines from Nigeria and Finland to have code share arrangement with another carrier of choice. The arrangement will alleviate the problems of connectivity of passengers travelling on the Nigerian-Finnish route. The Head of Nigerian Delegation to Finland, comprising…
THE Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Zaria wins Award at the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO’s) Symposium in Seoul, South Korea. The Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria in Kaduna State, has won an award as the best Aviation Training Institution in the World with the highest number of trained instructors. The Award was bestowed on the College on Wednesday, 31st May, 2023 at the on-going 2023 ICAO Global Implementation Support Symposium (GISS) holding in Seoul, South Korea. The Symposium with the theme “Working Together for an Innovative and Sustainable Global Aviation Community ” was organised by ICAO in…
THE Nigerian National Petrol Company (NNPC) Limited has confirmed the hike in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit also known as petrol. The price adjustment by the NNPC is coming some 48 hours after President Bola Tinubu announced an end to the subsidy era during his inaugural speech at the Eagle Square on May 29, 2023. Fuel queues have since resurfaced across the country since the presidential pronouncement as Nigerians forage for the premium product which is now sold from N400/litre to as high as N600/litre. NNPC spokesman, Garba Deen Muhammad, in a statement on Wednesday said the price…
TWO Senators of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senators Mathew Urhogide and Ayo Akinyelure have resigned from the party. The notice of their resignations was contained in two separate letters addressed to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan and read during Wednesday’s plenary session. Senator Urhogide represents Edo South Senatorial District in the red chamber while Senator Akinyelure represents Ondo Central Senatorial District. In the letter, Senator Urhogide said his decision to resign is because of the inability of the PDP to reconcile the power struggle in the party.
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari will address Nigeria Sunday morning, his office has said. President Buhari’s spokesperson, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement late Saturday. The statement reads in full: President Muhammadu Buhari will make a farewell broadcast as President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces on Sunday, May 28, at 7 am. Television, radio stations and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to hook up to the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority and Radio Nigeria for the broadcast. Femi Adesina Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity) May 27, 2023
AN aircraft in Nigeria Air colours was today sighted at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in Ethiopia. This newspaper gathered that the aircraft is scheduled to land at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja later today. Recall that the Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, had stated that an aircraft in Nigeria Air colours is on its way to Nigeria in less than 24 hours. However, the development has created serious uproar, as experts, and stakeholders questioned the rationale behind the launch barely 72 hours to the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s led administration. They also wondered how the aircraft can fly…
AS PART part of the drive to revamp health infrastructure in the country, the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals has handed over a fully equipped state-of-the-art hospital building with over 200 bed capacity to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH. The facility was commissioned on Wednesday by the Governor of Lagos State Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu through his deputy, Mr. Obafemi Hamzat. Abayomi (left); Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire; Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat and Chief Medical Director, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH),…
THE Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos says it will declare former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, wanted if he fails to appear on the next adjourned date for his trial. Justice Olubumni Abike-Fadipe frowned upon the constant non-appearance of the defendant, noting that the last time he was in court was November 4, 2022. Fani-Kayode is standing trial on a 12 counts bordering on the use of false documents, use of fabricated evidence, procuring the execution of documents by false pretense and fabricating evidence. He pleaded “not guilty” to the charge when he was first arraigned on December…
MEMBERS of the Academic Staff Union of Universities have re-elected Professor Emmanuel Osodeke unopposed as their National President to steer the affairs of the union for another two years. The union members also re-elected Chris Piwuna, a Consultant Psychiatrist and Associate Professor in the College of Medicine, University of Jos, as Vice President. They were re-elected during their 22nd National Delegates Conference of ASUU which was hosted by the University of Jos, Plateau State between May 19 and 21, 2023. Other National Officers of ASUU who were also re-elected during the conference include Prof. Siji Sowande (Treasurer); Prof. Ade Adejumo…
LAGOS, Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre, will today play host to many oil and gas industry heavyweights who would be arriving the city from different parts of the world to witness the inauguration of the world’s largest single-train refinery, a 650,000 barrels per day facility built by Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote. This newspaper gathered that the refinery, which will be inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari and seven African presidents, would alter the international energy landscape and try to sanitise the country’s petroleum sector by ending the smuggling of imported petrol outside the country. Presently, 80 per cent of fuel…
AT least nine people have been reportedly killed by bandits including a six-year-old twins during an attack at Ungwan Dakwa village, near Dogon Dawa ward in Birnin Gwari Local government area of Kaduna State. Although the police authorities are yet to comment on the incident, the House of Assembly member-elect for Birnin Gwari State Constituency, Honourable Yahaya Birnin Gwari, confirmed the incident to News Point Nigeria on Sunday. In a telephone conversation, Gwari said the bandits stormed his community at about 2 pm on Saturday and immediately opened fire on the innocent residents who were going about their daily duties.…
MANY people have been reportedly burnt to death in an accident along Lokoja-Abuja highway in Kogi State. An eyewitness said the accident happened when a fuel laden tanker lost control and collided with vehicles from the opposite direction. “The tanker is still burning with many other vehicles that were trapped in the process. I saw two commercial buses and cars on flames. Security personnel, including operatives of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) making frantic efforts to put out the fire and rescue the passengers trapped in the inferno,” a said one Yusuf from kotonkarfei town. According to him, the accident…
THE Plateau State police command Friday confirmed that 87 people were killed in Tuesday’s attack on villages of Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. The police also said 39 people were injured during the incident and currently receiving treatment in various hospitals in the state. DSP Alabo Alfred, the spokesperson of the command, confirmed the casualty figure in a statement sent to New Point Nigeria, adding that two suspects were arrested in connection with the attack. He said, “After calm was restored to the communities, more bodies were recovered, which is part of the 30 earlier reported. The figures…
PLATEAU State Governor-elect Caleb Mutfwang says foreign mercenaries are behind attacks in the state. Recently, over 20 persons were killed in the North Central State, prompting the imposition of a curfew in two communities of Fungzai and neighbouring Kubat in the newly created district of Bwai in the Mangu Local Government Area. But the governor, who was on Channels Television’s Politics Today monitored by News Point Nigeria, blamed foreign mercenaries for the incident and the incessant attacks in the state. While admitting he is not in the best position to speak about the crisis since he is yet to be…
OVER 29 deaths have so far been recovered from two communities of Fungzai and neighbouring Kubat in the newly created district of Bwai in the Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State in North Central Nigeria. According to sources in the communities, the invaders attacked Kubat on Tuesday morning setting houses on fire. The marauders also attacked fleeing members with dangerous weapons leading to the death of some residents while others were injured. Members of neighbouring Fungzai community, who saw the burning Kubat village, mobilised women and children to move out of the community in other to escape the wrath…
GUNMEN have attacked two villages in Plateau State and killed no fewer than 20 persons. The killings, it was gathered, occurred on Monday night around 9pm. The affected villages were Kubwat and Fungzai in the Mangu Local Government Area of the state. A resident of Fungzai community who witnessed the attacks, John Yakubu, confirmed the attacks to this newspaper in Jos on Tuesday. Yakubu said that in Fungzai community alone, the gunmen killed 15 persons including the wife of his younger brother and her children while a total of 29 corpses had been recovered Yakubu said, “It was last night,…
A MAN identified as Idris Aminu has allegedly killed his 75-year-old stepmother Mrs. Salamatu Aminu with a pestle in the Ihima Obeiba Ebozohu community, Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi State. It was gathered that the suspect had attempted to kill the old woman with poison three days before but she survived. New Point Nigeria’s correspondent in Lokoja reliably gathered that the suspect had alleged that her stepmother was a witch, and that was why he is not successful. As a result, he first tried to poison the woman. Fortunately, the woman survived his trap until he finally decided to…