POLICE in Plateau State say they have uncovered the plan to attack the Plateau State House of Assembly Complex. The police spokesman in the state, DSP Alabo Alfred, in a statement on Monday, said the intention of the plotters was to cause a breakdown of law and order. “The Plateau State Police Command wishes to inform the good people of the state and the general public that credible intelligence from reliable sources revealed that some enemies of the state who do not want peace to remain permanent in the state, are planning to forcefully invade the Plateau State House of…
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AN ELDERLY man has been buried alive over witchcraft allegation levelled against him by some youths in Ikyve community, Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State. Witnesses said the incident happened at the weekend in Ikyve community of Diiv-Ikyurave, a rural area which borders Cross River State. A resident of the area explained that trouble started for the elderly victim simply identified as Ihwakaa when lightning struck and killed his son, Henry, alongside his wife and their infant. The resident further narrated that some youths in the area alleged that it was the handiwork of Ihwakaa, whom they accused was…
THE traditional ruler of Aghara, Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State, Chief David Obadofin, has reportedly died in the custody of his abductors, 12 days after he was kidnapped. A family source stated that the monarch died last Thursday as a result of torture from his abductors. Our correspondent gathered that the abductors of the monarch had agreed to collect the sum of N2m for his release and one other lady, identified as Temidayo Elewa when the hoodlums noticed that Pa Obadofin was becoming too weak. A source added that while waiting for the ransom to be delivered, the hoodlums …
THE Federal Government has disclosed that plans are already underway to see to the evacuation of Nigerians in Sudan, as the country’s crisis continues to deepen. This move was occasioned by a request made by Nigerian students pleading that they be evacuated from the currently troubled Sudan. The country is witnessing hostilities between two generals who seized power in a 2021 coup: army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). In response to the request made by the Nigerian Students, the FG through the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM)…
TWO immigration officers have been killed by suspected bandits along the Takum Ussa Local Government Area link road in Taraba State. Confirming the incident to News Point Nigeria on Wednesday, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abdullahi Usman said the officers were not only shot dead but had machete cuts on their bodies with their motorcycle abandoned. The officers were identified as inspectors Adike Austin and Uzo James of the Immigration Department attached to the Ussa local council checkpoint. Usman disclosed that their remains have been deposited at the morgue for autopsy with a full-scale investigation launched, adding…
FORMER Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye has been declared the winner of the governorship primary election of the People’s Democratic Party in Kogi. He scored 313 votes to defeat Idoko Ilonah who had 124 votes. Others, Awoniyi Sunday had 77 votes while Musa Wada had 56 votes. The former lawmaker will be up against Usman Ododo, the flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the election.
NO fewer than 29 people have been killed in a fresh attack by bandits on Runji Village in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The attack which occurred at about 10 pm on Saturday night comes barely three days after bandits killed eight people at the Atak’Njei community also in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area. The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan who confirmed the latest incident in a statement, said that several houses in the community were burnt down while some residents were injured by the attackers. He also disclosed that troops…
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Hon Diket Pland of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Plateau State Central Senatorial Zone. Declaring the result in Pankshin, the headquarters of the Plateau Central Senatorial zone, INEC returning Officer Dr. Jima Lar, said Hon Plang scored a total vote of 131,129 to emerge the winner. He said Plang’s closest challenger, Yohanna Gotom, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came second with 127,022 votes, while Garba Pwul of the Labour Party came third with 36,510 votes. “Hon Diket Plang having scored the highest votes at the election…
FORMER Auditor General of Local Government in Kogi State, Usman Ododo has emerged as the winner of the just-concluded governorship primary of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state. The election, which was conducted via direct mode of election, took place in the 239 wards across the 21 local government areas of Kogi. Ododo polled 78,704 votes to defeat the six other contestants. The incumbent governor, Yahaya Bello had days ago endorsed Ododo. Announcing the outcome of the primary at the State Secretariat of the APC, the Secretary of the National APC Governorship Primary Committee, Patrick Obahiagbon announced 93,729…
AD HOC workers crippled activities at the Plateau State College of Health Technology, in the Pankshin Local Government Area of the state, yesterday, over 45 months of unpaid salaries. They barricaded the main gate of the institution at about 10am displaying placards with inscriptions about their plight. Their leader, identified as Mr. Wambutda, said it was appalling that despite their plight, there are ongoing replacements of staff in vacant positions without the ad hoc staff being given any attention. “The reason for the protest is the non-confirmation/absorption, ongoing replacement of workers and the non-payment of our stipend for 45 months.…
AHEAD of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary in Kogi State scheduled for Friday, the Deputy Governor, Edward Onoja; and the Chief of Staff to Governor Yahaya Bello, Mohammed Asuku have withdrawn from the race. This was announced at a stakeholders’ meeting held on Thursday at the party secretariat in Lokoja, the state capital. The meeting was hosted by Governor Yahaya Bello, who unveiled his preferred candidate in the person of the Auditor General of the state, Ahmed Ododo. Meanwhile, Onoja and Asuku announced their withdrawal from the governorship race via their respective verified Facebook pages shortly after the…
AT least 13 people have been reportedly killed nad many others abducted in a fresh attack by bandits on Atak’Njei community in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. News Point Nigeria reports that, the latest attack is coming some weeks after a similar incident claimed ten lives at Langson community in the same local government area. Atak’Njei is the community is where the Palace of the Paramount ruler of Agwatyap Chiefdom is located. The police authorities are yet to comment on the incident, but the President of Atyap Community Development Association, Sam Timbuwak told News Point Nigeria via…
JUSTICE James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja, has nullified and set aside the Ward and Local Government congresses purportedly conducted on February 7 by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State. News Point Nigeria reporta that, the congresses were for the purpose of nominating APC’s Governorship Candidate for the November gubernatorial polls. The court voided the two congresses on the grounds that they were not conducted in compliance with the Electoral Act 2022, and the Constitution of the APC. Delivering Judgment, Justice Omotosho also barred the Independent National Electoral commission, from according recognition the unlawful delegates…
THE traditional ruler of Oghara in Kabba Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State, has been abducted. Our correspondent learnt that gunmen invaded his palace in the early hours of Tuesday. It was gathered that a female domestic worker identified as Toyin Onare was shot dead during the attack. Also, two other Chiefs, (Pa.) David Obadofin, and one Temidayo Elewa, were abducted. The Kogi state police command’s spokesman, SP William Aya, confirmed the incident, saying the hoodlums arrived at the palace around 3am and shot sporadically before gaining access to the palace. Aya added that Chief Obadofin who was a…
PERSONNEL of Plateau State Police Command have continued to occupy the State Assembly entrance, stopping lawmakers from gaining access to the hallow chambers in order to prevent security breeches leading to breakdown of law and order. The commissioner of police in the state, Bartholomey Onyeka during a press conference at the police state headquarters in Jos explained that threats to lives and property based on intelligence report informed the continuous sealing of the state house of assembly. Crisis rocking the Plateau State House of Assembly resurfaced following the judgment of a Plateau State High Court ordering the reinstatement of Abok…
THE Benue State Police Command has confirmed another attack on one of the Internal Displaced Persons (IDP) camps at Agan in the Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue with over 20 persons killed by suspected bandits mostly women and children. The police spokesperson, DSP Sewuese Anene in a telephone conversation with News Point Nigeria, Saturday morning, confirmed last night attack which she said claimed many women and children at the IDP camps but the casualty figure is yet to be determined but so far the count has exceeded 20. DSP Sewuese further added that the commissioner of police, Wale Abasse…
A SENIOR retired officer of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Jacob Agada, has been killed by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in Lafia, the capital of Nasarawa State. Agada was found dead a few hours after he was kidnapped by the gunmen who mounted roadblocks around Ombi II, Lafia on Thursday night and whisked him away. The victim was reportedly returning to his house at about 9 pm when the hoodlums abducted him and later dumped his lifeless body in the area on Friday morning. A family source, while lamenting the rising spate of insecurity in the area, called on the…
AT least 46 people have been reportedly killed in Umogidi village of Entekpa-Adoka district in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State. The same village suffered invasion by armed invaders on Tuesday during which three people were killed. Chairman of Otukpo LGA, Bako Eje, whose son was also killed in the latest attack, told our correspondent on the telephone that the armed men surrounded the village again Wednesday evening barely 24-hours after the first attack and opened gunfire on the inhabitants. Eje said so far, this afternoon (Thursday), 46 corpses have been recovered while many people are still missing. The…
ANOTHER paramount and first class traditional ruler has been kidnapped from his palace in Plateau State by unknown gunmen. The kidnapped monarch, His Royal Highness Sunday Dajep, is the district head of Chip community inhabited by the Mhiship ethnic group of Pankshin Local Government Area of the state. According to our source, the district head was kidnapped at about 11pm on Wednesday when the gunmen forced their way into his palace in Chip community along Mangu-Shendam road. The Police Public Relations Officer of the Plateau State Police Command, DSP Alfred Alabo, said the command was aware of the abduction. Alubo…
A RESIDENT pastor of Living Faith Church, Aloko- Oganenigwu in Dekina LGA of Kogi State, Jacob Wodi Hulobu, was reportedly killed by the gunmen, who invaded the town on Sunday. The pastor was said to have escaped with some of his members to a safer area when they struck during the early morning service. According to one of his members, Samuel, the pastor went back to check the state of the church after the attack when the invaders shot and killed him. “He escaped during church service in the morning. He thought everything was calm and went back to check…