AT least seven people have been reportedly killed by bandits in a fresh attack on Langsom village in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The latest attack comes barely four days after 17 people were killed by suspected militia herders at Ungwan Wakili community also in Zango Kataf, including a woman and her newborn baby among other victims made up of mostly women and children. The Police authorities are yet to comment on the incident, but the Executive Chairman of Zango Kataf Local Government Area, Francis Sani told Channels Television that the gunmen invaded Langsom village in the…
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THE Nigeria Police has recovered 182 illicit arms and 430 ammunitions of various calibres across the nation in its efforts to tackle crimes. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, saying the arms will be handed over to the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW). He said the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, ordered all Commands and Formations to intensify efforts towards decimating the proliferation of illicit arms and ammunition in the country. Baba was said to have also extended additional human and logistic support…
GOVERNOR Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has challenged his predecessors in the State to come out and swear that they have never stolen from the state treasury. He said in an interview in Hausa monitored on a local TV and Radio station that his philosophy in governance was not to steal as he is aware there would be a day of reckoning. He said: “I’m happy that we constructed qualitative roads that would last for years. Not those kinds of roads they’ve constructed in the past which after 2 years, after 2 rainy seasons the roads would be bad.” “We…
FOLLOWING high-end investigations, the Texas Board of Nursing, United States, has announced that it has charged no fewer than 75 nurses to court over issues bordering around falsification of certificates. On the list posted on the website of the board, 43 of the names were identified as nurses of Nigerian origin. In February 18 Nigerian nurses in the US were charged with certificate forgery. The US authorities had said that list would be updated continuously as the board received additional information about “the fraudulent diploma/transcript scheme.” Checks revealed that the list had grown longer with the number of Nigerian rising…
THE death toll in Saturday’s attack by gunmen suspected to be militia herders on the Ungwan Wakili community in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State has risen to 17. This was confirmed to News Point Nigeria by the Executive Chairman of the local government, Francis Sani, who said that two of the injured victims gave up the ghost on Sunday at different hospitals in Kafanchan and Kaduna where they were being treated. Earlier, the Chairman disclosed that 15 persons died after the gunmen attacked the Ungwan Wakili community on Saturday night. However, the latest report shows that two…
NO fewer than nine residents have been kidnapped by gunmen at the Grow Homes Estate along Kuchibiyi in the Kubuwa area of the Federal Capital Territory. The gunmen numbering about 20 were said to have stormed the estate around 11:30 pm on Friday. A resident of the community who identified himself simply as Hassan told our correspondent on the phone that the victims were captured from two separate apartments in the estate. He added that the incident had caused panic in the community. He said,” Yesterday, at about 11:30 pm some gunmen in their large numbers came to carry out…
BANDITS on Friday morning in Karimbu-Kahugu community in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State killed a pastor’s son and kidnapped four members of his family including his wife. The Vice Chairman, Kahugu National Development Association in Lere Local Government Area, Peter Mukaddas said the bandits invaded the community in the early hours of Friday morning, went straight to the pastor’s house and carried out the attack. According to him, the bandits shot the pastor’s son when he resisted them, and thereafter, abducted his wife and three others in the house. Mukaddas called on the state government to intervene and…
THE Kogi State government has threatened to apprehend and prosecute persons and businesses that reject the old naira notes in the state. In a statement signed by the state Commissioner for Information and Communication, Kingsley Fanwo, said that rejecting the old naira notes is a clear disobedience of the Supreme Court ruling. He said it is unacceptable that some persons and businesses will continue to reject the use of the old naira notes after the Supreme Court ruled that both the old and new naira notes remain legal tenders until December 31, 2023. The Commissioner asked the Kogi people to…
THE United Nations has strongly condemned the reported ambush and brutal killing of more than 30 civilians in Mukdolo village in Ngala Local Government Area in Borno State. In a statement on Thursday, the UN through its Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Matthias Schmale, extended heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families and wish the injured who are recuperating a speedy recovery. Several persons were also reportedly injured, and others are still missing following the deadly attack allegedly carried out by an armed group, yet to be identified. According to reports, the victims of this heinous attack were fishermen…
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said indicated plans to appeal a court judgement granting the request of two plaintiffs to use their temporary voter cards. The Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the INEC Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, in a statement on Thursday, expressed the intention of the commission to approach the appellate court. “The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been served a copy of the judgement delivered today by the Federal High Court, Abuja Division which ordered it to allow two Plaintiffs to vote with their Temporary Voter’s Card (TVC),” the statement read. “The Commission is taking immediate…
THE National leadership of Action Democratic Party (ADP) has dispelled the rumour making the rounds suggesting that, its Governorship Candidate in Kaduna State is stepping down for another political party’s candidate. In a statement issued by its National Secretary, Victor Fingesi, ADP argued that, its Candidate, Hon Sani Sha’aban, who is also an inlaw to President Muhammadu Buhari, is the choice of Kaduna State people to become their next Governor. The party categorically stated that Sani Sha’aban is in the race to win the governorship of Kaduna State as he has not stepped down for any other candidate in the…
EXECUTIVE Director, Commercial, NASCON Allied Industries, Fatima Aliko Dangote, has revealed that women play a pivotal role in the success story of the Dangote Group. Fatima Dangote spoke via zoom to all subsidiaries of Dangote Group while opening the International Women’s Day at the Dangote Cement Plc, Obajana Plant, Kogi State, she said the company provides equal opportunities for men and women, adding that both genders have contributed immensely to the development of the company. She said the company provides opportunities for women to thrive in their various fields, adding that it has many women in the technical fields who…
THREE persons have been abducted by gunmen in Beji town of Bosso local government council of Niger state. They were kidnapped on Tuesday. An investigation revealed that the gunmen entered the town around one o’clock in the morning and started shooting in the air for over two hours to scare the people before executing their nefarious act. The operation took place behind Beji General Hospital which is just a stone’s throw from the main town without any challenge from security agencies or vigilante members. A woman and her two daughters were abducted from their home and taken to an unknown…
AS the world celebrates the 2023 International Women’s Day (IWD), it is important to take a look at women participation in politics. Again, like the gender constitution of the previous and current National Assembly (NASS), Nigeria’s 10th Senate and 10th House of Representatives, which will resume by June is male-dominated, raising concerns about the lip service paid to affirmative action as well as gender and equal opportunity in the West African country. Characteristically, of the new crop of federal lawmakers elected during the just-concluded February 25 presidential and National Assembly polls, only 15 of the 423 legislative seats declared so…
THE Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to fix all bugs or glitches in the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines before the March 11 governorship and state assemblies’ elections. The Bar also asked INEC to exclude its collation and returning officers with proven cases of misconduct in the February 25 elections from the forthcoming polls. NBA National Publicity Secretary, Akorede Lawal, stated this in an interim report released on Tuesday. The NBA deployed over 1000 INEC accredited observers drawn from the 128 Branches of the Bar to monitor the February 25 polls. “In…
THE number of pregnant women and nursing mothers suffering from undernutrition has increased by 25 percent since 2020 in 12 countries at the epicenter of the world food crisis, the UN children’s agency warned Monday, stressing the impact it is having on children’s health. The countries are Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Chad and Yemen. The UNICEF report, based on data analysis of women in nearly every country in the world, estimates that more than one billion women and adolescent girls suffer from undernutrition — which leaves them underweight and of short stature…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has urged developed and developing nations to grant duty-free and quota-free market access for products from the world’s 46 least-developed countries to ensure their integration into regional and global value chains. The President made the call while speaking at the UN Conference of Least Developed Countries in Doha, the capital of the State of Qatar. The President criticised the current structure of the global financial system which places an unsustainable external debt burden on the most vulnerable countries. According to a statement released by the senior special assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu,…
KADUNA based Islamic Scholar and cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has announced the death of his mother, which occured on Sunday evening. News Point Nigeria gathered that, his mother died today around 5.30pm and preparations are on for her burial at the Unguwar Sarki cemetery. In a statement on his verified Facebook page, the Islamic cleric said, “Inna lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihil Raji’un. Today at 5.30pm, with a sad heart, I announce the death of my dear mother. ”Please seek for her Allah’s forgiveness and mercy. “Her last words to me two weeks ago: “lnsha Allah, Allah will put me and…
OPERATIVES of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested a businessman, Kingsley Celestino at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos over 9.40 kilograms of heroin concealed in false bottoms of his two travelling bags. Kingsley, a business class passenger on Qatar Airline flight was arrested at Terminal 2 of the MMIA on Saturday 4th March on his way to India. Though a native of Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State, the 49-year-old was travelling with a Guinean international passport. Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect frequently travels to India on business class tickets. He claimed…
– Spent Over N35bn In Taraba THE federal government said it had spent N35.5billion on national social investment programmes since its inception in Taraba State. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, disclosed this in Jalingo while meeting with some beneficiaries of the programme. Represented by the state’s focal person of the programme, Beatrice Kitchina, the minister said over 100million people, including youths and women, were lifted out of poverty under the programme. She listed some of the programmes to include the N-Power, Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT), Government Enterprise and Empowerment (GEEP) and the…