ABDULLAHI Abacha, the second to the last son of the late Nigerian Head of State, Sani Abacha, has died aged 36. The announcement was made by Gumsu Sani Abacha, his sister, via a tweet on Saturday. Family sources also confirmed the death, saying Abdullahi died peacefully in his sleep at the family’s Nelson Mandela Street residence, Abuja. “He was hale and hearty last night, but was found dead this morning. He died peacefully in his sleep,” said a source. News Point Nigeria gathered that the funeral prayer would hold by 4pm at the National Mosque, Abuja on Saturday. Born in…
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THE Troops of Sector Four of Operation Whirl Punch, and Special Forces of the 167 Battalion have killed a bandit and rescued 14 kidnapped victims in Kaduna State. The troops who embarked on a long-range fighting patrol to the Tukurua general area of Chikun Local Government Area of the state engaged and cleared a bandits’ hideout during a fierce encounter in the location. Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, disclosed in a statement issued on Saturday, “The troops during the operation rescued 14 kidnapped victims, comprising nine men and five women. The victims were moved to…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said the sacrifices of the Armed Forces remain appreciated by Nigerians, commending the patriotic role they played in maintaining law and order at the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections. Buhari, who virtually commissioned 700 Ashok Leyland Troop Carrying Vehicles assembled in Lagos, from his country home, pledged more support for the welfare of the military while assuring that their labour will not be in vain. “I wish to commend the resolve of our armed forces towards the defeat of insurgency and its support in maintaining law and order as was demonstrated in the…
BANDITS have killed one person and abducted 23 other residents in Dogon-Daji community along the Abuja-Kaduna near Kagarko town in Kaduna State. A resident, Shuaibu Danmalam, said the bandits in their large numbers on Wednesday around 12pm moved from house to house amid sporadic shooting and abducted men and women, and that one person who attempted to escape was shot dead. The Madaki of Janjala, Malam Samaila Babangida, confirmed the latest abduction to our reporter through telephone on Thursday. He said, “The bandits first attacked Kubau village near Jere town and abducted some people before they proceeded to Dogon-Daji and…
PRESIDENT-ELECT Bola Tinubu has said he is fully prepared to face whatever challenge the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar, would launch against him anytime anywhere. At a press conference on Thursday, Atiku had said last Saturday’s election which Tinubu was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), was neither free nor fair. But in a swift reaction, Tinubu in a statement by the Director Public Affairs and Chief Spokesman of the APC Presidential Campaign Council Festus Keyamo (SAN), said, “Atiku Abubakar’s decision to challenge the outcome of the results is welcome. “We are prepared to meet…
AS one of the 60-member nations of the International Civil Defence Organisation (ICDO), the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), joined the rest of the world to mark the year 2023 World Civil Defence Day with the theme: “The role of Information Technologies in Risks Assessment”. The event which coincided with the second-year anniversary of the appointment of Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi, mni, OFR, as the Commandant General of NSCDC and the Passing out Parade of 530 personnel of 2019 intakes from an intensive eight weeks of training in arms bearing, tactics and regimentation, also witnessed the official presentation…
UNITED Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has congratulated President-elect Bola Tinubu on the heels of the just concluded presidential election. Both the UK and Nigeria share a longstanding relationship that has withstood the latter’s over-62-year independence from the former. “Congratulations to @officialABAT on his victory in Nigeria. The UK-Nigeria relationship remains strong,” Sunak tweeted on Wednesday evening. “I look forward to working together to grow our security and trade ties, opening up opportunities for businesses and creating prosperity in both our countries.” In a hard-fought battle on February 25, 70-year-old Tinubu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) claimed…
THE trial of a former Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, on alleged N109 billion corruption charges was on Wednesday stalled at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory. This occurred because one of the statements dated July 5, 2022, which he made to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission during the investigation was missing as the EFCC, the court and the defence team could not locate the statement in their files. Earlier, on October 27, 2022 EFCC had re-arraigned Idris on 13 counts which bordered on alleged misappropriation of the sum of N109 billion alongside Olusegun Akindele,…
THE All Progressives Congress (APC) has lost all three Senatorial seats to its People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State in Saturday’s parliamentary elections. Out of the three seats – Kaduna North, Kaduna Central, and Southern Kaduna – only Southern Kaduna was previously occupied by PDP. In Kaduna north, the incumbent Senator, Suleiman Abdu Kwari of the APC lost to Khalid Ibrahim Mustapha of the PDP. The returning officer for the election, Professor Saleh Ado, announced that Khalid secured 260,026 votes against Kwari, who polled 190,008 votes. In Kaduna Central, PDP’s Lawal Adamu Usman, popularly known as (Mr. LA), won…
PRESIDENTIAL Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party Atiku Abubakar has won the presidential election in Kaduna State. Atiku swept the polls in Kaduna with 554,360 votes, beating his closest rival, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu who polled 399,293 votes. In the election the Labour Party candidate, Mr Peter Obi polled 294,494 votes. Below is the final result from Kaduna State. Registered voters: 4,335,208 Accredited voters: 1,418046 Valid votes: 1360153 Invalid votes: 41,223 Total Vote cast: 1,401376 APC: 399,293 LP: 294,494 NNPP: 92,969 PDP: 554,360 Similarly Atiku has won the presidential election in Sokoto State, polling 288,679 as against 285,444 which was…
MUHAMMAD Bello El-Rufai of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the eldest son of Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai, has won a House of Representatives seat in Kaduna North Local Government Area of the state. The returning officer Professor Muhammad Magaji Garba announced said that El-Rufai polled 51,052 to defeat the incumbent member Suleiman Samaila Abdu of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP who polled 34,808. Other candidates defeated were Shehu Mohammed Faisal of the Labour Party who scored 7531. Aliyu Muhammad Ahmad of NNPP scored 10,148.
PLATEAU State Governor Simon Lalong who is also the Director General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has lost the bid to clinch the Plateau South Senatorial District slot. He lost to Rtd AVM Bali Ninkap Napoleon of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the National Assembly elections conducted on Saturday. While announcing the results, the Returning Officer Professor Meshak Goyit declared that Bali Napoleon of PDP scored a total of 148,844 votes to defeat Governor Lalong of APC with 91,674 votes while Tobias Nda of the Labour Party scored 17,325 votes.
SADIQ Ango Abdullahi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who spent 69 days in captivity, has won the Sabon Gari federal constituency election with 33,616 votes. He defeated the fourth time member representing the constituency in the National Assembly, Mohammed Garba Datti of the APC who polls 31,737 votes. Recall that Ango Abdullahi was one of kidnapped victims of Kaduna train attack who was elected as PDP candidate for the seat while in captivity. He is the son of the Chairman, Northern Elders Forum, Prof. Ango Abdullahi.
PRESIDENTIAL Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has been declared winner of Saturday’s election in 16 Local Government Areas of Kwara State. Tinubu garnered 263,572 votes to defeat his closet challenger and the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, who came a distant second with 136,909 votes. The number of registered voters for the election were 1,695,928 while the accredited voters were 497,519. Total valid votes were 469,971, rejected, 26,712 and total votes cast were 496,683. Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) scored 31,166 to come third while Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso…
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Sen. Godiya Akwashiki of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), as the winner of Saturday’s election for Nasarawa North Senatorial District. The INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Ilemona Adofu of Federal University, Lafia, in the early hours of Monday in Akwanga, declared Akwashiki as the winner with 44,471 votes. Adofu defeated the former Executive Secretary, National Judicial Commission (NJC), Alhaji Danladi Halilu Envuluanza of the All Progressives Congress, who scored 32,058 votes. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the People Democratic Party (PDP) scored 11,212 votes, New Nigeria Peoples Party 4,083 votes…
CANDIDATE of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Chanchaga Federal Constituency of Niger State, Abubakar Abdul Buba has defeated the APC Candidate, Abubakar Adamu, younger brother to the former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, in the just concluded National Assembly elections in the state. Announcing the House of Representatives election results at the former Education Resource Centre, Minna, the State Capital, Professor Mercy Modupe Adeyeye, said Buba of the PDP scored a total of 35,688 votes while Ado Salami of the APC scored 19, 282. Candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Ibrahim Abdulaziz, scored 1, 747 while the…
THE All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Kaduna State, Senator Uba Sani, has promised to review some policies of the incumbent administration that the people consider unfavourable. Speaking at the governorship debate organised by BBC Hausa in Kaduna, on Wednesday, Sani said being human, Governor Nasir El-Rufai is bound to make certain mistakes. He admitted that there could have been some errors with El-Rufai’s policies in the areas of education and human development. However, he made it clear that he would continue with the good policies of the governor. “I will surely look at some of the policies and…
THE Labour Party candidate for House of Representatives, Kaura Federal Constituency, Kaduna state, Mr Mathew Donatus Kozali, has defeated the Minority Whip of the House of Representatives, Gideon Lucas Gwani. Koazali polled 10,508 voted ahead of Gwani, who polled 10,297 votes. A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Gwani was seeking to occupy the seat for the fifth time. Announcing the result at Kaura Local Government Secretariat in southern part of Kaduna state, the Returning Officer, Professor Elija D. Ella, declared that Mr. Mathew Donatus Kuzai as the winner, while Professor Benjamin Kumai Gugong of APC came third with 9, 919 votes.
PRESIDENTIAL candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has asked the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu to instruct the Collation Officers for yesterday’s election to upload the results to the INEC server immediately. In a statement by his media aide on Sunday, Atiku said this has become necessary to checkmate some governors who are trying to compromise the results at the local government collation level. “It will be a disservice to Nigerians and a negation to democracy for anyone to subvert the will of the people as freely expressed in their votes…
SOME voters at Polling Unit 084 in Rushari Rhakubu in the Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State on Saturday night held officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) hostage over faulty Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines. Polling officials were held hostage until Sunday morning and let go with the intervention of the Electoral Officer of Jos North, Fred Ogboji who came in the company of a Registration Area Technical officer to attend to the malfunctioning BVAS. The presidential and National Assembly elections were suspended at the polling unit on Saturday night when voting could not continue…