THE presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has promised that the success recorded in Kano when he was the governor will be replicated in Nigeria if elected president. Kwankwaso stated this in Abuja on Monday, during the second presidential town hall meeting organised by the Department of Political Science of the University of Abuja. He lamented that Nigeria is facing a serious crisis in the education sector, from primary to tertiary education levels, noting that the All Progressive Congress and Peoples Democratic Party have failed Nigerians. “I am very happy that Nigerians have an alternative to…
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Naja’atu Muhammad, a former lead campaigner of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has endorsed former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Tinubu’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rival, hours after resigning from the ruling party. She visited Atiku at his residence on Sunday. Dino Melaye, a spokesman of Atiku’s campaign, was among those who received Muhammad at the residence of the former vice-president. The politician later told Daily Trust that she had endorsed Atiku for the forthcoming election. The former director, Civil Society of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, had earlier told journalists that she would be meeting…
THE Nasarawa State Police Command says two females have been rescued out of the six pupils of LEA Primary School abducted on Friday at Alwaza Village, Doma Local Government Area (LGA). The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ramhan Nansel, who confirmed this to journalists on Saturday, noted that the pupils were rescued around 2:30 pm at Sabon Kwara village, Jenkwe Development Area of Obi LGA in the state. The operation, he said, was achieved with sustained pressure mounted on the abductors by the combined search-and-rescue team that included sister security agencies in the state. Nansel added that efforts are…
BARELY 24 hours after the news of an increase in price of Premium Motor Spirit popularly called petrol, broke through a reported coomunication to major marketers in a memo early Thursday, the Federal Government has denied any increase in the price of fuel. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, in a statement issued by his media aide, Horatius Egua, in Abuja on Friday, said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), had not approved any price increase for PMS. He was quoted as saying, “President Muhammadu Buhari has not approved any increase in the price of…
THE Supreme Court on Friday restored former Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, as the senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress for Akwa Ibom North Senatorial District. In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, the apex court upheld the judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja which in September last year granted verdict in favour of the immediate past minister of Niger Delta Affairs. Saulawa after reviewing the arguments canvassed by Akpabio said that his appeal was meritorious and therefore was allowed. The judgement was on an appeal filed by Akpabio challenging the judgement of the…
THE Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria has said there is confusion in the oil sector in Nigeria, following the prolonged fuel scarcity that has been hitting hard on the country for months. The Deputy National President, IPMAN, Zahra Mustapha, said this on Friday while speaking during an interview on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily and monitored by News Point Nigeria. When asked about what was happening in the industry leading to the prolonged scarcity, Mustapha said the issue is complex, admitting that independent marketers do not also “really understand what is going on.” He said, “The fact of the matter…
THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has asked healthcare workers to maintain a high index of suspicion for diphtheria by being vigilant and looking out for symptoms of diphtheria. In a public health advisory issued Thursday night, Director-General, NCDC, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, said the organisation has responded to reports of diphtheria cases in Lagos and Kano states. He said NCDC is also monitoring the situation in Osun and Yobe states where cases are now being picked up. Data from the Kano State Ministry of Health revealed that the diphtheria outbreak has so far killed 25 people with…
THE Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has presented cheques amounting to N13billion to the families of deceased and injured Police officers. The inspector-general of police, IGP Usman Baba, presented the cheques to the families of Police officers killed between 2012 to 2019. The IGP said about 6,184 families of slain and injured personnel will benefit from the payment. The IGP also said the cheques also cover insurance for personnel, who got injured while carrying out their duties within the same period. Details Later…
THE United States has disclosed plans to spend $68 million (N30, 940, 000, 000) to fight malaria in Nigeria by providing funds for monitoring activities that would eradicate the menace. A document released in Washington DC on Wednesday said the money would be spent under the Presidential Malaria Initiative, according to the Nation. It said the funding will support monitoring insecticide resistance testing in all 11 PMI focus states and five non-PMI focus States. The beneficiary states include Enugu and Kaduna, Abia, Ekiti, Kogi, Kebbi and Sokoto. The statement read, “In addition, PMI will continue to support the procurement and…
CHAIRMAN/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has warned that unrepentant drug barons and cartels will face tougher time in 2023 if they fail to back out of the illicit drug business. Marwa gave the warning on Wednesday 18th January at a press briefing at the NDLEA national headquarters, Abuja to update the public on efforts by the Agency to rid the country of illicit substance abuse and drug trafficking on the second anniversary of his leadership of the anti-narcotics body. According to him, “Last year, I issued a New…
THE Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal, kicked off his campaign in Kauran Namoda LGA in grand style, with a vow to rescue and rebuild Zamfara State. Lawal urged the electorate to do everything possible in making sure that they vote out the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) during the presidential and governorship elections. He assured the large crowd who attended the rally that if he becomes the Zamfara State governor, security would be the priority of his administration to secure lives and properties across the state. He also reaffirmed that his government…
GOMBE State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya ( Dan Majen Gombe) has approved the appointment of Caretaker Chairmen for the Eleven (11) Local Government Councils in the State. This was stated in a statement signed and issued by the Director-General of Press Affairs to the governor, Ismaila Uba Misilli, Tuesday evening. According to the statement, the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi conveyed the Governor’s approval and announced the new appointees as follows:- (i) Abubakar Usman Barambu – Akko LGA (ii) Garba Umar Garus – Balanga LGA (iii) Margret Bitrus – Billiri LGA (iv) Jamilu Ahmed Shabewa -…
THE National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said available data indicates that Nigeria has 16.7 million more voters than the rest of West Africa. Yakubu made the revelation on Tuesday afternoon, while delivering a lecture at London-based Chatham House on the topic ‘Nigeria’s 2023 Elections: Preparations and Priorities for Electoral Integrity and Inclusion’. “Based on figures compiled from electoral commissions and interior ministries in West Africa, Nigeria’s current voter population is 16.7 million higher than the 76.7 million registered in all the other countries put together – and there are 14 other elections…
THE National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, is scheduled to make a live appearance at Chatham House in London today. The event, which kicks off at 2 pm (WAT), will see Yakubu speak on the topic, ‘Nigeria’s 2023 Elections: Preparations and Priorities for Electoral Integrity and Inclusion’ and respond to questions with regard to the Commission’s plans for the conduct of next month’s general elections. In light of the myriad challenges INEC is faced with, Yakubu is expected to shed light on INEC’s preparations for the presidential and National Assembly elections on February 25th…
AT least 10 people were killed and 39 wounded Sunday in a bomb attack on a church in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo claimed by Islamic State. Congolese military spokesman Antony Mualushayi said the “terrorist act” happened in a Pentecostal church in North Kivu province’s Kasindi, a town on the border with Uganda. The explosion killed at least 10 people and wounded 39, he added, revising up an initial death toll of five. Both tolls were provisional, the spokesman said. But the spokesman for Uganda’s military operation in the DRC, Bilal Katamba, said on Sunday evening that 16 people…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja for Nouakchott on Monday to receive the “African Award for Strengthening Peace’’ in the Mauritanian capital on Tuesday. According to presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, the award is for the President’s leadership role in promoting peace on the continent. Adesina said the award will be presented to President Buhari by the Abu Dhabi Peace Forum, which is an assembly of leaders established in 2014 to pursue new ways to embrace inclusive citizenship, promote lasting peace, and work towards a safer and more sustainable world for everyone. Before receiving the award, the presidential aide said Buhari…
POLICE authorities in Kwara have arrested three suspected human traffickers in Ilorin, the state capital of Kwara. The suspects – Musa Ayuba, 44, Jeremiah Muda, 35, and Luka Ayuba, 37 – all hail from Bangi village via Kotongura, Niger State. Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Okasanmi Ajayi, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday made available to News Point Nigeria, said the victims – 22 boys and 19 girls – ranged from five to 15 years. According to him, the suspects were arrested along the Okolowo expressway on 14 January with 41 children while waiting to transport…
THE presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Dr. Rabiu Kwankwso, has pledged to make the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) result valid for four years. Kwankwaso made the pledge while presenting party flags to six North East States gubernatorial and 18 Senatorial candidates of the party at the North East presidential rally on Thursday in Bauchi. He noted that many students sit for JAMB examinations, come up with good grades, but for one reason or the other, they end up not being offered admission, and as well it is not their fault. “These students and their…
NO fewer than 26 bidders have been declared winners of different property comprising apartments and plots of land forfeited to the Federal Government by the court. Some of the property located in the nation’s capital was reportedly owned by a former minister of petroleum, Mrs Diezani Allison-Madueke, before its final forfeiture to the government. It would be recalled that the anti-graft agency had last year commenced the sealed bidding exercise before it began the physical aspect on Monday for those property located in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano and other areas in the country. News Point Nigeria had reported that there…
THE Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has unveiled a central enhanced e-Passport Production Centre for Jigawa, Katsina and Kano State. The spokesman of the NIS, Tony Akuneme, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, said the Service decided to site the Centre in Kano to bring improved Passport processing services closer to the teeming numbers of Passport applicants in Kano and its environs. According to the statement, the Comptroller General of Immigration Service, Isah Jere Idris, MFR, reassured Nigerians that the passport reform process was still in progress, especially the fast track program designed specifically for those who…