Author: Maryam Garba

AFTER going round more than 100 wards in 10 local government areas of Gombe State, the APC Campaign rallies have culminated into a grand road show in Gombe metropolis. Governor Inuwa’s campaign train took off at APC Square along Bauchi Road and pulled through mammoth crowd of supporters and well-wishers in their thousands, cheerfully hailing and expressing their unflinching support to the governor and other APC candidates. The rally went through Jekadafari, Sabon Layi, Union Bank Round About; Main Market, Idi to Gombe Emir’s Palace through Shehu Abubakar Road traversing 8 of the 11 wards of Gombe LGA. Governor Inuwa…

THE management of Azman Air, under the leadership of Alhaji Faisal Abdulmunaf has revealed that it will launch additional aircraft to its fleet for 2023 Umrah and Hajj operations. The Hajj/ Umrah Coordinator of the airline company, Engr. Nuraddeen Aliyu, disclosed this in a  statement on Saturday. According to Engr Aliyu, the development was part of issues discussed at the company’s review meeting, held recently. He stated that arrangements has reached advanced stage to procure an additional wide-bodied aircraft in preparation to the company’s Umrah and Hajj operations, set to commence mid February and May respectively. Engr Aliyu explained that…

THE Acting Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Mrs Christy Uba has called for a review of the allowance paid to corps members. The Acting Director-General made the request during a courtesy visit by the Chairman of, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu. Uba said corps members were eager to participate in the 2023 general election. She described the meeting as timely, stressing that the NYSC was committed to the partnership. In her words: “A lot has been achieved. The corps members are ready. The youths are very interested and it is expected that everyone that…

A SENIOR Special Assistant , Political Affairs to Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State, Alhaji Sani Mohammed has resigned his appointment. The resignation letter sighted by News Point Nigeria on Saturday, said the action takes effects from 6th January, 2023. The letter said the resignation is personal and for him to pursue his aspiration. He appreciated governor Abdullahi Ganduje for according him the opportunity to serve in the administration. However, a source close the former aide told News Point Nigeria that, Alhaji Sani Mohammed , a grassroot politician from Taruani local government area , resigned his appointment with a…

THE National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has threatened to embark on a mass protest over what it called outrageous hike in school fees by the Universities for both new and returning students. The National Vice President of the Association, Comrade Suleiman Sarki, stated this at a media briefing on Friday in Maiduguri, Borno State. Comrade Sarki said the hike would particularly have a negative impact on students from the North-East region, who have been severely affected by 13 years of insurgency. He said NANS had issued a week ultimatum to the management of University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) to rescind…

GOVERNOR Babagana Zulum has said Borno State is 90 per cent secure and safe ahead of the 2023 general elections. He said this Friday after a courtesy visit to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The governor assured the voting public of their safety before, during and after the elections. The November 22 attack on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign train in Maiduguri, the state capital, has raised security alert about possible violence ahead of the polls. Asked what he was doing to assure those not bothered to collect their PVCs because of fear that insecurity…

GOVERNOR Muhammad Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa State has received Eight Labour Party State Assembly Candidates for this year’s election and member Arewa Presidential  Campaign Council of the party who dumped their Party and their aspirations to join the All Progressive Party APC. The Eight candidates are from Auyo, Kirikasamma, Bulangu, Malam Madori , Kafin Hausa, Birniwa, Guri and Kaugama constituencies. In a statement by the Special Adviser, Media and Public Relations, Habibu Nuhu Kila, issued on Friday, Governor Badaru expressed his appreciation to them and promised that they will be carried along in all party activities and urged them to…

THE Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted dust haze weather condition from Friday to Sunday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released in Abuja anticipated prospects of thick dust haze on Friday over the Northern region with visibility of less than 1, 000m over Yobe, Kano, Katsina and Jigawa states. “However, the remaining parts of the Northern states, the Central cities and the Southern region should be in moderate dust haze condition with visibility range of 1,000m to 5,000m. “Localised visibility of less than 1, 000m is expected over parts of Kwara and Oyo state within the forecast period,” it…

THE Kano state office of the Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, has sealed 14 filling stations for selling Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, otherwise known as petroleum at higher prices. Addressing journalists shortly after a special surveillance operation in Kano on Thursday, state coordinator of NMDPRA, Aliyu Muhammad Sama said the operation was part of their daily regulatory function to ensure price regulation of the product. According to him, even in December last year, the agency had sealed over 100 filling stations of independent marketers for selling petroleum above stipulated prices. He said the sanction was imperative in…

THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commence accreditation for journalists and media organizations for the forthcoming general elections. News Point Nigeria reports that information from the commission website, which said, the accreditation would be conducted only online as manual accreditation is not allowed. The portal opens from Thursday January 5th and closes on Sunday February 5th, 2023. It further added that interested media organizations that wish to deploy journalists to cover the election are by this notice expected to apply via:https://imap.inecnigeria.org The statement added that late submission shall not be entertained as the portal will automatically shut down on…

KANO State Police Command in Kano State says a couple has been found dead on its matrimonial bed in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, believed to have died of suffocation from charcoal fumes. SP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, the spokesperson for the command, said this in a statement in Kano on Wednesday. He gave the names of the couple as Sulaiman Idris, 28 and Maimuna Haliru, 20. “We received a report on January 3, at about 9 p.m from Kwa Village in Dawakin Tofa LGA that a couple was discovered not to have come out of their matrimonial…

IF voted into office in a couple of weeks, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the party will work conscientiously to address the insecurity in many parts of the country, so as to fast track its economic development. This would make it possible for Sokoto state, which has many solid minerals in commercial quantity to venture into their extraction for the good of its people. Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state made these assertions on Wednesday at Kebbe town of Kebbe local government area during the ongoing statewide campaign by the PDP. Tambuwal, who…

THE Federal Government has said that it will stop the payment of fuel subsidy by the end of June 2023. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this during the public presentation of the 2023 Federal Government budget. Mrs Zainab disclosed that in the 2023 fiscal period, the government has made provisions of N3. 36trillion naira for fuel subsidy payment to cover the first six months of this year. This, she stated, is in line with the 18-month extension announced in early 2022. Breaking down the budget, the minister noted that the nation’s revenue performance…

A MEMBER of the Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Borno State, Comr. Zanna Bukar Ali has resigned his membership from the party and the council. He explained that the reason for his resignation was based on the inability of the Party to present a credible candidate for Nigerians. Ali said his resignation applies to all other APC Presidential Support Groups and all other APC Support Groups that are campaigning for APC Presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his running mate Kashim Shettima. In the letter dated January 1, 2023, which was addressed to the…

– Charges Members To Forge Common Front For Party’s Victory GOVERNOR Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has Inaugurated 9 Directorates under the Gombe State All Progressives Congress,  APC Campaign Council with a charge on members to forge a common front in pursuit of overwhelming victory for the party at all levels. The inaugurated  Directorates include those of Contact and Mobilization with Kabiru Usman Kukandaka as Chairman while Abubakar Dantata and  Sa’ad Hassa will serve as Deputy Chairman and Secretary respectively; Finance and Administration with Arch.Yunusa Yakubu as Chairman, Dr. Mohammed Isa Umar, Deputy Chairman and  Mohammed Gambo Magaji as Secretary. Others are: …

KATSINA city was agog as All Progressives People Congress (APC) Gubernatorial candidate, Dr. Dikko Umar Radda  took his state wide tour to the state capital on sunday. The candidate and his entourage stormed the ancient city pulling large crowds after going round wards in the municipal local government area. Before  arriving at the emir of Katsina’s palace with swarms of supporters, the candidate had visited district heads in their domains where he addressed ward heads as well as Imams. Receiving the candidate in his palace, the emir of Katsina, Alhaji abdulmumini kabir Usman  declared his support for Dr. Radda whom…

FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo has openly endorsed the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, ahead of the February presidential election. Obasanjo made this known in a new year message titled “My appeal to all Nigerians particularly Young Nigerians.” The former president noted that none of the presidential candidates is a saint, but when compared in terms of knowledge, discipline and what they can offer, Obi has an edge. “None of the contestants is a saint but when one compares their character, antecedent, their understanding, knowledge, discipline and vitality that they can bring to bear and the great efforts required…

THE Kano state Police Command has reported that a total of 47 people were killed in they year 2022 as far as their record goes. The Command made this known in a signed statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa made available to News Point Nigeria. The  statement reads in part: “At the beginning of the year, there were security challenges, including the threats of Kidnapping along the villages in Seventeen (17) frontline border LGAs of the State bordering Kaduna, Katsina, Jigawa and Bauchi States, threats of Thuggery (Daba) and Drugs Abuse within the Eight…

IN continuation with its commitment and determination to commission all completed projects, the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Water Resources has again completed and commissioned another Water Supply Scheme. This time, it was the rehabilitated and expanded Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria over 5 million litres per day Water Supply Scheme which has been completed, commissioned and handed over to the Authorities of the University for provision of portable water to the residents of the University and its environs. The Honourable Minister of Water Resources, Engr Suleiman H. Adamu, commissioned the project on Thursday, at the Samaru main campus…

2022 witnessed a devastating decline in journalists’ safety, as 66 journalists and media workers worldwide were killed in connection with their profession, according to International Press Institute (IPI) data. This figure marks a steep increase from the total of 45 journalists killed in 2021. Spiraling attacks against journalists in Mexico as well as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine were leading factors behind the rise in journalist killings. Fourteen journalists were killed in Mexico in 2022, the deadliest year for the country’s media since 2017. Meanwhile, eight journalists were killed covering Russia’s war in Ukraine, including both Ukrainian and foreign reporters.…