ONE person has been confirmed dead, several others injured, and 30 persons including the site manager still trapped as a mining pit collapsed in the Galkago community of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The Director General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency Abdullahi Baba’arah and made available to newsmen in Minna, the mining pit was reported to have collapsed around Monday afternoon. He said the agency received a report of a mining site which collapsed on June 3, at Galkogo village of Shiroro. He said, “One person has been confirmed dead, six persons rescued with severe injuries…
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THE Police Service Commission has announced the approval and release of a list of 10,000 successful applicants for recruitment into the constable and specialist cadres of the Nigeria Police Force. The commission noted that to ensure fairness and justice in the recruitment process, it worked with guidance from relevant stakeholders, including the Nigeria Police Force, the National Assembly, and the Federal Character Commission. It added that it ensured equity in the spread of successful candidates across the 774 local government areas of the country. The spokesperson for the PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, made the development known in a statement on Tuesday.…
AS the nationwide strike by the Organised Labour over a new minimum wage for workers paralyse economic activities in Nigeria, the Federal Government has invited labour leaders to a meeting in Abuja, the country’s political capital. The meeting, which is presently ongoing, has the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero; and his counterpart in the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Festus Osifo, in attendance. On the government’s side is the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume; Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris Malagi; Labour Minister Nkiruka Onyejeocha; among others. Businesses, airports, universities, hospitals and power supply…
RANO Air has announced disruption of its flight schedules due to the ongoing strike by the organised labour comprising Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC). The announcement was made in a statement made available to News Point Nigeria, Monday. According to the statement, the airline is firmly monitoring the situation, and will provide relevant updates soon. See full statement below: Rano Air FLIGHTS DISRUPTION Dear valued Passenger, We write to notify you that due to the ongoing national strike by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and their associates, airports across the nation have…
THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has revoked the banking licence of Heritage Bank Plc with immediate effect. A statement by the Ag. Director, Corporate Communications of the Appex bank, Hakama Ali, on Monday, said the move was under its mandate to promote a sound financial system in Nigeria, and in exercise of its powers under Section 12 of the Banks and Other Financial Act (BOFIA) 2020. According to Ali, the bank had breached Section 12 (1) of BOFIA, 2020, adding that the Board and Management of the bank have not been able to improve the bank’s financial performance, a…
FIVE persons have been killed with three seriously injured following a windstorm that occurred on Saturday night in Bauchi state. The injured victims are receiving treatment at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital Bauchi. Most of the victims were brought in from the venue of the recently concluded joint northeast trade fair at Ibrahim Babangida Square in the Bauchi metropolis. The Public Relations Officer of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital Bauchi, Abdullahi Kobi, confirmed the casualty figures to Channels TV in a telephone conversation on Sunday. “It is true that we received a certain number of casualties…
THE governor of Bauchi State Bala Mohammed has pleaded with labour to shelve its planned strike, saying the move will hurt the nation’s economy. His comment came a day after the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) declared an indefinite strike beginning from Monday owing to the hike in electricity tariff and the government’s inability to reach a consensus with them on a new minimum wage. Shortly after his Saturday visit to the Governor of Abia State Alex Otti alongside Edo’s Godwin Obaseki and members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC), Governor…
POLICE authorities in Bauchi State have apprehended a man accused of attempting to sell his five-year-old daughter for N1.5 million. The suspect identified as Yusuf Umar, 49, claimed to be a staff of the Warji Local Government Council. According to the police report, Umar had already arranged to hand over the child to an unknown person, unaware that the potential buyer was an undercover police detective. “On the 26th of May 2024, the accused to the infant 5-year-old daughter from the estranged wife in Warji LGA under the pretence that he would take her to his sister in Bauchi town.…
AGAIN, scores of activists hit the streets of Lagos on Saturday demanding an end to what they described as the mischievous use of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission platform to malign perceived enemies by opposition forces. The activists, who frowned at the consistent call for anarchy in a democratic setting by those that their investigations had established to be working for known opposition figures in Kogi State, called on the EFCC to ignore the “sponsored, desperate calls” and focus on toeing the path of the rule of law. The over 80 Human Rights Civil Society Organizations, under the broad…
THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have declared a nationwide strike beginning from Monday, June 3rd, 2024 over the tripartite committee’s inability to agree on a new minimum wage and hike in electricity tariff. The President of the TUC Festus Osifo announced the strike at a joint news conference with the leadership of the NLC in Abuja on Friday. According to the labour leaders, the decision follows the expiration of an earlier request to the Federal Government to conclude all negotiations for a new minimum wage before the end of May. “In light of this persistent…
IN his effort to reduce the menace of out-of-school children in Adamawa State, foremost Adamawa humanitarian and philanthropist, Dr. Emmanuel N. Musa has donated N200 million to 200,000 pupils across the state in commemoration of this year’s Children’s Day. The gesture according to the philanthropist is to remove some of the little encumbrances which contribute significantly to the menace of out-of-school children in the state. Adamawa State which is one of the frontline states afflicted by Boko Haram insurgency has been grappling with the scourge of out-of-school. Concerned over the development which has a debilitating portent on the future of…
THE United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) Kano Field Office has disclosed that 556,750 children in Kano, Jigawa, and Katsina have not received a single dose of vaccination, sparking fears of vulnerability to preventable diseases. Mr. Michael Banda, Officer-in-Charge of the UNICEF Field Office Kano, expressed these concerns during a media dialogue on vaccines and immunisation held in Kano, represented by Mr. Rahama Rihood Mohammed Farah, Chief of Field Office. Banda emphasised the critical role of immunisation in protecting children from vaccine-preventable diseases, including polio. He stressed the urgent need for collaborative efforts among government agencies, development partners, religious and traditional…
AFTER a manhunt spanning 13 years, Police operatives in Bauchi State have announced the arrest of the suspected killers of six National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members serving in Giade local government area of Bauchi State in 2011. The Corps members were gruesomely murdered by the suspects during the 2011 post-election violence. The suspects also allegedly killed a Police officer, Rifkatu Bappa, who was on counter duty at a Police Charge Room in Giade LGA of the State during the 2011 post-election violence. Parading the suspects on Thursday at the State’s Police Command headquarters in Bauchi, the Commissioner of Police,…
BARNKSFORTE Group Limited has congratulated the newly appointed Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps )FRSC), Mr Shehu Mohammed. This is contained in a statement issued and personally signed by the Manging Director and Chief Operating Officer of Barnksforte Group Limited, Mr Adedayo Bankole on Thursday. Bankole said, “On behalf of myself, and the entire Barnksforte Group Ltd., it is with immense pride and heartfelt joy that I extend our warmest congratulations to you on your appointment as the new Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). “Witnessing your journey and the exemplary service you have rendered over…
THE Northern Reform Organisation has urged President Bola Tinubu to use the anniversary of his first year in office as an opportunity to reflect and proffer solutions on a slow march to national development. The northern elders group also call on Nigerian leaders to consider this period for powerful rumination on our match for peace, progress and development. NRO in a statement signed by its Director, Publicity, Mahmoud Adnan Audi and Director, Research and Planning, Hamisi Isa Sharifai, said, “our development journey has been hampered by a lot of obstacles both homemade and foreign inspired. Our leaders need to redouble…
THE Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Ali Pate, has provided some hope for Nigerian health professionals, promising adjustment in their wages very soon. The Minister made this declaration on Channels Television’s May 29 Special programme monitored by News Point Nigeria on the first anniversary of President Bola Tinubu. Asked if there will be a significant increase in the salary of health workers soon, Pate said: “I think in the context of compensation for workers in Nigeria we should expect an adjustment.” Over the years, health professionals in Nigeria have several times complained of low wages as well…
INDIGENES of Kogi State have cautioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against those they described as embittered and desperate ethnic jingoists who are strengthening the public opinion that the Commission is collaborating with certain opposition figures to persecute the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. The indigenes said since the allegation of corruption by the EFCC against the former Governor became a national discourse, “some persons who are afraid of chasing their dreams at the polls have hidden under the veneer of activism to sponsor their tribesmen to impugn on the character of ex Governor Yahaya…
THE Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has summoned the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, and the Chief Judge of Kano State High Court over conflicting interim injunctions regarding the Kano Emirate, causing uncertainty in the state. The Federal High Court in Kano, presided over by Justice S. A. Amobeda, issued an order for the eviction of Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II from the Kofar Kudu Palace, reinforcing the authority of the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero. “An order of interim injunction restraining the respondents from inviting, arresting, detaining, threatening, intimidating, harassing the Applicant, or…
THE Federal Government on Tuesday said it had reinstated the suspended social investment programme, disclosing the scheme would provide direct payments to 75 million Nigerians in 50 million households to reduce the suffering of citizens, especially vulnerable groups. It stated that the cash transfer programme was overhauled to tackle fraud. The Minister of Finance and the Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, announced this at the ministerial sectoral briefing to mark the first year in office of the President Bola Tinubu administration in Abuja. On January 12, Tinubu suspended all the programmes administered by the National Social Investment Programme…
THE Senate has pardoned and recalled Senator Abdul Ahmed Ningi, who was suspended on March 12, 2024. The recall process was initiated on Tuesday after a motion moved by Deputy Minority Leader Senator Abba Moro, who expressed regret on behalf of the suspended senator. He pledged to assume full responsibility for Ningi’s actions, acknowledging the gravity of the suspension. The senator’s conduct during the period of suspension has been a matter of scrutiny and debate within the legislative body. The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, announced the unconditional recall of Ningi after a brief plea by some lawmakers. Akpabio…