THE Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has declared Senator Adams Oshiomhole, a former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), persona non grata within the Nigerian oil and gas industry over comments he made condemning a recent strike action by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN). In a statement issued on Monday and jointly signed by NUPENG President, Comrade Williams Akporeha, and General Secretary, Comrade Olawale Afolabi sent to News Point Nigeria, the union accused Oshiomhole of “rationalising the victimisation of workers” and betraying the core principles of trade unionism which…
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VICE President Kashim Shettima has declared that Nigeria is bigger than any trade union, urging labour unions to put national interest above sectional concerns amid ongoing disputes involving the Dangote Refinery and oil workers. News Point Nigeria reports that Shettima made the statement in Abuja on Monday while speaking at the 31st Nigerian Economic Summit (NES31) with the theme “The Reform Imperative: Building a Prosperous and Inclusive Nigeria by 2030.” The Vice President’s remarks came in reaction to the industrial action by members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) over a dispute with the…
FORMER Edo State Governor and Senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, has advised former President Goodluck Jonathan to protect his political legacy by resisting pressures from those allegedly urging him to contest the 2027 presidential election. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme monitored by News Point Nigeria, the former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) warned that only Jonathan’s “political enemies” would want him to throw his hat back into the ring, stressing that such a move would erode the goodwill and statesmanship image he has built since leaving office in 2015. “Only his enemy would want…
IN a bold step to deepen transparency and accountability in Nigeria’s digital sector, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have jointly inaugurated a Task Force on Digital Governance and Anti-Corruption, aimed at tackling corruption and enforcing compliance in government information technology (IT) projects. News Point Nigeria reports that the Joint Task Force was formally launched during a high-level meeting between NITDA’s Director-General, Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, and ICPC Chairman, Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu (SAN), held at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. Speaking at the inauguration, Abdullahi described the collaboration…
THE National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) says it has secured a total of N19 billion reduction for the 2026 intending pilgrims after intensive negotiations with Saudi service providers. This claim was made by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the commission, Professor Abdullahi Saleh Pakistan, during a press conference in Kano on Friday, October 4, 2025. In another interview with the BBC Hausa Service aired on Saturday morning, October 5, 2025, Mr Pakistan said the Nigerian 66,910 intending pilgrims would enjoy N200,000 reduction each. Earlier on September 26, 2025, the Hajj commission had announced the 2026 Hajj fare…
THE Nigerian Armed Forces have announced major operational breakthroughs across the country in September 2025, rescuing 180 kidnapped civilians, arresting 450 suspected terrorists and bandits, and neutralising several others in sustained counter-insurgency operations. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Markus Kangye, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday sent to News Point Nigeria, detailing the coordinated efforts of troops across multiple theatres of operation from the North-East to the South-South and South-East regions. According to Kangye, 39 terrorists voluntarily surrendered, while troops also recovered a cache of arms and explosives, including 63 assorted weapons, 4,475 rounds of ammunition,…
FORMER Vice President Atiku Abubakar has faulted President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s visit to Plateau State on Saturday, describing it as a glaring example of misplaced priorities and a lack of empathy for victims of insecurity across the North Central region. In a statement personally signed by him and released in Abuja on October 4, 2025 made available to News Point Nigeria, Atiku accused the President of ignoring grieving Nigerians who have suffered violent attacks while choosing instead to attend a political funeral in Plateau under the auspices of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Professor Nantawe Yilwatda. Atiku lamented…
THE Nigeria Police Force has said it has not been officially served with the court order regarding the enforcement of tinted glass permits. News Point Nigeria reports that the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, who was appointed in September, made this known on Saturday. Human Rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, had posted on X, reports that the court had ordered the Police to maintain the status quo on the tinted glass permit case. Responding, Hundeyin said the Police had not received any official notification. He shared excerpts of the court order, noting that the plaintiff’s three main injunctions against…
THE Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted Garba Mohammed Duku, a retired Director of Administration and Finance at the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC), over a massive corruption and money laundering scandal involving public funds. News Point Nigeria reports that delivering judgment on Friday, Justice James Omotosho ordered Duku to refund a total of ₦1,592,750,000 to the Federal Government or, in the alternative, serve four years imprisonment without an option of plea bargain. The court found Duku guilty on all six counts of corruption and money laundering brought against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences…
THE new Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Abdullahi Ramat, has unveiled plans to roll out a special tariff relief package for low-income Nigerians, schools, and hospitals under the Power Consumer Assistance Fund (PCAF), as provided for in the Electricity Act 2023. News Point Nigeria reports that Ramat made this known in Kano on Wednesday while receiving the Chief Medical Director of the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), Prof. Abdurrahman Sheshe, and his management team who paid him a congratulatory visit. He explained that the fund, which had been dormant for years despite being enshrined in law, will…
FORMER Vice President Atiku Abubakar has declared that he is ready to bow out of the 2027 presidential race if a younger candidate outshines him to secure the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential ticket. News Point Nigeria reports that Atiku made this known in an interview with BBC Hausa on Wednesday, stressing that the ADC was deliberately prioritising youth and women, and that he would willingly support and mentor a younger aspirant if defeated. “If I run for office, and a young man defeats me, I will accept that. The party we have joined now prioritises youth and women,” Atiku…
THE African Democratic Congress (ADC) has raised alarm over what it described as a plot by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to privatise the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), warning that such a move would amount to “selling off the nation’s collective wealth.” News Point Nigeria reports that the allegation was made on Wednesday during a press conference in Abuja to mark Nigeria’s 65th Independence Anniversary, where the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, accused the federal government of secretly working to amend key provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA)…
THE Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has suspended its nationwide strike. News Point Nigeria reports that PENGASSAN President, Festus Osifo, announced the suspension at a press conference in Abuja. He explained that the decision followed a meeting with the National Security Adviser and the management of Dangote Refinery. Osifo admitted that “grey areas” remain in the communiqué, which both the government and refinery management could not fully clarify. He stressed that the association suspended the strike in good faith, despite lingering dissatisfaction with parts of the resolution. Osifo warned that PENGASSAN would resume the industrial…
FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo has raised alarm over Nigeria’s population growth, warning that if not tackled could cause serious consequences. News Point Nigeria reports that speaking in Sokoto at the inauguration of the Bakhita ICT Centre at the Catholic Secretariat, the ex-President stressed the importance of education and knowledge as tools for national development. “By the year 2050, people like the Sultan will be here. I am not praying to be here 25 years from now,” Obasanjo said. “We will have the problem of 400 million Nigerians that have to be provided with food, work, that have to be satisfied.…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu will deliver a nationwide broadcast on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, as part of activities marking Nigeria’s 65th Independence Anniversary. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday made available to News Point Nigeria. He said the presidential broadcast would commence at 7am. Onanuga asked television and radio stations to join the network service of the Nigerian Television Authority and the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria for the broadcast. See the statement below: STATEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE 2025 INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY: PRESIDENT TINUBU ADDRESSES THE NATION President Bola Ahmed…
THE trial of the immediate past Governor of Taraba State, Architect Darius Ishaku, and a former Permanent Secretary, Bello Yero, took a dramatic turn on Tuesday at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Maitama, with the first prosecution witness admitting that he did not know the total amount of money he allegedly collected on behalf of the former governor. News Point Nigeria reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting Ishaku and Yero before Justice Sylvanus Oriji on a 15-count charge marked FCT/HC/CR/792/2024. The charges border on criminal breach of trust, conspiracy, and conversion…
JUSTICE Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court Abuja, has fixed October 27, 2025, for the arraignment of a human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore. News Point Nigeria reports that the scheduled arraignment on Tuesday was stalled as a result of non-service of the five-count charge of alleged cybercrime on him. At the day’s proceeding, the Director of Public Prosecution from the Ministry of Justice told the court that they were ready to arraign Sowore, X Corporation, and Meta (Facebook) Inc., as first to third respondents, respectively. Sowore’s counsel, Marshal Abubakar, however, told the court that they had not been served…
THE Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has announced that it will commence enforcement of the contentious tinted glass permit policy on Thursday, October 2, 2025, despite an ongoing legal challenge by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). News Point Nigeria reports that in April 2025, the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, introduced a policy mandating all motorists with tinted vehicle windows to obtain an annual permit from the NPF at a fee of ₦14,200. The enforcement was initially set for August 2025 but later extended by 52 days to October 2 following a surge in permit applications via the police online portal.…
A MOROCCAN airline, Royal Air Maroc, has paid the sanction fee imposed on the carrier by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority for consumer-protection related infractions earlier this year. NCAA’s Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Michael Achimugu, disclosed this in a post on his official X account on Monday sighted by News Point Nigeria. Achimugu said RAM attracted the heaviest fines among foreign carriers because of “incessant short-landed baggage issues” and lack of responsiveness to passenger complaints. According to the Director, “While there is a remarkable improvement in their responses to passenger complaints, one notices that baggage issues continue…
THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has placed its unions and members on red alert over the rift between the Dangote refinery and the Petroleum, Natural Gas Workers Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN). PENGASSAN had been at loggerheads with the refinery, accusing its management of sacking over 800 Nigerian workers. The union members on Monday barricaded the premises of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) in Abuja in compliance with the directives from its national executive committee for a nationwide industrial action. Reacting, in a statement made available to News Point Nigeria, NLC President, Joe Ajaero, accused the refinery of violating…