Author: Gbenga Mukhtar

THE Special Offences Division of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has fixed Thursday, October 9, 2025, to rule on the admissibility of critical digital evidence tendered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the ongoing trial of the former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele. News Point Nigeria reports that Justice Rahman Oshodi reserved ruling after a heated courtroom exchange between the prosecution and defence teams over the authenticity, source, and certification of digital documents extracted from the mobile device of a key witness, Mr. John Adetola, who once served as Executive Assistant…

THE Lagos State Judiciary has announced that a coroner’s inquest into the recent Afriland Tower fire tragedy, which claimed the lives of ten people, will commence with a preliminary meeting on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. News Point Nigeria reports that the inquest, to be presided over by Magistrate Atinuke Adetunji, follows a formal request by the law firm of Falana & Falana’s Chambers, led by human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN, urging the Chief Coroner of Lagos State to investigate the circumstances surrounding the September 16 inferno. In a letter dated October 6, 2025, and signed by Magistrate Adetunji on…

IN a far-reaching judgment that could redefine financial investigations and law enforcement powers across Nigeria, the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ruled that Magistrate, Area, and Customary Courts have no statutory authority to issue orders freezing or restricting customers’ bank accounts, or to reverse financial transactions. News Point Nigeria reports that delivering judgment in Suit No. FHC/L/CS/07/2025, Aiman Mahfouz v. Fidelity Bank Plc, Justice Ibrahim Ahmad Kala held that such orders fall exclusively within the jurisdiction of High Courts as courts of competent authority under Nigerian law. “I know of no law that clothes a Magistrate with statutory…

MINISTER of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, has declared that he will contest the 2027 governorship election in Oyo State, insisting that it is now his turn to lead the state after years of political investment and perseverance. News Point Nigeria reports that Adelabu, who made the declaration during a stakeholders’ engagement with leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ibadan, said he had “paid his dues” in the political arena and was confident that divine providence and political destiny would favor him in the coming polls. The minister’s bold declaration, which echoed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s famous slogan “Èmi…

THE All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State says South West will not abandon President Bola Tinubu in 2027. The APC Spokesman, Seye Oladejo, in a statement sent to News Point Nigeria on Saturday in Lagos was reacting to a comment credited to supporters of a PDP presidential aspirant, Dr Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, that the South West would not re-elect Tinubu in 2027. Mr Oladejo said that Olawepo-Hashim had never built a durable political structure nor demonstrated the electoral muscle required to win a national contest. According to him, Tinubu will crush all gang up against his reelection in 2027. Mr…

TRAGEDY struck in Ogun State on Friday evening when a Dangote Group truck lost control and rammed into a tricycle, killing all five passengers on board instantly. News Point Nigeria learnt that the fatal crash occurred around 8:25 p.m. at Alapoka village, along the Papalanto–Ilaro Road in Yewa South Local Government Area, sparking outrage among residents who nearly attacked rescue officials deployed to the scene. Confirming the incident, the spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, said the truck, with registration number GRZ 767 XA, reportedly suffered brake failure before colliding with the tricycle.…

A FORMER deputy governor of Osun State, Iyiola Omisore, has announced his intention to run for the 2026 governorship election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The announcement was made on Saturday through his official handle on X (formerly Twitter) sighted by News Point Nigeria. Omisore stated that his formal declaration will take place on October 7, 2025, at the APC secretariat in Osogbo, the state capital. According to him, the event will be held under the theme: “Fix the Broken, Restore Our Dreams.” “I believe strongly that together, we can restore hope, strengthen governance, and deliver…

A TRAGIC tanker explosion along the Abeokuta–Sagamu Expressway in Ogun State has left an unconfirmed number of people feared dead and several vehicles destroyed, authorities said Friday. News Point Nigeria reports that the incident occurred around 1am on Friday when a petrol-laden 33,000-litre tanker overturned while negotiating the Abeokuta–Kobape–Siun–Sagamu Interchange stretch of the expressway. Confirming the accident, the spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, said the driver of the ill-fated tanker was reportedly speeding excessively before losing control, causing the tanker to fall on its side and spill its highly flammable contents across…

Disown Faceless ‘PTD Elders’ Seek Arrest, Prosecution Of Fake Members CONCERNED tanker drivers from different parts of the country have raised alarm over public statements attributed to a faceless group operating under the platform of PTD Elders Forum. They accused the group which they noted is not known to the PTD bylaws and NUPENG Constitution of dishing out falsehood to members of the public. Recall that Comrades Williams Akporeha and Afolabi Olawale, President and General Secretary of NUPENG, respectively had in a statement on Sunday alerted members of the public and security agents that the so called PTD Elders Forum…

THE Lagos State Government has defended the demolition of buildings at the Trade Fair Complex, Ojo, insisting the exercise was technical and not targeted at any ethnic group. Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Olumide Oluyinka, dismissed claims of ethnic victimisation during an interview on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Thursday monitored by News Point Nigeria. “That is not true,” he argued, claiming that “We have been to Owode Onirin, Idumota, and Ikeja. It has no ethnic colouration. The fact is that we just have to do our work. There is nothing ethnic here; it is purely technical.”…

PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu has stated that renaming the renovated National Theatre after Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka was a fitting way to honour the legacy of a man of many parts, whose works have permanently put Nigeria on the global stage in terms of the creative industry and human rights advocacy. News Point Nigeria reports that President Tinubu said this on Wednesday at the official inauguration of the newly renovated National Arts Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, as part of events commemorating Nigeria’s 65th Independence Anniversary. The edifice was built in 1976. He expressed his belief that the rebirth of the…

PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday intensified efforts to reposition Nigeria as Africa’s premier investment destination by holding strategic talks with two of the nation’s foremost global investment leaders, Hakeem Belo-Osagie of Metis Capital and Bayo Ogunlesi of Global Infrastructure Partners & BlackRock. News Point Nigeria reports that the high-level engagements, held in Lagos, focused on unlocking large-scale investments in Nigeria’s oil, gas, and infrastructure sectors critical areas the administration views as central to long-term economic growth and national prosperity. Details of the meetings were shared on the President’s verified X handle, @officialABAT, where he underscored the urgency of attracting…

FORMER Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has come under heavy criticism following his congratulatory message to the newly installed Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, Arusa I, in which he described the monarch as “my dear brother.” News Point Nigeria reports that Obi, in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday, congratulated the new Olubadan, writing: “I warmly congratulate my dear brother, Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, Arusa I, on his installation as the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland. “His ascension to this revered throne is a celebration for the people of Ibadan and a source of pride for…

THE Kwara State Police Command, in collaboration with Operatives of the National Security Adviser (NSA), the Nigeria Forest Security Service (NFSS), and vigilante groups, has intercepted a vehicle loaded with tubers of yams, under which 127 bags of substances suspected to be cannabis were concealed. A statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer of the state’s Police Command, SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi sent to News Point Nigeria, on Saturday, said the development was another significant breakthrough in the fight against crime and illicit drug trafficking. The joint operation, carried out on 26th September 2025 at about 1600hrs along the Babanla–Oreke–Oke-Ode…

THE Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited’s cumulative revenue has reached N4.655 as of August 2025, up from N4.406 trillion recorded in July, even as crude oil and natural gas production dropped due to scheduled maintenance. The company’s monthly reports obtained by News Point Nigeria on Friday showed that profit after tax rebounded to N539bn in August, compared to N185bn in July. According to the report, statutory payments to the government also increased from N7.96tn in the first half of the year to N8.86tn by the end of July. Operational data indicated that crude oil and condensate production fell to an…

IT was a historic day in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Friday as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu joined eminent Nigerians and top traditional rulers at Mapo Hall for the coronation of Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja as the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland. News Point Nigeria reports that Addressing the crowd, President Tinubu likened the hardship Nigerians have been enduring since the introduction of his economic reforms to the pain of “a necessary surgery,” assuring citizens that the nation’s economy had “turned the corner” and was now on the path to growth and prosperity. “Your suffering is a pain, a pain…

A FORMER governor of Oyo State, Rashidi Ladoja, has been installed as the 44th Olubadan of Ibadan. News Point Nigeria reports that Governor Seyi Makinde presented the staff of office to Ladoja at about 3:08 p.m. at Mapo Hall in Ibadan, the state capital. The new Olubadan received the instrument of authority in the presence of President Bola Tinubu, governors, former governors, traditional and religious leaders. Ladoja had earlier received the crown at the Ose Meji Temple in the Ibadan South-East Local Government Area of the state. He also received the traditional Akoko leaf at the Labosinde Compound, Oja’ba, Ibadan.…

THE Lagos State Government on Thursday began demolition of unsafe and illegal buildings at the Trade Fair Complex in Ojo. The operation was carried out jointly by the Ministry of Physical Planning, Lagos State Building Control Agency, Lagos State Urban Renewal Agency, and the Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority. Senior Special Assistant on New Media to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Jubril Gawat, confirmed the exercise in a post on X sighted by News Point Nigeria. According to him, the move was to restore order and enforce physical planning laws. He said the operation was targeted at “illegal developments, structures without…

FORMER Vice President and 2027 presidential hopeful, Atiku Abubakar, has pledged that Yoruba interests will be central to his administration’s policies if elected president, dismissing fears of ethnic domination as baseless. News Point Nigeria reports that speaking through a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by his media consultant, Kola Johnson, Atiku insisted that the Yoruba nation was not just an ally but family, citing his long-standing marital and personal ties with the South-West. Atiku, who served as Vice President between 1999 and 2007, dismissed the perception that his presidency might foster Hausa/Fulani domination over other ethnic groups, particularly the…

JUSTICE Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court Abuja, has fixed September 29 for hearing of a motion by the Osun state Government, challenging the jurisdiction of the court to hear a suit against withheld local government funds. News Point Nigeria reports that at the resumed hearing, the state government insisted that since the vacation of the court came to an end on September 16, the case should be transferred back to Osogbo for appropriate hearing and determination of the suit. Its motion challenging the jurisdiction of the Abuja Division of the Court was predicated on two grounds which includes…