THE police in Ogun State have arrested a 33-year-old mother, Olaide Adekunle, who allegedly sold her 18-month-old baby for N600,000 to pay off a loan she obtained from a microfinance bank. The buyer, now at large, was said to have bought the baby in Lagos. The police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi told newsmen in Abeokuta on Monday that the suspect was arrested following a report at Sango divisional headquarters by her husband, one Nureni Rasaq. Oyeyemi quoted the husband to have reported that the wife left home for Lagos in March with their baby girl, Moridiat Rasaq, but she returned home…
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SOME gunmen have reportedly kidnapped three persons in the Igoba area of Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was gathered that the kidnappers stormed the area on Thursday night and abducted four men but one of the victims escaped. The victims were identified simply as Adeseye, Paul and ‘vulcaniser.’ The monarch of Igoba Community, Oba Adinlewa Adeniyi, appealed to the state government to beef up security in the area, which, according to him, had now become a safe haven for kidnappers. Meanwhile, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mrs Funmilayo Odunlami, when contacted, said, “Nobody…
THE Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has reiterated his position on who will emerge as his successor. Gbajabiamila, in a tweet on Thursday, refuted a report claiming he was in opposition to the purported ambitions of Deputy Speaker Ahmed Idris Wase and others in the running for the office of Speaker in the 10th House. The news article published in a national daily alleged the Speaker was backing the member representing Zaria Federal Constituency in Kaduna State, Tajudeen Abbas. However, Gbajabiamila, who is tipped to serve as President-elect Bola Tinubu’s chief of staff, maintained, “I have not…
GUNMEN on Wednesday invaded the Ago Igbira settlement in Osun State and abducted a resident identified as Mohammed Jubril. Before the victim was eventually taken away, some locals engaged the attackers in a gun battle during which another resident, Hassan Jubril, was injured, our source learnt A resident of the village, who asked not to be named for security reasons, said eight armed men attacked the community in the early hours of Wednesday. “Police, men of Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Services, Amotekun Corps, and some other volunteers are already combing the forest,” the source said. “There was rain of…
THE Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development has confirmed the collapse of an “unapproved” seven-storey building under construction collapsed on Banana Island in the Ikoyi area of the state. A source with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) revealed to Channels Television that some workers were trapped in the rubble. It was also gathered that the incident occurred on First Avenue in the exclusive neighbourhood of the some of the wealthiest Nigerians. “Few who sustained injuries are being treated. There is no fatality. This unfortunate incident happened while casting was being done,” said a statement by the…
THE management of Ekiti State University (EKSU) has stopped academic activities in the institution for two weeks. This followed an early morning protest on Tuesday by students of the institution over a N5,000 late registration levy imposed on them by the institution. The angry students shut the school gate preventing both lecturers and students from gaining entry into the premises to express dissatisfaction with the levy. They also barricaded all roads leading to the university. The students frowned upon the imposition of the late registration fees in face of hike in their school fees even as they have just few…
– Pledges To Mobilize Colleagues AHEAD of the inuaguration of the 10th National Assembly, the governor of Osun state, Senator Ademola Adeleke has vowed to mobilize colleagues to actualize the aspiration of Ahmed Idris Wase as Speaker of the House of Representatives. “We don’t belong to the same party but it is immaterial. And when it was time to constitute the last National Assembly leadership and you agreed with your party to step down for their choice, it means you are man of integrity amd character; you have shown character. That means ‘Wase lokan’, the governor told the depity speaker…
THE Ogun State police command says its operatives have arrested two suspected kidnappers were while two kidnapped victims were rescued from them. This was contained in a press release by the police public relations officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi in Abeokuta,the state capital. “The suspects Mohammed Bello and Mohammed Bashiru were arrested following a distress call received from Bisodun village at about 8 pm that kidnappers have invaded the community and that a couple Mr and Mrs Ojo had been abducted by the hoodlums,” he said. He said upon the distress call, the Divisional Police Officer Owode Egba division, Chief Superintendent of…
THE Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke has assured the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola to feel free within the state, saying nobody can chase him away. “Mr. Minister, I am assuring you, that this is your state, nobody can chase you away,” Adeleke told Aregbesola on Tuesday when he joined the minister and former governor to launch the Nigeria Immigration Service Passport Front Office and Passport Production Centre in the Ilesa area of Osun State. “This is your state, you are welcome at anytime. Even, you can come around to the Government House. When I complete all of the…
THE President-elect, Bola Tinubu, says his victory at the February 25 presidential election is the greatest gift he could receive as he celebrates his 71st birthday. “With such a privilege already granted to me, I will not go so far as to suggest I am due any birthday presents this year,” Tinubu said in a personal message to Nigerians on Wednesday. “I have already been given the greatest gift. A chance to lead and fulfil destiny. An opportunity to champion your aspirations and to bring about the Nigeria of your dreams.” The President-elect stated that he would, instead, use the…
A LAGOS-BASED activist-lawyer, Tope Alabi, has approached the Federal High Court in Lagos for leave to initiate contempt proceedings against Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele for alleged disobedience of the Supreme Court orders on its naira redesign policy. News Point Nigeria reports that, Alabi made the application via a March 27 ex parte motion in the suit with Emefiele listed as the sole respondent. Describing the naira swap as a “cash confiscation policy”, he said it had affected the day-to-day running of his office as his staff could not make it to work daily due to the…
A POPULAR market on Lagos Island, Balogun Market, has been gutted by fire. Our source gathered that the fire affected a plaza in the market where Ladies’ shoes are sold. Firefighters from two divisions of Lagos Fire Service had been deployed to the scene to put out the fire. There have been many fire incidents in the market, with goods worth billions of naira lost in the process. More details in a while….
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, on Sunday, March 26, 2023 mourned the passing of Lt. Gen. Oladipo Diya, who served as Chief of General Staff from 1993 to 1997 and Vice Chairman of the Provisional Ruling Council in 1994 under the Abacha regime. He hailed the departed elder statesman “for his love, belief and loyalty to the country,” adding that “his contributions to the nation will never be forgotten.” “Diya was known for his brilliance, exceptional organisational skills and discipline, and he displayed these virtues in the important roles he held in office as a military officer,” a statement signed by Buhari’s…
AMID the ongoing global celebration of the year 2023 International Women’s Month, a rights group, Women Advocates Research & Documentation Centre, WARDC, has demanded justice over the alleged abduction of a 6-hour-old-baby christened Baby Joseph. The group also called on the Inspector General of Police to immediately transfer the case to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person, NAPTIP, within 14 days or risk a protest visit. Baby Joseph, according to the Founder, WARDC, Dr Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, who spoke on behalf of the mother, Mrs Fortunate Obhafuoso, who is currently said to be in safe custody, was…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has directed the payment of N5m damages to a driver, Adedotun Clement, who was assaulted by officials of the Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Agency and the Nigeria Police Force during the first anniversary of the #EndSARS protests on October 20, 2021, at the Lekki Toll-Gate. A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos had earlier in March ordered the state government and the police to pay the sum of N5 million as compensation to the driver. The court also condemned the torture of Clement by officials of the Lagos State Government and the Nigeria Police…
THE Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has set aside the decision of the Osun State Governorship Tribunal and has upheld the election of Senator Ademola Adeleke as the governor of the state. Following the governorship polls in the state, an Election Petition Tribunal had sacked Adeleke from office, saying that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate did not score majority of lawful votes during the July 16 governorship polls. However, in a unanimous agreement by a three-man panel led by Justice Mohammed Shuaibu, the Court of Appeal quashed the tribunal’s judgement and gave its verdict to uphold Adeleke as…
Co-Founder, The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Dr Awele Elumelu; Founder, TEF and celebrant, Mr. Tony Elumelu; and daughter, Miss Oge Elumelu, during the symposium held in commemoration of Mr Elumelu’s 60th birthday attended by 60 young beneficiaries of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme, held at UBA House, Marina, Lagos. – The publication of this picture is supported by the media team of the United Bank for Africa (UBA).
THE All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has said there was no meeting between the President-Elect, Bola Tinubu and the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola. In a statement on Thursday night, the APC PCC Director of Media and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga described as “fake, misleading and malicious” a media report (not by News Point Nigeria) that Ariwoola disguised to meet with Tinubu. Onanuga said the President-Elect is currently in Paris, France, and not in the UK. According to the campaign council’s spokesman, there is an attempt to create doubt about the legitimacy of the election that produced…
THE Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has warned that those behind attacks on Igbo in Lagos will soon regret their action. IPOB gave the warning on Thursday in a statement issued by its media and publicity secretary, Emma Powerful. News Point Nigeria gathered that IPOB’s reaction followed the recent initimdation of the Igbo in various parts of Lagos during the February 25 and March 18 polls in the state. According to the statement, IPOB vowed to confront henceforth any undue molestations of the Igbo in Lagos in the state. The secessionists, however, warned Ndigbo to stop investing in Lagos, urging…
THE Federal High High Court sitting in Lagos has struck out the Federal Government’s suit seeking to recover and forfeit the sum of N70trillion it alleged was stashed in 29 bank accounts by some looters. Justice Peter Lifu held that the Federal Government’s lawyers and the private lawyers which it subsequently gave a fiat, did not diligently prosecute the case. The judge expressed shock that the Plaintiff Counsel, Mohammed Ndarani, SAN, and subsequently Femi Falana SAN “suddenly developed cold feet over this alleged public interest case”. The Federal Government of Nigeria and the Attorney-General of the Federation/ Minister of Justice…