A FEDERAL High Court sitting in Lagos has fixed March 28 for the hearing of a final forfeiture application of the sum of $5.8 million USD and N2, 421, 953, 522.78 billion, said to belong to former First Lady, Patience Jonathan. News Point Nigeria reports that, Justice Tijjani Ringim fixed the date after listening to the arguments of counsel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Rotimi Oyedepo SAN. Apart from the former First Lady, other defendants in the suit are La Wari Furniture and Baths Limited. Defence counsels, Mike Ozekhome SAN and Sammie Somiari SAN had applied to…
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THE Ogun State Government has filed an application at the Supreme Court of Nigeria seeking to join Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara States, in a suit against the Federal Government of Nigeria over the validity deadline for old N200, N500 and N1000. Already, at least seven All Progressives Congress (APC) states including Kano, Ondo, and Ekiti have sued the Federal Government while Rivers State Government said it will join the suit against the Federal Government and the apex bank. In court papers obtained by News Point Nigeria, Tuesday, Ogun State, in a Motion of Notice filed by its counsel, Afe Babalola…
THE Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba has said that some separatist agitators under the aegis of Oduduwa Nation are amassing weapons in an attempt to disrupt the February 25 and March 11 general elections in the South-West geopolitical zone. The IGP disclosed this during a meeting with strategic police managers at the Force Headquarters in Abuja on Monday. He also lamented that small arms and light weapons are being trafficked to advance political violence, political extremism and intolerance, while cyberbullying for political ends is on the rise daily. Secessionist agitation gained prominence in the South-West geopolitical zone mid-2021.…
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says voters assigned to new polling units will receive text messages to know their new polling units before the February 25 and March 11, 2023 general elections. The electoral commission said voters can locate and confirm their polling units before the general elections by sending regular texts or WhatsApp messages to a dedicated telephone number which will be uploaded on INEC social media platforms. “Voters can locate and confirm their polling units before election day by sending a regular text or WhatsApp message to a dedicated telephone number,” INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, said Monday…
A FEDERAL High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has ordered the remand of an actress, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, at the Kirikiri correctional center pending the determination of her bail application, for tampering with the Naira notes, News Point Nigeria gathered. The second reads, that you Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin on the 28th day of January, 2023 at Monarch event center, Lekki within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court whilst dancing during a social occasion tampered with the sum of N100, 000.00 (One Hundred Thousand Naira) issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria by dancing on same in the said occasion and you thereby…
THE presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu had refuted reports of taking a new wife. The presidential hopeful in a statement by his media aide, Tunde Rahman in Abuja on Sunday, said he has continued to enjoy a blissful marriage with his wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu. The statement reads: “We have seen fake news that has gone viral on social media purporting that the All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asíwájú Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is set to take a new wife. “This is what it is: fake and groundless news. “HE Asíwájú is enjoying…
THE presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to allow old and new N200, N500 and N1,000 notes to co-exist as legal tenders for the next 12 months. The APC flag bearer also asked the apex bank to suspend all charges associated with online transactions and bank transfers till the current crisis is resolved. This was contained in a statement by Tinubu made available to News Point Nigeria by one of his campaign spokesmen, Festus Keyamo late on Sunday. “For the records, I and my running mate, Senator Kashim…
THE Ekiti State Government has applied to be joined as a co-plaintiff in a suit against the Federal Government at the Supreme Court of Nigeria on the naira redesign policy and the deadline issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the swap of old notes for new ones. The Ekiti State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Dayo Apata, SAN, filed the application for joinder at the Supreme Court on Friday seeking three reliefs. The suit with the number SC/CV/162/2023 has Attorneys General of Kaduna State, Kogi State and Zamfara State as Plaintiffs while the Attorney General of…
MINISTER of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipre Sylva, has assured the people of the country that the FG has taken a big step to nip in the bud the ravaging fuel crisis in the country. Mr Sylva assures that there will be a massive distribution of the product as from now. The minister made this known after his tour of some selected petroleum dispensing outlets in Lagos on Friday. He said that he came on the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari, to assess the situation of things with regard to distribution and adherence to price regulation. The minister said…
FOLLOWING the naira scarcity occasioned by the Central Bank of Nigeria’s currency redesign, the Special Adviser Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina, has revealed he is affected by the policy. In an article titled ‘Living on a shoestring budget,’ the presidential spokesman said he has been spending N20,000 for one week. According to Adesina, he has been surviving despite the new naira scarcity affecting the country. “The Central Bank of Nigeria later secured a ten days extension of the deadline from President Muhammadu Buhari, which has now been further extended by a Supreme Court ruling,” he said. “But…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of a Presidential Transition Council for facilitating and managing the 2023 transition programme. The President also signed the Executive Order No. 14 of 2023 on the Facilitation and Management of Presidential Transitions. This was disclosed in a statement by Willie Bassey, Director of Information for the Secretary to the Government of the Federation on Thursday. The Transition Council will be inaugurated by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation on Tuesday 14th February, 2023 at 12 noon at the Conference Hall of the SGF, according to the statement. It said the members…
AHEAD of the February 25 and March 11 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday revealed the action to be taken if hoodlums snatch the Bimodal Voter Registration Systems (BVAS) on election day. According to the electoral body, the BVAS, the technology that will be used for the accreditation and authentication of voters come 2023, will be deactivated from the backend so that whoever snatched the device won’t be able to manipulate votes. “If a BVAS is snatched, we have a system in place that can deactivate that particular BVAS,” said INEC Deputy Director of Information and…
THE Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has apologised to Nigerians for the over three months of pains caused by the nationwide fuel scarcity. The Group CEO, NNPCL, Mele Kyari, who spoke during an interview on Channels Television’s special election programme The 2023 Verdict on Tuesday monitored by News Point Nigeria, assured the public that the “glitch” will be resolved to everyone’s relief. “I apologise for the situation. On behalf of all of us, the stakeholders in the oil and gas industry. Definitely, not surely exclusive. Having said this, it is unfortunate. It’s a glitch – we are responsible to…
ONE person has been feared killed and many injured following a riot on Tuesday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital over the scarcity of the new naira notes. Following the introduction of the redesigned N200, N500, and N1,000 notes by the apex bank, Nigerians have continued to experience nationwide scarcity of the naira. Some area of Abeokuta also witnessed some protests by angry residents as they lament the hardship the situation has subjected them to. The crisis was said to have been commenced at a branch of GTbank in the Asero area of Abeokuta, where customers had queued since 4am…
GHANA Forward, Christian Atsu has been rescued alive after bring trapped under the rubble following the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey on Monday, which has led to the loss of over 4,000 lives. News Point Nigeria reported that the Ghanian player was among those still missing as at Monday afternoon after 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep with series of aftershocks, and then a 7.5 magnitude quake later which skyrocketed the death toll with dozens of buildings destroyed. Although found alive, Daily Mail reports that Atsu has sustained injuries as confirmed on Tuesday by the Vice…
THE Supreme Court of Nigeria is set to deliver a judgement in the legal dispute over the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial ticket for Yobe North. News Point Nigeria reports that, the APC is challenging the nomination of Bashir Machina as the party’s candidate for Yobe North Senatorial District. The party is insisting that Ahmad Lawan, Nigeria’s Senate President, was the authentic Senatorial candidate for Yobe North for the forthcoming general election. At the last hearing of the appeal, the counsel for the party, Sepiribo Peters argued that the primary election held on 28 May last year which produced Machina…
THE residents of Imoru, Arimogija and Molege communities in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State have called on the state and federal governments to save them from the incessant attack of unknown gunmen The residents said no fewer than eight members of the communities had been killed in the last two weeks while about 40 hectares of farmlands had been destroyed by the assailants. According to them, the victims were mostly farmers and traders. Speaking about the incident, a community leader, Owolafe Folorunsho, said the recent attack occurred when the farmers repelled the unknown gunmen from destroying their crops…
THE Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has said that the apex bank acknowledges the pains Nigerians are facing in accessing the new naira notes and are working on closing the gaps observed in the circulation process. Emefiele stated during a special briefing at the CBN office in Lagos on Friday. According to the CBN governor, the apex bank will extend cash swaps to microfinance banks and engage 30,000 super agents in the hinterlands as part of new measures to accelerate the circulation of new naira notes. He stated that the CBN is discussing with banks to…
THE Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has alleged a sinister plot to cause a crisis that will lead to the postponement and disruption of the February 25 polls in Nigeria. He stated this at the presidential campaign rally at the Ekiti Parapo Pavilion in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on Friday. “They want to provoke you to violence, so that election will be disrupted and postponed, and they can cunningly introduce an interim government, that’s their plot. But this will backfire because we are wiser,” the former Lagos governor said. The APC presidential candidate asked…
RESIDENTS of Ibadan, Oyo State have taken to the streets in protest against the hardship triggered by the naira notes swap and the hike in fuel price. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) late last year introduced newly-designed N200, N500, and N1,000 notes and gave a January 31st deadline to phase out the old notes. The deadline was later extended by ten days following the outcry that greeted the policy. Despite the extension, the new notes are scarce and Nigerians are finding it difficult to get the old ones. Also, in several parts of the country, the pump price of…