KADUNA High Court has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to “immediately” charge Tukur Mamu to Court if any offence was discovered about him regarding his alleged involvement in ransom negotiation on behalf of terrorists who kidnapped the Abuja-Kaduna train passengers on March 28th, 2022. Mamu, the Publisher of Desert Herald newspaper and media consultant to Shiehk Ahmed Gumi, the popular Kaduna Islamic, was arrested in Cairo capital of Egypt on September 6, 2022 en route Saudi Arabia with his family members. Mamu, who was at the forefront of negotiations for the release of the Kaduna-train captives, was detained…
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EVERTON have sacked manager Frank Lampard after less than a year in charge at Goodison Park. Defeat at fellow strugglers West Ham United on Saturday was Everton’s ninth loss in 12 Premier League games. They are second from bottom of the table with 15 points from 20 matches, above Southampton on goal difference. Former England midfielder Lampard, 44, replaced Rafael Benitez in January 2022 with the team 16th in the table and helped Everton avoid relegation. Everton are now looking for their sixth permanent manager in five years. After a 1-1 draw at reigning champions Manchester City on 31 December,…
SWEDISH music streaming giant Spotify said Monday it was cutting six percent of its roughly 10,000 employees, the latest cost-cutting announcement among technology companies. “In hindsight, I was too ambitious in investing ahead of our revenue growth. And for this reason, today, we are reducing our employee base by about six percent across the company,” Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek said on Spotify’s official blog. “I take full accountability for the moves that got us here today,” Ek added. The Swedish company, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, has invested heavily since its launch to fuel growth…
THE Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has disclosed that it generated N10.1 trillion as revenue for the 2022 fiscal year. That was the highest revenue from any government owned enterprise (GOE) in history. FIRS chairman, Muhammad Nami, made the disclosure on Monday in an interview with select journalists in his Abuja office. News Point Nigeria reports that the target for the year was N10.4 trillion. The revenue generated was a little below the target for the agency by the federal government in 2022. Mr Nami, however, explained that over N1.4 trillion was lost to federal government’s tax waivers for some…
THE presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has urged leaders of faiths in the country to champion the cause of justice that would deepen national unity and advance democracy ahead of the February 25 election. Tinubu also asked religious leaders to desist from efforts by some politicians to substitute sentiments with competence in the run off to the election. A statement by the Tinubu Media Office said the APC candidate spoke on Sunday evening during a town hall meeting with Muslim leaders from the North East as part of his campaign tour to Bauchi…
THE abducted Sole Administrator of the Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, Chris Ohizu, has been beheaded. The council boss was butchered on Sunday after his abductors allegedly received N6 million as ransom. Video of his beheading surfaced online on Sunday, where his killers insisted that there would be no election in the country. A source from the LGA, who did not want to be named, told News Point Nigeria that, the killers of the sole administrator published videos of the beheading with the phone of their victim on his WhatsApp status. The source said, “The sole administrator…
A CIVIL Society group known as the Coalition of Civil Society OrganizationsOn Budget, Accountability and Good Governance has condemned what it calls unnecessary distraction of the Governor of the Central Bank Godwin Emefiele. The group in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja said it is mobilising Nigerians to resist the blackmails against the apex bank chief whom they described as a great performer. The statement which was signed by its Director General Amb. Dr. Emmanuel Nkweke and Director of Mobilisation Comrade John Davidson decried the activities of those he described as enemies of Nigeria who are seriously bent…
THE Federal Competition, Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) on Sunday said that complaints on Nigeria’s Aviation Industry ranked third in the list of those it received in 2022. Dr Adams Abdullah, Director of Operations, FCCPC, said this in a statement in Lagos. Abdullah said that complaints on various incidents in the sector account for 674 of the 13,580 received by the commission in 2022. He said that the aviation sector complaints came behind those on financial services — 5,709, and the Electricity and Power sector — 3,293. The director said that complaints received about the aviation sector were on delays, cancellations,…
AN outspoken Cameroonian radio journalist has been found dead, after he disappeared on Tuesday in a suspected abduction. Martinez Zogo was director of the privately-owned Amplitude FM and hosted a popular radio show called “Embouteillage” or traffic jam. He had recently talked on air about an alleged embezzlement case involving a wealthy businessmen and top officials. A spokesperson from Amplitude FM said that, along with Mr Zogo’s wife, they had identified the body of the radio presenter, which was found dumped on bare ground outside the capital, Yaoundé. A media rights group said that police heard a loud noise outside…
RUSSIA’S Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, is visiting South Africa for the first time since the invasion of Ukraine 11 months ago, which Pretoria has refused to condemn. While Russia is being shunned by the West, it has historic ties with Pretoria as well as close business links through the Brics bloc of emerging economies. Mr Lavrov is due to hold talks with his South African counterpart, Naledi Pandor, in Pretoria. A protest by anti-Russia demonstrators is planned outside the venue of the talks. South Africa plans to hold joint naval exercises Operation Mosi with Russia and China next month.
BARCELONA extended their lead at the top of La Liga after a goal from Spain international Pedri proved enough to seal victory at home to Getafe. Xavi’s side were without suspended forwards Robert Lewandowski and Ferran Torres and struggled to put away the relegation-threatened visitors. But Pedri’s well-worked fifth goal of the season sealed a 14th league win. The Catalan side opened up a six-point gap over second-placed Real Madrid, who play later on Sunday. Spain forward Ansu Fati, 20, struggled to fill in for leading goal scorer Lewandowski. Barcelona’s greatest threat came from out wide, from France’s Ousmane Dembélé…
ENGLISH teenagers Jude Bellingham and Jamie Bynoe-Gittens scored for Borussia Dortmund at they returned to action after 72 days to beat Augsburg in a thrilling Bundesliga game. It was Bellingham’s first game since England’s defeat by France in the World Cup quarter-final on 10 December. Augsburg came from a goal behind three times before Dortmund clinched it with Giovanni Reyna’s brilliant volley. Sebastien Haller made his debut after testicular cancer treatment. Reyna’s winner, with 12 minutes to go, capped a spell of three goals in four minutes which begun when England Under-19 forward Bynoe-Gittens curled in a shot from long…
Arsenal 3 vs Man United 2 ARSENAL retained control of the Premier League title race after Eddie Nketiah’s 90th-minute winner gave them a dramatic victory over Manchester United in a thriller at Emirates Stadium. Manchester City’s earlier win over Wolverhampton Wanderers applied pressure on the Gunners but they responded with character and quality, even after going behind, to secure a five-point advantage at the top with a game in hand. United’s man of the moment Marcus Rashford fired home a superb right-foot strike from 25 yards to give them a 17th-minute lead. Arsenal responded fiercely and were level seven minutes…
A GROUP, the North-West Advocates For Tinubu/Kashim (NATIK) has applauded Governor Muhammadu Badaru and the good people of Jigawa state for successfully hosting the APC Presidential Rally in the state. The Grand Patron of the group, Hon Ajikolo Ali Guja (Empire) made the commendation in a signed statement made available to News Point Nigeria, Sunday. DG, Engr Sadiq According to him, the turnout of voters and APC members is an attestation of Governor Badaru’s good governance, which compliments the gains the party have been recording across the length and breadth of the state. “The turnout was massive and the hospitality…
OPERATIVES of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a leper notorious for drug peddling, Haruna Abdullahi, 45, was arrested at Garko town, Kano State on Thursday 19th January while 2.2kgs of cannabis and various quantities of Diazepam and Exol were recovered from him. Similarly, it also nabbed, a blind 67-year-old grandfather, Aliyu Adebiyi, in whose house they found 234kgs of cannabis at Sokoto village, Owena Ijesa, Atakumosa East Local Government Area of Osun State. The spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, said this on Sunday in Abuja. According to him, the arrested suspect, in his statement, said a…
ONDO State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu has declared Tuesday, January 24 a public holiday for residents of the state. This was disclosed in a statement on Saturday by the Chief Press Secretary the Governor, Richard Olatunde. He said the holiday is to enable eligible voters in the state collect their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) designated centres in their respective Local Government Areas. “The importance of the forthcoming elections cannot be overemphasised. There is an urgent need for us to address the low rate of PVCs collection in the Southwest. Beyond partisan lines, it is…
AHEAD of the 2023 General Elections,President Muhammadu Buhari is set to lead the campaign for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima on Monday in Bauchi, the Bauchi State capital. In a statement signed by the Director of Media and Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, President Buhari is expected to lead the presidential and governorship campaign of the All Progressives Congress in Bauchi billed to start at 8.30am. The rally will take place earlier than other rallies, as President Buhari is also expected in Lagos on Monday to commission the Lekki Deal Sea Port, a…
ERLING Haaland scored his fourth Manchester City hat-trick and took his goal tally for the season to 31 in all competitions as relegation-threated Wolves were swept aside by Pep Guardiola’s men. By his own incredibly high standards, Haaland had been going through a barren spell. But after ending a three-game drought against Tottenham on Thursday, the Norwegian demolished Wolves in a 12-minute spell either side of half-time. Haaland initially rose to head home Kevin de Bruyne’s cross to put the hosts ahead at the break. He then drove home a penalty after Ilkay Gundogan had been fouled by Wolves skipper…
CHINA rang in the Lunar New Year on Sunday with its people praying for health after three years of stress and financial hardship under the pandemic, as officials reported almost 13,000 new deaths caused by the virus between January 13 and 19. Queues stretched for about one kilometre (a half-mile) outside the iconic Lama temple in Beijing, which had been repeatedly shut before COVID-19 restrictions ended in early December, with thousands of people waiting for their turn to pray for their loved ones. One Beijing resident said she wished the year of the rabbit will bring “health to everyone”. “I…
WORLD-famous entertainers will perform at Windsor Castle as part of a weekend of celebrations to mark the King’s coronation, it has been announced. The concert will be broadcast on the BBC on 7 May featuring “global music icons”, orchestras and a diverse “coronation choir”. It will come the day after the coronation at Westminster Abbey. Processions to and from the abbey will take place, ending with a balcony appearance at Buckingham Palace. These are among the new details just released on plans for the weekend which the King and Queen Consort hope will be an opportunity for friends, families and…