MANY old pupils of Local Education Authority Primary School, Makarfi Central, established in 1922 in Kaduna State, attended its centenary celebration to reunite and honoured some of the old students and teachers of the school. News Point Nigeria gathered that the school started with 14 pupils when it was established as the second primary school after the one in Zaria district of old Kaduna State. Speaking at the occasion held at the school premises in Makarfi LGA, the Chairman Organising Committee, Alhaji Suleiman Abdulkadir, said the school had produced many distinguished personalities. He said that the old boys had held…
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THE Labour Party has announced former presidential aide Akin Osuntokun as the new Director-General (DG) of its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC). Osuntokun succeeds Doyin Okupe who resigned of late as the director-general of the campaign council for the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Until recently, Osuntokun was the Zonal Coordinator (South) of the campaign council. A former Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Osuntokun served as Political Adviser to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, and as Director of the Presidential campaign of the People’s Democratic Party in 2011 Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of a Federal High Court in Abuja…
ENGLISH Premier League football resumed with a feast of Boxing Day fixtures, 40 days after the top-flight broke up for the World Cup in Qatar. Monday’s seven fixtures produced a bumper 25 goals, with table-toppers Arsenal showing no signs of letting up by securing a 3-1 win over West Ham. Southampton now find themselves bottom of the league following a home defeat and Everton were left in despair after conceding late on at Goodison Park. News Point Nigeria looks at the main headlines from the Premier League’s dramatic return: No World Cup hangover for Gunners Any suggestions the World Cup…
FRANCE midfielder, N’Golo Kante is a potential transfer target for Saudi Arabian Professional Football League outfit, Al-Nassr. Kante will become a free agent next summer and there are rumours he will not be offered a new contract by Chelsea. The Frenchman has struggled with injuries this year and is not expected to return to action until February. A number of clubs have already made their interest in Kante known and it appears that the Saudi high-flyers have emerged as the frontrunners to sign him. According to Foot Mercato, Al-Nassr are keen on adding Kante to their squad when his deal…
POLISH referee, Szymon Marciniak, has confessed that he made some wrong calls during the 2022 World Cup final game between Argentina and France. “Of course, there were mistakes in this final,” he told Sport.PL. “I interrupted the French counter-attack after a bad tackle by Marcos Acuna. I was afraid that the fouled player wanted to unwind, and I read it wrong because nothing happened, and you could give an advantage and then come back with a card.” “It’s hard. In a game like this, I take such a mistake in the dark. The important thing is that there were no…
A GROUP of gunmen have abducted four students of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, and the driver of their vehicle, along Akunnu-Ajowa Road in Akoko North-East Local Government Area of Ondo State on Friday. The students were said to be travelling home for the Yuletide before the hoodlums allegedly waylaid them on the road and dragged them into the bush. It was gathered that some hours after the abduction of the students, the bandits contacted the families of the victims, demanding a sum of N16m for their release A source in Ajowa Akoko Community said, “The kidnappers of the…
ACCORDING to a recent Flash Displacement Report in North West and North East by the International Office of Migration (IOM), insurgency and banditry have both led to the displacement of over 3.8 million people in Borno, Adamawa, Yobe, Kaduna, Katsina, Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara over the last 10 years. These crisis has also left thousands of sheltered innocent civilians dead, unemployed and under-nourished. With over two million people receiving emergency food assistance and livelihood support each month from the govt, corporate bodies and wealthy individuals. Over a million more people are severely food insecure and need emergency aid with near-famine…
I heartily rejoice with our Christian brothers and sisters on the occasion of this year’s Christmas. Many of us look forward to this festive season as a time to travel, share gifts, spend quality time with family and friends, attend special carols and events, and generally relive the good moments of the year. In whatever circumstances we find ourselves, Christmas is a period when we come together to rejoice and set aside our differences. For me and my family, this year’s celebration is unique. It is my last as your elected President. Twenty-two weeks from now, this administration will hand…
THE Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Max Air, Alhaji Bashir Barau Mangal is dead. Bashir, who is the younger brother of businessman and Chairman of Max Air, Alhaji Dahiru Bara’u Mangal, died in Abuja on Friday after a brief illness. According to information made available to News Point Nigeria by family sources, the funeral prayer for the deceased took place in Katsina yesterday evening. A statement made available by the media consultant to the airline said Mangal died in the early hours of Friday, December 23, 2022. The statement written in Arabic and English languages read…