THE Federal Government is poised to receive fresh loan funding from the World Bank, with approval expected for loans totalling $2.25bn on June 13, 2024. The funding will be received via two major development projects. The first project is the Nigeria Reforms for Economic Stabilization to Enable Transformation Development Policy Financing, which is set to receive $1.5bn. The second project, NG Accelerating Resource Mobilization Reforms Programme-for-Results, has proposed funding of $750m. Recall that The PUNCH had indicated that the government might reintroduce previously suspended telecom tax and other fiscal measures in pursuit of securing the $750m loan. A copy of…
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GOVERNOR Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has said he could not sleep for seven days before the Supreme Court judgement that affirmed his reelection. Mohammed was one of the eight governors whose election was upheld by the apex court. Addressing his supporters shortly after a victory rally at the Government House, Bauchi, he said, “My sleepless night was caused by a clique of former leaders of the state who concocted different lies against my person at the Presidency in order to steal my mandate.” “They told the President that I am a problem and will give them more problems if…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has called for collaboration between the federal and sub-national governments to foster rapid infrastructural development in every part of the nation. Tinubu stated this on Tuesday during a meeting with the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) at his residence in Lagos. “I want us to discard federal, state, or rural road classifications. We must regard development as a joint responsibility,” he told them. He also directed that “the school feeding programme must return quickly, beginning from the local government to the state and federal governments. We must be ready to protect our children and prepare them for the…
BARELY five days after News Point Nigeria’s report about the four communities suffering from untold hardship over the collapse of a bridge at Fajewa town of Takai Local Government Area of Kano state, Senator representing Kano South, Abdulrahman Kawu Sumaila has sent a construction company to build a new bridge. News Point Nigeria had on Monday reported that, the villages of Fajewa, Birnin Bako, Tumbushi, and Gidan Malam all in Takai Local Government are suffering from untold hardship following a collapse of the Fajewa bridge which linked the communities together. An earlier visit to the town by our correspondent shows…
THE bridge collapse at Fajewa town of Takai Local Government Area of Kano state is causing tremendous hardship and economic constraints to villagers of the four affected communities, News Point Nigeria’s investigations reveal. The collapsed bridge, which went over the Takai river, is just 10 kilometers from the Takai Local Govt headquarters, and it connects four villages and two markets in the area. The affected villages are Fajewa, Birnin Bako, Tumbushi, and Gidan Malam all in Takai Local Government and this newspaper also gathered that it is also the road that links to Bauchi State. A visit to the town…
THE Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has promised that the House under his leadership will facilitate the establishment of a military base In Zaria, Kaduna State, to assist in curbing the spate of banditry in the area. This follows the recent resurgence of attacks in Zaria and surrounding communities which has led to several deaths. While speaking during a condolence visit to the Emir of Zazzau, Ambassador Nuhu Bamali, over the recent mosque collapse which claimed ten lives, the lawmaker assured that the Federal Government will do everything within its powers to ensure that bandits are flushed…
THE Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has forwarded the names of 18 commissioner-nominees to the State House of Assembly for screening. Speaker, Engr Yakubu Danlad-Salihu, disclosed this during Monday’s plenary while reading the message of the Governor. This newspaper observed that the list contained seven female nominees and four former commissioners who served with the governor during his first term among others. The list is believed to be the first batch considering that there are 24 constituencies in the state. The APC and opposition PDP clashed last week with counter accusations over the issue. The house in a statement had…
A FORMER Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, has urged Mmesoma Ejikeme, a 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidate, to come clean with the source of her result. Chidoka, who is also the owner of the Computer-Based Testing (CBT) Centre where Mmesoma sat for her examination, said he will beg the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for leniency if the candidate come clean with her result source. “For Nmesoma, she should come clean and explain how she got that result and who led her down that path. If she does that, I will lend my voice to beg JAMB…
THE Air Peace flight carrying over 270 Nigerian students from the Aswan Airport in Egypt has landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at about 11:38pm. The NAF C-130 jet also conveying about 80 persons also touched down moments later. After over a week of assurances by the Federal Government, the Nigerian evacuees were finally airlifted home, escaping the deadly conflict in Sudan. News Point Nigeria reports that due to the closure of Sudanese Airspace, the Federal Government made arrangement for them to be conveyed to Egypt by road from where they were to connect flights back home. However,…
I Am writing to bring to your attention the neglected state of the Mahaha Sports Arena also known as Kofar Na’is a sports center situated at Kano municipal local government. As a concerned citizen, I urge you to take immediate action to revive this important facility for the benefit of the people of Kano state, outsiders, and the local community and to generate much-needed revenue for the state. The Mahaha sports field has been a vital component of our community for many years since it was allocated as a sports coliseum by the former Kano state governor Dr. Rabi’u Musa…