Author: Sani Nura

THE Bauchi State Executive Council has confirmed that 24 people have so far lost their lives as well as property worth over N22bn destroyed due to persistent floods in 16 local government areas of the state. The council stated this on Monday stating that it has constituted an inter-ministerial committee to assess the damages caused by the devastating natural disaster. Speaking with journalists after the council’s meeting, the commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Hajara Wanka who disclosed that the ministry is still compiling its report noted, “But from the report they have recorded, 24 lost their life, 163…

BAUCHI State Governor Bala Mohammed has dismissed Dr. Adamu Sambo from his role as Commissioner for Health. The announcement was made during the swearing-in ceremony of three new commissioners and the Chief Security Adviser. Governor Mohammed also revealed that his administration will no longer assign a commissioner to the Ministry of Local Government, following the death of the former commissioner, and the implementation of new local government legislation. Recall that the former Commissioner for Local Government, Ahmed Jalam, passed away in a car accident in June this year. Additionally, two other commissioners resigned to pursue local government chairmanship positions, and…

SURVIVORS of last Sunday’s terrorist attack on Mafa town, Tarmuwa Local Government Area of Yobe Area of Yobe State have recounted their horrific experiences. The attack, which claimed the lives of about 100 people and left many injured, this newspaper gathered, was carried out by gunmen on motorcycles, who stormed the village, unleashing mayhem on unsuspecting residents. It was gathered that before opening fire, the insurgents issued a stern warning, accusing the villagers of providing information to security agencies about terrorist activities in the area. Following this, they selected some residents and executed them. Although the Yobe State Police confirmed…

FORMER President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has described the demise of Hajiya Dada Yar’Adua as a personal loss to him, saying “this woman technically made me who I am”. Jonathan said this when he paid a condolence visit to the Yar’adua family in Katsina on Saturday over the demise of the matriarch. “It is really touching to me. It was her son who brought me as his running mate and without this lady you wouldn’t have known my name. So she was like my mother and this is like the death of my mother,” he said. The former president said he…

KATSINA State governor, Dikko Umar Radda, has called on the people of the state to adopt proactive measures to protect themselves against bandit attacks ravaging the state. He made this call at a town hall meeting tagged: “Public Engagement: 2025 Citizens’ Budget Participation Process” in Daura Zone. In a video that went viral on the internet and social media platforms, Radda was visibly furious and charged Islamic scholars to enlighten the citizens about the importance of self-defence as enshrined in Islam. He said, “It is unfortunate that a few bandits/gunmen would raid and abuse a whole community,” adding that, “Even…

NO fewer than 20 persons have been confirmed dead in the last two weeks in Gashua, the headquarters of Bade local government area of Yobe state following the collapse of houses due to heavy rainfall. The Executive Chairman of the local government area, Babagana Ibrahim told Channels Television correspondent that, many residents are now taking refuge in three designated camps. According to him, the government is providing the immediate needs of the displaced persons such as food items, medical care, hygiene kits, clean drinking water, and food to protect them from any disease outbreaks. Ibrahim is seeking more support from…

THE Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, led a delegation of government officials to Katsina State to offer condolences to the Yar’adua family following the recent passing of their matriarch, Hajiya Binta (commonly known as Dada), three days ago. In a statement issued by the Governor’s Spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, governor  Yusuf described the late Hajiya Binta as a virtuous woman, a devoted wife, and a disciplined mother who mentored many individuals, even those beyond her own children, who have gone on to achieve great success. “We are here in Katsina to extend our condolences to the…

SERVING corps members have been assured that as soon as civil servants start receiving the new minimum wage as approved by the federal government, their monthly allowance will also increase. The NYSC Director General, Brigadier General Yusha’u Ahmed gave the assurance while addressing corps members at Kebbi State Orientation Camp, Dakingari and Sokoto State Orientation Camp in Wamakko. He said their selfless and immense contributions to the socio-economic development of the country cannot be underestimated. General Ahmed also implored them to use the opportunity of the service year to develop themselves and plan for greater heights in future. The director…

VICE-PRESIDENT Kashim Shettima; former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, Governor Umar Dikko Radda, and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, were among the dignitaries who attended the funeral service of the mother of former President Umar Musa Yar Adua. Others were Datti Baba Ahmed, Senator Ahmad Lawal, Former Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, Senator Adamu Aleiro, business mogul Dahiru Mangal, emirs of Katsina and Daura, among others. Funeral prayer of Late Dada Yar’Adua held in Katsina township stadium, Yar’Adua quarters and was led by Sheikh Aminu Yammawa.…

GUNMEN have reportedly killed one policeman and a vigilante on patrol in Sokoto State. It was learnt that the incident occured around 3am on Monday at Kwanan Milgoma along Sokoto-Bodinga road. Although the Spokesman of the Sokoto Police Command could not be reached at the time of filing this report, a senior police officer who spoke on condition of anonymity confirmed the attack to our reporter. According to him, the operatives were caught unaware by the gunmen who came in a white Hilux. “The gunmen met the operatives at a checkpoint along Sokoto-Bodinga road and opened fire on them. They…

AN early morning fire has razed the red chamber of Katsina Government House. The chamber is attached to the governor’s office, where the governor meets important personalities. Details are sketchy regarding the cause of the fire and the level of damage as at the time of this report. This newspaper  gathered that Governor Dikko Umaru Radda was in Funtua attending a zonal town hall meeting when the calamity struck. He was there to engage with the population on their needs and aspirations. The Director of Press to the Secretary to the State Government, Abdullahi Aliyu Yar’adua, disclosed this in a…

THE Kebbi State Independent Electoral Commission on Sunday, declared the All Progressives Congress as the winner of Saturday’s local council polls in the state. The Chairman of the commission, Aliyu Muhammad-Mera, who announced this in Birnin Kebbi on Sunday, said the party won all the 21 Chairmanship seats and 225 Ward Councillors. Muhammad-Mera said that 17 political parties participated in the polls, including, APC, NNPP, LP, AAC, Boot party, AP, and SDP among others. He announced that the commission had ratified and adopted the chairmanship results for the LGs as announced by the various councils’ Returning Officers and the Councillorship…

OVER 10,000 persons have been displaced while farmlands and other properties worth millions of naira were destroyed by flood after a “few weeks” of intense rain in Gummi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The Emir of Gummi, Justice Hassan Lawal (retired) disclosed this on Saturday when Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal paid an on-the-spot assessment visit to the local government. Lawal visited Gummi town and Gayari community on Saturday to assess the level of damage caused by the flood. Briefing the governor, Justice Lawal gave the breakdown of the situation in the local government. “Following our discussion with experts,…

THE Katsina State Police Command on Friday announced that it arrested three suspected notorious gun runners and recovered a large cache of live ammunition along Dutsinma town in the state. Their arrest, according to the Command’s Spokesman, ASP Abubakar Sadiq, was part of the significant breakthrough in its fight against armed banditry and gunrunning. The suspects are Ahmed Mohammed Kabir, 25, of Hayin Danmani quarters, Kaduna State; Mannir Musa, 25, of Dutsinma town, Dutsinma LGA and Aliyu Iliya, 25, of Dankauye village via Ummadau, Safana LGA, Katsina State. They were apprehended on 29th August 2024, at about 1245 hours, while…

GUNMEN suspected to be Boko haram terrorists have invaded Faudiya Islamic boarding School in Geidam, Yobe state killing three students, abducting dozens and injuring one. The Islamic School which belongs to Muslim Brotherhood Movement (Shi’ites) is located in Geidam, the headquarters of the Geidam local government area of Yobe state. Spokesman of the Nigeria Police Force in the state, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim who confirmed the incident to News Point Nigeria, revealed that the attackers arrived at the school on motorcycles, armed with AK47 rifles around 4:00am today Friday 30th August 2024 shooting sporadically. “Yes, there was an attack on Faudiya…

AT least 37 bandits were reportedly killed in Matusgi village, Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State, after residents engaged a gang that had invaded the village with the intent to abduct locals. According to an anonymous resident, the bandits arrived on motorbikes around 2pm on Wednesday, aiming to carry out abductions, saying it was not the first time the villagers had confronted bandits, but it was the first instance where they managed to inflict significant casualties. The resident said the bandits began their attack by firing sporadically to intimidate the community. However, the residents had been alerted in…

HALLIRU Liman, Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Wasagu Division of the police in Kebbi state, is dead. Liman died when he was reportedly shot dead by a soldier at a checkpoint in Zamfara. According to ASP Yazid Abubakar, spokesman of the Zamfara State Police Command, the deceased police officer was on his way to Birnin Kebbi in Kebbi State to attend a meeting when he was stopped on the way at Danmarke area in Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara by military personnel attached to Operation Dadarin Daji. Abubakar said the officer was murdered on the spot by the military…

GUNMEN have killed one man identified as Garba Yakubu and abducted two others in the Gadabuke community of Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The Police Public Relations Officer, Ramhan Nansel, confirmed this to News Point Nigeria in a telephone conversation. He said gunmen invaded the residence of a man known as Agaba Yakubu on Monday and in the process, they shot Yakubu Garba and abducted two others. “On 25/8/2024 at about 2 am, a distress call was received by the Divisional Police officer of Toto Division that the residence of one Agaba Yakubu of Gadabuke was invaded by…

THE police on Monday arraigned Shafi’u Tureta, a media aide to former Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, for allegedly defaming the Sokoto State Governor, Ahmad Aliyu. Tureta was arraigned before a Chief Magistrate’s Court in Sokoto State. However, journalists were barred from covering proceedings, allegedly on the order of the Chief Magistrate, Fati Hassan. The suspect was allegedly accused of spreading unlawful media content and was detained by the police on August 25, 2024, before his first arraignment in court on Monday. In a First Information Report read by the prosecutor, Abdurahman Mansur, the accused person was charged with circulating…

BANDITS have abducted over 150 persons and rustled over 1,000 cattle in some villages in Gobir Emirate of Sokoto State, this newspaper can report. The incident happened less than 72 hours after the death in kidnappers’ den, of the Emir of Gobir, Alhaji Isa Muhammad Bawa, who was also the District Head of Gatawa. The monarch was, on July 29, kidnapped alongside his son and six others on the Sokoto-Sabon Birni Road. In a viral video, the deceased, whose hands and legs were tied, was seen appealing to the Sokoto State government, the Sultanate Council, his relatives and friends to…