Author: Sani Nura

TROOPS from 93 Battalion under 6 Bridgade of the Nigerian Army has arrested a suspected notorious female kidnapper while trying to pick ransom for an abducted victim in Taraba. They also apprehended a notorious gunrunner dealing in arms and ammunition and supplying them to criminals within Taraba State and other parts of the country. The female suspect, it was learnt, was married to a notorious criminal who is a second-in-command to late Hana Terwase. Spokesperson of the Bridget, Lieutenant Oni Olubodunde said the troops working on credible intelligence on the activities of the arms dealer arrested the suspect, Joshua Dutse…

A FORMER lawmaker who represented Adamawa North in the Senate, Elisha Abbo, has been issued an ultimatum to establish his allegations of bribery receipt by the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban- Mensem, or be prepared to face court action for false allegations. In the alternative, Senator Abbo was directed to apologize to the Appeal Court President, Justice Chioma Iheme and the entire judiciary over the allegations of bribery. A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former Attorney General of Akwa Ibom state, Uwemedimo Nwoko, insists that the former senator must either be prepared for court action to…

GOMBE State has been rated best in the socio-economic performance index among the 36 states and the FCT. The state secured this enviable position with a PSPI Score of 0.80, ranking 1st  with an AAA rating, indicating an excellent performance. Gombe is followed in declining order by Jigawa, Ekiti and FCT which occupied 2nd 3rd and 4th positions respectively. This is contained in the 2023 National Assessment Report by pcl. State Performance Index (PSPI), an independent organisation which provides insights into the socio-economic performance and risk profiles of Nigerian states. Gombe was rated high in most of the socio-economic parameters…

A MEMBER of the National Youth Service Corps serving in Adamawa State has reportedly died during the penalty shootouts of the match between Nigeria and South Africa on Wednesday evening. News Point Nigeria reports that the corps member identified only as Peter Yunana with badge number AD/23C/0365 from Kaduna State, allegedly passed away shortly after the penalty shoot out started. A top Adamawa state government official told this newspaper via Whatsapp. The message read in part, “ Good morning sir, “A corps member by name Peter Yunana,AD/23C/0365 serving in GSS Numan,collapsed and died last night. “They were watching the Nigeria…

THREE persons including a police inspector were killed on Wednesday in a fresh Boko Haram attack on Kukareta, Kaga Local Government Area of Borno State. It was gathered that the terrorists set ablaze the police officer along with a makeshift camp accommodation. They also carted away arms and ammunition along Maiduguri-Damaturu Road. The two civilians were shot dead and they set ablaze the vehicle of the district head and carted away one Hilux vehicle belonging to the civilian Joint Task Force operating in that community. According to a source in the security formations, the vehicle of the Commander Sector 2…

THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won all of Saturday’s four state constituencies rerun election in Bauchi State. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s Returning Officers for the election, announced the results on Sunday in the affected constituencies. Prof. Ahmed Abdulkadir, the INEC Returning Officer for Madara Chinade Constituency, said that Dr Ala Ahmed of the PDP won the election with 13,920 votes to defeat Mr Dantali Ali of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who scored 9,710 votes. In Bauchi Central, the INEC returning officer, Prof. Ismail Shehu, declared Jamilu Dahiru of the PDP as the winner with 1, 857…

A 90-YEAR-OLD woman, Hajiya Amina, and her 23-year-old granddaughter, Bilkisu, were gruesomely murdered in Tudun Wada area of Daura, Katsina state, on Thursday. The ugly incident took place at the victims’ residence behind Tashar Kudu in Daura. According to reports, the nonagenarian was strangled while her granddaughter was slaughtered. A resident of Daura also told our reporter that the granddaughter’s stomach was ripped open and her kidney removed by the assailants, an allegation this newspaper could not independently verify. This newspaper gathered that not long ago, some youth had burgled the victims’ house and went away with their plasma TV.…

AT least four policemen were killed and cache of ammunition carted away when suspected fighters of Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) attacked a police station in Nganzai Local Government Area of Borno State. ISWAP fighters reportedly stormed the police station at Gajiram town, Nganzai LGA and opened fire on the policemen on duty. According to security sources, the invaders partially torched the station during the incident which happened late Friday. ”There was confusion in our town last night. The ISWAP fighters attacked the police station in Gajiram. They outnumbered and overpowered the policemen on duty.” “We found four…

AT LEAST 55 persons are said to have been kidnapped by a terrorists gang while escorting a bride along Damari town in Sabuwa Local Government Area of Katsina State. Although security agencies are yet to confirm the incident officially, a resident however, told News Point Nigeria on Friday in a telephone call that the incident occurred on Thursday at about 9pm. He noted that three security volunteers however lost their lives in effort to rescue the victims. “Before the hoodlums attack the victims on a canter vehicle, the victims were initially over 70 mostly friends to the bride in which…

TENSIONS are running high in Katsina State due to a controversial social media post made by a Christian resident who has been identified as Mani Abubakar. The Facebook post, which is considered blasphemous of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW), has caused outrage. Some persons set Abubakar’s house and car on fire after the post wnet viral in the state. Abubakar reportedly managed to escape from his residence in Babbar-Ruga. The Vice Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Katsina, Muyiwa Segun, stated that the situation has been resolved thanks to the prompt actions taken by the state Commissioner of Police,…

THE Taraba State Police Command has arrested thirteen suspected bandits and kidnappers on their watchlist for terrorizing residents of Jalingo, Yorro, Lau, and Zing local government areas of the state. This was disclosed by the state commissioner of Police Joseph Eribo while parading the suspects and their exhibits at the police headquarters in Jalingo, the state capital on Wednesday. The arrest follows a public outcry over the nefarious activities of the hoodlums which according to the police has assumed an alarming dimension. According to the police, the bandits use the adjoining mountains as a shield and any attempt to rescue…

THE Zamfara State Government stepped up its war on insecurity as Governor Dauda Lawal on Wednesday formally unveiled the Community Protection Guards (CPG), designed to complement efforts of the regular security forces. The ceremony at the Trade Fair complex in Gusau, the state capital, attracted the six other governors from the North-West states of Jigawa, Kebbi, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina and Sokoto. A statement by the Governor’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris, noted that the government is utilising a multi-faceted and multi-dimensional approach to addressing security challenges in the state. According to the statement, “last year, Governor Dauda Lawal approved the engagement…

A FIRE has destroyed several shops at Gusau Central Market, killing one person. The fire reportedly broke out at around 9 p.m. last night in the furniture section of the state capital’s largest market. The Commander of the Nigerian Fire Service, New Market office, Hamza Mohammed, informed Channels Television that a shop owner whose name is yet to be identified died while attempting to enter his shop to extinguish a fire forcefully. Firefighters from the state command have been battling the inferno since 9 p.m. yesterday, preventing it from spreading to other shops. Mohammed reported that several shops were affected…

GOMBE State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, CON has presented Cheques to 343 property owners affected by the ongoing erosion control project spanning through several communities in the suburb of Gombe metropolis. Gombe State Government, in collaboration with Agro- Climate Resilience in Semi Arid Landscape (ACReSAl), a world Bank assisted projec,  had in November last year awarded over 12 billion naira contract to control a 21 kilometers gully erosion meandering through the Federal College of Education (Tech) Gombe, Railway, London Mai Dorawa, Malam Inna, Wuro Ledde, Wuro Kesa and Arawa quarters. Speaking at the presentation ceremony, Governor Inuwa Yahaya said: “Our…

GOVERNOR Dikko Radda of Katsina State on Monday donated the sum of N100,000 to each of the 35 persons rescued by troops of the Nigerian Army for them to revive their normal business when they arrive home. The victims kidnapped by armed bandits at Tashar Nagulle and Nahuta villages in Batsari Local Government Area of the state were said to have been rescued at Dumburum Forest after an intensive gun battle between soldiers and the bandits. The victims were eventually handed over to the Governor at the Katsina State Government House by the Commander of the 17 Brigade of the…

ELEVEN farmers have been killed in Firgi community, Pulka Ward of the Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State after stepping on Improvised Explosive Device (IED). An open-body vehicle conveying the farmers to their farmlands stepped on an IED and immediately exploded, killing the farmers and two others on their bicycles. According to a source in the humanitarian sector, the IED was planted on the shoulder of the main road leading to the farm. The passengers of the vehicle died while the driver sustained serious injuries that left him in a critical condition. The time of the explosion was not…

BANDITS stormed Madabanciya village in Bungudu local government area of Zamfara State, on Sunday night, where they abducted a newlywed husband and wife. An indigene of the area, Ibrahim Sani, said the bandits arrived in the village on foot around 11.45pm on Sunday, leaving their motorcycles outside the village. Sani said the bandits, who were in large numbers, were wielding sophisticated weapons and immediately they arrived at the village, they began to shoot indiscriminatelg to scare residents. According to him, the bandits went from house to house in search of food items and other valuables. He added, “They stole large…

IMPROVISED Explosive Device – IED (bomb) detonated in Gubio local government area of Borno State, resulting in the tragic death of six Quranic school pupils popularly known as Almajirai in Hausa parlance. The incident took place Saturday when a metal scavenger unknowingly collected and stored various metallic items in a building in close proximity to a Tsangaya school. Unfortunately, little did the scavenger know that among the collected metal was an abandoned undetonated IED, which exploded at approximately 2pm, claiming the lives of the children and causing severe bodily harm. All efforts to get confirmation from security agencies on the…

BORNO State governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, has described the recent explosion of landmines killing commuters, security agents and locals across different locations as renewed attempts to frustrate the rebuilding of destroyed communities and resettle internally displaced persons to their ancestral homes. Zulum, who was touring some of the communities, in Dikwa, Marte, and Ngala Local Government Areas, said his government is working to find the conspirators from within the government and locals for appropriate sanctions. Explosions along Maiduguri-Dikwa-Marte-Ngala roads resulting in the deaths of security personnel, civilian Joint Task Force members, humanitarian workers and farmers have been recurrent in the…

THE Supreme Court, on Thursday, affirmed the election of Ahmed Aliyu as the governor of Sokoto State, dismissing the appeal of Saidu Umar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).  The judgement of the apex court panel led by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun was delivered by Justice Tijani Abubakar. The appellant had challenged the election of Governor Ahmed Aliyu of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Umar and the PDP had asked the Supreme Court to set aside the concurrent judgements of the Court of Appeal of the Tribunal. He cited malpractices, non-compliance with the Electoral Act as grounds to nullify the election…