GUNMEN attacked the Adamawa State Police Headquarters in the wee hours of Wednesday, sending residents of Yola into panic. The Police headquarters is located at the heart of Jimeta community in Yola North local government area. Sounds of gunshot rend the air for at least 30 minutes, according to a resident who preferred anonymity. Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, confirmed the attack to this newspaper, but said things were under control. Nguroje said the attack was repelled, but the identities of those behind it was unknown. One source said the attackers were military personnel on a revenge…
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YOBE State Governor Mai Mala Buni has directed the purchase of a house worth N7.5m for the family of a deceased policeman Corporal Mohammed Maina. The officer was killed in an ambush on the governor’s convoy by suspected terrorists along the Maiduguri-Damaturu way last Saturday. This purchase was disclosed in a Tuesday press statement by Mamman Mohammed, the Director General of Press and Media Affairs to Governor Buni. Similarly, the sum of N2m was provided to the family for their immediate needs in addition to N1m for the children’s school fees. The governor also approved N1m for each of the…
ONE of the five kidnapped female students of the Federal University Dutsinma, Katsina State has been rescued by the State Police Command, News Point Nigeria gathered. Her rescue followed an operation by the police on Monday. According to the Police Spokesman, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, in a statement issued on Tuesday, the victim whose identity was withheld for security reasons was rescued in Bilbis Village of neighboring Zamfara State. He restated the commitment of the command to employ available resources to ensure the rescue of the remaining four kidnapped victims. “As the rescued victim receives essential medical attention, the command wishes…
ARMED bandits have killed a mobile policeman attached to the Maru Police Division in an attack on the Ruwandoruwa community of Maru Local Government Area in Zamfara state The bandits also reportedly abducted 15 persons including the wife of a mornarch in the community Although the police authorities in the state are yet to comment on the latest attack, a resident of the community Abdullahi Ruwandoruwa told News Point Nigeria in a phone conversation that the assault happened early around 12:30 am on Monday. He said the assailants unleashed gunfire indiscriminately after they stormed the community. According to him, a…
IN a resounding victory, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has clinched all available seats in the recently concluded local government council election in Taraba State. The Taraba State Independent Electoral Commission, TSIEC, Sunday declared the ruling party as the winner of all 16 local government chairmanship seats and the 168 ward councilorship positions. State Chairman of TSIEC, Dr. Philip Duwe who announced the results in Jalingo, the state capital, revealed that only six of the 19 registered political parties participated in the election. According to him, “the results announced at the local government collation centres are legally valid, and what…
IN an intensified clearance operation against the terrorists/bandits in the North-West states, troops of the Joint Task Force North West Operation Hadarin Daji have neutralised two terrorists and rescued five abductees in Zamfara State. The spokesperson for Operation Hadarin Daji, Captain Yahaya Ibrahim, said this on Friday in a statement made available to News Point Nigeria, Friday. According to him, the troops carried out a coordinated clearance operation on terrorist enclaves on November 16 and 17 at Tugan Gama, Tugan Hausawa, Tugan Nabaru, Yarsabia and Daji Yanayin Kari in the Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State. During the operation,…
GOMBE State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, CON, paid a visit to the headquarters of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in Abuja, Wednesday. The Governor met with the Director-General of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, with their discussion focusing on ways to strengthen collaboration aimed at advancing digital literacy and E-governance initiatives in Gombe State to boost administrative efficiency and elevate service delivery. A key aspect of the partnership will revolve around capacity building, with a focus on equipping thousands of youths and women in Gombe with essential digital skills through valuable training programmes. The meeting holds particular significance as…
WORRIED by the state of education in Zamfara State, Governor Dauda Lawal on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in the sector of the North-Western state. The governor, in a broadcast to the people of Zamfara, said the neglected education system in the state affected all levels, from primary to tertiary institutions, with poor learning environments and personnel. This was disclosed in a statement by the spokesperson for the governor, Sulaiman Bala Idris, who noted that the declaration of a state of emergency on education was in line with the campaign promises of Governor Lawal. He said the state government…
AT least 32 persons, comprising 20 children and 12 parents, have reportedly lost their lives to a boat accident in Ibbi town, Ibbi Local Government Area of Taraba State. It was gathered that the boat was conveying over 50 fishermen from Ibbi town to the Eastern part of the country on Saturday for fishing when it capsized around Zabu between Taraba and Benue borders, along River Benue. A resident of Ibbi town, Mallam Ibrahim Ibbi, said 20 children and 12 parents died in the accident. Meanwhile, the state Governor, Agbu Kefas, has described the latest incident as a tragedy, coming…
THE Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Friday affirmed the election of the Speaker of the Gombe State House of Assembly, Hon. Abubakar Muhammad Luggerewo as the duly elected member representating Akko Central Constituency. The unanimous decision, delivered by the lead judge, Justice Uzoamaka Ifeyinwa Ndukwe-Anyawu, upheld the return of Luggerewo by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as proper and in substantial compliance with the Electoral Act 2022. The court’s ruling was unambiguous in dismissing any dissenting judgment, asserting the merit of the appeal. The counsel for the appellant, Barr. Caleb Ubale, successfully argued that the order for…
FORMER students of Model Secondary School located in Jalingo the Taraba state capital have allegedly stabbed their teacher to death. The teacher identified as Bassey Sardauna was stabbed outside the school premises while on board a tricycle to go home. Speaking to News Point Nigeria via a telephone interview, the vice principal academics of the school Tsokwa Sani disclosed that the issue leading to his stabbing started from an inter-house inspection which was disrupted by an ex-student of the institution who stormed the school to sign a form. “Trouble started when a former student accompanied his colleague to school to…
NO fewer than five people have died and several others were wounded after bandits armed with sophisticated weapons attacked Sayaya village in Matazu Local Government Area of Katsina State. This fresh attack came on Monday night. A security official, whose name was withheld, confirmed the incident to News Point Nigeria in a phone call on Tuesday. He noted that seven persons were abducted by the hoodlums to an unknown destination. The incident is coming barely a day after a similar one happened in the neighboring Musawa LGA. Sunday’s attack happened around 10pm with the bandits invading Maulud Celebration Ground at…
THERE was pandemonium and anxiety on Monday at Ryan Nursery School in Tudun Wada, Gombe, in Gombe State, as a security guard of the school was found dead and hanged on a swing used by pupils for playing. Teachers and pupils of the school arrived at the school in the morning after resuming from the weekend break only to be confronted with the gory sight as their ‘gateman’ known as Malam Abdullahi was seen hanged and dangling on a swing, which was made available for pupils to play during break periods. The incident also attracted the attention of the residents…
MANY people, including women and children, were killed when bandits attacked a procession of Maulud celebrants in Kusa, a community in Musawa Local Government Area of Katsina State. There are, however, conflicting figures as to the number of fatalities as some said no fewer than 20 corpses were retrieved from the scene of the ugly incident while others put the number at 14. Reports also indicated that several others have sustained injuries with no fewer that 17 admitted at the Katsina Orthopaedic Hospital for bullets extraction, as others were admitted at the Musawa General Hospital. According to a resident, the…
NO fewer than 13 farmers have been slaughtered while several others are missing as suspected Boko Haram insurgents reportedly attacked rice farmers on their farms in Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State Sunday evening. It was gathered that the insurgents stormed rice fields and rounded up the farmers who were harvesting their farm produce in Karkut and Koshebe General Area, Mafa LGA, slaughtering them with knives. According to Civilian Joint Task Force sources, 13 dead bodies have been recovered as search for missing people continues. “We are sad this incident is happening again this year, we lost more than…
THE Adamawa Emirate Council has deposed the district head of Ribadu in Fufore local government area, Alh. Gidado Abubakar Aliyu. This is contained in a letter signed by the acting secretary of the council, Kabiru Bakari, Tariya Adamawa, addressed to the deposed district head. According to the letter the dismissal took effect from yesterday. “I am directed by the Adamawa Emirate Council to write and convey to you the approval of His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Adamawa State for your dismissal the District Head of Ribadu, vide letter ref No. as MCA/GHY/S 24/T/Vol.11.201 dated 2/11/2023. “You are to handover…
RESPITE has come for two kidnapped members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) as they have been rescued by troops of the Nigerian Army and police operatives. The two corps members were kidnapped by bandits in Yargoje community, Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State. They were rescued on Thursday by the troops of the 17 Brigade Nigerian Army in collaboration with the Katsina State Police Command. This was disclosed in a statement on Friday by the Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu. He said the NYSC members were abducted while on transit from Edo to…
A JOURNALIST, Usman Sahabi, has been abducted by gunmen in Yola, the capital of Adamawa State, News Point Nigeria gathered. A staff of the Adamawa Broadcasting Corporation, who is also the Chief of Staff to the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, according to a family source, was abducted at his Wuro Chekke home at about 1am on Friday (today). About five gunmen were said to have forcefully had their way into his room and whisked him away at gun point. So far no ransom was demanded, according to the source. Confirming the incidence to News Point Nigeria, the…
THE Court of Appeal in Abuja, has affirmed the elections of Senators Ali Ndume representing Borno South and and Kaka Lawan, representing Borno Central. The three-member panel headed by Justice Biobele Georgewill held that the two appeals against the lawmakers lacked merit. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared the duo of Ndume and Lawan as the winners of the National Assembly elections in their respective senatorial districts. Dissatisfied with the declaration, Muhammed Kumalia and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenged the election of Lawan while Kudla Satumari and PDP filed a petition against Ndume at the state’s election…
MANY persons were killed and dozens abducted yesterday afternoon when bandits attacked travellers on the Funtua-Gusau Highway in Zamfara A former member of the House of Representatives, Kabiru Yahaya, was among those injured, according to his media aide, Musbahu Aliyu, who told journalists that the attackers blocked the highway between Kucheri–Magazu in Tsafe Local Government around 3:30 pm. “The gunmen timed the arrival of vehicles to and from Gusau and started to shoot indiscriminately which led to the blockage of the road,” he said. He said his boss was the only one taken to Tsafe General Hospital alive. “No one…