THE United Nations (UN) has pledged its commitment to support and collaborate with the administration of Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State in various critical sectors, including health, education, and more to foster socio-economic development. The UN Deputy Secretary-General, Hajiya Amina Mohammed gave this indication during a meeting with the Governor on the sidelines of the 78th UN General Assembly in New York. She commended the giant strides and progress achieved under the leadership of Governor Inuwa Yahaya in Gombe State, noting that the Governor has set a precedent in subnational governance. Hajiya Amina Mohammed offered words of encouragement…
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ZAMFARA State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has summoned the heads of security agencies in the state following the recent abduction of students of the Federal University Gusau. Gunmen had on Friday morning stormed the Sabon-Gida community of the Bungudu Local Government Area, kidnapping more than 24 students of the university. Hours after the incident, the governor’s spokesman, Sulaiman Bala Idris, said the emergency Security Council meeting is to seek the “immediate release of all abducted persons and also finding a lasting solution to the lingering issue of insecurity that has become a source of concern to the administration”. He said the…
SIX of the 24 students of the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State kidnapped in the early hours of Friday (today) have been rescued, News Point Nigeria reports. A top military source close to the Commander of 1 Brigade Nigerian Army, Gusau, confirmed this to our correspondent, following the bandits’ invasion of the Sabon-Gida community of Bungudu Local Government Area. He said the Brigade Commander, Brigadier General Sani Ahmed is currently leading the operation with other security agencies in the forest along Tsafe Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The source also confirmed that several bandits were neutralised during the…
MORE than 24 students of the Federal University of Gusau were abducted in the early hours of Friday after bandits invaded the Sabon-Gida community of the Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State. A student of the school, who asked to be anonymous for security reasons, told News Point Nigeria that over 24 schoolmates, mostly ladies, were abducted during the attack. A resident of Sabon-Gida identified as Nazeer Sabon-Gida confirmed that the gunmen invaded the community around 3am and started shooting indiscriminately. According to him, three students’ hostels were attacked and all the students in the hostels were taken away…
THE Taraba State University chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is threatening to embark on an indefinite strike action if its demands are not met. Rising from a congress meeting held today, the union is urging the state government to take urgent and concrete steps to address their concerns and ensure the sustainable development and stability of the institution or risk industrial disharmony. Addressing journalists, Chairman of the union, Mbave Garba, disclosed that some of their concerns include Staff pension and gratuity, Salary crisis, non-implementation of Law No.4 of the Taraba State House of Assembly on funding,…
THE Zamfara Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), on Wednesday confirmed the murder of Alhaji Hamisu Danjibga, the state Correspondent of the Voice of Nigeria (VON). A statement issued in Gusau by the state NUJ Secretary, Ibrahim Ahmad, said that the body of the deceased was dumped in a soakaway by those who murdered him. “The discovery of his corpse was as result of unpleasant odour observed by children of an Islamic School behind his house in the evening of Wednesday Sept. 20, 2023. “After breaking the sockaway, the dead body was confirmed to be that of Danjibga…
THE Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, says one of the Corps members abducted in Zamfara State while travelling from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State to Sokoto State has been released with the other seven still in captivity. Addressing journalists following a stakeholder engagement event in Abuja on Wednesday, the Director General of the NYSC revealed that the abduction occurred during the night. As a result, he made an earnest plea to state governments to ensure the safety of Corps members by mandating that their travels conclude by 6 pm. He further urged them to…
THE Bauchi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has affirmed the victory of Governor Bala Mohammed of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the March 18th governorship election held in the state. The tribunal dismissed the petition filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its governorship candidate, former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar. It held that there is no strong reason to nullify the election as the election was conducted in compliance with the law. The judgment was delivered by a three-man panel chaired by Justice P.T Kwahar.
THE Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Gombe State, on Tuesday, nullified the victory of the incumbent Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Abubakar Mohammed Luggerewo. Luggerewo represents Akko central in the House. News Point Nigeria reports that, Bashir Abdullahi of the Peoples Democratic Party had dragged Luggerewo of All Progressives Congress, and the Independent National Electoral Commission to the tribunal over the cancellation of results in polling units 001, 024 and 014 in Kumo East which allegedly gave APC an edge. Luggerewo was recently announced as the Zonal Vice Chairman, North-East of the Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures…
THE Taraba Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Jalingo, Taraba State, on Monday upturned the victory of Nuhu Akila of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Also, two candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Batulu Mohammed, for Gashaka State Constituency and Abel Peter of Mbamnga Constituency have retained their seats. The Tribunal presided over by Justice Benson Ogbu had dismissed two cases against elected members of the APC at the Taraba State House of Assembly while a petition against Akila of the PDP was granted in favour of the petitioner, Emmanuel George of the All Progressives Congress. In a late-night ruling,…
THE Zamfara State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Sokoto has affirmed the election of Dauda Lawal as the governor of the state. The tribunal dismissed the petition of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Bello Matawalle, challenging the outcome of the March 18 governorship election for lacking in merit. It also awarded a N500,000 fine to the petitioner, Matawalle. The chairman of the three-man panel, Justice Cordelia Ogadi, who read the judgment, said the petitioner did not prove his allegation of wrongful collation of elections results, exclusion of results for the Maradun Local Government Area (LGA) and the election…
UNKNOWN gunmen have reportedly kidnapped an Assistant Superintendent of Police in Toro town, Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi state. The gunmen were said to have stormed the town on Friday night and immediately started shooting sporadically, throwing the whole town into serious confusion as residents scampered for safety. A resident of the town who didn’t want to be mentioned narrated that the gunmen stormed the town at about 9.00 pm in their numbers, and shot into the air causing pandemonium among the residents. According to him, the recurring incidents of kidnapping for ransom in Toro Local Government have affected…
GOMBE State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, CON has expressed profound sadness over the demise of Engr. Yakubu Abdulkadir Rasheed (Chiroman Dukku) who died today at the age of 53 after a brief illness. Governor Inuwa described Engr. Yakubu’s life as one marked by unwavering commitment to the development of community, state and the nation, leaving an indelible mark on our dear Gombe State. He recalled the meritorious services rendered by the deceased in various capacities, especially when he served the state diligently as the Chairman of the Gombe State Water Board, contributing to the improvement of the state’s infrastructure and…
OVER 33 kidnapped victims including women and children have regained their freedom 24 hours after they were kidnapped at gunpoint in Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The victims were rescued following a directive by the state Governor, Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir, who hails from the area. It was learnt that the Joint Security Taskforce engaged the bandits and secured the release of all the 33 kidnapped victims, hale and hearty. Caretaker Chairman of Alkaleri local government, Comrade Bala Ibrahim Mahmoud, received the victims Friday night from the security operatives in Yalwan Duguri of Alkaleri LGA. Mahmoud said that the…
A LARGE number of bandits have taken over 15 farming communities in Taraba State, preventing farmers from harvesting their crops. The affected villages include Garin Gima, Bantaguru, Shadussa, Garin Bose, Mailabari, Gamfurum, Garbatau and Nayinawa, among others. This newspaper gathered that residents of these villages have fled and are now taking refuge in Garba-Chede and other places in Bali Local Government Area of the state, leaving their matured crops unattended to. One of the affected farmers, Adamu Musa, said the bandits forced them out of their communities without harvesting their rice, maize, yam and beniseeds, among others. He lamented that…
POLICE authorities in Kebbi State have intercepted two vehicles conveying 7,500 live cartridges and parcels of Indian Hemp worth over N600 million. One of the trucks was coming from Ghana through Togo and Benin Republic to Nigeria, while the second vehicle took off from Benin Republic to Nigeria, beating different checkpoints. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Nafiu Abubakar, said this while briefing journalists in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday, describing the arrest as huge. He said that on September 10 at about 7:30 pm, a team of police border patrol team attached to Saransa-Maje road, Bagudo Local Government…
THE Chairman of the Taraba State Task Force Committee, General Jeremiah Faransa (Rtd), has lamented the involvement of over 20,000 residents in illegal mining and deforestation in the state. He said that over 100 ring leaders and foreigners have been arrested, adding that the state government will not lower its guard in the fight against illegal miners and those bent on acts of deforestation across the state. It was an unannounced invasion of the illegal miner’s camp by the taskforce team set up by the Taraba government following the ban on illegal mining and deforestation. Upon arrival, the team uncovered…
THE police in Sokoto State have confirmed a banditry attack in Giyawa village, Goronyo Local Government Area in the eastern senatorial district of the state, where four persons were confirmed dead. A source in the village told this newspaper that the bandits stormed the town in the early hours of Thursday on dozens motorcycles. “They invaded our village shortly before Subhi prayer (dawn prayer) on bikes and started shooting sporadically at houses and people preparing for farm and mosque’, the source stated. The Sokoto State Police Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Ahmed Rufai, confirmed to News Point Nigeria…
THE Adamawa State Government has identified factors that led to three boat accidents recorded in the state within a week. Water accidents have claimed an estimated 57 of lives in the last eight days, sparking criticism about the management of water transport in the northeastern state. The most recent wave of accidents started on Monday, September 4, where a canoe travelling between Mayo-Ine and Mayobelwa in Mayobelwa Local Government Area capsized, killing two of its passengers. Four days later, another accident involving another canoe conveying 23 traders and farmers from Rugange village to Yola town in Yola South area occurred…
TRAGEDY struck in Gurin, a suburb of Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa state, on Monday, as a boat conveying passengers capsized. According to a source, the victims, mostly women and children, were returning from farms and a naming ceremony when the wooden boat sank. The Executive Secretary of Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency, Dr. Mohammed Suleiman, confirmed the incident, stating that it occurred in the afternoon and that rescue efforts were ongoing. The member representing Fufore/Gurin constituency at the Adamawa State House of Assembly, Hon. Barr. Umar Bobbo Ismail, also confirmed the tragic incident. The development comes 48 hours…