Author: Sani Nura

FOUR persons, including a point-of-sales (PoS) operator, have been hospitalised with gunshot wounds after armed robbers attacked them at a PoS terminal in Zaki Local Government Area (LGA) of Bauchi State. The armed men were said to have taken advantage of the rush by residents on Friday night, while they were trying to meet up with the initial deadline for cash swap of January 31, just before the extension. This comes after the redesigned N200, N500, and N1,000 banknotes were unveiled in December 2022, weeks before the January 31, 2023 deadline for old currency to be exchanged. However, with the…

POLICE operatives in Niger State on Tuesday stopped a grand lockdown rally to sell the candidacy of the presidential standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his running mate, Senator Kassim Shettima. The programme was also meant to drum support for the governorship candidate of the APC in Niger State, Hon. Umar Bago and his running mate, Comrade Yakubu Garba. The event was organised by the Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate and National Coordinator of Project 774 for Tinubu/Shettima 2023, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi. The gates of New Bussa Township Stadium in Borgu…

THE Bauchi State Government said it would soon commence treatment for victims of snake bite at Duguri treatment center in Alkaleri Local Government Area of the state. The Executive Secretary, Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BASPHCDA), Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, stated this while briefing newsmen on the 2023 World Neglected Tropical Disease (NTDs), on Monday in Bauchi. News Point Nigeria reports that, this is coming after the state recorded a total of 34 deaths from snakes bite across five local governments last year. Mohammed said the state government has procured drugs worth N1 million for the treatment of patients. According…

GOMBE State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has approved  over 1.3 biillion naira for the payment of backlog of gratuity owed retired local government employees. The LGA retirees were last paid in 2011. The Governor has also approved the promotion of 26, 085 local government workers notionally and financially across the eleven local government areas of the state with immediate effect. Of the number of the promoted staff, 6,738 are local government workers, 16,739 are Local Education Authority, LEA teachers while 2,608 are workers at the Primary Health Care Centers. The last time teachers were promoted in the state was in…

GOMBE State Governor,  Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has condoled with the Emir of Dukku,  Alhaji Haruna Abdulkadir Rashid, CON and the entire people of the emirate over the demise of Bunun Dukku, Alhaji Usman Rashid. The late Bunu, died yesterday at the age of 90 and has since been buried according to Islamic injunctions. According to a statement signed and issued by the Director-General of Press Affairs to the governor, Ismaila Uba Misilli, Monday, Governor Inuwa led government officials,  APC stalwarts and his associates to attend the funeral prayer ( Janazah) for the deceased held at the Central Mosque,  Emir’s Palace, …

THREE serving members of the House of Representatives from Katsina State, have defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The defectors, comprising the member representing Katsina Central federal constituency, Hon. Salisu Iro Isansi; the member representing Safana/Danmusa/Batsari federal constituency, Hon. Ahmed Dayyabu Safana, and the member representing Batagarawa/Rimi/Charanchi federal constituency, Hon. Hamza Dalhat, announced their defection to PDP and were formally received into the party during a presidential campaign rally by the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in Sokoto State. Similarly, the governorship candidate of PDP in Katsina State, Senator Yakubu Lado Danmarke, has…

THE Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) says its members will not be embarking on industrial action. The association’s President, Dr Innocent Orji, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). “We took this decision in public interest and peculiarities of the moment.” NAN reports that the association had on Jan. 11, written a letter to the Federal Government addressing the Ministers of Health and Labour and Employment and other relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). The letter was titled “Imminent Nationwide Industrial Disharmony in Health Sector: A Matter of Urgent Administrative…

A CROSS-SECTION of fans of Wikki Tourists Football Club of Bauchi on Sunday called for the sacking of the club’s Technical Adviser, Kabiru Dogo. The demand came after the team’s goalless draw with visiting Doma United FC of Gombe in their Match Day 4 fixture in the 2022/2023 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). The fans expressed their disappointment with the outcome of the match and hurled abusive words at members of the club’s technical crew after the game. Yakubu Abba, former Organising Secretary of Wikki Tourists FC Supporters Club, blamed the coaching crew and the players for what he described…

IN line with its Environmental Policy and as enshrined in the EIA Act CAP E12, LFN 2004, arrangements are in top gear for the panel review stage of the Environmental Impact Assessment for Dangote Cement Coal Mills at its Ibese, Ogun State plant, which will be facilitated by the Federal Ministry of Environment (FMEnv). Dangote Cement Plc, Ibese Plant had instituted an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) study with the Federal Ministry of Environment (FMEnv) for its coal mill in accordance with regulations and had carried out robust community engagement sessions with primary host communities including Ibese town, Ijako…

GOVERNOR Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, again, received a rousing welcome by supporters and well wishers in Akko Local Government as he intensifies efforts to consolidate on the gains of his first round of campaign rallies. The governor was greeted by mammoth crowds as he toured the three state constituencies of the LGA where he presented party flags to the APC candidates for State House of Assembly and held political rallies in Gona, Pindiga and Akko Emirates. At Gona Emirate, Governor Inuwa presented APC flag to the party’s candidate for Akko North Constituency, Musa Mohammed Wuro Biriji, urging him to firmly lead…

GOMBE State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya and Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress,  APC,  in company of some party stalwarts, was in Yalmatu West and East yesterday to present flags to standard bearers of APC for the House of Assembly election ahead of the 2023 general elections. In Difa, the Governor’s  campaign train was received by a jubilant crowd of young men, women and the elderly with chants of solidarity songs in what can best be described as a triumphant entry of a leader who came, saw and conquered. Addressing thousands of APC supporters and well wishers in Difa,…

THE Federal High Court in Jalingo, Taraba State capital has dismissed a case of certificate forgery against the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha. Justice Bala Usman also struck out the case that borders on false information tendered to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against Bwacha for “lack of sufficient evidence.” Delivering the judgement late Saturday night in the suit filed by Chief David Sabo Kente, a Chieftain of the APC in Taraba and an aspirant at the last governorship primaries of the party in the state, Justice Usman said that the…

THE presidential campaign train of the All Progressives Congress (APC) berthed in Gusau, Zamfara State yesterday with the party’s flag bearer, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu,dismissing alleged soiled relationship between him and President Muhammadu Buhari. Tinubu, with whom were the National Chairman of the party, Senator  Abdullahi Adamu, and Governors Bello Matawalle (Zamfara), Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi) and Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna), told the rally that his support for President Buhari is “unalloyed and enduring”. He promised to tackle the various problems bedeviling the state and enhance its agricultural productivity. In his prepared speech which he could not read because of the crowd, Tinubu…

A TOTAL of N64bn has been approved for the Nigeria Police Force as operations fund for security management for the forthcoming general elections. This is as the Force Headquarters has dispatched anti-riot weapons, water cannons and Armoured Personnel Carriers, among others, to the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory to ensure watertight security during the elections. Police sources confirmed that all the commands and formations across the country had got their share of the arms and ammunition unveiled by the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, in Abuja, last week. The sources, however, noted that the total…

THE preponderance of out-of-school children in Kebbi state was a source of concern that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar addressed today at the party’s ongoing nationwide electioneering campaign tour. Alhaji Abubakar told a large gathering of party supporters in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi state capital, on Saturday that this problem will be part of many that his administration will tackle headlong once he is voted into office. He said the large number of out of school children in the state is a huge source of concern to the PDP, asserting that as part of his youth…

THE immediate past governor of Adamawa state, Senator Muhammad Umar Jibrilla Bindow (Sardaunan Mubi) has officialy joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Bindow made the declaration during the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar’s campaign in Kebbi, Kebbi state, Saturday. According to Bindow, he is the first APC elected govenor in Adamawa state but it gladdens his heart to return to his home, the PDP. “We are formerly PDP members. We made a mistake of leaving but today, we have learnt our lesson, and we are gladly back to the PDP. The peoples party, the party…

GOVERNOR Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has presented gifts of two brand new cars to the overall best winners of the 26th Gombe State Qur’an Recitation Competition. The competition was held at Billiri, between 27th November and 3rd December, 2022. The overall winners who received the gift from the governor are: Mubarak Muhammad Aruwa from Gombe Local Government who emerged Overall Winner of 60 Hizb with Tafsir in male category and Aishatu Kabiru Shu’aibu from Akko Local Government who emerged overall winner, 60 Hizb with Tafsir in female category. Governor Inuwa also presented cheques for the Gombe State participants who won prizes…

GOMBE State Governor,  Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has sent his heartfelt condolences to his Nasarawa State counterpart,  Engr Abdullahi Sule over the demise of his son, Hassan AA Sule, whose sad event occurred Thursday. Hassan, 36, was the first son of Governor Sule. Governor Inuwa, in a statement signed and issued by the Director-General of Press Affairs to the governor, Ismaila Uba Misilli, Saturday morning,  described the death of Hassan as deeply painful and devastating, especially to his parents,  friends and associates giving his incredible personality and spirit. The Governor however consoled Governor Sule and his family to take heart and…

THE governorship candidate of the National Rescue Movement in Adamawa State, Abba Aliyu Maina, is dead. He was confirmed dead on Thursday, one month to the general election. Afuye Olusola, national publicity secretary of the party, announced the development in a statement on Thursday. The NRM candidate was said to have died on Wednesday, same day the PDP Guber candidate in Abia, Prof Eleazar Ikonne died at the National Hospital, Abuja. “The leadership of the National Rescue Movement and that of Adamawa state chapter in particular with heavy heart announce the death of Alhaji Aliyu Abba Maina, the party’s governorship…

THE presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Thursday, assured the people of Bauchi State and Northern Nigeria that the oil discovered in the state will be used to develop their state and region. He made the pledge at the party’s presidential campaign rally at the Tafawa Balewa Stadium in Bauchi, the capital of Bauchi State, North-Eastern Nigeria. “We know what is happening in Bauchi today. We want the oil discovered in Bauchi to be used to develop Bauchi, and to give you jobs. We will make sure that oil is used to develop Bauchi, to develop the…