Author: Sani Nura

SEVERAL persons including two members of the Benue State House of Assembly were injured when the convoy of the state governor, Samuel Ortom, was involved in a car crash. The accident occurred on Friday morning when the governor and the Peoples Democratic Party supporters were traveling to the Utokon community of Ado Local Government Area in continuation of the party governorship campaign rally. News Point Nigeria gathered that, the incident occurred when the driver of a branded bus fully loaded with PDP supporters lost control and rammed into three vehicles; a Jeep, a security vehicle, and another bus in the…

ELECTRICITY distribution companies across the country have blamed the current low supply of electricity to their customers on low supply from generation companies. Consequent upon this, they have started sending messages across to their customers telling them why some areas are getting supply and some other areas are not getting. For instance, Kaduna Electric while passing the information across to its customers on its twitter handle, stated: “We wish to explain to our customers who have observed rightly that some parts of Kaduna metropolis enjoy near uninterrupted supply despite the low generation.” According to Abdulazeez Abdullahi, Head Corporate Communication, he…

IT was carnival-like in Balanga Local Government Area as constituents in Balanga North and South rolled out their ancestoral drums to welcome Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya who visited the Tallasse and Bambam to present flags to the All Progressives Congress,  APC candidates for the state house of assembly. For the second time in less than one month, Governor Inuwa Yahaya was in the  Local Government Area to yet again galvanise support for the APC through the presentation flags to State House of Assembly Candidates for Balanga North and South constituencies ahead of 2023 general elections. In Bambam,  where the APC…

AFTER touring the 114 Wards of Gombe State canvassing votes for the All Progressives Congress, APC candidates at all levels, Governor Muhammadu Inuwa has embarked on yet another round of political journey as his party gathers more momentum towards a sweeping victory in the forthcoming general elections. The Governor’s team first visited the hilltop town of Tula Wange of Kaltungo LGA to present flag to the State House of Assembly candidate for for Kaltungo East Constituency. Governor Inuwa said in Tula Wange that he was astonished by the warm reception accorded him by the people of the constituency which he…

THE Federal Government says four million metres will be distributed in the second phase of the ongoing National Mass Metering Programme. Special Adviser to the President on Infrastructure, Ahmad Zakari, who made a live appearance on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Wednesday, added that one million units were deployed in the first phase of the programme. “President [Muhammadu] Buhari actually withheld some funding that was available from the World Bank for a short period of time to allow us to restructure the Discos and we have a World Bank facility that will fund another 1.25 million metres.  “So, what I…

EIGHTEEN persons have died and forty others were injured in a fatal motor accident in Illela Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The accident involved a truck carrying passengers and a herd of cattle. The spokesman of the Kebbi State Police Command Nafiu Abubakar, who confirmed the development late Monday, said it occurred at the Malisa junction of Gwandu Local Government Area of the North-West state. He explained that the Sunday accident involved a yet-to-be-identified driver of a truck with Reg. No. SRP 442 XA, Niger State, conveying passengers and cows from the Illela council area to Lagos. The truck then…

THE Network Against Child Trafficking, Abuse and Labour (NACTAL) on Monday submitted a Memorandum to the National Assembly House Committee on Human Rights on the amendment of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act (TIPPEA) of 2015. Submitting NACTAL’s possition during the public hearing at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja, it’s National President, Abdulganiyu Abubakar noted that, they are completely in support of the amendment. This amendment according to Andulgaiyu will help amongst other things to strengthen Nigeria’s response against Human Trafficking. While given specific areas of concerns, NACTAL National President, Abdulganiyu Abubakar insisted that there are good justifications…

THE governor of Central Bank Of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele has returned to Nigeria and is back at work in his office, Abuja. Emefiele resumed duty after his annual vacation abroad, which he proceeded in December 2022, and he resumed work today, Monday, January 16, 2023. This was stated in a statement signed and issued by the Director, Corporate Communications, Osita Nwanisobi, and made available to News Point Nigeria, Monday evening. The statement reads in full: The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has resumed duty after his annual vacation abroad. Mr. Emefiele, who proceeded on leave in December…

A FORMER Commissioner of Information in Edo State, Kassim Afegbua, says there was an arrangement that General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida would succeed former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2007 but Obasanjo refused that after IBB blocked his third term plan, and Obasanjo instead picked late President Umar Musa Yar’adua, who was planned to act as the Director General of IBB’s campaign team. Afegbua, in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday and obtained by News Point Nigeria, narrated how Obasanjo held a meeting with some former heads of state, including Babangida, and they rejected his bid. He said the facts…

RIVERS State Governor, Nyesom Wike on Sunday commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his sustained efforts at defeating the Boko Haram insurgents and bandits terrorizing and destroying parts of the country. Governor Wike made this commendation at the Government House, Port Harcourt after the wreath-laying ceremony to mark the 2023 Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration at Isaac Boro park. The governor noted that after the civil war broke out a few years after independence, the armed forces were forced to quell the ensuing rebellion, which ended after three gruesome years of internecine warfare. He added that ever since then, there is hardly a year when members…

NO fewer than ten persons were reportedly killed in a multiple road crash that happened at Nicon Junction, Nnamdi Azikiwe road, Abuja. The incident happened around 1:20pm on Sunday, according to witnesses. Details were still sketchy as of the time of filing this report, but a witness, Israel Adegboyega, said it involved a Toyota, a Camry and a Mazda. People in the three cars, those waiting to cross the express and those waiting to board vehicles to their destinations were victims. The witness said he counted eight people on the floor, while three died on the spot In his words,…

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, on Sunday, led other senior members of the government to participate in the Wreath Laying Ceremony that marked the climax of the Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration. The President, who arrived at the National Arcade, Abuja, at 10:05 am, was immediately ushered onto the saluting dais for the National Salute. President Buhari, who inspected the Guards of Honour, accompanied by the Commander, Brigade of Guards, Major General Muhammad Takuti Usman, later proceeded to the Cenotaph for the Wreath Laying Ceremony. After the President, other dignitaries that laid wreaths were Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; the President of the…

THE Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, Mallam Kashifu Abdullahi Inuwa, has won the 2022 ‘Foreign Investment Network (FIN)-Forbes Outstanding Corporate Governance CEO’. Kashifu Inuwa was announced as the winner at a virtual award ceremony on Friday, just as NITDA concluded trainings of over 100 journalists on digital journalism and fact-checking. Dalith Steiger, a Global AI Strategist and Innovator, read the citation on Kashifu. Steiger who is also AI Thought Leader and Advisor Fortune 500 enterprises & governments said Kashifu Inuwa is a versatile IT professional, strategist and transformation manager with experience spanning the private and…

EDUCATION, Health and Security take the priority list as APC Governorship Candidate in Bauchi State, Sadique Abubakar, unveils his manifestoes ahead of the March 11 elections. Notable faces in Nigeria’s political landscape are here to lend support to a former Chief of the Air staff flying the flag of the ruling party in Bauchi State. Not a few describe his emergence as Governorship Candidate as the needed tonic to right the blurred scorecard of the ruling party in the state. His track record in the Airforce and the immense role played in decimating terrorists from no less than seventeen local…

FORMER Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd); Attorney-General of the Federation and minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN and former minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi among others, have declared support for the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bauchi State, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar (retd), ahead of the March 11 governorship election. The trio disclosed this at a fund-raising dinner and unveiling of the Manifesto of the Bauchi State APC governorship candidate in Abuja on Friday. Other dignitaries, who attended the event were the State APC chairman, Babayo Aliyu Misau; his deputy, Mohammed Hassan;…

THE Kaduna State All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Council has said it will commence its campaign next week Monday as the party released its timetable and schedule of activities for the 2023 general election, covering the 34 state constituencies. A statement signed by the secretary of the campaign council, Malam Yahaya Baba Pate, stated that the campaign will kick off next week Monday, January 16, 2023 in Giwa local government area. The statement promised that APC will run an issues-based campaign, with decency and devoid of mudslinging and name calling, adding that the campaign will be devoid of thuggery and…

THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Adamawa State has called on voters to rush and collect their Permanent Voters Card (PVCs) before the closing date on January 22. Mr Hudu Ari, Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, made the call at the stakeholders meeting ahead of the forthcoming general elections in Yola. He said that as at January 10th, 253,774 PVCs were not collected even as elections days are fast approaching. “The collection shall be ending on January 22, 2023, I call on all stakeholders to join in the crusade for enlightenment, awareness and sensitisation of our citizens…

A TRAILER on Wednesday night killed an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) at Kure Ultramodern Market in Minna, the Niger State capital. The deceased was said to have been on his way to work the night shift when he was hit by the trailer. The driver of the trailer reportedly ran away, leaving the deceased on the road. Though passersby attempted to help the Corps’ operative to the hospital, he died immediately. The Niger State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kumar Tsukwam, confirmed the incident, saying it was a fatal crash.…

JERSEY City Medical Centre, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, has announced the appointment of Ijeoma Akunyili, as its new Chief Medical Officer. Ijeoma is the daughter of the late former Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and ex-Minister of Information, Dora Akunyili. Announcing the appointment in a statement on Wednesday, the medical centre said Ijeoma is its first Black Chief Medical Officer. The centre’s MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical and Quality Officer, Andy Anderson, said the younger Akunyili would be a tremendous asset to the medical team. “RWJBarnabas Health is proud to…

GOVERNOR Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has commiserated with the Chairman of Gombe State Council of Ulamas of the Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’ah Wa Iqamatus Sunnah,  Sheikh Hamza Adam Abdulhamid, over the demise of his father,  Sheikh Adamu Abdulhamid Usman. The late Islamic scholar, aged 97, died today in Gombe after a brief illness. Governor Inuwa,  who led a government delegation to attend the funeral prayer ( Janazah) held at the Shagon Goro Izala Mosque No. 1, new commercial area, Gombe,  described the late cleric as an embodiment of humility and a scholar of note who led a life of service to Allah…