ANOTHER batch of Nigerians stranded in war-torn Sudan have arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. News Point Nigeria reports that, the evacuees, 136 in number, arrived in a Tarco Aviation aircraft via Port Sudan at 9:30am, Wednesday, to make the seventh batch of returnees from Sudan. While noting that this is the 11th aircraft that has evacuated Nigerians from Sudan, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says a total of 2,002 Nigerians comprising men, women, children and pregnant women have so far been evacuated since the war broke out in the North African country. Tarco Aviation has so…
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THREE of the remaining seven girls of the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State, being held by bandits have been released. Those released are Elizabeth Ogechi Nwafor, Esther Sunday and Aliya Abubakar. The chairman of parents of the Abducted School Girls’ Forum, Malam Salim Kaoje told our correspondent that the newly released girls arrived Kebbi on Monday afternoon. “Yes they released three of the school girls to us on Sunday evening. They are already with the State Government”, Kaoje said. He did not state if any ransom was paid. Recall that 96 of the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri,…
The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced zoning for the leadership of the 10th National Assembly. According to a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Felix Morka on Monday, the the zoning arrangement reported to the NWC is as follows: Senate President – South South Senator Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom), Deputy Senate President – North West-Senator Barau Jubrin (Kano). Others are Speaker House of Representatives North West – Hon. Abass Tajudeen (Kaduna), Deputy Speaker South East-Hon. Ben Kalu (Abia). The announcement of the zoning arrangement according to Morka, followed a meeting on…
THE Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja, the nation’s capital has adjourned its sitting to Tuesday. It also adjourned for the continuation of pre-hearing proceedings till Wednesday for the petition of the Labour Party and Peter Obi and that of the Action Peoples Party (APP). The proceedings Tuesday will have Atiku Abubakar’s petition and Allied People’s Movement in its schedule. News Point Nigeria had reported the commencement of the tribunal’s pre-hearing of the petitions challenging the outcome of the February 25 presidential election. The Independent National Electoral Commission, Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress polled 8,794,726 votes to…
GUNMEN have kidnapped the Chairman of Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State Boyi Manja and also killed his police orderly. He was abducted at the Kofai Ahmadu community along Takum-Wukari federal road on Sunday. A close friend of the abducted council chairman who preferred anonymity told News Point Nigeria that the orderly was shot dead while in a shootout with the kidnappers before he was abducted. According to him, the abducted chairman, his police officer, and his driver left Jalingo the state capital for Takum but were trailed by his suspected abductors. The police spokesman in the state Abdullahi…
ABDUL’AZIZ Yari, former Zamfara State Governor and a Senator-elect, has vowed to go ahead with his Senate presidency bid. News Point Nigeria reports that other contenders for the position, like Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi and Senator Ali Ndume (Borno) have withdrawn from the race and backed the party’s choice of former Akwa-Ibom State governor, Godswill Akpabio. But Yari said Akpabio’s endorsement by President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu would, not stop him from the contest. He spoke while meeting with the executives of the Tinubu/Shettima Network (TSN), headed by its National Chairman, Kailani Muhammad, in Abuja, on Saturday. He said the…
THE second batch of Sudanese evacuees arrived in Nigeria on Friday afternoon. They arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja around 3:30 pm with about 130 persons aboard the Taco Airline aircraft. They were 128 females and two males. Earlier, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) tweeted about their arrival. It said the flight “Left Port Sudan International Airport today, 5th May 2023, at 8:00 am local time, with 130 Nigerian nationals (Evacuees) 128 females and 2 males. 130 Nigerian nationals (Evacuees) 128 females and 2 males. “Estimated time of arrival Port Sudan (PZU) to Juba (JUB)= 2hrs…
SUSPENDED Resident Electoral Commission (REC) in Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa Ari says he never regretted announcing Aisha ‘Binani’ Dahiru of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the 2023 governorship election in the state. Ari, who stated this in an interview with BBC Hausa, asserted that he acted within the confines of relevant laws before declaring the APC candidate as the Governor-elect before his decision was declared null and void by the national arm of the electoral body in Abuja. Ari had courted controversy after the supplementary election in Adamawa State on April 15, 2023 when he announced…
THE suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa Ari, a lawyer, has explained that he announced results of 69 polling units in the April 15 supplementary election due to security pressure. Ari stated this in a letter to the Inspector General of Police explaining his part in the controversial April 16 announcement of the governorship election, which put the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Aishatu Ahmed (Binani) as winner against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate and governor of the state, Ahmadu Fintiri. In the letter, which was copied the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission…
THE Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Saturday said the Mission in Egypt was making arrangements for the payment of visa fees for stranded Nigerians at the border of the country. The Federal Government had on Friday called on relevant authorities along contiguous borders of Sudan to create a humane condition for about 7,000 nationals, including Nigerians, to have unfettered access to their various destinations. Dabiri-Erewa, who made this call, said the nationals were not being allowed to cross the border into Egypt since their arrival on Thursday evening. However, giving updates on the stranded Nigerians at the…
THE National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has called for a meeting of the party’s administrative organ, the National Working Committee. The meeting scheduled for next Wednesday was revealed in a leaked circulation to all NWC members. The development is coming barely 24 hours after Adamu and the party’s National Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore, were dragged to court by a high-ranking member of the NWC, Mallam Salihu Lukman, over an alleged breach of the party’s constitution. The face-off between the Kaduna politician and the APC national chairman has been recurring in the last one year.…
PRESIDENT_ELECT Bola Ahmed Tinubu has concluded plans to pair the former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio, with Senator Jibrin Barau as Senate president and deputy respectively, Daily Trust has exclusively gathered. Akpabio and Barau are among the nine contenders for the Senate presidency of the 10th assembly, expected to be inaugurated on June 13. Credible sources told this paper that the president-elect, who returned to the country on Monday after 34 days abroad, communicated his decision to Akpabio and Barau during a meeting held in Abuja. The former Lagos State governor had on Tuesday met with Akpabio,…
JUSTICE Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja has dismissed the bail application filed by detained alleged terrorists negotiator, Tukur Mamu. News Point Nigeria reports that, in a ruling, Justice Ekwo held that the application was without merit and that the applicant failed to provide sufficient materials to move the court to exercise its description in his favour. Justice Ekwo noted that the defendant failed to rebut the prosecution’s claim that there was a likelihood of him committing more offences. The judge held that although the defendant claimed the State Security Service (SSS), where he was being kept, could…
GOMBE State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya ( Dan Majen Gombe) has approved the appointments of Zakari Isa Kwami as Acting Surveyor- General and Ibrahim Abubakar Dule as Acting Statistician- General of Gombe State. The State Head of Civil Service, Alhaji Bappayo Yahaya who conveyed the Governor’s approval, stated that the development followed the retirement of the occupants of the two offices, and is pursuant to the powers conferred on the Governor by section 208 subsection ( 2c) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ( as amended). He further stated that the appointments were informed by the new…
THE Federal Government’s buses have arrived the meeting point of International University Of Africa, Khartoum for the evacuation of the stranded Nigerian students in Sudan through Cairo. News Point Nigeria reports that, a set of five 200-seater buses drove into the venue at exactly 7:30pm local time (5:30pm – Nigerian time) with two Hilux trucks of security personnel and a small bus of embassy officials. A student leader who spoke to News Point Nigeria confirmed the development,”the officials have started clearance and verification of students at the venue and some students are ready to board. “We are discussing giving out…
THE planned evacuation of Nigerian students from Sudan through Cairo by the Federal Government seem to be another of the govt’s ruse for public salute. News Point Nigeria reliably gathered that, the evacuated students have been left stranded for over eight hours with no buses and no official in sight at the meeting point of the evacuation – International University Of Africa, Khartoum. Some students who spoke to News Point Nigeria on condition of anonymity said, they were asked to converge at the campus of the International University Of Africa, Khartoum before 6am on Tuesday and over a thousand of…
BARELY five hours after News Point Nigeria had exclusively reported that, the Federal Government had written to the Embassy of Nigeria in Sudan requesting for its 200-seater buses to evacuate 3500 trapped Nigerian students to Cairo tomorrow (Tuesday). In a letter exclusively obtained by News Point Nigeria, signed by the Charge D’ Affairs, Haruna Yusuf Garko, dated 23rd April, 2023, with reference number: NEKM/POL/03/III, the government had stated that the buses will convey the students out of the North African country by 6am Tuesday. An Embassy official, who spoke to News Point Nigeria on condition on anonymity Monday morning on…
THE Federal Government has written to the Embassy of Nigeria in Sudan requesting for its 200-seater buses to evacuate 3500 trapped Nigerian students to Cairo tomorrow (Tuesday). In a letter exclusively obtained by News Point Nigeria, signed by the Charge D’ Affairs, Haruna Yusuf Garko, dated 23rd April, 2023, with reference number: NEKM/POL/03/III, the government stated that the buses will convey the students out of the North African country by 6am Tuesday. An Embassy official, who spoke to News Point Nigeria on condition on anonymity Monday morning on this development said, there are about 7 of such buses available, therefore…
ZAMFARA State Governor, Bello Matawalle has reinstated the Emir of Birnin Yandoto, Aliyu Marafa nine months after conferring a traditional title to one of the most dreaded bandits kingpins, Ado Aliero in the North-Western State. News Point Nigeria had reported how the Emir of Yandoto emirate was asked to step aside last July following a public outcry that greeted the appointment of the bandit. In a statement on Sunday, the Secretary to the State Government, Kabiru Balarabe, said the suspended Emir was reinstated because he was not found guilty of the offence he was accused to have committed when he…
THE Federal Government will begin the evacuation of trapped Nigerians in Sudan next week as the crisis in the country continues to deepen. A senior official at the National Emergency Management Agency, (NEMA) told News Point Nigeria exclusively that, the agency has had several meetings with the Embassy Of Sudan and all the relevant authorities within and outside the country over the unfortunate plight of Nigerians in Sudan. News Point Nigeria had reported that, the Chairperson of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa had disclosed that plans are already underway to see to the evacuation of Nigerians in Sudan.…