THE Ogun State police command says its operatives have arrested two suspected kidnappers were while two kidnapped victims were rescued from them. This was contained in a press release by the police public relations officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi in Abeokuta,the state capital. “The suspects Mohammed Bello and Mohammed Bashiru were arrested following a distress call received from Bisodun village at about 8 pm that kidnappers have invaded the community and that a couple Mr and Mrs Ojo had been abducted by the hoodlums,” he said. He said upon the distress call, the Divisional Police Officer Owode Egba division, Chief Superintendent of…
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THE Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke has assured the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola to feel free within the state, saying nobody can chase him away. “Mr. Minister, I am assuring you, that this is your state, nobody can chase you away,” Adeleke told Aregbesola on Tuesday when he joined the minister and former governor to launch the Nigeria Immigration Service Passport Front Office and Passport Production Centre in the Ilesa area of Osun State. “This is your state, you are welcome at anytime. Even, you can come around to the Government House. When I complete all of the…
THE President-elect, Bola Tinubu, says his victory at the February 25 presidential election is the greatest gift he could receive as he celebrates his 71st birthday. “With such a privilege already granted to me, I will not go so far as to suggest I am due any birthday presents this year,” Tinubu said in a personal message to Nigerians on Wednesday. “I have already been given the greatest gift. A chance to lead and fulfil destiny. An opportunity to champion your aspirations and to bring about the Nigeria of your dreams.” The President-elect stated that he would, instead, use the…
A LAGOS-BASED activist-lawyer, Tope Alabi, has approached the Federal High Court in Lagos for leave to initiate contempt proceedings against Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele for alleged disobedience of the Supreme Court orders on its naira redesign policy. News Point Nigeria reports that, Alabi made the application via a March 27 ex parte motion in the suit with Emefiele listed as the sole respondent. Describing the naira swap as a “cash confiscation policy”, he said it had affected the day-to-day running of his office as his staff could not make it to work daily due to the…
A POPULAR market on Lagos Island, Balogun Market, has been gutted by fire. Our source gathered that the fire affected a plaza in the market where Ladies’ shoes are sold. Firefighters from two divisions of Lagos Fire Service had been deployed to the scene to put out the fire. There have been many fire incidents in the market, with goods worth billions of naira lost in the process. More details in a while….
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, on Sunday, March 26, 2023 mourned the passing of Lt. Gen. Oladipo Diya, who served as Chief of General Staff from 1993 to 1997 and Vice Chairman of the Provisional Ruling Council in 1994 under the Abacha regime. He hailed the departed elder statesman “for his love, belief and loyalty to the country,” adding that “his contributions to the nation will never be forgotten.” “Diya was known for his brilliance, exceptional organisational skills and discipline, and he displayed these virtues in the important roles he held in office as a military officer,” a statement signed by Buhari’s…
AMID the ongoing global celebration of the year 2023 International Women’s Month, a rights group, Women Advocates Research & Documentation Centre, WARDC, has demanded justice over the alleged abduction of a 6-hour-old-baby christened Baby Joseph. The group also called on the Inspector General of Police to immediately transfer the case to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person, NAPTIP, within 14 days or risk a protest visit. Baby Joseph, according to the Founder, WARDC, Dr Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, who spoke on behalf of the mother, Mrs Fortunate Obhafuoso, who is currently said to be in safe custody, was…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has directed the payment of N5m damages to a driver, Adedotun Clement, who was assaulted by officials of the Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Agency and the Nigeria Police Force during the first anniversary of the #EndSARS protests on October 20, 2021, at the Lekki Toll-Gate. A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos had earlier in March ordered the state government and the police to pay the sum of N5 million as compensation to the driver. The court also condemned the torture of Clement by officials of the Lagos State Government and the Nigeria Police…
THE Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has set aside the decision of the Osun State Governorship Tribunal and has upheld the election of Senator Ademola Adeleke as the governor of the state. Following the governorship polls in the state, an Election Petition Tribunal had sacked Adeleke from office, saying that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate did not score majority of lawful votes during the July 16 governorship polls. However, in a unanimous agreement by a three-man panel led by Justice Mohammed Shuaibu, the Court of Appeal quashed the tribunal’s judgement and gave its verdict to uphold Adeleke as…
Co-Founder, The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Dr Awele Elumelu; Founder, TEF and celebrant, Mr. Tony Elumelu; and daughter, Miss Oge Elumelu, during the symposium held in commemoration of Mr Elumelu’s 60th birthday attended by 60 young beneficiaries of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme, held at UBA House, Marina, Lagos. – The publication of this picture is supported by the media team of the United Bank for Africa (UBA).
THE All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has said there was no meeting between the President-Elect, Bola Tinubu and the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola. In a statement on Thursday night, the APC PCC Director of Media and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga described as “fake, misleading and malicious” a media report (not by News Point Nigeria) that Ariwoola disguised to meet with Tinubu. Onanuga said the President-Elect is currently in Paris, France, and not in the UK. According to the campaign council’s spokesman, there is an attempt to create doubt about the legitimacy of the election that produced…
THE Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has warned that those behind attacks on Igbo in Lagos will soon regret their action. IPOB gave the warning on Thursday in a statement issued by its media and publicity secretary, Emma Powerful. News Point Nigeria gathered that IPOB’s reaction followed the recent initimdation of the Igbo in various parts of Lagos during the February 25 and March 18 polls in the state. According to the statement, IPOB vowed to confront henceforth any undue molestations of the Igbo in Lagos in the state. The secessionists, however, warned Ndigbo to stop investing in Lagos, urging…
THE Federal High High Court sitting in Lagos has struck out the Federal Government’s suit seeking to recover and forfeit the sum of N70trillion it alleged was stashed in 29 bank accounts by some looters. Justice Peter Lifu held that the Federal Government’s lawyers and the private lawyers which it subsequently gave a fiat, did not diligently prosecute the case. The judge expressed shock that the Plaintiff Counsel, Mohammed Ndarani, SAN, and subsequently Femi Falana SAN “suddenly developed cold feet over this alleged public interest case”. The Federal Government of Nigeria and the Attorney-General of the Federation/ Minister of Justice…
THE Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday adjourned further hearing in the trial of a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, and his company, Spotless Investment Limited, over an alleged N6.9bn fraud, till May 8, 2023. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke adjourned proceedings after listening to the testimony of the 12th prosecution witness, a former Minister of State for Defence, Sen. Musiliu Obanikoro. In his testimony, Obanikoro told the court that he had no document showing that he withdrew the sum of N1.2 billion which he allegedly gave Fayose. During cross-examination by counsel to the second defendant, Olakekan…
LAGOS State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has increased the salaries of workers in the state by 20 per cent, shortly after he secured a second term in office. In a circular by the Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, the governor reiterated his administration’s determination to improve the welfare and well-being of public servants in Lagos State. Those affected by the increment were officers in the mainstream public service, local governments and local council development areas, and the State Universal Basic Education Board by 20 percent with effect from January 1, 2023. “Furthermore, kindly note that the arrears for the month of…
GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwo-Olu has been re-elected in Lagos State. He polled a total of 762,134 votes, defeating Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party who scored 312,329 votes, followed by Abdul-Azeez Adediran aka Jandor with 62,449 votes. Sanwo-Olu was declared the winner at 1:15 am on Monday morning, almost 48 hours after the electoral exercise commenced. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced the results at the commission’s state collation centre, but not without the LP collation agent condemning the exercise.
THE Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC) has declared Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of Saturday’s governorship poll in Ogun State. The Returning Officer, Prof Kayode Adebowale announced him the winner after collation of results from all the 20 LGs in the state. Abiodun polled 276,298 to defeat Ladi Adebutu of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who had 262,383 votes. Biyi Otegbeye of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) came distant third.
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially declared Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde winner of the governorship election in the state. Makinde polled a total of 563,617 votes while his closest rival, Sen. Teslim Folarin scored 251,230. Adebayo Adelabu of the Accord came a distant third polling 38,757. Makinde is the last of the PDP G5 or Integrity Group with an election. Already, Governors Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu) and Samuel Ortom (Benue), who have been in office for eight years each, all lost their senatorial bid while Nyesom Wike (Rivers) who is also completing his second term…
GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is leading by a wide margin in the governorship election held in the state on Saturday. Sanwo-Olu has won 18 out of the 19 LGAs declared so far while Labour Party’s Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour won only one. Only the results from the remaining local government, Eti-Osa, are being awaited. Election held in 10 polling units in the LG today while the results are still being collated. So far, Sanwo-Olu has won in all the LGs except Amuwo-Odofin claimed by the LP candidate. The LGs won by the…
THE All Progressives Congress (APC) has won 23 seats in the Ekiti State House of Assembly election held on Saturday. Social Democratic Party (SDP) won two seats in Ekiti East 1 and Ise/Orin constituency, while the seat in Ido/Osi 1 is inconclusive. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has not won any seat according to the results released by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday. The results were released by Mr. Temitope Akanmu, the Head of Voters Education and Publicity on behalf of the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof. Ayobami Salami. INEC said the Ido/Osi state constituency 1 is inconclusive…