ONE person was killed in Jigawa State on Tuesday at a campaign rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Kazaure Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The police commissioner in the state, Emmanuel Ekot, told reporters that the police are trailing the suspected killer said to have fled to neighbouring Kano after committing the crime. “The police are on top of the situation. The (prime) suspect has fled to Kano. It’s a conflict [between] a party faithful [and] a particular candidate that disagrees [with the other]. “They are members of the same APC. [It is] not a…
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THE Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi has charged personnel to be professional and neutral in the discharge of their responsibilities during and after the forthcoming general elections in Nigeria. The DSS boss made this known during a workshop for its state directors and heads of institutions ahead of the 2023 general elections. The four-day workshop was held at the National Headquarters of the secret police in Abuja from January 18 to 21, DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya said in a statement on Monday. At the end of the workshop, participants pledged to work in collaboration…
IT was indeed a bleak weekend for the APC family in Jigawa state, as the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) under the leadership of former deputy governor, Ahmed Mahmoud Gumel received hundreds of supporters of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Babura Local Government Area. The ceremony was attended by the PDP chieftains, notably among them are Senator Ibrahim Musa Kazaure, former Jigawa State Governor, Ibrahim Saminu Turaki, former Jigawa State Deputy Governor, Ahmed Mahmoud Gumel, PDP gubernatorial candidate and his deputy, Dr. Mustapha Sule Lamido and Babandi Ibrahim Gumel, PDP Chairman, Ali Diginsa, DG campaign Council, Nasiru Umar…
THE presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu took his campaign train to Jigawa State on Saturday where he promised to give the people of the state good lives if elected in the February 25, 2023 poll. “If you vote for me, you vote for progress, you vote for development, you vote for agricultural business, you vote for constant electricity, you vote for good life, good education. “You will get good healthcare, you will get prosperity,” he told supporters at a rally in the North-West state on Saturday. Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State, was at…
JIGAWA State Labour Party Gubernatorial Candidate, Comrade Abdullahi Tsoho has dumped the party and his aspiration for the All Progressive Congress (APC), in Dutse, the state capital. In a signed statement by the Special Adviser, Media and Public Relations, Habibu Nuhu Kila, issued on Friday and made available to News Point Nigeria, Comrade Tsoho said, he has come to the realisation that, the APC has all the qualities for championing the yearnings and aspirations of the electorates. He then promised that, along with his teeming supporters, they will ensure the victory of the APC in all elections. Governor Muhammad Badaru, while…
A NEW report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) reveals that Nigeria is the leading importer of premium motor spirit (PMS) and diesel generators in Africa. The report, titled “Renewable Energy Roadmap: Nigeria” and developed in partnership with the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN), highlights the significant issue of dependence on backup generators in Nigeria and its impact on the country’s economy and businesses. Many businesses and households in Nigeria rely on backup generators because of problems with the power supply. The power supply in Nigeria is heavily dependent on natural gas power stations and large hydropower plants. However,…
THE Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Jigawa State confirmed the arrest of a 37-year-old man for being in possession of 26 pieces of 1,000 fake CFA francs. The Public Relations Officer of the Corps in the state, Adamu Shehu, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Dutse, the state capital, on Tuesday. Shehu said that the suspect lived in Bachirawa quarters in Kano State, and was arrested after Malam Abdul’aziz Shehu and Hajiya Saratu Muhammad, all of Kazaure town, Kazaure Local Government Area, lodged complaint that the suspect allegedly sold fake CFA…
PRESIDENTIAL candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked security agencies in the country to arrest the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar over what he described as #AtikuGate. Citing a video clip made by one Michael Achimugu, said to be a former aide of Atiku Abubakar, Tinubu stated that, Atiku as vice president between 1999 and 2007 colluded with his then boss, President Olusegun Obasanjo, to mismanage the “Special Purpose Vehicles” SPVs. News Point Nigeria recalls that one Michael Achimugu, who called himself a former aide of Atiku, had released…
GUNMEN have attacked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Enugu South Local Government Area, killing one police officer. “The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Enugu State, Dr. Chukwuemeka J. Chukwu, has reported that our office in Enugu South Local Government Area was attacked by unknown gunmen. The incident occurred around 9.12 pm yesterday, Sunday 15th January 2023,” INEC National Commissioner Festus Okoye said in a statement Monday. “The security gatehouse was razed. Fortunately, the attackers could not gain access to the main building as a result of the rapid response from the Police and Army personnel from the…
THE Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal challenging the emergence of Umar Namadi as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Jigawa State for the forthcoming general elections. Namadi is the deputy governor of Jigawa State. A former member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Aliyu, challenged the APC primary election held on May 26th which produced Namadi as the party’s governorship flagbearer for the March 11th poll. Delivering its judgement prepared by Justice Kekere-Ekun and read by Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, a five-member panel of the Supreme Court said Aliyu’s appeal lacked merit and he failed to prove the…
PRESIDENTIAL Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (#PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has returned from the United Kingdom. Atiku had travelled to Dubai from where he went to the UK for meetings with key government officials. During his time abroad, there were reports that the former vice president was ill and receiving treatment. But Paul Ibe, Atiku’s spokesman, denied this stating that the trip was at the invitation of British officials. Atiku met with UK’s Minister for Development and Africa in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Andrew Mitchell, among other key senior UK government officials. He also held a closed-door meeting…
PRESIDENTIAL candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has expressed concern over the Saturday’s attack on a train station in Igueben LGA of Edo State during which an undetermined number of people was kidnapped by armed men. He added that it was unacceptable for terrorists to plan attacks of this nature, mobilize arms and ammunition, secure funding and move large number of people across large spaces without detection by the security agencies. A press release signed by the Atiku Media Office on Sunday noted that the unfortunate incident “is the latest in…
IT has been observed that insecurity, abject poverty and lack of employment, devaluation of the country’s currency, and bastardization of the educational sector are least of the worst legacies by the APC led administration in the last seven and half years, the Dutse based social critic, Comrade Buba Chinade hinted. “It is most unfortunate that we wasted our time and resources in the last seven and half years to vote for a party of collections of criminals and looters of national treasury on the expense of the larger society”, said Comrade Chinade. Speaking to press men in Dutse on the…
THE Gombe State government in collaboration with the Federal Government has inaugurated a N11.49 billion regional water supply project in the state. Inaugurating the project in Gombe on Friday, the Minister of Water Resources (FMWR), Mr Suleiman Adamu, said the project was aimed at rehabilitating, expanding and upgrading the water project in the state. Adamu said that the project was in line with the provision of the National Water Supply and Sanitation policy of the Federal Government. He said that the Federal Government’s intervention was to accelerate access to portable water in the county towards meeting national and internationally set…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari and national leader of the All Progressives Congress are to take the front seat in the party’s presidential campaigns ahead of next February’s Presidential and National Assembly elections to hold on February 25. A statement issued on Friday by Festus Keyamo, Minister of State, Labour and Employment, who incidentally is the Director of Public Affairs and Chief Spokesperson, Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, disclosed that President Buhari has agreed to be present at rallies to be held in ten states across the country. President Buhari is the Chairman of the Presidential Campaign Council of the APC. Keyamo in…