Author: Peter Noah KC

THREE police officers attached to the explosives ordinance department (EOD) of the Delta state police command have been killed by gunmen in Anambra, News Point Nigeria gathered. Ikenga Tochukwu, the Anambra police spokesperson, said the officers were killed on Friday along Isheke road, Ihiala LGA of the state. He said they were on their way to Abia state for an official assignment. The police spokesperson said their van was set ablaze by the yet-to-be-identified gunmen. Tochukwu said the Anambra police command has recovered their bodies while their killers are currently being tracked. “On 10/2/2023, by 2:40 pm, Police Officers attached…

EXACTLY 10 years ago, Nigeria defeated Burkina Faso 1-0 to win their third Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), sparking wide celebrations across the country. Sunday Mba netted the only goal at the National Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa against the Stallions in a keenly-contested game. He gave dominant Nigeria the breakthrough in the 39th minute, clipping the ball over Mohamed Koffi before volleying it into the far corner to seal the crown for the Super Eagles. “Winning this is mainly for my nation – when I came on board a year and a half ago my dream was to make…

THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expelled former Enugu State Governor Chimaroke Nnamani, Chris Ogbu, Fayose John, and others from the party. Their expulsion, News Point Nigeria learnt, was due to anti-party activities, the PDP said. “The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at its 566th meeting today, Friday, February 10, 2023, approved the expulsion of the following individuals from the Party for anti-Party activities and other grave offences in violation of the Constitution of the PDP (as amended in 2017),” the party said in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary Debo Ologunagba. Others expelled…

IN continuation with the onslaught against banditry, kidnapping, terrorism and other criminal activities in the North Western part of the country, troops of 1 Division Nigerian Army and Air Component Operation Whirl Punch dealt massive blow on criminal elements. In an operation that lasted for about 48 hours, troops cleared Manini-Kuriga, Farin Ruwa, Kwanan Yashi, Makera, Dogon Dawa-Maidaro, road Kidanda-Yadi Forest and Sabon Birnin all in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area and Dogon-Dawa-Kidandan in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State. During the encounter, troops engaged the criminals with heavy and superior firepower, capturing one AK 47 rifle with quantity…

GUNMEN have reportedly attacked army troops and killed four officers in Kwale, Ndokwa West Local Government Area of Delta State. News Point Nigeria exclusively gathered that the incident which happened on Thursday evening along Kwale road is currently creating tension as the army personnel was said to have invaded the community. A community source told News Point Nigeria that the gunmen ambushed the army personnel and killed three soldiers on the spot, while others who sustained injuries were rushed to the Federal Medical Centre. He said, “The assailants ambushed the army personnel and killed three officers on the spot, others were…

THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is probing the circumstance surrounding its verified Twitter account liking a post criticising the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi. The electoral umpire also said it will take appropriate disciplinary actions if an infraction is established after investigation. On Wednesday, INEC’s verified account on the microblogging site liked a post in which the son of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Seun Kuti, censured Obi. Many Twitter users excoriated the commission for being sentimental when it should be objective as the umpire for the February 25 presidential election. The commission’s account subsequently unliked…

AJAERO, who until his emergence as NLC President was also the General Secretary of the Nigerian Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), made history by emerging unopposed as the new labour leader. Deputy National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has emerged as the National President at the 13th National Delegates’ Conference of the NLC ongoing in Abuja. The conference began on Tuesday, February 7 at the International Conference Centre (ICC) Abuja and is expected to end on Wednesday with the election of new national officers for a four-year period. News Point Nigeria had in January reported that…

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has summoned the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele in Aso Rock, Abuja. This is coming hours after the Supreme Court ruling of Wednesday stopping the February 10 deadline for the validity of three old naira notes. A source in the Presidency told News Point Nigeria that, the meeting is coming shortly after the President received a report about the Supreme Court judgement. On whether the President will sign an Executive Order on the matter, the source simply replied, ‘very unlikely’. A seven-man panel of the Supreme Court led by Justice John Okoro,…

NATIONAL Security Adviser (NSA) Mohammed Babagana Monguno, Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), Gen Lucky Irabor and the inspector-general of police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, have assured Nigerians of safe and rancour-free election The trio made their commitment during a visit by the INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu and members of the commission paid a courtesy visit to the office of the National Security Adviser, yesterday in Abuja. Monguno said although there were issues confronting the polity, he, however, said agitations geared towards the conduct of 2023 should be dispelled as the election will go on without any rancour. He said…

THE Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it has arrested the officials of the Abuja head office of Sterling Bank over “N258 million” new notes “stashed” in the bank’s vault. In a statement on Tuesday, the commission said the regional and service managers of the bank were arrested on Friday. The ICPC, however, said the two managers have been granted administrative bail while the investigation continues. “When the ICPC monitoring team visited the bank and discovered the stashed new Naira notes in the bank’s vault, it was informed that the cash was the remnant of what…

ORMER Nigeria’s President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, has lost his uncle, Elder Omieworio Afeni. Aged 87, Elder Afeni who died in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital at the weekend after a brief illness, was the younger brother to Jonathan’s mother. A statement signed by Ikechukwu Eze, media adviser to Jonathan, noted that the former President had been in Bayelsa since last weekend when Mr Afeni transited. The statement also quoted Jonathan as saying that the family “is deeply pained by his exit but is grateful to God for the gift of a long and fulfilled life.” Describing the deceased as a…

THE Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has given May 15 as the expected date of delivery for the Second Niger Bridge with four kilometres until completion. Fashola made the disclosure during a live appearance on Channels Television’s The 2023 Verdict on Monday monitored by News Point Nigeria. Asked when the project will be delivered, he said, “What we expect is around the 15th of May, thereabout, is the timeline we have…. The bridge is finished; one side of the link road is completed. It remains four kilometres of work.” On the ever-changing expected dates of delivery, the minister…

THE presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has assured the people of Benue State that peace will return to their state if elected president. Atiku stated that the measures he would adopt to ensure that peace returns to the state is for the Fulani and Tivs to sign a peace accord. Speaking during the presidential campaign rally in Benue state, he said he would bring insecurity to an end and ensure that there is peaceful co-existence between Fulani and Tiv communities in the state. People would freely go to farms without fear of losing their lives,…

THIRTEEN out of the 18 political parties in Nigeria have threatened to withdraw from the February 25 and March 11 general elections in Nigeria over the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).  At a briefing by a coalition of chairmen of political parties on Monday, the “13 parties” commended President Muhammadu Buhari on the redesign of the N200, N500 and N1,000 banknotes. The parties said they won’t be interested in the elections if the new deadline of February 10, 2023 is shifted as demanded by some governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The “13 parties”…

A FORMER Edo State Governor Adams Oshiohmole has lamented the scarcity of fuel and the hike in the pump price of the product, claiming he recently paid N1,000 for a litre.  In several parts of Nigeria, queues have resurfaced in filling stations with many buying the product for as much as N500 and above for a litre. It, however, appears the masses are not the only ones affected by the crisis as the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain said he recently bought the product at an exorbitant price during one of his campaign tours. “On one occasion, I ran out…

THE presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has urged Nigerians to bear with the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over the redesigned naira notes. Following the introduction of the redesigned N200, N500 and N1,000 banknotes by the apex bank, Nigerians have continued to experience nationwide scarcity of the naira. But taking to his verified Twitter handle on Sunday, Obi called for patience, saying he hopes the masses will harvest the gains that will come with the reforms. He stated that currency redesign is not peculiar to Nigeria, adding that the policy comes with…

THE immediate past Chief of Staff to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, Okey Ahaiwe, has been elected as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Abia State. He polled a total number of 469 to defeat his closest rivals, the deputy governor of the state, Ude Oko-chukwu and Mr Lucky Igbokwe who scored 12 votes each. Others who participated in the process were a former chairman of the party, Senator Emma Nwaka, who had no vote, and a former House of Assembly member, Sampson Orji, who polled 11 votes. A total number of 516 votes were cast during the special…

USANI Usani, former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and Governorship candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) in Cross River, narrowly escaped being killed by suspected kidnappers along the Calabar-Ikom highway. Two unidentified persons were, however, not lucky as they were killed by the gunmen who shot at their vehicles in a bid to abduct them. Usani was said to be on his way to his home town in Nko, Yakurr Local Government Area, alongside the deputy Governorship candidate and others when they are attacked. The State Commissioner of Police, Sule Balarabe, who confirmed the news, said it occurred between…

GUNMEN have attacked a police station at Abagana, Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State, killing two members of the state vigilante service in the process. The reason for the attack had yet to be ascertained but sources said the incident happened late on Friday. According to sources in the area, the assailants were on their way to attack the police station when they met the vigilante operatives on patrol and immediately opened fire on them, killing two of them instantly. Although there were conflicting figures as to the number of the vigilante operatives that were killed, while some sources…

GUNMEN on Thursday night attacked the convoy of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in Ebonyi State, Bernard Odo. His media aide, Charles Otu, who confirmed the incident to News Point Nigeria via telephone Friday afternoon, said the candidate was returning from a campaign rally when they ran into an ambush at the Rest House area along the Enugu/Abakaliki expressway. It was gathered that the gunmen opened fire and shot at the driver of the Sienna conveying Odo and two others driving behind them in a mini jeep. Details later…