Author: Sani Nura

GOVERNOR Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has dared the Aso Rock “cabals” he believes are opposed to the Presidential ambition of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 presidential election. El-Rufai had sparked a controversy on Wednesday when he said some persons in Aso Rock were working against Tinubu. While responding to a question in a yet to be fully released interview with BBC Hausa, El-Rufai said, “Respecting people is not fear, I swear we don’t fear anyone in this country, so we are not fearful, we respectful but if you show us you…

GOVERNOR Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya says the All Progressives Congress,  APC is a party full of competent candidates who are upright in character; full of experience, knowledge and zeal to take the state and nation to greater heights. Governor Inuwa stated this while rounding-off the state-wide presentations of flags to APC standard bearers across the 24 State constituencies of Gombe State in fulfillment of the directive of the national chairman of the party. He called on party officials,  candidates and supporters to close ranks and work in synergy with common interest to take the party to victory in the interest of…

TROOPS of One Mechanized Division of the Nigerian Army on Thursday rescued thirty people who were kidnapped by bandits in the Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. According to a statement by the Acting Deputy Director of Army Public Relations of One Mechanized Division Lieutenant Colonel Musa Yahaya, the troops engaged the bandits who were kidnapping commuters at Manini village along the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari Road. The troops, who were escorting the Chief of Defence Training and Operations Major Gen SE Udonwa who was on operational visits to Operation Whirl Punch Headquarters in Birnin Gwari, overpowered the bandits during…

A NOTORIOUS bandits leader, Machalla Baleri, has been seen in a viral video displaying wads of new naira notes amid scarcity of the naira. News Point Nigeria learnt that banking halls across various commercial banks in Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Jigawa and other parts of north witnessed minimal activity as frustrated customers resorted to alternative means of cash withdrawal following the scarcity of naira notes in the banks. Our checks further revealed that while most banking halls were empty due to the paucity of funds in bank vaults, large crowds had formed outside some of the few banks that were rumoured…

THE APC square in Gombe was full to the brim with jubilant supporters and well-wishers as Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya ramped up campaign for all APC candidates ahead of the 2023 general elections. Addressing the crowd, Governor Inuwa Yahaya explained that APC administration at bith state and national levels, has performed unprecedentedly, especially in the areas of infrastructure,  education, agriculture, security and other critical sectors that will boost the economy and provide sustainable development. He told the multitude of jubilant crowd that his administration has performed well in expanding the social and economic frontiers of Gombe State, exploiting the state’s…

THE Supreme Court of Nigeria has set aside the judgement of the Court of Appeal, Yola Division, which had on November 24, 2022 reinstated Senator Emmanuel Bwacha as governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming general elections. The Court of Appeal in Yola had reinstated Bwacha as the party’s candidate in the state. Two Federal High Courts in Jalingo and Abuja had at various times nullified the APC governorship primary election and ordered for a fresh primary within 14 days. However, that decision of the appellate court reinstating Bwacha as the candidate of the APC was…

GOMBE State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya ( Dan Majen Gombe) has condoled with the government and people of Jigawa State over the demise of Emir of Dutse His Royal Highness, Alhaji Dr. Nuhu Muhammad Sanusi, CON, who died yesterday at the age of 78 after a brief illness. In a message of condolence, by the Director-General, Press Affairs to the state governor, Ismaila Uba Misilli, issued and made available to News Point Nigeria, Wednesday, the Governor said the demise of the first class traditional ruler, especially at this time, is a great loss not only to Dutse Emirate but the…

THE Gombe State Government has signed contract agreements for the construction of bridges, township roads, access roads in three (3) proposed mega schools and roads network in three (3) hospitals covering the senatorial district of the State. Speaking during the signing of contract agreements held at the Ministry of Works and Transportation Headquarters, the Commissioner of Works and Transportation, Engineer Abubakar Bappah congratulated the Contractors that have been adjudged best responsive bidders and were awarded the contracts. In a signed statement by the Information Officer, Ministry Of Works and Transport, Nerus Titus Dangabar, issued and made available to News Point…

GOVERNOR Inuwa called on people of Gombe State to support sustainability of development by voting APC candidates in the forthcoming 2023 elections. The governor was speaking at Mallam Sidi, the Kwami Local Government Headquarters in continuation of his state-wide tour to present party flags to APC candidates for State Assembly in line with the durective of the national leadership of the party. Governor Inuwa charged the electorate not to allow the opposition opportunity to come near the corridors of power in view of their past legacies of mismanagement and bad governance. “Don’t give elements of opposition ways and opportunity to…

FOUR persons, including a point-of-sales (PoS) operator, have been hospitalised with gunshot wounds after armed robbers attacked them at a PoS terminal in Zaki Local Government Area (LGA) of Bauchi State. The armed men were said to have taken advantage of the rush by residents on Friday night, while they were trying to meet up with the initial deadline for cash swap of January 31, just before the extension. This comes after the redesigned N200, N500, and N1,000 banknotes were unveiled in December 2022, weeks before the January 31, 2023 deadline for old currency to be exchanged. However, with the…

POLICE operatives in Niger State on Tuesday stopped a grand lockdown rally to sell the candidacy of the presidential standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his running mate, Senator Kassim Shettima. The programme was also meant to drum support for the governorship candidate of the APC in Niger State, Hon. Umar Bago and his running mate, Comrade Yakubu Garba. The event was organised by the Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate and National Coordinator of Project 774 for Tinubu/Shettima 2023, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi. The gates of New Bussa Township Stadium in Borgu…

THE Bauchi State Government said it would soon commence treatment for victims of snake bite at Duguri treatment center in Alkaleri Local Government Area of the state. The Executive Secretary, Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BASPHCDA), Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, stated this while briefing newsmen on the 2023 World Neglected Tropical Disease (NTDs), on Monday in Bauchi. News Point Nigeria reports that, this is coming after the state recorded a total of 34 deaths from snakes bite across five local governments last year. Mohammed said the state government has procured drugs worth N1 million for the treatment of patients. According…

GOMBE State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has approved  over 1.3 biillion naira for the payment of backlog of gratuity owed retired local government employees. The LGA retirees were last paid in 2011. The Governor has also approved the promotion of 26, 085 local government workers notionally and financially across the eleven local government areas of the state with immediate effect. Of the number of the promoted staff, 6,738 are local government workers, 16,739 are Local Education Authority, LEA teachers while 2,608 are workers at the Primary Health Care Centers. The last time teachers were promoted in the state was in…

GOMBE State Governor,  Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has condoled with the Emir of Dukku,  Alhaji Haruna Abdulkadir Rashid, CON and the entire people of the emirate over the demise of Bunun Dukku, Alhaji Usman Rashid. The late Bunu, died yesterday at the age of 90 and has since been buried according to Islamic injunctions. According to a statement signed and issued by the Director-General of Press Affairs to the governor, Ismaila Uba Misilli, Monday, Governor Inuwa led government officials,  APC stalwarts and his associates to attend the funeral prayer ( Janazah) for the deceased held at the Central Mosque,  Emir’s Palace, …

THREE serving members of the House of Representatives from Katsina State, have defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The defectors, comprising the member representing Katsina Central federal constituency, Hon. Salisu Iro Isansi; the member representing Safana/Danmusa/Batsari federal constituency, Hon. Ahmed Dayyabu Safana, and the member representing Batagarawa/Rimi/Charanchi federal constituency, Hon. Hamza Dalhat, announced their defection to PDP and were formally received into the party during a presidential campaign rally by the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in Sokoto State. Similarly, the governorship candidate of PDP in Katsina State, Senator Yakubu Lado Danmarke, has…

THE Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) says its members will not be embarking on industrial action. The association’s President, Dr Innocent Orji, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). “We took this decision in public interest and peculiarities of the moment.” NAN reports that the association had on Jan. 11, written a letter to the Federal Government addressing the Ministers of Health and Labour and Employment and other relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). The letter was titled “Imminent Nationwide Industrial Disharmony in Health Sector: A Matter of Urgent Administrative…

A CROSS-SECTION of fans of Wikki Tourists Football Club of Bauchi on Sunday called for the sacking of the club’s Technical Adviser, Kabiru Dogo. The demand came after the team’s goalless draw with visiting Doma United FC of Gombe in their Match Day 4 fixture in the 2022/2023 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). The fans expressed their disappointment with the outcome of the match and hurled abusive words at members of the club’s technical crew after the game. Yakubu Abba, former Organising Secretary of Wikki Tourists FC Supporters Club, blamed the coaching crew and the players for what he described…

IN line with its Environmental Policy and as enshrined in the EIA Act CAP E12, LFN 2004, arrangements are in top gear for the panel review stage of the Environmental Impact Assessment for Dangote Cement Coal Mills at its Ibese, Ogun State plant, which will be facilitated by the Federal Ministry of Environment (FMEnv). Dangote Cement Plc, Ibese Plant had instituted an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) study with the Federal Ministry of Environment (FMEnv) for its coal mill in accordance with regulations and had carried out robust community engagement sessions with primary host communities including Ibese town, Ijako…

GOVERNOR Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, again, received a rousing welcome by supporters and well wishers in Akko Local Government as he intensifies efforts to consolidate on the gains of his first round of campaign rallies. The governor was greeted by mammoth crowds as he toured the three state constituencies of the LGA where he presented party flags to the APC candidates for State House of Assembly and held political rallies in Gona, Pindiga and Akko Emirates. At Gona Emirate, Governor Inuwa presented APC flag to the party’s candidate for Akko North Constituency, Musa Mohammed Wuro Biriji, urging him to firmly lead…

GOMBE State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya and Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress,  APC,  in company of some party stalwarts, was in Yalmatu West and East yesterday to present flags to standard bearers of APC for the House of Assembly election ahead of the 2023 general elections. In Difa, the Governor’s  campaign train was received by a jubilant crowd of young men, women and the elderly with chants of solidarity songs in what can best be described as a triumphant entry of a leader who came, saw and conquered. Addressing thousands of APC supporters and well wishers in Difa,…