Author: Sani Nura

DR Umar Mustapha Muqaddas, governorship candidate of Labour Party, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Muqaddas, who announced his defection at a media briefing in Yola, the state capital, on Thursday, asked his supporters to vote for APC on Saturday. Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is the presidential candidate of the APC, while Peter Obi is the flagbearer of Muqaddas’ former party. Muqaddas said he had collapsed his Labour Party structure in Adamawa and his new party would be a beneficiary. He said his supporters came into the LP with the belief that it will provide the alternative that Nigerian…

THE Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has said that President Muhammadu Buhari did not breach the Supreme Court’s injunction as regards the Naira redesign and currency swap issue.   Malami stated that as far as the rule of law is concerned, there are many options available. The minister made the declaration today during the 67th ministerial press briefing at the state house. A seven-member panel of the Supreme Court had ordered the suspension of the naira swap deadlines and directed the continued use of the old notes, following a request by three state governors. However,…

THE Chairman of Gombe State Athletics Association (GAA), Alhaji Ahmad Shuaibu Gara Gombe has expressed readiness to work collectively with various stakeholders in restoring the lost glory of the sport in the state and North East region in general. Gara stated this at a two day sport management seminar on athletics technical officiating and coaching held in the state capital. Gara Gombe, who is also the Special Adviser to Gombe Stare Governor, Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, on information strategies  management said the seminar is geared towards cultivating interest in Athletics from the teeming youths in the state. “I see this venture…

MEMBERS of Nuhu Ribadu Support Group and Tinubu Foundation in Adamawa State have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This is coming barely five days before the general elections. The State Coordinator of Tinubu Foundation, Suleiman Yarima, announced the defection on Monday in the Government House, Yola, when he led hundreds of members to Governor Umaru Fintiri with their letters of defection. Suleiman stated that the move was necessary owing to the giant strides of the Fintiri administration in every nook and cranny of the state. He said some of the foundation’s members were among those who formed the…

KADUNA State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has accused the Central Bank of Nigeria of withdrawing N2 trillion from circulation and replacing the old notes by minting only N400 billion. He made the allegation on his Twitter handle on Sunday, adding that the apex bank only confiscated the currency as against what was obtainable in the currency swap policy. “During the implementation of the cash swap, the CBN withdrew over N2 trillion from circulation but printed only N400 billion, so in effect, currency confiscation was then unilaterally and unlawfully implemented by the CBN. “Trade and exchange have collapsed. Human suffering, impoverishment and…

BARELY a week after News Point Nigeria exclusively reported that, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Adamawa, Aisha Dahiru Ahmed popularly called Binani, was suspended by the APC Yola South Local Govt Executive Committee for allegedly ‘causing division, factionalisation and instigating crises’ in the party. The North East Vice Chairman, Comrade Mustapha Salihu has also been suspended by the party leadership of his ward and local government of Rumde Ward in Yola North Local Govt Area of the state over alleged ‘gross abuse of office, complicity and anti-party activities’. According to the executive committee, in letter dated Sunday,…

ALHAJI Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto and President General Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), has directed Muslims to look out for the new Moon of Sha’aban 1444 AH from Monday. Sultan Abubakar made the call on Sunday in Sokoto in a statement signed by Prof. Sambo Junaidu, the Chairman Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs Sultanate Council, Sokoto and made available to News Point Nigeria, Sunday. The statement reads, “This is to inform the Muslim Ummah that Monday Feb. 20, 2023 which is equivalent to 29th day of Rajab 1444 AH shall be the day to look for…

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, Sunday sent a message home from Addis Ababa, saying he is fully aware of hardship some policies of government, “which are meant to bring overall improvement to the country” had caused and appealed for further patience as the government takes appropriate measures to ease them. In a video recording, seen by News Point Nigeria, Sunday, to shore up support for Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the upcoming elections a few days ahead, the President thanked Nigerians for electing him to be President for two terms, and urged them to…

AGAINST  the backdrop of the incessant clashes between farmers and herders across parts of the country, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has pledged to make alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanism a nationwide regulation one for checkmating such crisis. Alhaji Atiku, who spoke at a capacity filled venue of the grand finale of the PDP’s presidential rally held in in Yola, Adamawa State today, regretted that the state is one of the States with high records of communal, farmer herder’s clash, and extremism regularly responsible for various killings and destruction of properties in various communities. As…

FIVE political parties have collapsed their structures into the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and thrown weight behind the party’s flag bearer, Atiku Abubakar.  News Point Nigeria reports that, they are the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Action Alliance (AA), Action Peoples Party (APP), National Rescue Movement (NRM), and the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The parties disclosed their decision at the grand finale rally of the PDP in Adamawa State. Speaking on behalf of the other national chairmen of the political parties, the National Chairman of the APM, Yusuf Dantele said the parties arrived at the decision to adopt the PDP presidential…

A PRINCIPAL medical officer, Geidam Bulama, who was abducted 11 months ago by the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) in Borno State, has regained freedom. News Point Nigeria gathered that, Bulama was reportedly released in Gubio before he was moved to Maiduguri where he reunited with his family. It was not clear if a ransom was paid before his release. Bulama was abducted in March 2022, when the insurgents invaded Gubio Local Government Area, about 70 kilometres from Maiduguri, Borno State. The insurgents were said to have attacked the town and looted food items and fuel from a humanitarian…

GOVERNOR Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya says the General  Hospital, Kumo under construction will be ready and handed over for public use before May 29, this year. News Point Nigeria reports that, the governor made the pronouncement when he paid an unscheduled visit to the site where he inspected all the units under construction at the state- of -the- art project. Though unplanned, Governor Inuwa engaged the contractors handling the project on the  level of work done so far and asked if there were any challenges. As he was being taken round, he took his time to check the quality of materials…

POLICE in Zamfara State have arrested a female gunrunner who specialises in supplying arms and ammunition to bandits operating in the state The spokesperson of the State Police Command Mohammed Shehu made this known while addressing newsmen at the police headquarters in Gusau town the state capital on Friday. News Point Nigeria reports that, Shehu said the woman, Fatima Sani, 35 years old, was arrested following an intelligence report that she was bringing arms and ammunition to bandits in Zamfara State from Lafiya town in Nasarawa State. He stated that on 13th February 2023, police detectives arrested the suspected female…

A WEEK to the 2023 general elections, the crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress in Adamawa State on Friday, took another dimension as the governorship candidate of the party, Aisha Dahiru Ahmed popularly called Binani, was suspended by the APC Yola South Local Govt Executive Committee for allegedly ‘causing division, factionalisation and instigating crises’ in the party. The suspension was disclosed in a letter by the APC Committee exclusively obtained by News Point Nigeria, Friday. The letter dated 17th February, titled: Resolution Of The Local Government Executive Committee Of Yola South Against Senator Aisha Dahiru Ahmed  (APC Governorship Candidate), reads…

THE Borno State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Hajiya Zuwaira Gambo, has raised concern over the high rate of pregnancy and procreation in Boko Haram victims’ rehabilitation camps in the state. The commissioner, who disclosed this before the Special Independent Investigative Panel on Human Rights Violations in Counter-Insurgency Operations in the North East (SIIP North-East), said some women usually get pregnant four months after deliveries. She recalled how a man had his four wives put to bed on the same day, leaving the ministry to make the necessary interventions and ensure their welfare. Zuwaira noted that such pregnancies consequently diminish the…

THE vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Datti Baba-Ahmed says Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s comment on the naira swap is treasonable. The Kaduna State Governor in a state broadcast on Thursday claimed the old N1,000 and N500 are still legal tenders in the state, faulting President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive to re-introduce just the old N200 banknote as part of measures to curb the cash crunch in the country. But speaking during a press conference in Abuja on Friday, the LP vice presidential candidate faulted the governor’s comment, saying it amounts to treason and wonders why the presidency is silent.…

THE National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control has destroyed fake drugs and expired products worth N326,833,592.80, which were seized from pharmaceutical stores and other business enterprises across the states of the North Central geo-political zone of the country. Speaking at the destruction exercise in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, on Thursday, the Director General of NAFDAC, Prof Christianah Adeyeye, described the act of some Nigerians who sell such substances to other citizens as the gravest onslaught on human life. Adeyeye, who was represented at the exercise by the NAFDAC Director, Investigation and Enforcement, Francis Ononiwu, said the products…

THE Commissioner of Police in Nasarawa State, Maiyaki Baba, has raised alarm that politicians are importing thugs into the state ahead of the February 25, and March 11, general elections. He spoke yesterday in Lafia during the signing of a peace accord by candidates of various political parties. He said, “Intelligence before us revealed that some people are trying to bring thugs into Nasarawa State; which is not the tradition in the state. “I want to inform the candidates across the state that the information is before us and it is important to bring to your notice. We are up…

GOMBE State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, earlier today, attended the International Youth Fellowship Conference of the Evangelical Church Winning All, ECWA, at Kaltungo. The triennial conference,  tagged ‘Kaltungo 2023’ with the theme ‘Occupy till I Come’, was well attended by youths of ECWA church across the 36 States of Nigeria, Republic of Benin,Chad and Cameroon. While commending the organizers for bringing the event to Gombe State, Governor Inuwa descibed the theme as apt and in tandem with all the developmental programmes going on in the state geared towards making lives better for the citizens, especially the youths. Governor Inuwa noted…

GOVERNOR Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has sworn-in Justice Halima Sadiya Mohammed as the substantive Chief Judge of Gombe State. Until her appointment,  she was the Acting CJ. Her appointment of followed recommendation by the National Judicial Council, NJC as required by the Constitution. In an address, Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya restated his commitment to the independence of the Judiciary and the Legislature to carry out their constitutional responsibilities. He explained that since inception of his administration, the three arms of Government have been partnering in the development of the State, adding that “such unity and harmonious relationship must be maintained going…