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Point News247 reports that Okey Samuel Mbonu, a fast rising star in the political terrain, has declared his intention to run for the coming 2023 presidential elections, under the banner of Africa’s largest political party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) platform. In a letter delivered to the National Chairman of the PDP, His Excellency Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, at the Wadata Plaza National Headquarters of the PDP, Mbonu extolled his global credentials, including his current career as an International Consultant, providing expertise to global institutions, multilateral agencies, and others, in Africa and the United States. Mbonu also spoke of his prior…

Senate will vote on the report of the 1999 Constitution review today, Wednesday, February 23. Point News247 reports that the vote will be cast after the Senate Committee on Constitution Amendment laid the report of the 1999 Constitution review before the Senate. Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege announced this during Tuesday’s plenary session. Meanwhile, sources within the presidency have said President Muhammadu Buhari will also likely sign the re-worked Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law on Wednesday. Earlier on Tuesday, the Presidential Spokesman, Femi Adesina during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily said President Buhari will sign the bill…

Point News247 reports that the building housing the Federal Ministry of Finance has been gutted by fire. The building located in the Central Area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, caught fire in the early hours of Wednesday. The Federal Fire Service and other concerned agencies are currently on ground trying to salvage the situation. This is a developing story.

Point News247 reports that a medical doctor at Dowen College, Dr. Mojisola Bisiriyu, on Tuesday, told an Ikeja Corona’s Court that no medical test was conducted on the late student of the school, Sylvester Oromoni before he was taken home on health grounds. Bisiriyu, the resident doctor at Dowen College, qualified as a medical doctor in 2007. She told the court that she had been working with the school for five years. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Bisiriyu made the disclosure while being cross-examined by counsel to Oromoni Family, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN). “No test was conducted…

Federal Government of Nigeria has met with the Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU). Point News247 reports that the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige on Tuesday met with the leadership of the ASUU. Tuesday’s meeting was the first since the university lecturers declared their four-week warning strike last week, over what the union termed as the Federal Government’s refusal to honour its agreement to implement the Memorandum of Action signed with them in December 2020. ASUU maintains that issues such as the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) and that of the University Transparency Accountability Solution (UTAS), the…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has intercepted 120 tons of imported chemical-laden animal hides and skins popularly known as ‘Ponmo’. Point News247 reports thatNAFDAC revealed that the large quantities of dangerous ‘Ponmo’ which were intercepted at six different locations in Lagos State, South West Nigeria are toxic and injurious to human health. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye warned Nigerians to be cautious when buying ‘Ponmo’. She said seven suspects involved in the act are currently under investigation. She said that samples of the products have been sent to the laboratory for testing…

Point News247 reports that the Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello-Koko, has finally been handed his appointment letter. Below details the photo session during the presentation ceremony: Minister of State for Transportation Senator Gbemisola Saraki (right) and Mohammed Bello Koko when Koko received his appointment letter as the Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) at the Federal Ministry of Transportation, Bukar Dipcharima House, Abuja, on Monday. Mohammed Bello-Koko (right) receiving his letter of appointment as the Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) from the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation Dr. Magdalene Ajani, in her…

Point News247 reports that the number of students across Lagos State expected to gain admission into tertiary institutions, are expected to increase beginning from 2022, following the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) inclusion of the two newly established public varsities into lists of schools open to provide tertiary education in the country. The two new tertiary institutions, which increased the number of varsities to three in the state, were the Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUST), Ikorodu, and the Lagos State University of Education (LASUED), Ijanikin. A check by “The Guild” further revealed that both institutions have…

Point News247 reports that the Lagos Coroner Court is continuing to unravel the cause of death of Sylvester Oromoni Jnr. The Court on Monday, heard that the first legal advice by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) indicted some staff members of Dowen College, Lekki. While giving evidence before Magistrate Mikhail Kadiri, Chief Superintendent of Police Bamidele Olusegun said a report he received from the DPP dated December 30, 2021 called “interim legal advice”, recommended that the officials be prosecuted for negligence. Olusegun spoke while being cross-examined by Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, in the ongoing inquest into the death of…

Point News247 reports that the planned arraignment of former Imo State Governor, Anayo Rochas Okorocha, on Tuesday, at the Federal High Court in Abuja, on N2.9bn corruption was stalled. Okorocha, currently a Senator representing Imo West in the Senate, was absent in court and was also not represented by any legal practitioner.The development scuttled the arraignment. However, six other defendants billed to be arraigned along with him on 17-count corruption charges were in court, along with their lawyers. When the matter was mentioned on Tuesday, counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Cosmos Ugwu told Justice Inyang…