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Chairman of the Senate Committee on Special Duties, Senator Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf, All Progressives Congress, APC, Taraba Central has called on the Federal Government to ensure that spouses, children, siblings, parents and all other beneficiaries of corruption proceeds must be punished along side the major actor in the crime. Point News247 reports that Yusuf made this disclosure while speaking on the of case against the Deputy Commissioner of Police and erstwhile head of the Nigerian Police Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari. Speaking with journalists in Abuja, Senator Yusuf called for the immediate creation of an agency that would be saddled…

Point News247 reports that Comptroller A. A. Umar has assumed duty as the substantive Customs Area Controller (CAC) of Nigeria Customs Service, Western Marine Command (WMC). Umar took over from Deputy Comptroller E.O Ochiba on Monday. Comptroller Umar was among the Comptrollers who were recently redeployed on the 8 February 2022 by the Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd). Spokesman of the command, ASCI Isah Sulaiman disclosed in a statement made available to newsmen. During a brief handing over ceremony at the WMC Headquarters Ibafon-Apapa, Lagos, the outgoing Ag. CAC welcomed and congratulated the substantive Area Controller…

Nigeria’s House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee has summoned the heads of three Federal Government agencies over the loss of billions of naira in revenue from companies operating in the oil and gas free zones, as contained in the audit queries issued by the Office of the Auditor-General for the Federation (AuGF). Point News247 reports that the affected agencies included the Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE), Nigeria Oil and Gas Free Zone Authority (NOGFZA), and Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON). It also directed its clerk to publish the said audit queries from the office against defaulting agencies in three national…

A bill for a law to prohibit open grazing of cattle and other livestock in Edo State passed through the second reading on the floor of the House of Assembly on Monday. Point News247 reports that the Majority Leader of the house, Henry Okhuarobo, who led the debate for the passage of the bill, said it seeks to provide solution to the incessant farmers-herders clashes in the state. Okhuarobo said the bill also seeks to introduce modern methods of ranching. According to him, the bill, if passed, will create a conducive environment for farmers to engage in agricultural activities and…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited started its week with an assurance to Nigerians that the distribution of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) would soon normalise after it recalled the bad product imported into the country last week. Point News247 reports that the NNPC Group Executive Director (GED) Downstream, Adetunji Adeyemi, gave the assurance at a briefing in Abuja, while concerted efforts were being made to end the challenges in the supply of petrol. Mr Adeyemi stated that the company was expecting over 2.3 billion litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in the country by the end of February and…

Point News247 reports that Abba Kyari, the suspended super cop arrested over drug dealings, has been denied bail by Justice Inyang of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Kyari had requested for his release from the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The judge rather ordered that Kyari put the Federal Government on notice of the existence of the suit he instituted against it. The suspended DCP had taken the Federal Government before the court, challenging his continued detention by the agency. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/182/22, Kyari sought an order of the court to immediately release him…

Point News247 reports that the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has declared that he is ready to get dirty in the struggle to emerge next Nigerian President. The 2023 presidential aspirant on the platform of APC, stated this on Sunday during a consultation with the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi and the Olubadan-designate, Oba Lekan Balogun, seeking their various blessings. The Asiwaju vowed that no other contender would intimidate him out of the race, stressing that he is out to be President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor come 2023. His words: “No amount of intimidation…

The Coalition of Concerned Northern Forum (CCNF), has called on the NNPC’s Group Managing Director, Mallam Mele Kolo Kyari and Engr. Farouk Ahmed, the Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (MDPRA) to tender their resignation within 72 hours over the persistent fuel scarcity in the country. Point News247 reports that the group also demanded that the NNPC management should make public genuine and comprehensive names of those involved in the current scarcity of petroleum products all over the country. A statement jointly issued by the group’s chairman and the spokesman, Mallam Ibrahim Bature and Comrade…

Point News247 reports that Nigeria’s Super Falcons have landed in Abidjan, venue of the 2022 African Women Cup of Nations qualifier, ahead of the second leg of match against Ivory Coast. The Nigeria side won the first leg 2-0 at the Moshood Abiola Stadium courtesy of brace from Ifeoma Onumonu and are in the driving seat. They departed the shore of the country in the early hours of Sunday and arrived in the West African country in the afternoon. Apart from being the most successful team in the competition, Super Falcons is also the defending champion having emerged winner in…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Sunday, disclosed that its operatives have foiled the attempt by a syndicate to steal at least N2.7 billion from the Nigerian economy by pushing into circulation fake $4.7 million cash. Point News247 reports that the operatives had in the early hours of Friday 18th February 2022 intercepted a consignment sent from Lagos to Abuja at Abaji area of the Federal Capital Territory. A controlled delivery of the parcelled counterfeit US dollars totaling $4, 760, 000.00 led to the arrest of a principal suspect, 52-year-old Abdulmumini Maikasuwa. The seizure followed intelligence received by…