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Point News247 reports that the Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has asked all tertiary institutions in Nigeria to make drug integrity test an institutional policy for both new and returning students as part of efforts to fight the menace of drug abuse among Nigerian youths. Marwa made the call at the University of Abuja while launching the ‘drug free university campaign’ on Wednesday. He also called for a partnership between the NDLEA and the university system that will allow the agency set up outposts on campuses to further strengthen…

Point News247 reports that the House of Representatives has asked the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to suspend the companies involved in the importation of adulterated fuel. The resolution was passed following the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by Mohammed Monguno during the plenary session on Thursday. It was earlier reported that the Group Managing Director of the NNPC Limited, Mele Kyari said MRS, Oando, Emadeb Consortium, and Duke Oil, a subsidiary of the NNPC, imported the methanol-blended petrol. A Lawmaker from Akwa Ibom state, Onofiok Luke, while contributing to the motion, said NNPC Limited…

Point News247 reports that the Zamfara State House of Assembly has directed the state Chief Judge, Justice Kulu Aliyu, to set up an investigative panel on the alleged gross misconduct levelled against the Deputy Governor, Mahdi Aliyu Gusau. The House, during its extraordinary plenary, unanimously agreed that the Deputy Governor be investigated for breaching sections 190 and 193 (1), (2) (a)(b)(c) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. 18 members, who were present at the plenary, out of the 22 members of the House, voted in favour of the motion and no member voted against the impeachment motion…

Point News247 reports that the Governor of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, has raised the alarm over the suspicious movement of an unknown helicopter operating around Lame-Burra Forest in Toro Local Government Area of the state. The governor had last Saturday while flagging of his administration’s empowerment programme in the area expressed worries over the spate of insecurity in the local government area, which he said had defied every solution. According to him, the geographic position of the local government area, which made it shared boundaries with the North-Central and North-West, made it a gateway for people to enter…

Point News247 reports that the immediate past Chairman of the Ekiti State Council of Traditional Rulers and Alawe of Ilawe – Ekiti, Oba Ajibade Alabi has commended the Nigerian Senate for granting approval for the establishment of the new Law School Campus in Ekiti. The foremost monarch, in a statement made available to journalists by his media Adviser, Chief Ajibade Olubunmi also dismissed the controversy trailing the location of the project as needless as the sponsor of the bill Senator Smart Adeyemi had reaffirmed Ilawe-Ekiti as the host community. The monarch hinted that the community had made arrangements for the…

Point News247 reports that the National Association of Online Security News Publishers (NAOSNP) has vehemently condemned the importation and distribution of adulterated petrol products across the country, which has caused untold damage to vehicles. A statement released by the Publicity Department of the Association, and signed by the National Public Relations Officer, Mr Eric Elezuo, stated that the Association is not happy that at the level the country, close to 62 years of Independence, the issue of poor verification of petroleum products that enter the country is still rife, and asked the Federal Government to come down hard on all…

Point News247 reports that the former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha and his successor, Governor Hope Uzodinma shelved their political differences as they hugged and shook hands at a public function. The duo have been at loggerheads since Okorocha was replaced. Okorocha’s administration is being probed by Governor Uzodinma who has also taken over assets from him, insisting that they belong to the state government. However, at an event in Abuja on Thursday, Okorocha and Uzodinma set aside their grievances and greeted each other with a smile and hugged.

Point News247 reports that the Supreme Court has declared as unlawful and unconstitutional, Executive Order 10 (EO10) on the funding of State Judiciary and Legislature. In a split decision on Friday, a majority of the court’s seven-member panel agreed that the President exceeded his constitutional powers in issuing the EO10. Six out of the seven members of the panel proceeded to void and set aside the EO10 issued by President Muhammadu Buhari. The apex court also dismissed the N66 billion suit filed by the state governors against the Federal Government.

Point News247 reports that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has been granted access to commence live broadcast of its programmes. The service announced on Wednesday that it received a broadcast licence from the National Broadcasting Commission to gear up with Direct Satellite Broadcasting as well as Internet Protocol Television. The NYSC Director-General, Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim made this known in Abuja earlier today after receiving the broadcast licence from his NBC counterpart, Mallam Balarabe Ilela. Presenting the license, Ilela praised the NYSC programme as one of the successful achievements of the Yakubu Gowon’s administration. He said the scheme has…

Kano State Hisba Board has destroyed bottles of alcohol worth over N100m confiscated within the state. Point News247 reports that the exercise was carried out at Kalebawa in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of the state by the state commandant Shiekh Harun Muhammad Sani Ibn on Wednesday. He said the alcohol bottles were intercepted in different operations carried out across the 44 local Governments of the state. He said it was part of the board’s efforts to prevent consumption of alcohol and other intoxicants across the state. Ibn Sina explained that the bottles of alcohol worth N100m were destroyed after…