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Point News247 reports that Civil Rights Advocacy Group- HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) Said the reason armed Fulani terrorists previously addressed by the Federal government as armed bandits are still a veritable force and successfully attacking communities in Southern Kaduna, Niger and parts of Plateau, Zamfara, and Katsina States is because the President Muhammadu Buhari who has the direct command and control of the Armed forces has yet to compel the service/military chiefs to strike decisively at the heart of the terrorists or be relieved of their duties. HURIWA has also charged Media houses to describe the armed…

Residents of Oke Aregba are in mourning over the brutal killing of one of their daughters for money ritual. Point News247 reports that the Ogun State Police Command have arrested three teenagers involved in the brutal murder and decapitation in the early hours of Saturday following the tip-off by one Segun Adewusi, who is the community security guard. Adewusi was reported to have observed that four boys were burning something suspected to be human head in a local pot. The security guard immediately alerted the police at Adatan station, who went to the scene and arrested the three boys while…

Point News247 reports that the United States President, Joe Biden, has said he will nominate a Nigerian woman to the Supreme Court for the first time in history, filling the vacancy left by retiring Justice Stephen Breyer. Candace Jackson-Akiwumi has been noted as one of the most likely potential nominees for a Supreme Court appointment under President Joe Biden. Jackson-Akiwumi is married to her husband Eric Akiwumi, who is a Nigerian-American. “I’ve made no decision except (the) person I will nominate will be someone with extraordinary qualifications, character, experience and integrity,” Biden said in an address from the White House.…

The Aareonakakanfo of Yoruba land,Iba Gani Ige Adams, has urged the governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello, to replicate the initiative of the Southwest Security Network, known as operation Amotekun in the state, saying the initiative will help inreducing the spate of insecurity in the state. Point News247 reports that Gani Adams made the charge at the weekend in Kabba,Kogi state, at the 8th edition of Oodua Progressive Union (OPU) tagged Kabba 2022. Adams,who is the global convener of the diaspora group noted further that though the state is peaceful,there is need to beef up the security across the state.…

Point News247 reports that the Police has invited Nigerian Pastor Oba Solomon after prophesying that Bola Ahmed Tinubu won’t be the next Nigerian president. The latest was about him criticising the National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.The Nigeria Police Force has invited Instagram cleric, Prophet Adelana Adekunle Solomon, popularly known as Oba Solomon, for questioning. In a letter seen by SaharaReporters, the police said the cleric known for his controversial preaching on social media was invited over a petition against him. “The office is investigating a matter reported to the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 2 Police…

Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu of Lagos State, South-West Nigeria, says tickets for Intra-City Train transportation would not cost more than #250. Point News247 reports that the Governor made this remark on Friday while featuring on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ programme. He stated that the intra-city train is expected to start operations by the last quarter of 2022. He said the state newly acquired Talgo Intra-City Ten Coach metropolitan trains for the Lagos Red Line Metro project in line with the intermodal transport plan of the state. According to him, the 37 km Red Line on completion, will traverse eight stations and…

Point News247 reports that gunmen on Thursday stormed the Utako, Abuja, office of Thisday newspaper. According to the newspaper, the armed men came in through the back fence of the company’s premises. Although the mission of the armed men, who arrived the premises at about 3:00am has yet to be ascertained, the company’s private security men, who were on duty, said the armed men subjected everyone on duty, mostly the production staff members to inhuman treatment – threatening to kill all of them if they attempted to alert policemen. The armed men, who left after about 45 minutes of frightening…

Point News247 reports that theManagement of Dowen College in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, has announced the retirement of several of its principal officers including Olumide Phillips, the school’s founder, following the controversies that surrounded the death of its student, Sylvester Oromoni. 12-year-old Oromoni was allegedly beaten by some senior students who tried to initiate him into a cult group in the school, and he eventually died on November 30, 2021, after efforts to save his life failed. On Thursday, Dowen College in a statement signed by Tomi Borishade on behalf of the board, said Philips and other founding members of…

Point News247 reports that the Comptroller Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘B’ Kaduna Comptroller Albashir Hamisu has disclosed that his Unit between 22 December 2021 and 27 January 2022 seized 856 bags of foreign parboiled rice, 474 kegs of 25 litres each premium motor spirit (PMS) amongst other items worth N275,989,659.70. Other items seized include 22 units of vehicles, 92 bales of secondhand clothing, 41 bales of foreign new textiles, 825 cartons of foreign spaghetti and macaroni, 60 pieces of foreign jack knife, 20 cartons of foreign cigarette and other general merchandise. The Comptroller disclosed this to newsmen in Kaduna on…

Point News247 reports that the Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, (NAHCON), Alhaji Zikrullah Kunle has led NAHCON delegation to the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Nigeria. The visit was to discuss issues of mutual benefit to both countries regarding Hajj and Umrah operations and also to push the federal government’s request for the lifting of a flight ban into Saudi Arabia; a request already advanced through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other sister agencies. Addressing His Excellency, Mr. Faisal Bin Ibraheem Al-Ghamidy, the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Nigeria, NAHCON Chairman appreciated the constant mutual support…