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General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has surprised his cook who has lived with him for over 10 years. Point News247 reports that in a short video shared on Instagram, the clergyman revealed that the woman caught the fire of Christianity while she was in his house. Kneeling down in front of the altar, the man of God asked that the photo of the house be put up on the screen. When Apostle Suleiman handed the documents of the house to her, the woman’s joy knew no bounds. Church members also screamed excitedly.

Point News247 reports that the Rivers State Police Command has set up a panel to investigate a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) who allegedly owns an illegal refinery in the state. Rivers State Police Command, in a statement made available to newsmen by the Acting State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Grace Iringe-Koko, said the unnamed DPO has been “immediately redeployed and a panel headed by an assistant commissioner of police inaugurated to investigate the matter” The Force noted that “the outcome shall be made public and the officer punished appropriately if the allegations are confirmed.” Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police…

Point News247 reports that there are strong indications that state and federal governments are again on a collision course as the Federation Account Allocation Committee holds its first meeting in 2022 on Wednesday. State officials, who spoke to Punch on Sunday, faulted the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s (NNPC)continued deductions from FAAC funds to finance fuel subsidy, saying the issue would come up at Wednesday’s meeting. They said this as the NNPC was set to deduct N270.83bn from January FAAC allocations that would be shared by state, federal and local governments on Wednesday. The Cross River State Commissioner for Finance, Asuquo…

Point News247 reports that Nigeria’s total debt stock rose from N32.9tn as of December 2020 to N39.6tn in November 2021, The PUNCH has learnt. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, in her presentation of the 2022 approved budget, disclosed that the government borrowed N6.7tn between January and November 2021, according to a copy of the presentation obtained by our correspondent. The new borrowing in the period under review consists of N5.1tn domestic debt and N1.6tn. The domestic debt, however, includes borrowing from the Central Bank of Nigeria, according to the presentation document. In March 2021, the…

The Lagos State Government has announced that Marine Bridge will partially close from Monday 17th January (today) to Saturday, 2nd April, 2022 for Emergency repair works on the infrastructure. Point News247 reports that this was contained in a press release issued by the Lagos State Ministry of Transportation. Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde stated that the partial closure was to allow the Federal Government carry out routine maintenance works on the bridge infrastructure. He further explained that the temporary closure of the bridge is in two sections, Apapa Outbound, which will be repaired between 17th January and 9th March,…

Point News247 reports that Nigeria’s total debt stock rose from N32.9tn as of December 2020 to N39.6tn in November 2021, The PUNCH has learnt. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, in her presentation of the 2022 approved budget, disclosed that the government borrowed N6.7tn between January and November 2021, according to a copy of the presentation obtained by our correspondent. The new borrowing in the period under review consists of N5.1tn domestic debt and N1.6tn. The domestic debt, however, includes borrowing from the Central Bank of Nigeria, according to the presentation document. In March 2021, the…

The Federal Government on Monday ordered security agencies to shoot dead and not shoot to injure any person or group of persons that attempt to attack any jail facility across Nigeria. Point News247 reports that the order was given by the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, when he addressed senior officers at the Agodi Custodial Centre of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), Agodi, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, during an official inspection tour of the facility. He stated that custodial centres of NCoS are read zones and anyone who attempts to attack any of them should be shot dead…

Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber has commenced its investigation on the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for carrying out spending which it tagged ‘security votes’ without appropriation by the National Assembly. Point News247 reports that the investigation follows audit queries issued against the NDLEA in the ‘Auditor-General for the Federation’s Annual Report on Non-Compliance/Internal Control Weaknesses Issues in Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government of Nigeria for the Year Ended 31st December, 2019.’ The Acting Auditor-General of the Federation, Adolphus Aghughu, had presented the report to the Clerk of the National Assembly, Ojo Amos, on September 15, 2021,…

Point News247 reports that the Members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum will meet in Abuja on Wednesday for “a very crucial meeting where pressing national concerns will be discussed.” Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi , who invited all the 36 governors to the meeting, however, did not give details of the agenda of the meeting, which he is slated for 8pm, at the NGF Secretariat in Abuja. The Head, Media and Public Affairs, Nigeria Governors’ forum Secretariat, Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, disclosed this in a statement signed on Saturday titled, ‘NGF Meeting’. According to an…

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, says it generated N870.39 billion revenue from January to December 2021. Point News247 reports that the Area Controller, Comptroller Malanta Yusuf, disclosed in this at a news conference in Lagos. Yusuf added that the command during the period intercepted contraband goods worth N31.23 billion. He noted that the revenue generated had been remitted to the federation and non-federation accounts of the Federal Government respectively. Yusuf said that the revenue profile of the command had significantly increased by about 68 per cent when compared with N518.4 billion generated in 2020. “The year 2022…