Author: Vera
The Okpella community in the Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State, has rejected plans by the State Government to relocate the proposed airport from the area. Point News247 reports that the community’s spokesman, Chief Richard David who spoke at a press conference on Sunday, BUA and Dangote cement companies have already decided to build an aerodrome in the area. He urged the state government to support the proposal instead of getting approval for another airport in Etsako West. David noted that BUA and Dangote were planning to build the aerodrome in Okpella because of their huge investments in…
Point News247 reports that a young, award winning graduate, Kpare Jude, has narrated how his mother’s sacrifice propelled him to break a record in his department. Sharing his story on LinkedIn, Jude revealed that he won over 7 awards during his stay in the school, and also set a new record for the Department of Materials Engineering as the 1st graduate from the Department to achieve a Cumulative Weighted Average (CWA) of 80+. According to Jude, all of this began with a sacrifice his mother made for him many years ago. Jude shares his story below: Everyone has a story.…
Point News247 reports that the Imo State government, South East Nigeria, has disclosed that Senator Rochas Okorocha, and his son in-law, Uche Nwosu, a former governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA), have been named by suspects as sponsors of kidnapping and banditry in the state. Chief press secretary to the State Governor, Oguwike Nwachuku, disclosed this in a statement. Nwachuku said the governor will name the sponsors of banditry and kidnapping in the state at a stakeholders’ meeting on Tuesday. The statement read, “For the avoidance of doubt, Okorocha and Nwosu have been specifically mentioned by suspects who are…
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered the arrest of private security guards at Brooks Estate, Magodo, Isheri for allegedly delaying and denying him entrance into the estate. Point News247 gathered that the police boss had gone to the estate in his convoy to meet a “strategic partner at a function” on Saturday when the incident happened. A statement from the Lagos State Police Command clarified that the CP did not lock down the estate as speculated on social media. In the statement titled, ‘Brooks estate not locked down by Lagos CP’, the Lagos Police Public Relations…
The World Bank has said Nigeria may have one of the highest inflation rates globally in 2022, with increasing prices diminishing the welfare of Nigerian households. Point News247 reports that according to the World Bank, Nigeria is projected to have one of the highest inflation rates globally and the seventh highest among Sub-Saharan African countries in 2022 “In 2022, Nigeria is expected to have one of the highest inflation rates in the world and the seventh highest in Sub-Saharan Africa,” it said. The bank said this in the November edition of its Nigeria Development Update. According to the global financial…
Point News247 reports that the Presidential Candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC), Alhaji Bashir Othman Tofa is dead. Tofa was MKO Abiola’s major challenger in the controversial June 12, 1993, presidential election, annulled by the military government of General Ibrahim Babangida. According to family sources, he died in the early hours of Monday after an illness. Confirming his death, one of the deceased’s relations, Alhaji Muhammad, said “Alhaji Bashir tofa died after being admitted in hospital for sometime.” Tofa was aged 74.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said the N30bn Revitalisation Fund and N22.5bn Earned Academic Allowance totalling N52.5bn released by the Federal Government is not enough to deal with the challenges facing the university system. Point News247 reports that the ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, stated this in an interview with Sunday PUNCH that there was a possibility that the union would still go on strike, unless the government addressed its demands, including the 2009 agreement. The Federal Government had said it paid lecturers N30bn Revitalisation Fund and N22.5bn Earned Academic Allowance. It noted that it had made some…
The General Coordinator of Edo Queens Football Club of Benin, Mrs Sabina Chikere has declared that Sebastian Flourish Chioma is a legitimate player of Edo Queens FC whose contract remains legal and valid. Point News247 reports that Chikere said the clarification became necessary following some misleading sponsored articles in the media, claiming that the player is being manipulated and coarsed to play for Edo Queens. She stated that the player’s contract process was duly followed with special regards for the player and her club UNNICH Football Academy. According to the Edo Queens FC management, “We have no reason to force…
Point News247 reports that the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has begun clearing the heap of refuse on an illegal dumpsite at Tin Can Island Port, on Apapa-Oshodi Expressway, targeted at ridding the axis of black spots. It was gathered that so far, 15 truck loads of refuse had been carted away to the Olusosun Landfill, since the operation commenced on Thursday. Managing Director of LAWMA, Ibrahim Odumboni, said the agency had mobilised men, trucks, pay-loaders, and other necessary materials, after overcoming a major challenge of vehicular access to the area, which had previously prevented evacuation intervention. “LAWMA is totally…
Point News247 reports that a case involving a Swiss tanker vessel named MT San Padre Pio detained by the Nigerian Navy has been struck out of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea’s (ITLOS) list of cases. The case was struck out on December 29, 2021 on the orders of the President of the tribunal, Judge Albert Hoffmann after both Nigeria and Switzerland reached an out-of-court settlement. In late January 2018, the Nigerian Navy intercepted and arrested the 7,600 dwt ship while it was engaged in ship-to-ship transfers of gasoil in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of Nigeria.…