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The acting president of Young Yoruba For Freedom (YFF), Dimeji Akere, has revealed that the substantive president of the organisation, Adeyinka Grandson was convicted on a charge of racial hatred against the Igbo, Fulani and the English. Point News247 reports that Akere said this is in a broadcast on the YYF Facebook page on Wednesday. He said, “Our president defended himself to the extent that the prosecutor was devastated, depressed and wanted to bring on another lawyer but the judge said that he must complete the trial. “However the jury that they brought, a 12-man jury found him guilty of…
The Federal Government has threatened to sanction unvaccinated civil servants, who returned home after they were barred from entering their offices on Wednesday. Point News247 reports that the Technical lead of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, Dr Mukhtar Muhammed, said the adamant civil servants would be sanctioned according to the civil service rules. The PSC on COVID-19, headed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, had in October said that federal civil servants without proof of COVID-19 vaccination or test results done within 72 hours would be denied access to their offices starting from…
Forty people have lost their lives in a boat capsize in Kano. Point News247 reports that Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, Northern Nigeria, has expressed shock over the Bagwai boat mishap that led to the death of about 40 persons. Governor Ganduje mourned the forty passengers in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary, Abba Anwar, on Wednesday in a State. He said, “We learned that the boat started from Hayin Badau to Bagwai on their way to attend Maulud celebration. “The boat was ferrying about 50 people with some loads; it capsized because of overloading. Most of…
A World War II bomb has exploded near a train station in Munich, Bavaria’s capital in Germany, leaving at least four people injured. Point News247 reports that a 550lb World War detonated, 76 years after the end of the conflict, sending debris hundreds of yards. The device exploded after workmen drilled through it at a construction site at Donnersbergerbruecke near the Bavarian city’s main train station. Rail operator Deutsche Bahn said rail travel to and from the main train station has been suspended, without stating when the rail traffic could resume. Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said: “During drilling, an aerial…
Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Thursday moved the trial of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, from January 19 to 18 next year. Point News247 reports that the shift in the trial date followed the abridgment of time granted by the judge following a passionate plea to that effect. Kanu’s lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, had approached the court with an application seeking an order of the court to accommodate the trial in November and December this year as against the earlier fixed January 19. Shuaib Labaran, who stood…
Report reaching Point News247 indicates that the headquarters of a faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been set ablaze. The building located along Maiduguri road, in Kano metropolis, is less than three kilometres from a mobile police barrack at Hotoro area, Tarauni Local Government Area. It was gathered that the building was set ablaze by protesters suspected to be against the APC faction. The building housed the head office of the factional group of the APC led by former Kano governor, Ibrahim Shekarau. The faction is opposed by the second faction loyal to the incumbent governor, Abdullahi Ganduje.…
Point News247 reports that the Lagos State Government has released its White Paper on the report of the #EndSARS panel. The #EndSars panel was set up to probe the Lekki toll gate incident which occurred on October 20, 2020. However, in its white paper, the Lagos state government rejected the panel’s report that nine persons were killed at the toll gate when soldiers stormed the protest ground to disperse the protesters. The white paper described the claim of the panel that nine persons were shot dead as “assumptions and speculations”. Gboyega Akoshile, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Sanwo-Olu, said…
Point News247 reports that Canada has added Egypt, Malawi, and Nigeria to it’s travel ban list to prevent the growing concerns of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. A statement by the Canadian government stated; “We are adding three countries to the list of these countries that we talked about last Friday, these are Malawi, Egypt and Nigeria. The Canadian Health Minister, Jean-Yves Duclos, added that all travellers coming from outside Canada, apart from the United States, would now be tested at Canadian airports for the novel coronavirus disease, regardless of vaccination status. This is coming after the World Health Organization…
Point News247 reports that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a businesswoman heading to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for Umrah (Lesser Hajj), Mrs. Adisa Afusat Olayinka, for alleged drug trafficking. The agency said the woman ingested 80 pellets of cocaine, which she excreted after her arrest. Spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, said Mrs. Olayinka, 46, who lives in Ibafo, Ogun State, was arrested on November 24 at the boarding screening area of the airport during an outward clearance of Qatar Airways flight 1418. She was subsequently taken into custody where she excreted 80 pellets of the drug…
Point News247 reports that the embattled Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, says he is yet to agree a severance package with the Nigerian Football Federation(NFF). Several online platforms had reported that the Franco-German had agreed an N370m severance package to step down as Eagles coach. The reports also revealed that NFF and the sports ministry would meet this week to finalise details concerning Rohr’s disengagement as well as the new man to lead the national team. When Rohr was asked if he had agreed a deal to leave his post as Eagles coach, he said that he was still in…