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The Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO) has unveiled plans for massive investments to boost education across the State, especially in the rural areas and underserved communities. COWLSO Chairman and First Lady of Lagos State, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, spoke about the plan at a press conference held in Lagos House, Alausa – Ikeja, to announce activities lined up for the 21st National Women’s Conference of the Committee, which is scheduled to hold between 26th and 28th October 2021, at The Convention Centre, Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. Point News reports that the First Lady addressed media…

The United States will lift restrictions at its land borders with Canada and Mexico for fully vaccinated foreign nationals in early November, ending historic curbs on non-essential travellers in place since March 2020 to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Point News reports that the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement the administration next month “will begin allowing travelers from Mexico and Canada who are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 to enter the United States for non-essential purposes, including to visit friends and family or for tourism, via land and ferry border crossings.” The new rules are similar but…

The International Monetary Fund has increased Nigeria’s growth prospect by 0.1 to 2.6 per cent in 2021 and 2.7 per cent in 2022, despite reducing the rate of global growth prospect due to the COVID-19 Delta variant. This is according to the October 2021 World Economic Outlook Report, which was released on Tuesday. In the July 2021 World Economic Outlook, the forecast for Nigeria was at 2.5 per cent in 2021 and 2.6 per cent in 2020. This suggests an upward review of Nigeria’s growth prospect. However, in view of the 3.7 per cent 2021 and 2022 growth forecast for…

The Church indeed is marching on and the gates of hell shall never prevail against it. God has again shown Himself strong on behalf of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Church (MFM). Point News reports that MFM has recently been publicly slandered and defamed with a series of libellous videos and comments by a blogger Maureen Badejo. The church has recently faced a series of baseless and unfounded allegations which ended up in courts of different jurisdictions. From Nigeria, to the United States and then to the United Kingdom. Point News gathered that the intention of Maureen Badejo was simply…

With a track record of persistent growth, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is setting the pace with a 20% increase in revenue in the first nine months of 2021. Point News reports that the Port and Terminal Multiservice Limited (PTML) Command of the Service has Collected a total of N165,021,614,645 as revenue accruing to the Federal Government from January to September, 2021. This amount shows an increase of N26, 986,656,533. above the N138, 034,958,112 collected within the same period of last year 2020 and represents a 20% increase in the Command’s revenue. According to a statement fromDeputy Superintendent of Customs…

News reaching Point News reveals that the Nigerian Senate has approved electronic transmission of election results. Point News reports that the Red Chamber has reconsidered the Electoral Act Amendment Bill and empowered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to determine the best mode of transmitting election results. The Red Chamber also approved that all political parties must use the direct primary mode in picking candidates. Updates in our subsequent bulletins.

The Supreme Court on Monday reserved judgment in a suit filed by the 36 state governors seeking order to compel the Federal Government to take up funding of capital projects for states High Courts, Sharia Courts of Appeal and Customary Courts of Appeal. Point News reports that the governors in the suit also applied for an order of the apex court to compel the Federal Government to pay them N66bn, being an amount spent on capital projects for the three courts in their respective suits. The panel of seven justices led by Justice Muhammad Dattijo was told that the three…

Kenya is set to disregard the judgement of The International Court of Justice on the maritime border dispute between Kenya and Somalia, due today at 13:00 GMT. The two countries are both claiming a 62,000 sq miles (160,000 sq km) in the Indian Ocean thought to be rich in oil and gas. Point News reports that Kenya’s border currently runs horizontally into the Indian Ocean, and that is how Nairobi wants it to stay. But Somalia insists its southern boundary should run south-east as an extension of the land border. Kenya first established this maritime boundary along the parallel of…

Five months after assuming office, Acting Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello Koko, says the incremental deployment of the electronic call-up infrastructure for cargo trucks (known as “Eto”), launched in February 2021, has to a large extent resolved the endemic Apapa vehicular gridlock, even as the aurhority keeps reviewing and improving the process. Bello-Koko made this disclosure on a programme, monitored by Point News recently in Lagos. He explained that the NPA is not oblivious to the plight of Apapa residents. He, however added that what remains to be addressed is the gridlock caused by the…

Delta state Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has expressed condolences to the Kefas family and Taraba state Government on the passing away of former Military Administrator of Delta, Air Commodore Ibrahim Kefas (retd). Kefas 73, who hails from Wukari in Taraba, reportedly died on Friday in an Abuja hospital after a brief illness. Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Olisa Ifeajika in a statementon Saturday in Asaba said governor Okowa also commiserated with Wukari community over the sad incident. He said that late Kefas was a renowned soldier, administrator and politician, who was Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Taraba after…