The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Wednesday deployed not fewer than 36,000 of its Regular, Special Marshals, and about 750 Patrol Vehicles, 120 Ambulances, 25 Tow Truck and over 200 Bikes for safer road environment, before, during and after the Eid el Kabir celebration in Nigeria The special operation that would commence from June 5-10, 2025. The Corps Marshal, Shehu Mohammed who authorised the special operations revealed that the mission was to ensure free flow of traffic, provide prompt rescue services and timely clearance of obstructions on all major roads and critical corridors across the country before, during and after…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that 16 out of the 19 registered parties would participate in the forthcoming Anambra State governorship election would hold on Saturday 8th November 2025. The electoral body has also lifted a ban on political campaigns, saying political parties are now at liberty to start their electioneering campaigns in public from Wednesday 11th June 2025 and end at midnight on Thursday 6th November 2025. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information & Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun in statement issued Wednesday recalled that the Commission recently published the personal particulars of candidates that emerged…
The Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has dissociated herself from a trending online audio and video, purported to have featured a conversation with a journalist. TheHintsNews reports that in purported Audi and video, she allegedly claimed that the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, blackmailed President Bola Tinubu to ensure that the federal government jails her. However, Natasha in a statement issued Wednesday insisted that the video was cloned and manipulated with malicious intent. She noted that it was a deliberate act of misinformation targeted at damaging her reputation. Natasha added: “My attention has been drawn to a video…
Troops of 3 Division, Operation Safe Haven on Tuesday neutralised one bandit in Kampani Zurak in Wase Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau State Media Information Officer, Operation Safe Haven, Maj. Samson Zhakom in a statement issued Tuesday said troops also rescued a kidnapped victim, Mr. Auwalu Isa, 24 years old who was abducted from Kampani Zurak in Wase LGA of Plateau State. He noted that the rescued victim has been debriefed and reunited with his family, adding that troops are currently conducting follow-up operations to intercept the fleeing bandits Zhakom noted: “In the early hours of 3 June…
Peering Advocacy and Advancement Centre in Africa (PAACA) has said that despite two and a half decades of civil rule, the political class continues to behave in ways that betray the democratic spirit. Its Executive Director Ezenwa Nwagwu in a statement issued Tuesday added that many public officials still operate with a military mindset—authoritarian in approach, intolerant of scrutiny, and obsessed with personality cults, stressing that power is still personalised, not institutionalised. He lamented that institutions like the judiciary and state legislatures still struggle with independence, while political parties remain weak and ideology-free. He pointed out that democracy must not…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the trio of former Vice President, former Governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, and former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi criticism of President Bola Tinubu’s reforms self-serving and driven by a desperate quest for power to satiate their voracious rent-seeking appetite. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Felix Morka in a statement issued Monday rejected the allegation that the government of President Bola Tinubu was “weaponising” poverty by not eradicating the scourge in two years. Morka noted that the trio have occupied Nigeria’s highest political offices between 1999 and…
A non-governmental organisation (NGO), the Development Initiative for Youth Excellence, Progress and Stability, has provided not fewer than 450 girls, across 20 schools in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with menstrual packages, including pads, tissues, toothpaste, and food. The programme Convener, Amb. Courage Uchechi, while speaking on the sidelines of the Menstrual Hygiene Awareness event to commemorate this 2025 World Menstrual Hygiene Day on Monday in Abuja, disclosed that menstrual hygiene was a critical aspect of girls‘ health and education. She stressed that many girls in Nigeria miss school during their menstrual periods due to a lack of access…
The operatives of the Abia State Police Command, acting on credible intelligence, have arrested Blessing Emebo, 49 years and Sunday Emebo 42 years, for operating an unregistered and illegal motherless babies’ home within their residential apartment located at Ikot Ekpene Road, Aba. Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi in a statement issued Monday said upon intervention, the operatives discovered 12 children, ranging in age from six months to 14 years, housed in the premises. He said: “Preliminary investigations revealed that the children originated from various villages in the Arochukwu area. “The rescued minors have been safely handed over…
The Climate Adaptation Business Alliance (CABA), has congratulated Plateau State government for pioneering the establishment of Africa’s first Climate Assembly. Its Executive Director, Suleiman Dikwa, in a statement issued Sunday the feat, not only signified a remarkable achievement in climate governance, but also reaffirmed Plateau’s position as a trailblazer in Africa’s climate resilience journey. He said: “Plateau State holds many firsts—Green Sahara Farms, the company I founded and served as CEO for nearly two decades, was born in Jos, inspired by the urgent need to confront desertification and climate impacts in the region. “Today, history is being made once again…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said that the present lack of water supply being experienced in the Abuja City Centre and some satellite towns was due to a major rehabilitation of two of the four water treatment plants responsible for the production and supply of water to the residents. Wike in a statement issued Sunday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, said water supply to the residents will be rationed for a period of two weeks. He said this is because only two water treatment plants would be in…