Vice President Kashim Shettima Monday said Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, former Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, and their supporters are co-owners and not guests of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Shettima who represented President Bola Tinubu at the event held in Asaba disclosed where he formally received the decampees. He stressed the need for unity and collaboration, emphasising that the new members were joining as equals in the ruling party. Shettima noted: “You are not guests in this house; you are now co-owners. This is now as much your party as it is ours.” Shettima, who described the new…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commenced investigations of 24 Nigerian youths arrested in Ghana over their alleged involvement in internet fraud. The suspects were arrested on April 17, 2025 at Kumsark Estate in Oyarifa, a suburb of Accra, Ghana by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), Ghana. They were subsequently transferred to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, on April 25, 2025. Speaking during the handing over of the suspects to the EFCC’s Lagos Directorate 2 on Monday, April 28, 2025, the Zonal Commander of NAPTIP, Lagos Zonal Command, Comfort…
Some weeks ago, an older friend and brother asked if I had any link to our famed Juju maestro, King Sunny Ade (KSA)? A prominent Nigerian from Osun State was planning his 90th and wanted KSA as the main act. KSA and the old man had known each other over the years and had always related until lately when KSA became unreachable. So, efforts were being made to see who else could reach him, hence my brother-friend approached me. Unfortunately, I didn’t have his contact information at the time, but I jokingly told him, “There’s no one we can’t reach…
Transparency International (TI) Nigeria, has backed the call for the probe of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). The Head of TI and Executive Director of the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, made the call while speaking on the sidelines of the Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, D.C. He said a thorough probe of the NNPCL’s operations was critical to promoting transparency, enhancing accountability, and ensuring that revenues from the oil sector are properly managed for the benefit of Nigerians. Rafsanjani noted: “It is…
The Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (NIEEE), Monday tasked its members to cultivate a culture of occupational safety and health, thereby reducing the number of work-related deaths and injuries. The President of NIEEE, Mr. Felix Olu, stated this at a one-day webinar event to marked this year’s World Safety Day. He noted that for the past 22 years, the International Labour Organisation (ILO), commemorates the World Day for Safety and Health at Work on the 28 April. Olu added that the 2025 World Safety Day has been tuned to focus on the impacts of digitalisation and artificial…
The Association of Professional Meteorologist of Nigeria has written to International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and World Meteorological Organisation (WNO) over the stance of some airlines flying without proper meteorological briefing and reports during the recent strike action embarked on by Aviation Unions The staff of Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) had commenced strike actions over what it described as ‘poor condition of service and unmet needs.’ Following the development, Air Peace had announced suspension of flight operations while other airlines continued to operate relying on other sources of weather reports. TheHintsNews reports that United Nigeria Airlines last Wednesday affirmed that…
A former Vice Presidential Candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP) and a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Kassarachi Enyinna has said that Ukwa la Ngwa leadership did not endorse the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu to contest for the Abia Governorship seat in 2027. He described the report purportedly attributing such endorsement to the group as false, misleading and a deliberate attempt to deceive the public. TheHintsNews reports that Kalu last Thursday played host to the leadership of the group in Umuahia led by a former commissioner, Elder Godwin Nna. “We…
The Chief Executive Officer of Hall 7, Mr. Olayinka Braimoh has said the current land reforms by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) would protect investments in the housing sector in the nation’s capital. Braimoh disclosed this on Saturday during the unveiling of The Cape Estate in Apo district, Abuja, adding that the land reform would also curb the activities of land traders masquerading as estate developers. Speaking on the recent cases of demolished estates in Abuja, Braimoh pointed out that those involved did not follow the process, adding that the current land reforms would address the problem. According…
A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsely Moghalu has declared that Nigeria has no future. Moghalu in a post on his verified X account said the only reason why Nigeria has not been able to come close to attaining its potential, let alone attaining it was not because of corruption but because Nigeria is not a nation. He posted: “It’s a territorial state. It’s a country. Without nationhood, it has no future. It’s the absence of nationhood that feeds the corruption, the focus by the political class on power and primitive accumulation rather than governance…
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar has said that he holds no grudges against his running mate, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa following his defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). TheHintsNews reports that the Governor of Delta state, Sheriff Oborevwori, alongside Okowa, National and State Assembly members, local government chairmen and other supporters defected to APC on Wednesday. But reacting in a statement he personally signed on Friday, Atiku said he has been overwhelmed with inquiries from concerned Nigerians who are eager to understand his position on the latest political shifts,…