Opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives has faulted the produce for the increment of 2025 budget budget via letter from the president. The latest addition of N4.5 trillion in the 2025 budget brings the total of 2025 budget to N54.2 trillion. The deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ben Kalu at the plenary on Wednesday read the letter from President Bola Tinubu seeking the increase of the 2025 budget from N49.7 trillion to 54.2 trillion. While the Minority Leader, Hon. Kingsley Chinda wasn’t against the increment of the budget, he was of the opinion that budget presentations…
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has recovered an unprecedented 73 stolen vehicles across the country in the year 2024 alone. Its Corps Marshal, Shehu Mohammed, in a statement issued Wednesday said the vehicles were recovered through the instrumentality of National Vehicle Identification Scheme Portal (NVISP). He noted that the achievement was a testament to its relentless commitment to enhancing national security, strengthening intelligence gathering/sharing as well as enhancing the safety of lives and properties of road users. Mohammed noted that the vehicles were recovered during coordinated intelligence-driven operations conducted by the FRSC in collaboration with other security agencies at…
The House of Representatives has urged tge police and other security agencies to liaise with local vigilantes and embark on a holistic combing of forests in all parts of Nigeria to flush out bandits and herdsmen in their hideouts. It also mandated the House Committees on Police Institutions, Army, Interior and Legislative Compliance to ensure compliance and report to the House within four weeks for further legislative actions. The resolutions of the House followed the adoption of a motion moved at the plenary on Wednesday Hon. Billy Osawaru. Moving the motion, Osawaru said over time, Nigeria had been faced with…
The House of Representatives has called on the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to immediately probe the illegal linking of National Identification Number (NIN) by telecom service providers to another person’s phone line. It also mandated its Committees on Communications and Interior to conduct a thorough investigation into this matter and report back to the House for further legislative business within four weeks. The House also called on the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to confirm whether the linking of NIN numbers by telecom service providers was authorized and in compliance with relevant laws and regulations. It maintained that NCC should…
A former lawmaker that represented Kaduna Central in the Senate, Senator Sheu Sani has accused the former Governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai of coming to “equity with dirty hands”. TheHintsNews reports that El-Rufai had accused his successor, Governor Uba Sani, of collecting “N150 billion” from President Bola Tinubu and refusing to disclose it to the people of the state. In his intervention, Sani in a post on his verified X handle said “the man with a body odour is accusing another of having a mouth odour.” He noted: “The Ex governor collected millions of Dollars Paris Refund from…
President Bola Tinubu has explained the reasons why he declined assent to the Federal University of Education Numan (Establishment) Bill, 2024 The president in a letter dated January 10th, and addressed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, read on the floor of the House on Tuesday. It read: “Pursuant to Section 58(4) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), I hereby convey to the House of Representatives, my decision on 23rd December 2024 to decline Presidential assent to the Federal University of Education Numan (Establishment) Bill, 2024 recently passed by the National Assembly.…
A group, Booth to Booth with Bola Tinubu has appealed to the the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to adopt indirect mode of primary to elect the candidate of the party due to the insecurity in the state. The ruling party had fixed April 5, 2025 for the primary election. The National Coordinator of the group, Iyke Madu, made the plea on Tuesday in Abuja during a courtesy call on the National Chairman of the party, Dr. Abdulahi Ganduje. He said the state government was unable to conduct the local government elections due to the…
The Federal High Court sitting, Lagos, has ordered the and £35,070 recovered from one Muiz Adeyinka, a former employee of First Bank of Nigeria to the federal government Justice A.O. Owoeye gave the order following a motion on notice for the final forfeiture order, which was supported with an affidavit deposed to by Isah Nadabo, an investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). TheHintsNews reports that the judge hadon November 27, 2024, ordered the interim forfeiture of the funds and also ordered the publication of the order in a national newspaper for any interested party to show cause…
The Osun state government has said that gazette and official memos to justify the recent appointment of Olojudo of Ido Ayegunle. TheHintsNews reports that the pandemonium broke out after the announcement of a new monarch for Ido Ayegunle by the Osun State Government, foĺliwing allegation that a stranger was appointed as a traditional ruler over the community located within Esa-Oke town. Checks revealed that on some assailants in police uniform on Monday invaded the town and shot dead four residents, leaving many others injured However, the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi in a statement issued Tuesday vowed…
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo has revealed that northern and central states of Plateau as well as parts of Kaduna, Niger, Benue, Nasarawa, Taraba, Adamawa and Kwara. Keyamo disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja during the unveiling of the 2025 Seasonal Climate Prediction (SCP) by Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) to the public. He added that early onset is expected over the southern states of Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Anambra, and sections of Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Ondo, Lagos, Edo, Enugu, Imo and Ebonyi, while the rest of the country is predicted to have a normal onset The minister…