The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called on the civil society organisations to focus on the incidence of delegate-buying by aspirants during primary elections. The commission noted that some delegates openly boasted of how much money they made from aspirants during party primaries. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, while speaking at the first regular consultative meeting with the CSOs on Tuesday in Abuja also urged the CSOs to engage actively in the monitoring of party primaries. TheHintsNews reports that the Commission released the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the Anambra State Governorship election on 17th October last year.…
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The management of Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) and the agency-based unions have reached an agreement to postpone till further notice the planned strike action by the unions scheduled to begin on Tuesday, 4th of February 2025. The unions are: National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals (ANAP), Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government Owned Companies (SSASCGOC), and Amalgamated Union of Public Corporation, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE). At a media briefing in Abuja on Monday, the unions’ representatives announced that the postponement of the strike action followed agreement reached between…
Special Adviser to the President on Energy, Olu Verheijen has revealed that 25 per cent wealthiest Nigerians received the biggest share of the federal government ₦200 billion monthly electricity subsidies. She disclosed on Monday in a post on her verified X handle to clarify media reports suggesting an imminent 65 per cent increase in electricity tariffs. Verheijen noted: “I would like to clarify media reports suggesting an imminent 65 percent increase in electricity tariffs. “What I actually said: ‘Following the increase of Band A tariffs, Current tariffs now cover about 65 per cent of the actual cost of supplying electricity,…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that President Bola Tinubu has stuck with the ‘snatch and grab’ agenda with no plans to strengthen Nigeria’s democracy. Atiku in a statement issued Sunday by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe decried the lame attempt to impugn the credibility of political leaders who seek a better direction for Nigeria. Atiku, while reacting to the Special Adviser to the President on Public Communication, Mr. Sunday Dare what is to be expected in how the Tinubu administration plans to take the next election in the country as “a combat and a fight” or better still…
A former National Vice Chairman, North-West of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Salihu Lukman has accused former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, Presidential candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi and other opposition leaders and politically displaced politicians of contributing to the current political travesty of the country. Lukman in a statement issued Sunday said the worrying reality is that many of these opposition and displaced politicians with ambitions are highly complicit and have little or no credentials of emerging as better political leaders. He noted: “Based on lay…
Police operatives attached to the Ogun State Command on January 29, 2025 have neutralised five kidnappers and rescued kidnapped victims. Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi in a statement issued Sunday said upon sighting the operatives, the gang engaged the Police operatives in a gun duel. He said: “On January 29 2025, Police operatives of the Ogun State Command carried out a covert operation and located the den of kidnappers responsible for an earlier reported abduction on January 25 2025. “The confrontation led to the neutralisation of five of the gang members and the successful rescue of the three…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency last Wednesday intercepted a consignment of 2,000 kilograms of Ghanaian Loud, a strain of cannabis produced in Ghana, at Lekki beach, Lagos. Its Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi in a statement issued Sunday said two suspects: Sunday Awoyede and Christopher Cletus attempted loading them into a truck when they were arrested. He said the suspects, the skunk shipment and the van were immediately taken into custody. Babafemi stressed that another suspect, Lawal Idris Olasunkanmi was also arrested same day with 55kg skunk during a raid at his base in Mushin area…
The pan Yoruba groups have kicked against the introduction of Sharia Law in the South-west by its proponents, describing it as a plot to destabilise the region. In a statement issued Sunday and jointly signed in behalf of the 29 groups by Alliance for Yoruba Democratic Movements (AYDM), Tajudeen Olowo; O’odua Nationalist Coalition, Olu Sulaiman, South West Professional Forum, Hamzat Oriyomi, among others said they would not allow the introduction of Sharia in the region. The groups were of the opinion that the introduction of Sharia cannot improve the economic, political, social and cultural deficit in Yorubaland. They added that…
In efforts to further sanitise the aviation industry, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has revoked the Air Operator Certificates of two operators. They are Eastwind Aviation Logistics Services Limited and Omni-Blu Aviation. The Authority has determined that both Omni-Blu Aviation and Eastwind Aviation are in violation of Part 1.2.1.5 of Nig. CARs on Falsification, Reproduction, or Alteration of Applications, Licences, Certificates, Logbooks, Reports, or Records. Part 1.2.1.5(b) of Nig. CARs provide the sanction for such fraud as revocation of the certificate. “Consequently, their respective Air Operator Certificates OBA/AOC/12-15/002 and EAL/AOC/03-24/001 are hereby revoked.”
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Friday arraigned 11 Chinese, one Filipino and a company, Genting International Co. Ltd, before Justice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. For alleged internet fraud. Its Lagos Zonal Directorate in a statement issued Friday said the defendants are: Wang Zheng Ming, Li Yin Hui, Xian Hong Will, Zhang Xiao Lei, Long Zhao Ming, Guo Xiao Fei, Yang Sheng, Wang Zheng Feng, Chen Wenyuan, Liu San Hua, Luo Jia You and Rheign Dela Vega. The anti-graft agency said they were members of the syndicate of 792 alleged cryptocurrency investment…