The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that three political parties have refused to nominate agents at all levels of polling or collation agents ahead of the November 16 Ondo governorship election. The political parties are: All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), National Rescue Movement (NRM) and Boot Party (BP). INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun disclosed this in a statement issued Friday while giving a summary of polling and collation agents submitted by political parties for the poll. He said following the closure of the portal for the upload of polling and collation…
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Smoke rises over Beirut’s southern suburbs, after overnight Israeli air strikes, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces in Lebanon, Oct. 3, 2024. Lebanese health officials said Thursday an Israeli airstrike hit an apartment building in Beirut, killing at least six people and wounding seven others. The Israeli military said it was conducting strikes in the Lebanese capital aimed the Hezbollah militant group. “Another sleepless night in Beirut,” the U.N. special coordinator in Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, said on X on Thursday. “Counting the blasts shaking the city. No warning sirens. Not knowing what’s next. Only that uncertainty lies ahead.…
In clear contravention with the judgement of the Supreme Court, Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State in cahoot with the State Assembly has resolved to enact joint State and Local Government joint Account law. TheHintsNews reports that On Thursday, July 11, 2024, the Supreme Court in Sc/343/2024 delivered a judgment in which Justice Emmanuel Agim ruled that all funds due to the 774 Local Government Areas in Nigeria must be paid directly into the accounts of local governments and no longer through State and Local Government Joint Account. However, the Labour Party Caucus in the National Assembly has vowed to…
The federal government on Thursday in Abuja inaugurated members of the Governing Council of Maritime Academy, Oron, Akwa-Ibom State. This was even as the government hinted that it has upgraded the academic curriculum of the institution to International Maritime Standards, earning accreditation from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy Adegboyega Oyetola, while inaugurating the board stated that the vision of the institution is to equip the country’s teaming youth with specialised maritime education and practical skills, preparing them for jobs in shipping, marine engineering, port…
Justice Nkeonye Maha of Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered the Directorate of Road Services (widely known as VIO) to immediately cease from confiscating vehicles or imposing fines on Nigerians over road traffic violations The judge noted that VIO officers are not empowered by any law or statute to stop, impound, confiscate the vehicles or impose fines on motorists. Justice Maha stated this on Wednesday in Abuja while delivering judgement on a case marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1695/2023. The judgement followed a lawsuit by rights attorney Abubakar Marshal of Falana and Falana Chambers. The judgment has significantly pruned the powers of VIO and…
The Federal Capital Territory Police command has arrested four suspected kidnappers terrorising the nation’s capital, and neighbouring states. Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, in a statement issued Thursday said the anti-kidnapping unit, acting on credible intelligence, trailed and arrested four notorious kidnappers who have been terrorising FCT namely; Yau Sani, a.k.a. Baba (an ex-convict), Nuhu, a.k.a. Giwa, Kabiru Mohammed, and Yusuf Hassan, at their criminal hideout in Sauka, Abuja living within the general population. She said: “The Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the FCT Police Command on 1st October, 2024, acting on credible intelligence, trailed and arrested four notorious kidnappers…
Ahead of the local government elections in Rivers State scheduled to hold on Saturday, 5th October, the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has said that it would not allow any individual or groups of persons to disrupt the election. The President of IYC, Dr. Theophilus Alaye stated this while addressing a press conference on Thursday in Port Harcourt. He said it was appalling to note that Courts of coordinate jurisdictions are giving conflicting judgements to stop the conduct of local government elections in the state, describing it as unfortunate. Alaye pointed out that those opposed to the conduct of the election…
The House of Representatives has rejected what it described as inferior Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR) award conferred on the Speaker, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas. The House, therefore, mandated the relevant House Committees to liaise with the Presidency and propose amendments to the National Honours Act of 1964 to appropriately recognise the Speaker as co-head of the National Assembly and also confer the national honour of GCON on him. The resolution of the House was sequel to the adoption of a motion titled, “multi-partisan motion on the inappropriate discrimination against the House of Representatives and the presentation of the chamber…
The federal government has announced that the deduction of tax at source (Withholding) Regulations, 2024, has been published in the official gazette. The Chairman, Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele made this known in a post on his verified X handle. He added that the commencement date of the new regulations is 30th September 2024, while implementation begins on 1st January 2025. This, he said, is to allow for a minimum of 90 days notice required for tax changes in line with the 2017 National Tax Policy. Oyedele noted: “The Deduction of Tax at Source (Withholding)…
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Shehu Mohammed has applauded the rescue team of the Corps who successfully recovered the sum of N8,62 million during a rescue operation that was carried out at the scene of a road traffic crash in Kaduna State. The road traffic crash occurred at Area G, Samaru along Zaria-Funtua road on the evening of Monday, 2024 at 1900HRS. From the report of the rescue operations conducted, a Ford pick up belonging to Nigerian Army with registration number FST 134FX was moving towards Funtua when a Toyota Corolla, red in colour with registration number…