The United States government has piled more charges on the earlier $20 million bank fraud case against Allen Onyema, the CEO of Air Peace, as the Nigerian businessman continues to elude trial in an American court in the last five years. Although Onyema, founder of the major Nigerian airline, has denied wrongdoing, he has been wanted in the US over the bank fraud charges pending against him and a co-defendant at the District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, in Atlanta since 2019. “On 8 October 2024, they were both charged in a superseding indictment alleging an additional count…
Author: Hints News
A multimedia bilingual journalist, Alhassan Bala, has launched a Hausa fact-checking platform called “Alkalanci” (The Arbiter). Bala in a statement issued Sunday explained that the platform focuses primarily on fact-checking claims on health, politics, and many other topics in Hausa language. He said it would also be fact-checking pictures and videos to enlighten the Hausa readers in Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana and beyond about misleading claims or false pictures and videos. Bala stressed that the berth of the platform became imperative at a time when people use photoshop and Artificial Intelligence to create “deep fake” pictures and videos. He said: “We…
The Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy (FMM&BE) has embraced the Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan 2021-2025 (FCSSIP 25) with the inauguration of the Core Performance Management Team (PMS). The Permanent Secretary, Oloruntola Olufemi while inaugurating the PMS Champions team of the ministry, charged the drivers pooled from various departments to work with zeal and commitment in achieving the Key Results Areas of this policy. He recalled that PMS was one of the Six Pillars of FCSSIP2025, a Strategic Plan launched by the Office of Head of Service of the Federation towards evolving the civil service into a…
The French government has awarded the sum of €250,000 to five tertiary institutions in Nigeria to help combat plastic pollution in the country. The Project, under the l French Embassy Fund (FEF) was part of the French government’s global effort to encourage proper plastic waste management and young Nigerian researchers to develop innovative ideas for a safer environment. At the official inauguration of the FEF Waste Management in Nigerian Campuses Project in Abuja, the Head of Cooperation and Cultural Affairs in the French Embassy, Thierry Valentin said the idea was to show to the global community that with little or…
Amnesty International (AI) Friday urged the federal government to reintegrate and empower girls and young women who survived terrorism attacks in Nigeria, including the Chibok girls who are now women. Programme Manager, Amnesty International Nigeria, Ms. Barbara Magaji, made the call during an event to commemorate the International Day of the Girl Child in Abuja. Magaji stressed the importance of standing in solidarity with girls affected by conflict around the world, including those in Nigeria who have faced grave violations at the hands of terrorist groups and, in some cases, security forces. She said: “This International Day of the Girl,…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the attempt by immediate past Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi to hoodwink Nigerians into his web of false empathy and incitement to violence is hypocritical, provocative and dangerous. Amaechi had in a recent interview blamed the youth in a recent interview for not protesting against hardship in the country. His call for protest, however, did not go down well with the ruling party who said Amaechi has been a leechy dependant on state resources almost all of his adult life. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Felix Morka in a statement…
A faction of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by the Acting National Chairman, Illiya Damagum has announced the suspension of its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, and National Legal Adviser, Kamaldeen Ajibade (SAN). TheHintsNews reports that Ologunagba had in an earlier statement announced the suspension of the Damagum and National Secretary, Sen. Samuel Anyanwu for alleged anti-parties. However, the PDP Director of Publicity, Chinwe Nnorom in another statement issued Friday said the party has established a committee, led by Deputy National Chairman (South) Taofeek Arapaja, to investigate the concerns raised against the officers…
The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) assumed a dramatic twist as the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party has announced the suspension of the Acting National Chairman, Illiya Damagum and National Secretary, Sen. Samuel Anyanwu for alleged anti-parties. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Debo Ologunagba made this known in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja. He said the two officials are suspended from all meetings, activities and programs of the NWC pending the conclusion of investigation by the National Disciplinary Committee. The spokesperson stressed that the NWC condemned this anti-party activity of the acting…
The Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy said it has partnered with the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) and the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) in identifying world best practices and also identifying the appropriate Public and Private Partnership models in the rehabilitation, modernisation and concession of Nigerian ports. This, the Ministry said, was part of efforts to restructure, transform and improve efficiency within the nations ports Its minister, Adegboyega Oyetola, stated this on Thursday when he received on a courtesy visit, the Director General, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) and its management team at the ministry in Abuja. The…
The House of Representatives has lamented that the failure of the government to implement the Exports (Prohibition) Act, 2004 has led to severe food shortages, high food prices, increased food insecurity, and the loss of revenue for farmers and the federal government. To this end, the Green Chamber has called on the federal government to, as a matter of urgency, implement the Exports (Prohibition) Act, 2004 to curb food smuggling and food insecurity in Nigeria. The decision of the House was sequel to the adoption of a motion moved at the plenary on Wednesday by Hon. Muktar Shagaya. Moving the…