One year after being in the saddle, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be first person to admit that the ride has been bumpy. He is also the first to say he is unfazed by the turbulence as he remains focused on the marathon of the next three years. The past year has been months of baby steps, months of laying the foundations for the next three years of canter. As Nigeria’s 16th President, Tinubu during his campaign for the office said he would make difficult decisions and that running the country would not be business as usual. From day one,…
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Troops of the Nigerian Army in synergy with operatives of the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies, deployed for counter-terrorism operations in the South West have successfully rescued 8 more students of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara, Kogi State taken hostage by terrorists. TheHintsNews reports that terrorists had on May 9,2024 swooped on the university around 9:00 p.m. kidnapping some students while reading for their upcoming exams. The army in a statement issued Sunday said the rescue operation took place in a dense forest near Oro Ago Village in Kwara State. It added that the operation,…
The National Assembly has said that it would engage the organised labour as part of moves to avert the industrial action due to commence on Monday. It said its decision of to intervene followed the deadlock between the federal government and the Labour Unions in agreeing on a new national minimum wage and reversal of the recent hike in electricity tariffs. The National Assembly stressed that both parties have tenable reasons for their respective positions. A statement issued Sunday and jointly signed by the spokesperson of the Senate, Senator Yemi Adaramodu and the spokesperson of the House, Akin Rotimi revealed…
A group, Benue Diaspora Vanguard has petitioned President Bola Tinubu and the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to make a statement on the leadership hierarchy of the party in the states with sitting governors. The group maintained that it was important to refer to the precedent for making appointments into federal offices in the past administrations where slots due to each state were left to the sole discretion of sitting governors including the opposition governors. It said it demand became imperative following the consistent onslaught against Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue state by the Secretary to the Government…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) has intercepted large consignments of codeine-based syrup and Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis worth over N2.2 billion in street at the Port Harcourt seaports, Onne and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja. Its Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi in a statement issued Sunday said tt the Lagos airport, NDLEA officers with the cooperation of other security agencies on Friday 31st May, 2024 intercepted a large consignment of Loud, packed in eight suitcases, containing 320 parcels with a total weight of 164.50kg of the strong psychoactive substance coming from Canada on…
A former soldier that served in the 151 task force battalion in the North-east, Daniel Somtochukwu has lamented that the army was supplying more ammunition to kill his people in the South-east. TheHintsNews reports that last Thursday, five soldiers who were on peacekeeping duty in Aba, Abia State were killed by suspected militants of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) enforcing sit-at-home. The army has vowed that its retaliation will be fierce. Checks revealed that the killing of the soldiers was coming two months after a similar tragic incident happened in Okuama in Delta state. President Bola Tinubu in…
The governors of the North-Central zone elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are currently divided over the call for the resignation of the national chairman of the party, Dr. Abdulahi Ganduje. Investigation revealed that the governors from the region are polarised as some — especially first term governors are indifferent towards the agitation for return of the office to the zone. TheHintsNews reports that since the emergence of Ganduje, stakeholders from the North-Central have been up in arms calling on the ruling party to take back the position where it was originally zoned. Last Thursday some…
In the face of the rising cost of living, I believe there is need for a higher national minimum wage. However, the negotiation for a new national minimum wage by the Labour Movement should be rational and tempered within economic realities and capacity of both the government and private employers to pay. Aluta approach of the Labour Movement won’t solve any problem. It will rather further depress the economy and create needless confusion. There should be a rational conversation around the debate. Save for Lagos and probably 3 other states, I don’t think there is any state in Nigeria today…
The federal government has said the sum of N494,000 national minimum wage being demanded by organised labour, which cumulatively amounts to the sum of N9.5 trillion bill, is capable of destabilising the economy and jeopardising the welfare of over 200 million Nigerians. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed at a press conference on Saturday in Abuja while responding to the threat by the organised labour to embark on strike if their demands were not met. He noted that even though labour was keen on the take-home pay of about 1.2 million workers, the federal government was…
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Benjamin, Hon. Okezie Kalu has revealed that the Green Chamber was considering a bill to reserve seats for women in the parliament Kalu stated this on Friday night in Owerri, Imo State at the 2nd Women of Divine Destiny Initiative (WODDI) Inspiring Women Summit (WIWS 2024) with the theme: “Illuminating the Power of an Inspired Woman.” The Deputy Speaker in a statement issued Saturday by his Chief Press Secretary, Levinus Nwabughiogu, said the Bill titled “Seat Reservation Bill”, was sponsored by himself alongside some of his colleagues. He explained that the bill…