The Rivers State caucus in the House of Representatives has disowned one of its members, Hon. Dumnamene Deekor, insisting he has no permission never to speak on behalf of the caucus. The Leader of the Caucus, Hon. Awaji-Inombek Abiante, in a statement issued yesterday said the leadership of the Rivers caucus in the House has always been based on seniority. He noted that a second term lawmaker cannot therefore lead the caucus when there are more senior lawmakers. Abiante also dismissed the call for the sanction of the coordinator of the G-60 Lawmakers in the House, Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere. He…
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Sierra Leone has passed a historic bill to ban child marriage after girls across the country and Save the Children joined a campaign to criminalise the widespread practice. TheHintsNews reports that Sierra Leone has one of the highest child marriage, early pregnancy and maternal mortality rates in the world, with about one-third of girls married before the age of 18, and another third giving birth before the age of 19, according to the Ministry of Health. Save the Children Sierra Leone Country Director, Patrick Analo in a statement issued Friday said the Prohibition of Child Marriage Bill 2024 seeks to…
Ahead of the Edo and Ondo states governorship elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned against the use of the power of incumbency to deny opposition parties and candidates access to public facilities for rallies and other campaigns. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun in a statement issued Friday said these actions often result in violent clashes among party supporters and a breach of public peace. The electoral body also decried the imposition of excessive levies and fees for outdoor and media advertising, and even the removal or vandalisation of billboards and posters.…
Lawyers representing detained Nigerian professors have decried their prolonged detention in Cameroon. In a statement issued Thursday by the legal team representing the detained professors, Joseph Fru lamented that the significant delays was due to the non-appearance of crucial officials from the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), the Cameroonian High Commissioner, the UNHCR Coordinator, the Attorney-General of the Federation, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The legal team noted that the delay was highlighted at the recent hearing of the public petitions committee in the National Assembly. It noted that the committee chairman had pledged to explore further legal actions, including…
He is influential. He is courageous. He is a lover of equity and justice. He is not one who shy away from taking a position when critical matter of national development is under discussion, especially when it happens to do with the South-south region or the entire nation. No doubt, he is a notable political figure in Nigeria. Yekini Nabena has become a household name in Nigeria politics having held the position of the National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in acting capacity for a while. Yekini Nabena hails from Bayelsa State in the South-South region…
The Rivers state caucus in the House of Representatives has called on the leadership of the House to take urgent steps to sanction a member of the House, Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere for meddling in political crisis in Rivers State. The caucus added that he had, instead, put himself forward as a veritable tool and an agent provocateur for a cause he knows nothing about and for no other reason except to feather his nest. It said that Ugochinyere’s actions in the guise of representation outside of the House impinge on the privileges of members of the Caucus, the integrity of…
Kano state Governor, Abba Yusuf has declared that Muhammadu Sanusi II remained the Emir of Kano. TheHintsNews reports that a Federal High Court in Kano had earlier on Thursday set aside all steps taken by the Kano state government to repeal the Kano Emirates Council Law. The Kano House of Assembly had repealed the law after which Governor Yusuf implemented it by dethroning Aminu Ado Bayero as Emir of Kano. The governor also reversed the creation of four emirates, Bichi, Rano Karaye and Gaya, and sacked the Emirs appointed by his predecessor, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje. The law was also relied…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and TotalEnergies JV have announced a $550 million Final Investment Decision (FID) on the Ubeta Field Development Project. TheHintsNews reports that the Ubeta field discovered in 1964, North-West of Port Harcourt in the eastern part of the Niger Delta would, once on stream, produce about 350MMScf/day of gas and 10,000 BBLS/day of associated liquids, tapping into the vast gas reserves and contributing towards securing gas supply to Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited. NNPC Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye in a statement issued Thursday said the milestone was in line with President Bola…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the allegations by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that it planned to take over Rivers State government through the back door as baseless. The National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka in a statement issued Thursday said the current crisis in Rivers state was clearly contrived and executed by Governor Sim Fubara. The ruling party decried that the governor had continued to usurp the legislative power of the Rivers state legislature while contemptuously disregarding valid decisions and orders of courts of competent jurisdiction in critical matters at the root of the crisis in the state.…
The federal government has converted Zaria Hotels in Kaduna State to classrooms and hostels having acquired it as annexure to the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Zaria. This, government said, was to widen the growth of the institution to achieve its potential. The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo gave the hint on Thursday on the sidelines shortly after a familiarisation tour of the institution. The minister stated that the landmass where the hotel was sited was enough for expansion, so the potential for the college, in terms of expansion, was great. He noted that NCAT remained the…