The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that political parties are now permitted to start campaigning in public from Wednesday 19th June 2024 and end at midnight on Thursday 14th November 2024. It, however, added that political parties should conduct their campaigns with civility and decorum devoid of inciting language, violence, voter inducement and other infractions in accordance with the provisions of Section 92-97 of the Electoral Act 2022. TheHintsNews reports that Ondo State Governorship Election is scheduled to hold on Saturday 16th November 2024. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun in a statement…
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Troops of the Nigerian Army in conjunction with a Task Force Tactical Patrol Squad conducted a raid on a training camp of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network (ESN) located in Ihechiowa community of Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State. During the clearance operation conducted in the early hours of Wednesday 12 June, 2024, the troops successfully infiltrated and dismantled the camp, destroying all training apparatus and facilities found on-site. A statement issued Thursday revealed that the raid marks a critical move in the ongoing efforts to curb acts of terrorism…
As important as this story stands in the history of our nation’s struggle for democracy it is a shame that not many of our teenagers know much about it. There is no better day to put the story out than today the June 12th On October 25, 1993. Four dissatisfied Nigerian teenagers hijacked a Nigerian Airways airbus A310 that was flying from Lagos to Abuja and diverted the plane to Niamey, Niger Republic. They were dissatisfied by the annulment of June 12 elections by the military Head of States, Gen Ibrahim Babangida. The young Nigerians, Richard Ogunderu was 19, Kabir…
A former National Vice Chairman, North-west of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Salihu Lukman has dumped the ruling party. He said it doesn’t require any investigation that there was no way APC could win elections except through rigging, if the anti-people policies of President Bola Tinubu was anything to go by. Lukman stressed that the popular saying in the country now is that Tinubu is a one-term President, saying that the hard truth is that the country would be lucky to get to 2027 without witnessing upheavals. Lukman in a letter to selected party leaders titled: ‘APC and The…
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday fell while trying to mount the van at Eagle Square Abuja during the June 12 Democracy Day celebration. The unfortunate incident has also raised a lot of doubt regarding the state of health of the President. Recently, the president has cautiously avoided public events that he ought to have attended because of his failing health. Against this background, Nigerians have expressed concern whether Tinubu is actually in charge of the administration of the country or his government has been hijacked by cabals due to his failing health.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says it has registered a total of 269,992 new voters in Edo and Ondo States ahead of the forthcoming governorship polls. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun in a statement issued Tuesday said as provided by Section 19 of the Electoral Act 2022, the commission would display register for claims and objections by citizens for a period of seven days (one week) from Wednesday 12th June, 2024. He stressed that the purpose of the display was for the public to identify any ineligible persons on the register, draw…
A group under the aegis of Concerned Nigerian Patriots (CNP) has said that the insistence of the organised labour on collecting ₦250,000 as minimum wage would plunge the country into economic crisis. TheHintsNews reports that the federal government and the organised private sector have proposed N62,000 minimum wage, though a far cry of what was being demanded by labour. The state governors recently cautioned the federal government against negotiating minimum wage with labour on their behalf, adding that they can pay N62, 000 proposed by organised private sector and federal government. The Chairman of the group, Alfa Mohammed, disclosed this…
The House of Representatives has called on the leadership of the National Assembly to intervene and ensure that the remaining members-elect of the Plateau State House of Assembly are sworn for the purpose of equity, fairness and justice. It noted that failure to address the delays or biases in the swearing-in of these new members-elect was a total denial of the voices of other constituencies in Plateau State and undermines commitment to justice, fairness, and the principles of democracy and poised a threat to security in the State. The resolution of the House followed teg adoption of a motion moved…
The Minister of Transportation Sa’idu Alkali has revealed that the federal government has commenced conversion of railway locomotive engines from diesel to Compressed Natural Gas CNG). The minister who disclosed this on Monday during an inspection on the retrofitting exercise at Idu train station in Abuja said that if successful, the locomotive engines would work on 70 percent diesel and 30 percent gas. Alkali, while speaking on the sidelines shortly after the inspection, explained that the process is currently at an advanced stage as the engine is designed in such a way that the diesel is used to power the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned that staff of the commission involved in corrupt and unethical practices would incur severe punishments under the law. The Chairman of INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu gave the warning on Monday in Abuja at the annual lecture organised by the Electoral Institute TEI, INEC, with the theme: “Achieving Professionalism among Election Personnel through Effective Training in Preparation for Edo and Ondo Off Cycle Governorship Elections”. The Chairman who was represented by Prof, the Chairman, Board of The Electoral Institute (BEI), Prof. Abdullahi Zuru cautioned that unethical and corrupt practices by election officials…