The Association of Ebonyi Indigenes Socio-Cultural in the Diaspora (AEISCID) has cautioned the Minister of Works and Housing, David Umahi to stop threatening his successor, Governor Francis Nwifuru with second term ticket and allow him to govern the state in peace. Its President, Paschal Omaka stated this in a statement issued Monday while reacting to recent media reports where Umahi claimed he was now being avoided by those he aided to attain certain political positions in the state, adding that he still had the best of relationships with his successor. Against this background, the group urged Nwifuru to rise up…
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Monday said it has revoked the banking licence of Heritage Bank. It added that the bank has continued to suffer and has no reasonable prospects of recovery, thereby making the revocation of the license the next necessary step. To this end, it stressed that the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has been appointed as the Liquidator of the bank in accordance with Section 12 (2) of BOFIA, 2020. CBN Ag. Director, Corporate Communications, Mrs Hakama Ali stressed that the revocation was done in accordance with its mandate to promote a sound financial system in…
Organised labour has shut down the national grid resulting in black out nationwide being experienced by Nigerians, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said. Its General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah in a statement issued Monday said the national grid shut down occured at about 2.19a.m on Monday. He said the sudden forced load cuts led to high frequency and system instability, which eventually shut down the national grid at 2:19am. Mbah said: “The Transmission Company of Nigeria hereby informs the general public that the Labour Union has shut down the national grid, resulting in black out nationwide. The…
Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has warned the organised labour that the industrial action billed to commence on Monday would lead to more hardship for Nigerians. The Sultan in a statement issued on Sunday, therefore, urged the organised labour to shelve its planned strike. He added that the organised labour should not at any time be tired of negotiating with the government. Sultan said having been personally involved in such negotiations between the labour and government in the past, he was aware of the fact that the labour leaders are doing what is right—making a case for better welfare…
The last minute intervention by the leadership of the National Assembly to halt industrial action called by the organised labour which will commence on Monday has hit the rock. The leadership of the National Assembly had been in an emergency meeting with the labour leaders for more than 2 hours aimed at reaching amicable resolution to avert the strike. The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abbas Tajudeen and other principal officers of the National Assembly had on Sunday summoned an emergency meeting at the National Assembly complex with the organised labour, including…
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,…
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…