The Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (NIEEE) has called for a redesign of market rules to address issues of reliability and market imbalance in the power sector. Its President, Felix Olu, in a communique issued at the end of the institute virtual meeting hinted that the problems in the power sector were systemic, noting that there was no strict compliance with rule-based market design with strong penalties for defaulters. He said : “Problems within the power sector include transmission infrastructure capacity, inefficient quality service, aging equipment, lack of spare parts, dearth of technical manpower, use of radial networks…
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A former National Vice Chairman in North-west for the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Salihu Lukman has said that imposition of candidates are made possible and stronger because organs of the party vested with the responsibility of decisions regarding party primary are undermined. To this end, the party chieftain was of the opinion that deliberate reforms in the ruling party would confer stronger electoral advantages ahead of the 2027 general election. Lukman in a statement issued Sunday noted that for party organs to be made functional, the issue of party funding must be resolved beyond the current reality of dependence…
Troops of the Nigerian army on Saturday arrested nine members of the Yoruba Nation Agitators who attempted to invade Oyo State secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan. Director Army Public Relations, Maj-Gen Onyema Nwachukwu in a statement issued Saturday said the members of the group dressed in foreign military camouflage with berets and armed with dangerous weapons in buses and motorbikes dieing the invasion. He said: “This is to notify the general public that today Saturday 13 April 2024, sequel to the report of an attack on the State Secretariat Agodi, Ibadan, Oyo State, troops promptly responded to the incident and had contact…
The Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos on Friday, April 12, 2024, sentenced Idris Okuneye, Bobrisky, to six months imprisonment over mutilation of the Naira notes. TheHintsNews reports that Bobrisky was arraigned on Friday, April 5, 2024 on a four-count charge bordering on mutilation of the Naira notes to the tune of N490, 000. Count one reads: “That you, Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, on the 24th day of March, 2024, at Imax Circle Mal, Jakande, Lekki, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, whilst dancing during a social event, tampered with the total sum of N400,000.00 notes issued by the Central…
One of the leading governorship aspirants, Olusola Oke has said that the statement credited to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa was intended to undermine a democratic exercise ahead of the April 20 All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Ondo state. TheHintsNews reports that the governor had while fielding questions from journalists on Friday in Abuja declared that there was no vacancy in the Ondo State government’s house. Oke was of the opinion that what the governor said was intended to undermine a democratic exercise. He stated: “It is an aphorism from all incumbent persons.we heard this one in Lagos when…
Ahead of the April 20 All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Ondo state, one of the leading governorship aspirants, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim has described Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa as a joker for saying there is no vacancy in the government house. Ibrahim while addressing journalists on Friday in Abuja after he was screened and cleared to contest the primary election. He noted that the governor would be out of the government house after the primary election next week. Ibrahim wondered how the governor would had never won an election would be able to emerge victorious at the primary. He…
The Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa has said that his certificate is genuine and authentic contrary to the rumour making the round in the media. Aiyedatiwa disclosed this on Friday at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja after he was cleared by the Screening Committee to contest the primary election. The governor further declared there was no vacancy at the government’s house. His words: “Questions were asked and answered and at the end of the day, I have been cleared that there are no issues. Especially the issue that has to do with the certificate that a…
Justice J.A Kereng of the Gombe State High Court sitting in Gombe, on Monday, April 8, 2024 convicted and sentenced the duo of Ibrahim Abdullahi and Umar Usman to various jail terms for obtaining the sum of N682,847.00 under false pretences. The judge also sentenced Mohammed Soja to six years imprisonment. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a statement issued Wednesday said all the three convicts were jailed for employment fraud. TheHintsNews reports that the convicts bagged their imprisonment when they allegedly approached their victims in October 2022 about some phony job opportunities in a private liability company in…
The Transparency International in Nigeria (TI-Nigeria) has lauded the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for its recent recovery of N30 billion from the investigation of Betta Edu, the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs. A statement signed and issued on Wednesday by the Executive Director, TI-Nigeria, Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, underscored the significance of the recovery, while emphasising the need to hold accountable those entrusted with public funds. According to him, It is highly commendable that the EFCC has taken action against corruption within the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, which should be focused on alleviating poverty rather than being a breeding…
The federal government has approved Thursday April 11 as an additional public holiday for this year’s Eid-el-Fitr celebration. TheHintsNews reports that the federal government had on April 7 declared Tuesday and Wednesday as public holidays for the Muslim celebration. However, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Aishetu Ndayako in a statement on Tuesday said the decision was because there was no sighting of the new moon on Monday. Ndayako said the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo congratulated the Muslim Ummah for a successful completion of a month of spiritual rejuvenation. The statement reads: “The federal government has approved Thursday 11th…