The Minority Caucus, as well as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caucus in the House of Representatives have said that the coalition of opposition lawmakers is unknown to the parliament. TheHintsNews reports that the coalition of opposition led by Ikenga Ugochinyere on Monday threatened to quit the PDP of the lists of local government caretaker committee members in Rivers State and eight states allegedly skewed in favour of the members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were not reversed. The coalition, which comprises of 60 PDP lawmakers also demanded the resignation of the Acting Chairman of PDP, Umar Damagun to…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has revealed that it has recovered N30 billion in the alleged money laundering case involving the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Betta Edu. TheHintsNews reports that on January 8, President Bola Tinubu, suspended Edu from office and ordered a thorough investigation of the alleged transfer of N585.189m meant for vulnerable groups in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ogun and Lagos states into a private account. However, in a bulletin titled, “EFCC Alert and signed by its Chairman, Ola Olukoyede also revealed that 50 bank accounts were currently being investigated. Giving an update on the…
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Dauda Biu Monday directed the over 28,000 Corps’ Operatives (Regular and Special Marshals) to effectively cover 51 Corridors during the Eid-El Kabir special Patrol which is expected to commence from 08 to 13 April, 2024. This directive, Biu said, was in view of the envisioned increase in vehicular movement and the need to make the highways safe by eliminating all variables that propel road traffic crashes, fatalities and injuries on the nation’s highways. Among the corridors to be covered by the operatives are: Akwanga-Lafiya-Makurdi, Jos-Bauchi-Gombe, Sokoto-Tambuwal-Jega-Birnin Kebbi corridor, Katsina-Kano-Wudil-Dutse-Azare-Potiskum corridor, Kaduna-Saminaka-Jos corridor,…
Ahead of the April 20 governorship primary in Ondo State, one of the aspirants, Hon. Olugbenga Edema has said that it would be suicidal for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to field the Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa for the November 16 Governroship election. TheHintsNews reports that the former governorship candidate of the APC in the 2019 Bayelsa gubernatorial election, David Lyon was declared winner of the election, but a day to his swearing-in as governor, his election was invalidated by the Supreme Court. The Apex court ruled that his running mate Degi Eremienyo Wangagra submitted a fake certificate to the…
Sixty Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers have threatened to quit the party if the alleged doctored list of Local Government Caretaker Committees of the party in Rivers and 10 other states allegedly skewed in favour of the All Progressive Congress (APC) members were not nullified. The lawmakers noted that the members cannot be in a political party where the activities of such a party are determined by another political party. The lawmakers led by a member representing Ideato Federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Imo Ugochinyere under the aegis of the opposition lawmakers coalition disclosed while addressing a…
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has introduced the Face of Aviation Consumer Protection (FACP) to encourage creativity, passion, dedication to duty and excellence, NCAA noted that Mrs. Ifueko Abdulmalik, an Assistant General Manager Consumer Protection at the NCAA was crowned the maiden Face of Aviation Consumer Protection of the Authority. The crown, the agency said, is for the period of one year, after which, another will emerge. A statement issued Monday in Abuja by the Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, NCAA, Michael Achimugu, said the initiative was also part of the rebranding exercise of the Consumer Protection Department,…
The immediate-past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello and some ministers who served in the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, have vanished from public spaces over fears of imminent arrests by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Like other former governors, Bello who left office in January after eight years in office, has been named as a co-conspirator in an alleged corrupt conduct. Bello’s name was mentioned during the re-arraignment of his nephew, Ali Bello, and a co-defendant for money laundering at the Federal High Court in Abuja. The EFCC had amended the charges on 5 February,…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sunday said its collaboration with the Nigerian Bar Association was already yielding results as prosecution of recalcitrant offenders including drivers involved in fatal crashes in top gear. This was even as it added that it has deployed guns, radar, breathalyzers equipment to put a check on drunk-driving and over speeding. The Corps Marshal, FRSC, Dauda Biu gave the hint at the official flag off of 2024 Sallah motor rally at Dankogi Park, Zuba. Biu said the theme for this year’s rally which is; ”Overloading is a Time Bomb: Stop the Deaths, Do not Overload…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 arrested the General Overseer of CAC Freedom City Prophetic and Deliverance Ministry, Ilorin, Prophet Adeniyi James, for allegedly defrauding a member of the church to the tune of N3,980,000. The victim, Oluwole Babarinsa, had in a petition to the Commission, alleged that James called him out during a church programme sometime in 2021 that he had a revelation that he would travel abroad. According to the petitioner, the cleric, in the course of giving the revelation, asked him about his preferred country, to which he replied “Canada”. The…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested an India-bound passenger, Freeman Ogbonna at the screening point of terminal 2 of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos for ingesting 80 wraps of cocaine. Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi in a statement issued Sunday said Ogbonna was arrested on Sunday 31st March while attempting to board his flight to Delhi, India via Doha on Qatar Airways, with a Liberian international passport, bearing the name: Carr Bismark. He said he was taken for body scan, which tested positive for ingestion of illicit drugs. Babafemi noted that…