The Ministry of Transportation, Senator Said Alkali, Wednesday announced the inauguration of a pivotal Stakeholders’ Validation Forum for the draft National Land Transport Policy (NLTP), for the country. Alkali hinted that the forum aim at harnessing collective wisdom and insights to craft a transformative blueprint for the future of land transportation in Nigeria. The Minister, while speaking in Abuja, underscored the pressing need for the NLTP, even as he emphasised its potential to revolutionise the nation’s land transport sector, currently burdened with inefficiencies. He noted that the National Land Transport Policy was not just a document; but a vision for…
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The Labour Party has accused the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero of invading its national secretariat in Abuja persons who are known to have partisan interests in other major political parties like the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC). The party noted that greed and inordinate ambition of Ajaero have pushed him into losing every sense of discretion and decency in his recent conducts, be it in his affairs with the workers or even the government. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh in a statement issued Wednesday described the…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Wednesday besieged the national secretariat of the Labour Party in Abuja to protest against the national convention planned for end of this month. TheHintsNews reports that the planned convention has also pitched the party against the Labour Party lawmakers in the House of Representatives. The NLC leadership accused Abure of planning to hold a “secret” convention without the inputs of major stakeholders. The workers also demanded the sacking of the National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure, saying his plan is to destroy the Labour Party. The police, however, denied the workers from gain access…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to engage with political parties and observe their primaries ahead of the Ondo State governorship primary election scheduled to commence in the next two weeks. This, the electoral body said, would strengthen their advocacy for inclusivity for groups such as women, youths and Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) that are under-represented in elective offices at National and State level. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this on Wednesday at the first quarterly consultative meeting with CSOs. His words : “Turning to Ondo State, Political Parties will commence their…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentencing of four internet fraudsters on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 before Justices Darius Khobo and A.A Isiaka of the Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna. The agency in a statement issued Wednesday said their journey to prison began after they were nabbed by operatives of Kaduna Command in sting operations carried out in and around Kaduna axis following credible intelligence on their involvement in internet-related offences. It said they were found to have impersonated foreigners and used the assumed identities to defraud their victims. Justice Isiaka convicted…
The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has accused the military of invading Igbomotoru 2 in Bomo-Ibe Clan of Bayelsa state in the early hours of Sunday 17th March, 2024, killing 40 people. This might not be unconnected with the recent killing of military personnel on official peace keeping assignment at Okuama Community in Delta State. The President of IYC, Dr. Alaye Theophilus, in a statement issued Wednesday said while Okuama shares boundaries with Bayelsa communities, it is not a community in Bayelsa State. It noted that the killing of military personnel did not happen in an Ijaw land and has nothing…
President Bola Tinubu has asked the National Assembly to consider and pass a new bill seeking to provide new salaries and allowances for judicial officers in the country. The Executive bill forwarded by the President is titled “A Bill for an Act to prescribe the Salaries, Allowances and Fringe Benefits of Judicial Office Holders in Nigeria and for Related Matters.” The president in a letter read at plenary on Tuesday by the Speaker of the House of Representatives , Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, said the President said the bill seeks to prescribe salaries and allowances as well as other fringe benefits…
The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has alleged that some people in government are complicit in the ongoing violence in the South-eat Kanu who disassociated himself from the violence in the region vowed that those behind the violence leading to wanton killings of their fellow brothers and sisters and burning of property under the guise of being IPOB members would not be spared. He made this known on Tuesday in Abuja immediately after the Federal High Court denied him bail on charges of terrorism slammed against him by the federal government. Kanu was…
Troops of the Nigerian Army deployed in Jos South Local Government of Plateau State, have rescued one Mrs. Rosemary Jekpe, who was kidnapped at her residence in Abuja Layout, Bukuru Low Cost Housing in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State. Director Army Public Relations, Maj-Gen Onyema Nwachukwu in a statement issued said the kidnap victim was rescued at Rafinbuna Village in Bassa Local Government Area in the same state, after a firefight with the kidnappers. He said the troops recovered one AK – 47 Rifle and 2 Motorbikes from the Kidnappers. Nwachukwu added: “Nigerian Army troops have also…
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dauda Biu has ordered Sector Commanding Officers to commence with immediate effect, patrol operations, as well as organise adequate Mobile Court operations along critical corridors. Biu said the order was in line with the imperatives of cautioning trailers against conveying human beings on top of goods in their vehicles. The Corps Marshal stated this while reacting to the avoidable road traffic crash that occurred on the Abuja-Kaduna expressway on 18 March, 2024. The crash which involved a DAF Trailer occurred as a result of excessive speed, overloading and fatigue. This caused the…