The House of Representatives has disowned a member representing Degema/ Bonny Federal Constituency in River State, Hon. Cyril Hart for claiming that the lack of the necessary investment in the oil and gas sector was a rejection of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). Hart, who represented the Speaker of the House, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, made the remarks while addressing the Society of Petroleum Engineers at the 2024 Oloibiri Lecture Series and Energy Forum (SPEOLEF) held last Friday in Abuja. “Prior to this time, we were told that we were not getting investment into the sector because the international community was…
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The Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers State has told Governor Siminilayi Fubara that the style of issuing threats to the people for a decision he made without coercion was most disheartening. The Rivers state Publicity Secretary of APC, Chibike Ikenga, in a statement issued Wednesday while reacting to the statement credited to Fubara when he received the National Union of Local Government Employees(NULGE) from the 23 local governments on Wednesday in Port Harcourt on Wednesday reminded the governor that in the resolution of any conflict, the parties must make necessary sacrifices for peace and stability. The…
The Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has warned that his decision to implement the presidential peace pact to end the political crisis in the state should not be taken as an act of cowardice. TheHintsNews reports that President Bola Tinubu intervened in the political crisis that engulfed the State on October 30, 2023, where resolutions were reached to end the political impasse. But the governor, while addressing the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) on from the 23 Local Government Areas of Rivers State on a solidarity rally at Government House on Wednesday in Port Harcourt warned if…
The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has said that it is merciless and ruthless to increase electricity tarriff by 300 per cent. The Ag. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Muhammed Ishaq in a statement issued Wednesday noted that it was unimaginable that the government would impose such life-frustrating policies on a nation that was already on its knees. The party, while condemning the policy, said it would result in the power companies raising prices of electricity from N68 to N200 per kilowatt-hour. It lamented that this drastic hike, coming on the heels of the removal of fuel subsidies and massive…
The Executive Chairman of Kwara State Sports Commission, Bolakale Mogaji has revealed that the modern squash courts of Kwara State Stadium will be completed before the end of April 2024. The former national coach for Squash stated that the Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq is leaving no stone unturned in the completion of what might be the first ultra modern squash court in Sub Saharan Africa. Mogaji disclosed this during a facility tour with members of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Kwara State Chapter in Ilorin on Wednesday. He said, “Kwara is set to join the league of…
Following rumours making the round that the federal government was considering reinstating the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu after sallah break, a group, Youth Coalition Against Corruption Initiative has kicked against her reinstatement. TheHintsNews reports that there was outrage when a memo surfaced wherein Edu asked the Accountant-General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein to transfer the sum of N585 million to Oniyelu Bridget Mojisola, said to be project accountant for the Renewed Hope Grant for vulnerable groups. The group in a statement issued Tuesday by its Spokesperson, Abdullahi Mas’ud called for the appointment of…
Perturbed by the scores of road users killed as a result of the multiple road traffic crash that occured on Sunday 31 March, 2024 at Obajana market in Kogi State, the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Dauda Ali Biu has directed Kogi State Sector Commander of the Corps to commence a detailed investigation that will lead to speedy prosecution of all the drivers responsible for the crash. Biu, in a statement on Monday by the Assistant Corps Marshal Corps Public Education Officer, Jonas Agwu, with the recent collaboration between the Corps, the Nigerian Bar Association as well as State…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 35-year-old lady, Chidinma Agbazue for attempting to export 20 parcels of cannabis sativa weighing 10.70 kilograms concealed in African salad popularly called Abacha and dried vegetables to Doha, Qatar through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The agency’s officers at the Lagos airport working in partnership with men of the Department of State Security had on Thursday 28th March intercepted Chidinma, an outbound passenger from Lagos to Doha, on Qatar Airways during clearance of passengers at the screening point of terminal 11 of the MMIA. Its Director, Media and Advocacy,…
The Joint Task Force Operation Udo Ka, in continuation of its operations to stamp out the criminalities of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate the Eastern Security Network (ESN) has raided and cleared the notorious Monday Oluchi Ogu Camp also known as B44 Camp in Imo State. The military in a statement issued Sunday said the operation which commenced on Thursday 28 March 2024 was aimed at clearing known (IPOB/ESN Camp located at the border of Njaba River bothering Awo-Omama Community in Oru East Local Government Area and Ezoiha community in Mbaitoli LGA of Imo State. It…
By my nature, I don’t discuss personalities. I rather dwell on issues. However, circumstances have compelled me to do this. I, therefore, apologize in advance to my admirers, and well-wishers. Rest assured that because of the individual involved, I won’t go beyond this one response. For long, I had refrained from joining issues with Ismaeel Uthman, the deputy editor of Osun Defender, who has been struggling hard to be confirmed the substantive editor of the paper. My reason for not wanting to join issues with him was largely because of the wife and the younger brother. These are people who…