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…
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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…
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…
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…