Security agencies have reached the five school children, including their teachers kidnapped in Ekiti State last Monday. The kidnappers had demanded N100 million as ransom payment for their release. However, the Police in a statement posted on its verified X account confirmed their release. It said: “We wish to inform the general public that the five school children, including their teachers, who were kidnapped on 29/01/2024 in Emure-Ekiti, have been rescued unhurt, today 4th February, 2024. “We therefore commend and appreciate the efforts of the government, our Police operatives and other security agencies, including the Amotekun Corps, local vigilantes, hunters,…
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Troops of 114 Battalion (Rear) of 6 Brigade Nigerian Army in conjunction with other security forces, successfully destroyed multiple bandits hideouts and rescued four kidnap victims in Taraba State. Acting Assistant Director, 6 Brigade Army Public Relations, Lt. Oni Olubodunde, in a statement issued Sunday said the swift and decisive operation to flush out Bandits and Kidnappers disturbing the peace in Yorro LGA and its environs commenced on 2nd February 2024. He said: “Troops came in contact with bandits at Gampu hills and Ban Yorro area and exerted superior fire power which made the bandits to flee the location leaving…
The Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji and the 17 Brigade of the Nigerian Army on 30 January 2024, has led to the elimination of several terrorists. Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet in a statement issued Sunday said the air strikes also led to the destruction of their enclave located on Tora Hills in Safana Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina State. He said: “A well planned and coordinated joint operation between the Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji and the 17 Brigade of the Nigerian Army on 30 January 2024, has led to…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the suspension of ongoing re-run elections in specific constituencies due to disruptions, irregularities and abduction of election officials. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, in a statement issued Saturday said the affected areas are: Ikono/Ini Federal Constituency, Akwa Ibom State and Enugu South 1 State Constituency, Enugu State. He said the election was suspended in two Polling Units in Akwa Ibom State which included; Village Hall, EdemUrua 003 in Ini LGA and Village Hall Mbiabong Ikot Udo 003 in Ikono LGA because where all election materials…
The Lagos State government has begun the destruction of illegal shanties occupied by squatters under the Ijora Causeway Bridge. It noted that occupation of underneath the bridge by mini buses, block molders, fuel sellers and miscreants posed to the safe operation of the blue rail line service, and said the government would not allow it to continue. TheHintsNews reports that the state government had on Sunday gave a five-day quit notice to squatters under the bridge and the Lagos Blue rail Line overhead bridge in Ijora to remove all their shanties for constituting a danger to the Lagos Blue Line…
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje has said that the ruling party was determined to raise the quality of political discourse in the country through very well defined ideological prisms. Ganduje made this known on Saturday in Abuja at a one-day validation conference on the draft handbook of The Progressive Institute — APC’s think tank and intellectual resource centre. The chairman noted that the handbook was developed as part of deliberate efforts to establish a world-class intellectual resource centre. Ganduje recalled that one of his major pronouncements immediately after he was inaugurated as the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is monitoring reported disruption of processes by acts of thuggery and hijacking of materials in some locations in Akwa Ibom, Enugu and Kano States. The commission in a short statement issued on its verified X handle said the polls opened promptly and accreditation going on smoothly in the 8,934 Polling Units in 26 States involved in Saturday’s by-elections and re-run elections. It stated: “Generally, polls opened promptly and accreditation going on smoothly in the 8,934 Polling Units in 26 States involved in today’s bye-elections and re-run elections. “However, we are monitoring reported…
A group under the aegis of the Civil Society for Peace, Security and Development (CSPSD) has said that disgruntled oil thieves are behind the campaign of calumny against the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla. Recall that the Nigerian media space was recently awash with the most bizarre and unfounded campaign of calumny against Ogalla with allegations of collecting bribes to the tune of $170 millions to facilitate crude oil theft in connivance with foreign nationals. The Convener of the group, Obadiah Ovye, while addressing a press conference on Friday in Abuja said while it was almost a…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) had dissociated itself from the call for boycott of the rerun elections in Plateau state. TheHintsNews reports that the State Chairman of the Inter- Party Advisory Council (IPAC) had during a press conference held Thursday called for the boycott of the Saturday rerun election in state. The IPAC Chairman, Dogara Abubakar claimed to be speaking on behalf of all political parties in the state. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is comducting the rerun election in Saturday to fill the vacant seats of Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency and Plateau North Senatorial District. However, APC State…
The Inter-party Advisory Council (IPAC) has dissociated itself from the purported boycott of the rerun elections in Plateau state. The National Publicity Secretary of IPAC, Chinyere Ogekalu in a statement issued Thursday also dissociated itself from the purported press conference held by the Plateau State chapter of the Council where the leadership decried the exclusion of PDP from the forthcoming rerun election taking place in the State, especially Plateau north. It said the action of the Plateau State chapter was misguided as it was not a representation of the outcome of the consultative stakeholders’ meeting held by INEC with the…