The the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC ) has approved the promotion of 819 senior officials to their next rank. The Spokesperson of the FRSC, ACM Jonas Agwu gave the hint in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. He stated that the secretary to the government of the federation, Sen. George Akume, on February 27, 2024, approved the promotion of the 819 senior FRSC officials. Agwu noted that some of the promoted FRSC officials included one Deputy Corps Marshal, Muhammed Kabo, who represented the Northeast geopolitical zone at the management level. Others are: Eight Corps Commanders who were promoted to…
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The House of Representatives has decided to probe the alleged unremitted N1.8 trillion AND $342 million tax revenue owed the federation by Multichoice Group. The resolution of the House followed the adoption of an urgent motion moved at the plenary on Wednesday by Hon. Saidu Abdullahi. The House also cautioned the potential buyers of Multichoice Nigeria, Multichoice Africa or any other Subsidiaries of the Multichoice Group operating in Nigeria to be aware of the alleged outstanding indebtedness which it said might have been covered in their papers;. Presenting the motion, Abdulahi said the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) was established…
The Ijaw Youth council (IYC) has decried that the proposed remapping exercise engineered by former Governor of Akwa Ibom state, Udom Emmanuel was creating ethnic between Ijaw people Ibeno Local government area and the neighboring communities of Eket and Esit Eket in Akwa Ibom State. It added that remapping of local government areas was not within the purview of a state government, warning that Ijaw nation would never accept any politically motivated remapping and further balkanization of our people for whatever reasons. The National President of the Council, Dr. Theophilus Alaye, in a statement issued Wednesday, therefore, called on the…
A group, Transparency and Accountability in Public Service, has reiterated it call on the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to guide against elements who are bent on misleading him to achieve their selfish interest. TheHintsNews reports that the group had earlier urged the minister to be wary of public servants who are doing everything humanly possible to remain in service. The National Coordinator of the group, Chidi Ejifor, in a statement issued Tuesday called on Wike to beware of the antics of the Most Senior Director and Ag Permanent Secretary, Prince Samuel Atang’s, obvious attempt to remain relevant…
Troops of the Nigerian Army have on Monday 26 February 2024 successfully rescued 10 passengers onboard a Peace Mass Transit Bus kidnapped while traveling from Calabar to Abuja in Kogi State. Director Army Public Relations, Maj-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu in a statement issued Tuesday said the rescue operation took place at Ogugu Community along Enugu-Kogi Road in Olamaboro Local Government Area of Kogi State. He said responding to a distress call, the troops swiftly mobilised to the scene of the kidnap incident, where the kidnappers had demobilised a Peace Mass Transit bus, abducted the passengers and moved them into the nearby…
The President of the Historical Society of Nigeria (HSN), Prof. Samuel Aghalino has said that the prevailing security and economic challenges in Nigeria was largely due to the inability of its leaders to draw lessons from historical antecedents. Aghalino stated this while presenting a Life Membership Certificate of the Historical Society of Nigeria to Frank Tietie, the Executive Director of Citizens Advocacy for Social Economic Rights (CASER) weekend in Abuja. He wondered why Nigerian leaders are not conscious of history, noting that most of the decisions they make in private and public life could have been guided accordingly for national…
In spite of the plea from the federal government, the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Tuesday protested against the economic hardship in the country. Interestingly, the Network of Civil Society For Economic Sustainability, also made good its threat by embarking on a counter protest to rally in support of the policies of President Bola Tinubu. While the NLC led by its President, Joe Ajaero commenced their protest from the Labour House, marching through the Ministry of Finance to the federal secretariat and ended up at the National Assembly, the pro-government protesters commenced theirs from Unity Fountain and also marched to…
Some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State have described the declaration of Senator Monday Okpebholo as the winner of the rescheduled Edo governorship primary election as not only unlawful, but a gross violation of the party’s constitution. The party members who stormed the national secretariat of the party on Monday in Abuja described last Thursday governorship primary as a daylight robbery. It would be recalled that the governorship primary election held on February 17 under the supervision of the Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma saw the emergence of three candidates — Dennis Idahosa, Senator…
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has demanded for an upward review of Sugar Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) tax from N10 to N130 per litre. The Executive Director of CAPPA, Akinbode Oluwafemi, made the call on Monday in Abuja at the public presentation of the simulation study of the “Potential Fiscal and Public Health Effects of SSB tax in Nigeria”. The Executive Director stressed that it was no longer news that the increase in NCD cases in Nigeria was alongside the increase in consumption of SSBs, alcohol, tobacco, trans-fat, unhealthy consumption of salt and other diets that are non-nutritive…
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has warned that there would be total shutdown of the economy if its members are attacked by state sponsored ‘thugs’. TheHintsNews reports that the labour union had fixed February 27 and 28 to protest against the hardship in the land. However, the President of NLC, Joe Ajaero in a statement issued Sunday said the workers would not be intimidated, saying they would go ahead with the planned protest. He informed Nigerians that the State had perfected plans to attack their peaceful rallies across the country. Ajaero added that one of the groups being primed to…