The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it would conduct rerun and by-elections elections in the first week of February, 2024. It, however, said the Commission would meet to review preparations and announce a definite date, including the detailed timetable and schedule of activities for the elections. The electoral body said out of the 34 re-run elections, it is only in three cases that the Commission was ordered to conduct elections in the entire constituencies. It added in the other 31 constituencies, elections are to be held in a few polling units. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed…
Author: Hints News
A car collided with a motorcade SUV that was part of President Joe Biden’s security detail on Sunday, a Reuters eyewitness said. Television footage showed secret service agents escorting Biden to his car after the impact. The car, which sustained damage to its bumper, was quickly surrounded by police. Biden and first lady Jill Biden are safe, the witness said. Biden and his wife had just left his campaign headquarters after having a meal of pasta with tomato sauce with members of his re-election team. Security officers surrounded the vehicle after it stopped and the Bidens returned safely to their…
A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has called on the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun and the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Magaji Bichi, to urgently investigate the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, over alleged complicity in the murder of a Divisional Police Officer of Ahoada Division in Rivers State, Bako Angbashim. He also called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to set up a judicial panel of inquiry to unravel the killing of the DPO in order to ensure justice for the…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied planning to compromise the anticipated Supreme Court judgment on the Kano governorship election. It said that the there were rumours that New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) has reached out to President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the matter in favour of the NNPP candidate to remain as governor and subsequently decamp to the APC. Kano APC Chairman, Abdullahi Abbas, in a statement issued Sunday said since the NNPP started circulating the rumours, its gullible members are excited and continue to dish out all sorts of lies so as to make the party’s supporters…
As the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) prepares for its election on Monday, the Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), has called for free, fair and credible election. Its Chairman, Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, in a statement in a statement issued Saturday said that as the umbrella body of all the registered Political Parties in Nigeria, IPAC is a critical platform for the promotion and sustenance of free, fair, credible, transparent, acceptable, inclusive and peaceful electoral environment in Nigeria. Rafsajani, who is also the Executive Director Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) said Nigerians are not unaware that this critical aim of the conference…
There are fears that the heath of Nollywood actor, John Okafor popularly known as Mr. Ibu may have deteriorated as he hardly talks again. Mr. Ibu was said to have undergone another surgery, cutting off part of the same leg that was initially amputated last month. As it stands, the comic actor might not be leaving his sickbed any time soon as his condition is said to have continued to deteriorate with each passing day. Giving an update on the health of the actor, the National President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Dr. Emeka Rollas, said they have…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Friday revealed that prices of goods and commodities rose to 28.20 per cent in November compared to 27.33 per cent in the preceding month. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measures the rate of change in prices of goods and commodities showed that year-on-year, headline inflation was also 6.73 per cent higher compared to 21.47 per cent recorded in November 2022. According to the CPI report for the month under review, month-on-month, the headline index inflation rose to 2.09 per cent compared to 1.73 per cent in October. In November, food inflation rose to…
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) Friday shared a total sum of N1.089 trillion among the federal, state and local government councils as allocation from a gross revenue of N1, 620.335 trillion for November. The disbursement was made at the FAAC December meeting in Abuja, according to a communique issued by the Committee. From the shared amount, inclusive of Gross Statutory Revenue, Value Added Tax (VAT), Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL), and Exchange Difference, the federal government received N402.867 billion, states got N351.697 billion, local government councils received N258.810 billion, while the oil producing states received N75.410 billion as 13…
The World Bank has approved the sum of $750 million to boost renewable energy and to also expand access to clean energy for 17.5 million Nigerians. The Nigeria Distributed Access through Renewable Energy Scale-up (DARES) project, being financed by $750 million International Development Association (IDA) credit, would leverage over $1 billion of private capital and significant parallel financing from development partners. The financing from development partners include $100 million from the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet and $200 million from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). World Bank Country Director for Nigeria, Shubham Chaudhuri said DARES project being the…
The combined troops of the Joint Task Force North West Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD), through series of coordinated clearance and offensive operations in Sokoto state netralised three terrorists and rescued six victims. A statement issued Friday said the offensive clearance operation which took place on the 14th December, 2023 at Bauni village and Bauni forest in the state led to a gun duel that lasted for several hours. It added: “However, troops’ aggressiveness and firepower superiority forced the terrorists to abandon their hideouts and flee in disarray, leading to the rescue of 6 kidnapped victims while 3 terrorists were neutralized…