A construction firm, Zornul Nigeria Limited has abandoned repair of roads washout along Tukpechi Roundabout Godoji with Medium Weight Bearing Bridge and Culvert, in Kuje Area Council, Abuja. The firm abandoned the project after it was paid the sum of N85.4 million by the government. This was made known on the official Facebook page of Tracka, aa non governmental organisation that monitors implementation of government projects. It said: “In Sept 2022, N85.4m was paid to Zornul Nigeria Limited for the Repair of Roads Washout Along Tukpechi Roundabout Godoji with Medium Weight Bearing Bridge and Culvert, Kuje Lga Abuja. “We tracked…
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The Governor of Niger State, Hon. Mohammed Bago, says his administration is priotising climate change to mitigate natural and manmade disasters. He added that since his assumption of office, his administration has raised the ante of informing the public about preventive measures to save lives and reduce damage to property and infrastructure The Governor, who was represented by his Deputy Governor, Yakubu Garba, disclosed this in Minna at the House of Representatives Press Crops Retreat, with the theme, “The Role of the Media in Mainstreaming Climate Change Policies”. The governor noted that Climate change was one of the biggest problems…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says the Commission plans to deploy a total of 46,084 regular and ad hoc staff for the November 11 elections scheduled to hold in Bayesla, Imo and Kogi states. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed Friday in Abuja at a quarterly meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs), where he also revealed that the commission has also accredited 11,000 observers for the elections. He reiterated that the three elections would involve 5,409,438 registered voters that would vote in 10,510 polling units spread across 649 electoral Wards in 56 Local Government Areas. The Chairman stressed…
Coalition of Indigenous People of Aba Ngwa, has kicked against the proposed appointment of a ‘Mayor of Aba’ by Governor Alex Otti of Abia state, describing it as unconstitutional. The Coalition, an umbrella body 24 indigenous communities of Aba North and Aba South, vowed to resist any attempt capable of inciting violence in Aba city. The Aba coalition noted that appointing a non-indigene as the said ‘Mayor of Aba’ was an insult on the sensibilities of the peaceful and hard-working indigenous people of Aba. The coalition in a communique issued Friday in and jointly signed by Mr. Ogechukwu Ogbonna, Mr.…
A former deputy national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank has called President Bola Tinubu, to allow the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States of America, to do their job. TheHintsNews reports that the FBI had in September declared that it would start releasing approximately 2,500 documents relating to President Tinubu in its database in October. However, Frank stated this in a statement issued Friday following a suit by Tinubu in the USA seeking to stop the planned release of his records with the FBI and CIA…
The House of Representatives has called on the federal government to appoint new Justices to the Supreme Court. It said this would expedite the hearing and determination of matters for effective and efficient justice delivery in the country. The resolution of the House was sequel to the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance moved at the plenary on Thursday by Hon. Patrick Umoh. Moving the motion, Umoh said he current number of Justices of the apex court has dropped to all-time low of 11 Justices, making it 10 justices short of its full complement of 21 justices as…
The House of Representatives has directed the Federal Ministry of Works to suspend in the interim the wholesome adoption of cement concrete for road construction pending the outcome of its investigation. It also mandated its relevant Committees to investigate the merit and demerit of using cement concrete for road construction and asphalt and report back within three weeks for further legislative action. The decision of the House was sequel to the adoption of a motion moved by Hon. Khadija Ibrahim. The lawmaker, while moving the motion said the federal government, through the Ministry of Works, has several ongoing road contracts…
The Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has as promised to reposition and refocus the Commission for optimal effectiveness. The agency in a statement issued Thursday said Okukoyede arrived the headquarters of the Commission at 10:45 a.m, inspected a guard of honours and immediately went into a meeting with the management staff of the commission. The statement added that Olukoyede warmed up to the staff and unfolded his agenda of reform and rejuvenation of the works of the Commission. It said: “The agenda revolves around clearer and robust pursuit of the mandate of the EFCC,…
The federal government, Thursday officially took over the 4.2 kilometers site for the construction of the much anticipated second runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) in Abuja. The proposed second runway, government hinted aims to address the growing air traffic demands at the Abuja airport, effectively enhancing the efficiency and capacity of the airport. The minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, in his remarks at the official handing over of the portion of land by the Jiwa community to government emphasised the importance of the project in enhancing the country’s aviation infrastructure. He explained that the issue of the…
Troops of the Nigerian Army (NA) have continued to sustain the aggressive posture of ongoing operations to rid the nation of terrorism, insurgency and sundry crimes across the country, with the killing of three insurgents in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna state while others escaped with gunshot wounds. Director Army Public Relations, Brig-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement issued Wednesday said in recent operations, troops of 2 Battalion acting on actionable intelligence on 17 October 2023 staged an ambush against marauding insurgents at Udowa general area in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. He said: “During the operations, troops…