Joint troops of the Nigerian Army and the Department of State Services (DSS) have successfully averted an imminent attack on Kano by the Boko Haram insurgents. Director Army Public Relations Brig-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement issued Friday said in a dawn raid operation carried out on the terrorists’ hideout in the early hours of Friday, 3 November, 2023, troops of 3 Brigade Nigerian Army in close cooperation with the DSS, conducted operation in Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State. He said the operation was aimed at uncovering and apprehending suspected Boko Haram Terrorists believed to be planning a…
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The Coalition of Igbo Unions has issued 48 hours ultimatum to the Governor of Abia state, Alex Otti, to immediately rescind his ethnically motivated outbursts against northerners doing business at the Umunneochi Cattle Market. The coalition in a statement issued Friday and jointly signed by its Chairman, Obinna Okoroafor, Secretary, Udoka Onwuka and its Public Relations Officer, Maduabuchi Madu, also called on the governor to stop the prosecution of northerners in the state. It said its intervention was necessitated by the ongoing crisis at the Abia Cattle market situated in Umunneochi LGA of Abia State. The coalition added that the…
The House of Representatives has vowed to push and advocate that malaria drugs be subsidised if not made free by government health centers. The Chairman of the Committee on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria control (ATM), Hon. Amobi Ogar stated this on Thursday during the inaugural meeting of the committee. He said the committee would device a new mechanism and approach in engagements and fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria control in the country with a view to making a difference and avoiding the failures of the past. He said: “We must seek new collaborations and partnerships in order to enhance…
The House of Representatives on Thursday dared President Bola Tinubu by scrapping the N5 billion budgeted for presidential yacht in the supplementary Budget submitted to the National Assembly. To this end, the Green Chamber has, however, increased the budgetary allocation for student loans from N5.5 billion to 10 billion. TheHintsNews reports that there have been public outcry since it emerged that the presidency budgeted N5 billion for presidential yacht, while a greater number of the population wallo in abject poverty. However, the Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, Hon. Abubakar Bichi Abubakar, made this disclosure while addressing journalists on…
The House of Representatives has decried the recent invasion of marauding elephants on farm fields in Ngala and Kala-Balge local government areas of Borno State. The House, therefore, urged the Ministry of Environment and the National Wildlife Park to provide immediate and long term solutions to address the menace of the marauding elephants in the area. It also called on the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs to provide the victims with relief. The resolution of the House followed the adoption of a motion moved at the plenary on Thursday by Hon. Zainab Gimba. Moving…
It has become a pattern for some individuals, CSOs and a section of the media to pick one or two line items every budget cycle for sensational headlines, deliberately ignoring context in their reporting. The public that should benefit from good journalism, which should primarily educate and adequately inform, is left confused and miseducated due to mischaracterisation of issues and misrepresentation of facts. The trending issues on social media since yesterday are two items in the 2023 supplementary budget. One is the provision for a presidential yacht in the supplementary budget by the Navy and the other is over N6…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has alerted the public on the possibility of deterioration in visibility as a result of observed dust haze propagated into the country from the source region. It added that winds over 10m and 925hPha are favourable for dust-haze propagations into the Northern parts of the country. The agency stressed that stations in the source region, Niger (Goure, Zinder, Maine-Soroa, Diffa, N-Guigmi and 61091) reporting horizontal visibility between 800m and 6000m. The sources from Chad are expected to report poor horizontal visibility in the next 24hrs, based on available models” the alert reads. It further revealed…
The House of Representatives has called on the Nigeria Army, Police and other security agencies agencies to adopt modern security tactics to bring to a half the daily kidnappings and killings in Oju/Obi Federal Constituency. The Green Chamber also urged the security agencies to assign a patrol team that would constantly patrol Oju-Otukpo road in order to end persistent killings and kidnappings. The resolution of the House was sequel to the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance need to end persistent kidnappings and killings in Oju/Obi federal constituency at the plenary on Wednesday by Hon. David Ogewu. Moving…
The United Action Front of Civil Society has called on the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike to desist from foisting any further rascality on Rivers State. It also warned the minister to stop his desperate machination to impeach the Rivers State Governor, Sim Fubara. Head, National Coordinating Secretariat, Olawale Okunniyi, in a statement issued on Wednesday condemned in strongest terms the political crisis in Rivers State. It added: “The ongoing crisis in Rivers State which is no doubt the continuation of the political rascality and dictatorship of Mr. Wike must not be allowed to undermine governance in…
The Minister of Steel Development, Shuaibu Audu has assured investors of conducive environment in various minerals processing plants across the country. Audu noted that in line with the 8-point agenda of Mr. President and the proposed roadmap for the ministry of steel development, pathways transition metals that would be produced locally with requisite value addition, but not exhaustive has been suggested. These pathways, Audu hinted includes; enforcing the processing of raw materials locally. This he added will ensure forex proliferation and creation of jobs for both skilled and unskilled workers in the mining sector. The Steel Minister made the disclosure…