The House of Representatives has summoned the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviate, Betta Edu, to give detailed policy documents adopted in allocation and distribution of N1.1 trillion for the conditional cash transfer to 15 million households in order to ensure transparency and accountability. Adebayo decried the lack of transparent handling of the previous conditional cash transfer programmes have led to corruption and fraud, where funds intended for vulnerable people were misappropriated by individuals. The House, therefore, mandated, “the committee on constituency outreach and committee on poverty Alleviation to invite the honourable Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation…
Author: Hints News
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that a total of 239,746 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) were uncollected in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states ahead of the September 11 governorship polls. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday after the meeting of the commission aimed at reviewing the ongoing preparations for the off-cycle governorship elections in the three States. He said: “As was done in recent elections, including the 2023 General Election, the Commission is publishing the comprehensive information of collected and uncollected Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs)…
As part of effort to stop ticket racketeering, the federal government on Monday announced that the e- ticketing platform for Lagos-Ibadan, Warri – Itakpe rail corridor takes effect on November 1st, 2023. TheHintsNews reports that, the contract for the E-ticketing of the rail routes was approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) early in 2023 at the cost of N1.96 billion for Fare Solution Ltd and Global Software and Digital Solutions. The Minister of Transportation, Saidu Akali, while speaking in Abuja said: “The essence of this initiative is to ensure passenger safety and put an end to ticket racketeering, while…
A Fellow of the King Abdullah Bin AbdulAziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID), Mallam Abubakar Akande, has urged Nigerian Youths on interreligious and intercultural dialogue for religious harmony. He made the call in Abuja at a one-day capacity building training for Interfaith Youth Network Members on Inter-religious and Inter-cultural Dialogue. The event organised by Interfaith Dialogue for Peace (IDP), KAICIID Dialogue Centre, Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC), Search for Common Ground, and UFUK Dialogue Foundation, was aimed at equiping members of the Interfaith Youth Network to acquire the necessary skills to engage in dialogue and promote peaceful living…
The National Leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark, has vowed that they would not allowed the impeachment orchestrater by the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike against the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalaye Fubara will not be allowed. TheHintsNews reports that Wike and his political Godson have been having a cold battle which culminated in Fubara’s failed impeachment on Monday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. But addressing a press conference on the political development in the state on Monday, Clark said he was disturbed by the reported developments in Rivers State in the…
The Lagos State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources has commenced the removal of perimeter fences located within two meters of drainage channels on Norman Williams, Awolowo, and Dodan Barracks drainage in Ikoyi. It said the demolition of the perimeter fences followed the expiration of served contravention notices and an additional grace period arrived at during a stakeholders meeting with the property owners convened by the state government. The spokesperson for the Ministry, Kunle Adeshina, made this known in a post shared on his X (Twitter) handle on Monday. “Operatives of the Drainage Enforcement and Compliance dept of MOE&WR on…
The Lagos State government has reopened the Alaba Rago Market, Ojo, having met some of the conditions set for reopening sealed markets in the state. The reopening of the market followed the closure of the market last week for various environmental infractions. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, visited the market on Sunday for assessment, said that the market was reopened after meeting set sanitation compliance conditions and called on all markets to prioritise cleanliness and adhere to environmental standards. In a statement posted on the official Facebook page of the Lagos Waste Management Authority on…
The Ohinoyi of Ebira and the paramount ruler of Ebiraland, Dr. Ado Ibrahim, is dead. The monarch was said to have died in the early hours of Sunday at the age of 95. It was gathered that he died in an Abuja hospital where he had been receiving treatment for age-related ailment. His remains will be buried today in Okene according to the Islamic rites. Before ascending the throne, he was a successful businesman who lived most parts of his life in Lagos.
A former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, got the sum of N1,219,000,000 from the imprest accounts domiciled in the office of former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), a thirteen prosecution witness in the trial, Abubakar Madaki has told court. Madaki, an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday, told Justice Chukujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, that the money was delivered to the former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro. The anti-graft agency in a statement issued Saturday said Fayose and Spotless Investment Limited were first arraigned…
The days of the Chief of Staff to the President, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila appeared to be numbered following allegations that he has been trading off appointments in the government of President Bola Tinubu to the highest bidder. Already, TheHintsNews reliably gathered that there is a lot of outcry among Tinubu’s loyalists, who were impressing it on the President that Gbajabiamila should be eased out of Villa before he causes more embarrassment and do more damage to his government. Recall that on Thursday the President appointed 10 Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC) of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Those appointed were: Mr.…