Lumière Group International (LGI), says the company is introducing a fuel treatment product called EcoBoost, which reduces fuel consumption by over 10 percent to the Nigerian market. The Chairman of the company, Douglas Fordjour, disclosed this at a press conference on Friday in Abuja, saying the company is the exclusive distributor of EcoBoost Enzyme fuel treatment in 16 African countries. He further explained that the product reduces corrosion, disperses water, sludge and biomass in fuel tank; stabilizes fuel for long term storage; Improves engine performance, extends engine life; lowers maintenance costs; reduces ISO 4406 particulates, CO2, CO, HC and NOx…
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The Defence Headquarters Thursday revealed that troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria killed 36 terrorists and arrested no fewer than 163 suspected criminals and gunmen across theatres of operation in the last two weeks. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known at a media briefing on in Abuja. He said the troops also recovered the sum of N3.1 million, rescued 140 kidnapped hostages, recovered 37 weapons and 370 ammunition. Buba added that the troops arrested 137 gunmen, three gunrunners, two kidnappers, six collaborators, 15 perpetrators of oil theft and six collaborators. He noted that arms…
The immediate past Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts, Hon. Oluwole Oke, has petitioned President Bola Tinubu over constitutional infractions on the appointment of a substantive Auditor General for the Federation (AuGF). In a petition to the President dated 31st May, 2023 with reference HR/ PAC/SC05/9NASS/66/206, Oke said the Head of Service, Mrs. Folashde Esan has also contravened the provisions of the Constitution which states that no one should should occupy an office in acting capacity for more than six months. He also accused Esan of ignoring the provisions of the civil service rules by appointing…
Two separate terrorists’ attacks on two Niger communities have left one person dead, while more than 50 others, including women and children, have been kidnapped. The incident occurred between Tuesday and Wednesday this week. The dead person in Niger was in Tsoho Kabula community in the Munya Local Government Area, where about 20 people were kidnapped and scores of cattle rustled. Investigation revealed that the attack at Tsoho Kabula spread to Zagzaga but the villagers were reported to have got wind of the impending invasion and disappeared into the bush. A source who preferred anonymity said a local vigilante providing…
In compliance with the revised Public Service Rules (PSR) that was unveiled last week, no fewer than 500 Directors in the civil service may be asked to proceed on compulsory retirement after the Head of the Civil Service, Dr. Folashade Yemi-Esan, issued a circular to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) . Yemi-Esan had declared that the implementation of the PSR had commenced after it was unveiled at the public service lecture held at the Presidential villa in Abuja. However, in a circular dated July 27, 2023, from the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, had advised…
Palpable tension has enveloped Igarra, headquarters of Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State, as five people were reportedly kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen. The herdsmen, it was gathered, have taken over the various farm roads in the area. TheHintsNews reports that while one person was kidnapped last Tuesday, four others were abducted last Wednesday. A top commander of the vigilance group in the area who confirmed the incident said they have been combing the forests in the area. According to him, They are just picking (abducting) people everywhere, especially around farm road behind the Technical College hostel…
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdulahi Ganduje, says, internal democracy would be strictly adhered under his watch. The immediate past governor of Kano state disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja after the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party named him Chairman of the party. TheHintsNews reports Ganduje assumed the position as the sixth chairman of the party following the recent resignation of the immediate past National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdulahi Adamu and the former party’s National Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore. The NEC at its meeting held at Transcorp Hilton on Thursday in…
The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Thursday suspended the airport car hire service at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja with immediate effect. The suspension, it said, was as a result of the unresolved factional dispute amongst the car hire operators which has been affecting airport car hire service operations. A statement issued in Abuja by theDirector, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Abdullahi Yakubu-Funtua, urged the public to secure alternative means of transportation. It reads: ” We wishes to inform the general public that the airport car hire service at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja has been suspended with…
President Bola Tinubu Thursday, says his government will re-engineere the economy of the country and find a way to satisfy the yearnings of the common man. He noted that the policies embarked on by his administration must work for the people and not to punish them. The President stated this at the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday in Abuja. The President noted that the country was going through some issues he had sufficiently addressed in nationwide broadcast last Monday. Tinubu stated: “We will face it squarely to reengineer the economy of this…
The Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Heads of State and Government, President Bola Tinubu, has dispatched a delegation to Niger Republic with a mandate to resolve the current political impasse in the country. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale in a statement issued Thursday said the action was in line with the resolution reached at the end of the extraordinary summit of the ECOWAS held last weekend in Abuja. The delegation, headed by former Nigerian Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), left for Niamey on Thursday following a…