The organised labour, says, it plans to embark on a nationwide protest against the removal of petroleum subsidy from Wednesday,August 2, 2023 stands. It also dismissed fears that the peaceful protest could be hijacked by hoodlums, saying such had never happened in the history of workers’ protest. The organised labour insisted that it was the responsibility of security agencies to provide security for the protest to protect the workers. Rising from another round of meeting of the Presidential Steering Committee on palliatives at the State House, Abuja, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), expressed reservations about…
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President Bola Tinubu, says the federal government will spend N75 billion between July 2023 and March 2024 to fund 75 enterprises with great potential to kick-start a sustainable economic growth, accelerate structural transformation and improve productivity. The President made this known on Monday in a nationwide broadcast to the nation, saying each of the 75 manufacturing enterprises will be able to access N1 billion credit at 9% per annum with maximum of 60 months repayment for long term loans and 12 months for working capital. He admitted that he knew the removal of subsidy was having a negative effect on…
The federal government through the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development has expressed willingness to cooperate and collaborate with the State governments to eliminate illegal mining activities in the country. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Mrs. Mary Ogbe, disclosed this during the courtesy visit by the Governor of Taraba State, Dr. Agbu Kefas to the Ministry’s headquarters in Abuja. The Permanent Secretary, represented by the Director, Human Resource Department, Suleiman Kabir, stated that there was a pressing need for collaboration between the ministry and Taraba state to curtail incidences of illegal mining in the state.…
The Idoma/Igede All Progressives Congress (APC) Youth Forum of Benue state has urged President Bola Tinubu to consider the young people from the zone for ministerial positions and not the elders. Its Convener, Okpokwu Ogenyi, while addressing a press conference on Monday in Abuja, wondered why the elders that abandoned the campaign prior to the elections were now complaining about political appointments. He stressed that the youths from the zone find it necessary to address issues raised recently at a press conference by some older persons of the Idoma/Igede extraction towards political appointments by the President. The Convener explained that…
The House Committee of Representatives Committee on HIV, Aids Tuberculosis And Malaria has pledged to make amendments to existing legislation to enhance the fight against malaria, HIV/Aids and tuberculosis. The committee added that it would also work assiduously in line with the 10th legislative agenda in delivering dividends of democracy to the people and by extension collaborating with the present administration in the fight against HIV, AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The Chairman of the committee, Hon, Amobi Ogah stated this while addressing a press conference on Monday in Abuja. He stressed that the committee was ready to hit the ground…
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Assets has decided to investigate the alleged sale of two training helicopters by the Nigeria College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria. TheHintsNews reports that the purported sale of two Bell 206L-3 helicopters which were public assets acquired for training pilots by the NCAT for N1.2 billion was reported in the media on Sunday, July 30, 2023. The chairman of the Committee, Hon. Ademorin Kuye in statement issued Monday the sale of the Helicopters under the pretext of under-utilization by the authorities of the College of Aviation in March 2023 has now become a symptom…
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar has described the report by the Economist Intelligence Unit as an embarrassment to the think tank body. Atiku in a statement issued sunday by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, said it was obvious the report that was a merchant purchased by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to confuse the country in an uphill task to defend the sham election of February 25, which only retained the ruling party in office. The former Vice President said: “We have taken a careful study of the report…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has given a seven-day ultimatum to the Nigerien military to restore constitutional order and reinstate ousted President Muhammed Bazoum into office. TheHintsNews reports that the Nigerien military had on Wednesday removed the country’s president from office, describing the coup as the military’s response to “the degradation of the security situation” linked to jihadist bloodshed. On Friday, members of Niger’s Presidential Guard that perpetrated the coup named General Abdourahamane Tchiani as the country’s new leader. Tchiani, who has headed the Presidential Guard since 2011, saidThe military also issued a warning about “the consequences…
Troops of 181 Amphibious Battalion of the Nigerian Army (NA) operating in 6 Division Area of Responsibility, in conjunction with operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), as well as operatives of Tantita Security, have uncovered a major illegal oil refining site at Owahwa community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. Director, Army Public Relations, Brig- Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu in a statement issued Saturday said the operation was part of sustained effort to deny oil thieves freedom of action in the South-south Nigeria and to protect the oil sector from economic sabotage. He said…
President Bola Tinubu has appointed a Special Investigator to probe the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and related entities. TheHintsNews reports that the President suspended Godwin Emefiele as Governor of the CBN on June 9, 2023. Emefiele has been in DSS custody since then. He was arraigned in court last week and granted bail but the secret police rearrested him. However, the president in a letter named Jim Obazee, the Chief Executive Officer, Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN), as the investigator. The President asked the Special Investigator to investigate CBN and key Government Business Entities (GBEs). He also said…