The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a total of 875,000 bottles of codeine based syrup worth over N6.1 billion in street value at the Port Harcourt Ports Complex, Onne, Rivers state. The agency also recovered 3,500,000 pills of trodol benzhexol valued at N1.7 billion were recovered from five containers under intelligence tracking and watch-list during joint examination with Customs Service and other security agencies on Wednesday 13th and Thursday 14th August at the West Africa Container Terminal (WACT) of the Onne port. Its Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi in a statement issued Sunday also revealed…
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President Bola Tinubu has approved the release of N16.7 billion for the immediate reconstruction of the Mokwa Bridge in Niger State. TheHintsNews reports that the bridge was destroyed by flooding in May. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, announced this in Abakaliki on Saturday after a meeting with the Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi. Idris, who is leading a Federal Government delegation on a three-day tour of projects and citizen engagements in the South-East, said the approval underscores the administration’s responsiveness to urgent infrastructure needs. “We want to thank Mr. President and we want to thank…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has achieved a new half-year revenue record collecting ₦89.2 billion between January and June 2025, while stepping up enforcement against smuggling with high-profile seizures. The Customs Area Controller (CAC), Kirikiri Lighter Terminal (KLT) Area Command, Comptroller Joy Edelduok disclosed this during a press briefing on Friday in Lagos. She stated, “The first half of 2025 was active and productive, driven by a firm commitment to increasing revenue, supporting legitimate trade, and tackling smuggling in all its forms. “During the period under review, the Command recorded a total revenue collection of ₦89,205,500,741.85. This figure represents a…
A graduate of the humanities believing he understands the wealth of a nation better than Dr. Ngozi Iweala is delusion taken too far. It is not just because she is a practising economist with impeccable credentials, but because she also brings unquestionable, off-classroom experience to back it up. What you offer in countering her is merely democracy at work—the democracy of public opinion, not superiority of knowledge. There is nothing the Tinubu government has done in rescuing the economy that any government with honest intentions would have approached differently in re-ordering our macroeconomic structures, which for so long stood on…
The National Security Adviser (NSA) has revealed that the federal government has recorded a significant breakthrough in the war against terrorism with the capture of the leaders of Ansaru and Mahmuda. Ribadu while addressing a press conference on Saturday in Abuja said the two terrorists on the wanted list of Nigeria, US, UK and UN were captured in an operation which was conducted between May and July 2025. He said the men were captured in a high-risk, intelligence-led, counter-terrorism operation which led to their capture. Ribadu revealed that they are leaders of Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina fi-Biladis Sudan, commonly known as…
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has told the federal government that the recent comments by the Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was the state of the Nigerian economy and not meaningless stability. The opposition party berated the federal government for ignoring the real message in the recent comments by choosing instead to celebrate the headlines. Its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi in a statement issued Friday said government officials and their media surrogates have amplified only one soundbite from her remarks, where she credited the administration for “stabilising the economy,” while deliberately ignoring her…
The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has ordered water tight security across the 12 states where by-elections will be holding on Saturday, August 16, 2025. Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Olumuyiwa Adejobi in a statement issued Friday said Egbetokun reiterated his earlier directives on the deployment of operational logistics to the affected States and Local Government Areas where the elections would hold to provide an enabling environment for a free and fair elections. TheHintsnews report that the by-elections would take place in Anambra, Kano, Oyo, Taraba, Enugu, Adamawa, Edo, Jigawa, Kogi, Kano, Ogun, Zamfara, and Niger States. He noted:…
Twelve Nigerian trapped workers in Central African Republic (CAR) have revealed that their Chinese employers sexually abused all of them while working for the miners. The 12 stranded Nigerian men whose video went viral some three weeks ago finally arrived in Nigeria and paid a visit to the Nigerian in Diasporal Commission (NIDCOM) after their rescue by the federal government. They were received by NIDCOM Chairman, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa on Friday in Abuja. In a statement signed by NIDCOM Director of Media, Public Relations and Protocols, Abdur-Rahman Balogun said the leader of the rescued workers, Igorigo Freeborn said it was…
The Atum Humanitarian Anti-Corruption & Charitable Initiative (AHACCI) has commended President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to rooting out corruption and promoting good governance in the country. It added that the current administration is setting a new tone for transparency and accountability in Nigeria. Its Director GeneralI, Amb. Ismaila Atus, in a statement issued Friday commended the President for strengthening anti-corruption agencies through increased funding and guaranteed independence. He said these moves have empowered anti-graft institutions in the country to carry out their mandate without political interference. Atus, noted that Nigeria’s rise in the 2024 Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perception Index…
The air is thick with expectations. The smoke is everywhere and the fire appears not far off. The buzz is deafening, and now rising to a crescendo: Jonathan is Coming! Jonathan is Coming! Expectedly the jury is already out in full force with many pundits, commentators and self styled political strategists weighing in on the implications of a potential re- emergence of former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan into the political scene for a possible 2027 Presidential run. What is commonly agreed by virtually all the opinion writers is that his re-entry into the political fray will cause a…