Some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State have described the declaration of Senator Monday Okpebholo as the winner of the rescheduled Edo governorship primary election as not only unlawful, but a gross violation of the party’s constitution. The party members who stormed the national secretariat of the party on Monday in Abuja described last Thursday governorship primary as a daylight robbery. It would be recalled that the governorship primary election held on February 17 under the supervision of the Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma saw the emergence of three candidates — Dennis Idahosa, Senator…
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The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has demanded for an upward review of Sugar Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) tax from N10 to N130 per litre. The Executive Director of CAPPA, Akinbode Oluwafemi, made the call on Monday in Abuja at the public presentation of the simulation study of the “Potential Fiscal and Public Health Effects of SSB tax in Nigeria”. The Executive Director stressed that it was no longer news that the increase in NCD cases in Nigeria was alongside the increase in consumption of SSBs, alcohol, tobacco, trans-fat, unhealthy consumption of salt and other diets that are non-nutritive…
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has warned that there would be total shutdown of the economy if its members are attacked by state sponsored ‘thugs’. TheHintsNews reports that the labour union had fixed February 27 and 28 to protest against the hardship in the land. However, the President of NLC, Joe Ajaero in a statement issued Sunday said the workers would not be intimidated, saying they would go ahead with the planned protest. He informed Nigerians that the State had perfected plans to attack their peaceful rallies across the country. Ajaero added that one of the groups being primed to…
Social Democratic Party (SDP) Gubernatorial candidate in Kogi state, Yakubu Ajaka has lamented that Nigerians are groaning under the excruciating torment of the current harsh economic realities. Ajaka in a statement issued Sunday sympathised with Nigerians over the prevailing economic hardship in the country. TheHintsNews reports that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) had scheduled a two-day protest on 27th and 28th of this month to protest against the hardship in the country. Ajaka, however, warned that the decision NLC to embark on a protest against the hardship could trigger precipitous consequences. This, he said, could be in the form of…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA,) have begun to unmask members of an organised criminal network behind the recent importation of two containers laden with illicit drugs as well as assorted arms and ammunition from Durban, South Africa to the Tincan seaport in Lagos. Its Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement issued Sunday said based on credible intelligence, the agency had requested for a 100 percent joint examination of two containers marked MSCU 4581770 and TRHU 7968071 from South Africa. He noted that as a result, the exercise was conducted with other stakeholders…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 36 suspected internet fraudsters. The agency in a statement issued Saturday revealed that the suspects were arrested on Friday by operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Command. It said the suspects, comprising 35 males and one female were arrested at Sabo Kaduna and Narayi Highcoast and Layin Dogon Iche Samaru in the Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State, following credible information on their suspected involvement in internet-related offences. It stressed that items recovered from the suspects included 43 phones and five laptops The agency said they would be charged to court…
The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde has arrested suspects involved in the processing of illegally mined mineral resources. Makinde said the arrests of the culprits followed a tip off about a facility which was being used to process illegally mined minerals. The governor in a statement posted on his verified X account said the state government has taken over the facility pending the investigations and prosecution. He said: “In our efforts to prevent a recurrence of the Bodija Incident, we were at Idi-Ayunre, following a tip off about a facility which was being used to process illegally mined minerals.…
The winner of the Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election, Senator Monday Okpebholo has declared that the journey to resetting Edo State with actionable development has begun. Okpebholo disclosed this on Saturday in Abuja after receiving the Certificate of Return issued to him by the National Chairman of APC, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, in the presence of other members of the National Working Committee (NWC) at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja. He noted that the journey of meaningful development has no respect for tribal and ethnic inclinations nor religious calculations, saying It is about building Edo by…
One of the governorship aspirants in the just concluded All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo state, Hon. Dennis Idahosa, has described the rescheduled primary elections which took place last Thursday as mere ‘selection’. To this end, Idahosa and a Chieftain of the APC from Edo state, Bernard Ekun who accompanied Idahosa alongside other party members during the protests at the APC secretariat, Abuja, aid on the February 17 primary they stand. Recall that Idahosa was one of the three aspirants declared as the winner of the said primary. Addressing journalists at the APC National secretariat on Saturday in Abuja, Idahosa…
President Bola Tinubu has called for the suspension of economic sanctions imposed on Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Guinea by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Speaking at the Extra-ordinary Summit of ECOWAS in Abuja on Saturday, Tinubu, who is the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the organisation, that the body took the steps it did based on the regional ideals of security, social stability; democratic governance, political freedom, broad-based prosperity, and sustainable economic development through fair opportunity for each and every one in West Africa. Tinubu in a statement issued Saturday…