The Governorship Election Petitions Tribunals sitting in Jalingo, Sokoto and Abeokuta have upheld the election of Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State and Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun. Kefas is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), while Aliyu and Abiodun are members of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In Taraba State, the three-man panel headed by Justice Ayo Sunmonu dismissed the petition filed by the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) and its governorship candidate, Prof. Yahaya Sani, on the grounds of lack of sufficient evidence. The NNPP and its gubernatorial candidate had…
Author: Hints News
The Ondo State Police Command state Saturday rescued eight out of the 25 kidnapped Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) members. The victims, said to be members of church’s choir, were reportedly attacked and kidnapped on the Benin-Akure Expressway around Ifon axis in Ose Local Government Area of the state, Friday evening. A member of the church, who pleaded anonymity, said the vehicle conveying the victims was seen abandoned by the roadside. He said the matter had been reported at the police station. However, the police revealed that it had begun a search for the gunmen who, on Friday, kidnapped no fewer…
The federal government has deployed a team of engineers to collate relevant data and investigate possible causes of the collapse of Artisan Bridge in Enugu state and come up with a solution to restore it. The Director of Information, Ministry of Works, Blessing Lere-Adams, in a statement issued Saturday said the failed bridge is located on a subsisting project — which is the rehabilitation of Enugu – Port Harcourt Expressway, Section III: Enugu – Lokpanta in Enugu State, adding that the project was still ongoing. She noted that the Minister of Works, Sen David Umahi visited the site of the…
A pressure group, Stand Up Nigeria has urged the National Judicial Council (NJC) to, as a matter of urgency, relocate Appeal court justices from Kano to Abuja over alleged threat and intimidation from the supporters of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP)-led government in the state. The National coordinator of the group, Sunday Attah made the call while addressing a press conference on Saturday in Abuja The group recalled that the Kano State Governorship election sacked Engr Abba Kabir Yusuf and declared Dr. Nasir Gawuna as the duly elected Governor of Kano State. It, therefore, called on NNPP and the…
A bride lost her ‘entire family’ including her three brothers and her mother-in-law after a deadly fire tore through their venue during the newlywed’s first dance in Iraq, it has emerged. Newlyweds Haneen and Ravan had been slow-dancing during their Christian wedding in the northern town of Qaraqosh near Mosul when their ceremony turned into one of nightmares. New terrifying video shows hundreds of panicked wedding guests screaming and shouting for their loved ones before they sprinted towards the exits of the large hall as the flames quickly spread across a decorated chandelier on the roof. The room turned a…
An arrest has been made in Las Vegas in connection with the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, a law enforcement source tells CNN. The source, who has knowledge of the investigation, confirms the man arrested Friday morning is Duane Keith Davis, aka “Keffe D,” whose wife’s Henderson home was searched in July as part of the ongoing investigation into the shooting. Las Vegas Metro Police Department officials are planning to hold a news conference later Friday, the source said. Shakur was shot and killed while leaving a boxing match on the Las Vegas Strip. His untimely death – the…
The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has called on the Edo State government to compel Coca Cola Company, Seven Up Bottling Company and other producers of plastic to engage in Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) by taking responsibility for the plastic waste they produce. The Executive Director of ERA/FoEN, Chima Williams, made the call at an event tagged, “Return-To-Sender Action” organised by ERA/FoEN and other groups on Thursday the 28th of September 2023 in Benin. Williams who was represented by Babawale Obayanju stated that the flooding experienced in Benin and its environs is aggravated by the plastic waste…
A Kano Federal High Court Friday ordered Kano State Government to pay the Incorporated Trustees of Massallacin Eid Shop Owners the sum N30 billion as compensation for unlawful demolition of their shops without following due processes laid down by law. TheHintsNews reports the state Governor, Abba Yusuf had embarked on demolition exercise worth billions of Naira immediately after he assumed office. The governor also said there was no regret over demolition of property in the state. Based on this, a private firm, Lamash Property Limited, had threatened to sue the Kano state government demanding N10 billion compensation over the demolition…
The Special Task Force Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) has paraded eight criminal suspects in connection with the murder of one Mrs Dorathy Jonathan. The suspects were also accused of gunrunning, gun manufacturing, attack and burning of Saint Raphael Catholic Church at Fadan Kamantan village, Zango Kataf LGA and the killing of a herder at Gora town all in Kaduna State. The Media Information Officer OPSH, Captain Oya James, while parading the suspects on Friday before journalists at the Headquarters of Operation Safe Haven in Jos, said two of the suspects were arrested for the gruesome murder of Mrs Dorathy Jonathan…
The governorship candidate All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, says he has directed his legal team to immediately proceed with an appeal against Friday’s judgment of the Election Petitions Tribunal that upheld the election of Sheriff Oborevwori as the governor of the state. TheHintsNews reports that Justice C.H. Ahuchaogu-led three-member tribunal panel affirmed the return of Oborevwori as the winner of the March 18, 2023 gubernatorial election in the state. However, Omo-Agege in a statement issued Friday by his Media Adviser, Sunny Areh, after the judgement said the tribunal failed to reckon with the fundamental flaws…