A former National Vice Chairman, North-west of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Salihu Lukman has described the calibre of people nominated as ministers by President Bola Tinubu as a disappointment. Lukman in a statement issued Monday titled, ‘Disturbing Signals: Open Letter to President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’, wondered why Tinubu took eight weeks just to churn out a ministerial list that crashed the hope of both party members and Nigerians. He said: “The third disturbing signal is the quality of your appointees. Sincerely, Your Excellency, throughout the 2023 electoral campaigns, one of the strong campaign points was that you…
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A leading commodity trading company, Neveah, has announced the completion of its Series 6-13 Commercial Paper Issuances, wherein a cumulative amount of N8.9billion was raised. The series 6-13 issuances, Neveah reveal were well received and subscribed to by a wide range of investors including asset managers, insurance companies, Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) and trustees, in addition, the issuance received the approval of FMDQ Securities Exchange Limited (“the Exchange”). The Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Ibidapo, told Journalists on Monday that the successful completion of the Series 6-13 Commercial Paper Issuance affirms the company strategic objective to evolve into a leading dealer…
A former National Vice Chairman, North-west of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Salihu Lukman, says, President Bola Tinubu is weakly committed to the anti-corruption war following the emergence of immediate past Governor Kano state, Dr. Abdulahi Ganduje as National Chairman of APC. Lukman in a statement issued Monday titled, ‘Disturbing Signals: Open Letter to President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’, described most of the decisions taken by the President since he assumed office as disturbing. The former National Working Committee (NWC) member noted that given that Sen. Tanko Al-Makura is from Nasarawa State, and he has been very loyal to…
The Accelerate Disability Inclusion in Emergencies (ADIE) Forum has urged the federal government to integrate its members into the joint federal government and labour negotiating committee on fuel subsidy removal. The Co-chairperson, ADIE and Executive Director, Inclusive Friends Association (IFA), Christian Agbo, stated this while addressing a press conference on Monday in Abuja on the effects of the fuel subsidy removal policy on Nigerians, especially Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). He also called on the federal government to incorporate into the planning, implementation, and monitoring of economic initiatives, especially those setup to manage savings from the fuel subsidy removal policy. Agbo…
The World Bank says, Nigeria is not among 10 countries hit hardest by food inflation. The World Bank in the updated food security data released said that domestic food price inflation remains high around the world. It said information from the latest month between February 2023 and May 2023 for which food price inflation data are available shows high inflation in most low and middle-income countries, with inflation higher than 5% in 63.2% of low-income countries, 79.5% of lower-middle-income countries, and 67% of upper-middle-income countries, with many experiencing double-digit inflation. It added that 78.9% of high-income countries are experiencing high…
An Austrian supermarket reopened following a three-day closure to clear the store due to an alleged sighting of a spider with a deadly bite that could also cause an hourslong erection. The Penny Markt in Krems an der Donau closed Tuesday after the store manager spotted the spider in a banana box and immediately called the fire brigade to investigate. The manager described the spider as about 4 inches long and colored black and red. The authorities initially suspected it was a banana spider, but previous cases of spiders in bananas from South America have identified the spider specifically as…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, has condemned the killings of two individuals at the Kofar Gayan area of Zaria during an attack by suspected bandits on Saturday night. TheHintsNews reports that the suspected bandits, who invaded the area, were reported to have shot sporadically, killing the two individuals, while they made unsuccessful attempts to kidnap several others. Abbas in a statement issued Sunday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Musa Krishi, said the lives of Nigerians, wherever they are, should be protected, hence the need for the security agencies to up their…
The French multinational pharmaceutical and healthcare company headquartered in Paris has won a trade mark infringement lawsuit filed at the Federal High Court of Nigeria in Sanofi S.A v. Sanofi Integrated Service Limited and three others. The lawsuit involved the unauthorised use of the well-known Sanofi trade mark by three Nigerian entities called Sanofi Integrated Service Limited, Sanofi Nigeria Enterprise Limited and Sanofi Nigeria Enterprise as part of their company names in Nigeria. Sanofi S.A. petitioned the Nigerian Company Registry, Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in 2019 so that the three Nigerian entities would voluntarily change their company names. CAC granted…
The plans to fill the vacant slots in the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have assumed another dimension with the Abia state chapter of the party nominating two persons for the position of the National Welfare Officer. TheHintsNews reports that the position of the National Welfare Officer of the party became vacant when the former National Welfare Officer, Mr. Friday Nwosu died in March at the National Hospital in Abuja of an undisclosed ailment. However, following the emergence of the immediate past Governor of Kano state, Dr. Abdulahi Ganduje as the National Chairman of the…
Troops of 1 Division Nigerian Army have neutralised three bandits and rescued 10 Kidnapped victims in Chikun Local Government Area and Birnin Yero village of Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Acting Deputy Director Army Public Relations 1 Division Nigerian Army, Lt Col. Musa Yahaya in a statement issued Saturday said, acting on credible intelligence, on Friday, troops exploited Kabode general area of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State and made contact with marauding bandits and engaged them in a fire fight. He added that the troops neutralized three bandits and captured one AK 47 rifle loaded with…