A group of 44 Serving Federal lawmakers have written to President Bola Tinubu a letter urging him to invoke his constitutional powers and release Nnamdi Kanu from detention. They also called for an all inclusive political roundtable with all parties to the challenges to find a lasting solution through a political window. The concerned lawmakers in a letter addressed to the President urged him to, as soon as practicable, direct the Attorney-General of the Federation to exercise his constitutional powers and discontinue the prosecution of Kanu. The letter was jointly signed by Hon. Imo Ugochinyere, Hon. Obi Aguocha, Hon.…
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the call for foreign invasion of Nigeria by the new factional Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tanimu Turaki as reckless and unpatriotic. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Felix Morka in a statement issued Tuesday said for a man declared National Chairman barely 72 hours ago by a faction of his deeply fractured party, Turaki looked and sounded desperate, at his wit’s end, confused, incoherent, and grossly lacking in stamina and capacity to manage his party’s crisis. The ruling party stressed that under the PDP’s 16 years in power,…
The crisis ticking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took a different turn on Tuesday when two rival factions clashed over control of the headquarters of the party. The chaotic scene witnessed at the Wadata plaza prompted the police to fire multiple rounds of tear gas to disperse supporters. TheHintsNews reports that the confrontation erupted ahead of parallel meetings scheduled by the two factions — the National Working Committee (NWC) elected recently in Ibadan, led by the newly elected National Chairman Tanimu Turaki, and the faction loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, which has Samuel…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the attack on the Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS), Maga, in Danko Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State. TheHintsNews reports that bandits stormed the school on Monday killing the Vice Principal, Hassan Makuku and abducted 25 students. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Ini Ememobong in a statement issued Monday said the tragic incident further highlighted the alarming rise in insecurity that has become the lived reality of majority of Nigerians under the Tinubu-led APC administration- which has consistently preferred the politicisation of governance over the protection of…
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command has described as untrue the report making the rounds alleging an attack on one Lt. Ahmed Yerima at NNPC junction in Kubwa area of FCT. Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh in a statement issued Monday also described the publications are false and grossly misleading. She noted: “The attention of FCT Police Command has been drawn to publications by an Instagram blogger, “Mazitundeednut,” alleging an attack on one Lt. Ahmed Yerima at NNPC junction in Kubwa area of the FCT. “FCT Police Command wishes to state that these publications are false and…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expelled the former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike; and the former secretary of the party, Samuel Anyanwu. TheHintsNews reports that the PDP faction loyal to Wike had moved to stop the convention through the court, but the party secured judgement at a high court in Oyo to make the convention hold. However, at the convention ground on Saturday, a former National Vice Chairman of the party (South), Chief Olabode George moved the motion for the expulsion at the ongoing convention in Ibadan, Oyo State…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned six men before Justice Onah Sergius of the Federal High Court 2, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, for their alleged involvement in N6 million land fraud. The suspects were arraigned Tuesday, November 11, 2025 by the Uyo Zonal Directorate of the agency. The anti-graft agency in a statement issued Friday said the defendants; Emmanuel Okon, Essein Archibong, Edet Udoh (alias Enobong Clement Etim), Edwin Etim, Anthony Christopher Atauyo, and Imaikop Dickson were arraigned on three-count charges bordering on money laundering offences, conspiracy and obtaining by false pretence. The defendants’ case began when…
More than two decades after Nigeria’s return to democratic governance in 1999, the nation still grapples with one fundamental question: Can democracy truly thrive without credible elections? While Nigeria’s democratic journey has been marked by moments of hope and progress, it has equally been haunted by persistent electoral flaws—flaws that continue to undermine public confidence, weaken institutions, and erode the moral authority of elected leaders. At the heart of these challenges lies a system in urgent need of reform. Electoral reform is not merely a technical adjustment or an administrative correction; it is a moral necessity and a national…
The National Council on Privatisation (NCP) on Thursday approved the request by the Bureau of Public Enterprise to follow through on the engagement with Transcorp Power Consortium to secure execution of the Performance Agreements (PAs) on the sale of Afam Power Plc and Afam III Fast Power Limited. This is just as Chairman of NCP, Vice President Kashim Shettima, has demanded a fundamental shift in Nigeria’s privatization agenda, urging a move from simply selling state-owned enterprises to asset optimisation designed to power the nation’s trillion-dollar economy ambition. Shettima, in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media &…
The House of Representatives Thursday directed the Federal Ministry of Education and the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to suspend the planned commencement of Computer-Based Testing (CBT) for the 2026 examination. It warned that premature implementation of the policy could result in widespread failure, frustration, depression, and social vices among students, and recommended a minimum of three years of preparation before rollout in the 2029–2030 academic session. To this end, the House has also mandated its Committees on Basic Examination Bodies, Digital and Information Technology, Basic Education and Services, and Labour, Employment and Productivity to interface with relevant stakeholders…