President Bola Tinubu Thursday, says his government will re-engineere the economy of the country and find a way to satisfy the yearnings of the common man. He noted that the policies embarked on by his administration must work for the people and not to punish them. The President stated this at the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday in Abuja. The President noted that the country was going through some issues he had sufficiently addressed in nationwide broadcast last Monday. Tinubu stated: “We will face it squarely to reengineer the economy of this…
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The Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Heads of State and Government, President Bola Tinubu, has dispatched a delegation to Niger Republic with a mandate to resolve the current political impasse in the country. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale in a statement issued Thursday said the action was in line with the resolution reached at the end of the extraordinary summit of the ECOWAS held last weekend in Abuja. The delegation, headed by former Nigerian Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), left for Niamey on Thursday following a…
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has named the immediate past Governor of Kano state, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, as the National Chairman of the party. TheHintsNews reports that Ganduje assumed the position following the recent resignation of the former National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdulahi Adamu and the former party’s National Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore. The NEC at its meeting held at Transcorp Hilton on Thursday in Abuja also appointed former Senate spokesman, Ajibola Basiru, as the party’s National Secretary. Meanwhile, the National Legal Adviser of the party, Ahmed El-Marzuk, has resigned from the…
Ahead of the November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa State, Incorporated Trustees of the Trustfield Empowerment Initiative has dragged the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timpre Sylva and his running-mate, Joshua Maciver and the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) before a Federal High Court, Abuja. In a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1009/2023, Sylva was the first respondent, while Maciver is the second respondent and INEC is the third respondent. In the originating summon, the plaintiff alleged gbhag Maciver’s jail term was still running over a criminal offence, hence the party’s governorship candidate, Sylva does not have a valid running-mate for the election. The…
The Civil Society Network for Good Governance (CSNGG), an umbrella body of 87 CSOs has commended the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) for ensuring strict adherence to all rules and regulations guiding approvals and issuance of licensing in the upstream sector. Its President, Adefila Kama, while addressing a press conference Thursday in Abuja, said these regulations within a few months of its introduction have resulted in the transparent bridging of oil and gas products and price equalization management that have saved the government billions of Naira. The group said it observed that the Commission under the leadership of Mr.…
The federal government has given Chevron Nigeria Limited two weeks ultimatum to register Stevedore Services assigned by the government to oversee the Warri Jetty. It, however, warned that it would shutdown Chevron operations at the Warri Jetty if it fails to comply with the directive within two weeks. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Transportation Dr. Magdalene Ajani disclosed this at a meeting between Chevron Nigeria Limited, Bena-Franco, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the National Inland Waterways (NIWA) at the ministry on Wednesday in Abuja. She said the two-week ultimatum given became imperative following overt disregard by Chevron…
The Management of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), says, it has set up 13 rescue stations out of its 24 offices nationwide to mitigate boat mishap incidents along the country’s waterways. The Managing Director, NIWA, George Moghalu, made the disclosure on Wednesday in Abuja during the signing of two years Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigeria Meteorological Agency on provisions of navigational facilities. Speaking with the press on the sidelines shortly after that agreement, he said: “To improve navigation for us in all our waterways. We have the information to work with. If we have information with regards…
The Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele Alake, says the organised labour has agreed to stop further protest after a fruitful meeting with President Bola Tinubu. TheHintsNews reports that the labour unions made good their threat on Wednesday when they embarked on nationwide protest against the fuel hike and hardship in the land. The organised labour’s protest to the National Assembly complex in Abuja saw them forcefully opening the gate of the Assembly to gain entrance. However, Alake in a statement issued Wednesday said that the leadership of the labour union had a fruitful…
The immediate past Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Judiciary, Hon. Onofiok Luke has called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene and approve the appointment of new justices to the court to meet its full complement of 21 Justices. Luke, who is a Founding Partner, Meliora Law Partners, made the appeal in a statement issued on Wednesday noted that the judiciary is an important accompaniment to democracy, and anything that affects its smooth functioning, affects Nigeria. He stressed that the appointment of new justices to the court to meet its full complement of 21 Justices would no doubt…
The accident that occurred in the early hours of Wednesday on Bwari-Dutse expressway has claimed the life of a taxi driver, while many others are injured. According to any eyewitness, the accident was as a result of overspeeding of the lorry carrying sand. He said: “There was a very serious and fatal accident at Bwari-Dutse expressway. The accident happened close to the army checkpoint in Bwari. “The taxi driver is dead and many were injured. There are a lot of casualties. Two taxis were compressed under the lorry.”