The Senate has rejected the controversial National Water Resources Bill, 2023 after it was listed for concurrence on the order paper for consideration and passage.The rejection of the bill on Tuesday put an end to the controversy generated by the bill among governors and federal lawmakers majorly from the southern part of the country.When the bill was read for concurrence on the floor of the Senate, Senator Gabriel Suswan from Benue North-West raised Order 85 of the Senate Rules, which provides that senators must have full details of the provisions of any bill coming for concurrence.Senator James Manager from Delta…
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The House of Representatives Tuesday called on President Bola Tinubu to as a matter of urgency constitute a high level presidential committee to undertake a holistic review of the processes of the whole Nigeria Air project.The Green Chamber declared that the launching of ‘Air Nigeria’ at the twilight of the administration of Muhammadu Buhari was a fraud. The declaration followed the denials by the relevant agencies of the federal government and regulators in the aviation sector as well as private partners of being involved in the exercise.Authorities such as Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, and the Infrastructure…
The Evangelical Church of Winning All (ECWA), Wuse 2, Abuja, has alleged the confiscation and reallocation of its land by the Federal Capital Territory (FCTA) to a Muslim group.Against this background, the Church called on the National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Daniel Okoh, to thoroughly probe the matter.The church disclosed this in a letter written in late April and signed by Musa Amfani on behalf the church was addressed to Okoh.In the letter sighted by TheHintsNews, the church claimed that the land, with initial Plot Number 575, Cadastral Zone B00 Kukwaba District, close to the Abuja…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says, it has published the final list of governorship scheduled to hold in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States on November 11, 2023.The electoral body also revealed that political campaign officially commences on Wednesday 14th June 2023 in line with Section 94(1) of the Electoral Act 2022 and ends on 9th November 2023, 24 hours prior to election day.INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, in a statement issued Tuesday said the commission approved the final list of candidates for the three off-cycle governorship elections scheduled to hold in Bayelsa,…
The National Vice Chairman, North-west of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Salihu Lukman has demanded the immediate removal of the national chairman of APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu and the Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore.The party chieftain in a statement issued Tuesday said that it would be difficult to reform the ruling party with Adamu as Chairman and Omisore as Secretary.To this end, he called on President Bola Tinubu to direct Adamu and Omisore to fast track organising midterm convention of the party where a new leadership would emerge.Lukman added that organising a midterm convention has become necessary and compelling to…
Protesters Tuesday stormed the national secretariat of the party, where they demanded the review of 19th National Assembly zoning arrangement ahead of the June 13th inauguration.The protesters under the auspices of Forum of All Progressives Congress (APC) Support Groups condemned and totally rejected the so-called zoning formula released recently by the party.The National Publicity Secretary of the group, Adamu Isaiah, while addressing journalists said it was more worrisome was the fact that the party in error went ahead to micro-zone names to specific persons.Isaiah stated: “This, we consider, is not in the spirit of party inclusivity. We suggest that the…
A former minister of transportation and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Abiye Sekibo, has revealed that agents of President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) prevented uploading of the February 25 election results to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) server in Rivers State.Sekibo, while testifying before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on Monday said the agents of the ruling party prevented INEC officials from using the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) machines to upload collated results from polling units across the state.The PDP chieftain who served as PDP’s coordinator stood in the…
The Nigerian Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has suspended its planned nationwide strike scheduled to commence on Wednesday over the removal of subsidy on petrol.TheHintsNews recalls the NLC had vowed to embark on strike if the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) fails to revert the current template on the increase in the price of fuel occasioned by the withdrawal of fuel subsidy.However, the Labour union in the early hours of Wednesday decided to shelve the planned strike after a series of meetings between the government and key labour stakeholders.The decision was part of resolutions reached after a nearly six-hour meeting…
Tunji AbiodunThe Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has directed its members both in the informal and formal sector to ensure a total shutdown of all services on Wednesday.The General Secretary of the Union, Afolabi Olawale in a memo dated June 5, 2023 and directed to all Chairmen/Secretaries and Admin. Heads of Zones to ensure compliance by members. It reads: “Fraternal greetings from the National leadership of our great Union to our ever committed leadership of all Zonal Councils of the Union.”Consequent upon the directive from the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (copy attached) to all…