The 10th Senate may soon be plunged into crisis as aggrieved senators loyal to the former Governor of Zamfara State, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, have vowed to challenge the emergence of Senator Godswill Akpabio as the Senate President in court this week. The aggrieved Senators insisted the result of the election was manipulated, hence, their decision to the National Assembly Management to court this week for allegedly announcing a wrong result. The pro-Yari senators maintained that the ballot papers used in the election were serially barcoded. TheHintsNews reports that Akpabio, who has the backing of the party and the presidency scored…
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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdulahi Adamu has described the emergence of Senator Godswill Akpabio as the President of the Senate as a great relief for the party. Adamu stated this Saturday when Akpabio paid Sallah homage to his Keffi residence in Nasarawa State. He urged members of the National Assembly to collaborate with the executive arm of government in the overall interest of Nigerians. Adamu said: “I congratulate you and your deputy on your emergence as the President of the Senate and Deputy President of the Senate respectively. Your emergence was a great relief…
The Governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf, says he has no regrets regarding the demolition exercises and the recovery of public property embarked on by his administration. He insisted that the reasons behind the demolition exercises and the recovery of public properties that were illegally sold or allocated by the previous administration to individuals and cronies. The governor stated this while receiving the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, with district heads and members of the emirate council who paid him a Sallah homage at the government house as part of the Eid Kabir celebrations. In a statement issued…
The National Universities Commission (NUC), says the claim by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) that it wasn’t involved the revision of Benchmark Minimum Academic Standards (BMAS) and the subsequent implementation of the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) is not true. TheHintsNews reports that ASUU had claimed that the CCMAS prepared by NUC was flawed, while also describing it as an aberration and threat to the quality of University System education. But NUC Deputy Executive Secretary (Academics), Dr. Noel Saliu in a statement issued Friday, said the curriculum review process started in 2018 with the subject area experts…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), says the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) prepared by the National Universities Commission (NUC) is flawed and an aberration to the Nigerian University System. It maintained that CCMAS is a nightmarish model of curriculum reengineering, a threat to quality university education, and an erosion of powers of the university Senate in Nigerian universities. The Union in a statement issued Friday and signed by its National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, insisted that many university administrators, though dissatisfied, were shying away from making public comments on CCMAS. It stressed that it was inexplicable that…
A road accident that occurred in Ogun state on Friday has killed three people, while one other sustained injury. The Public Education Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun Sector Command, Florence Okpe, who confirmed the accident, said a Toyota Sienna vehicle, rammed into a truck in an accident on the Ogun State axis of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. He noted that the accident involved a Toyota Sienna vehicle with registration number BDG 426 HT and a DAF truck marked RNG 558 XC. She further explained that the accident occurred around the Total petrol station located on the expressway.…
Eleven passengers on Thursday died, while eight others injured in a crash that occured around the Ovia Bridge on the Edo State end of the Benin-Lagos Expressway. The crash occurred around 11:00am involving a Toyota Hiace 18-seater bus and a Dangote truck. It was gathered that the driver of the truck was heading towards Benin, Edo State when he rammed into the bus that had slowed down at the failed portion of the road. According to an An eyewitness who pleaded anonymity, some of the passengers died on the spot, while others who sustained injuries were rushed to the…
Oil Marketers operating say there is a high possibility for the cost of petrol to rise in July, following the recent floating of the Naira against the United States Dollar by the federal government. TheHintsNews reports that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently unified the country’s exchange rates into the Investors and Exporters window, allowing market forces to determine the exchange rate. However, the National President, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Chinedu Okonkwo, Thursday noted that petrol prices would rise in response to forex rates. His words: “When there is deregulation and no subsidy, the price of…
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has ordered top military officers who are seniors to the newly appointed Service Chiefs to proceed on voluntary retirement from the service by Monday. The DHQ in the memo with reference number DHQ/I5/PLANS/801/13 directed all officers with seniority on commission above that of Nigerian Defence Academy Regular Course 39 to submit their applications for voluntary retirement from service with immediate effect. The order, which was contained in a memo dated June 26 and signed by Maj-Gen Y. Yahaya on behalf of the Chief of Defence Staff, was directed to Generals, Brigadiers-general, Air Vice Marshals, and Rear…
The plans by the immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike to frustrate the emergence of the former Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal as Senate Minority Leader appears to be coming to fruition with a good number of Senators elected on the platforms of opposition political parties kicking against his choice. The opposition senators on Wednesday night in Abuja sealed the fate of the former Governor after they reached a consensus to thwart the plans by the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, to foist Tambuwal on…