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…
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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…