Two separate terrorists’ attacks on two Niger communities have left one person dead, while more than 50 others, including women and children, have been kidnapped. The incident occurred between Tuesday and Wednesday this week. The dead person in Niger was in Tsoho Kabula community in the Munya Local Government Area, where about 20 people were kidnapped and scores of cattle rustled. Investigation revealed that the attack at Tsoho Kabula spread to Zagzaga but the villagers were reported to have got wind of the impending invasion and disappeared into the bush. A source who preferred anonymity said a local vigilante providing…
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In compliance with the revised Public Service Rules (PSR) that was unveiled last week, no fewer than 500 Directors in the civil service may be asked to proceed on compulsory retirement after the Head of the Civil Service, Dr. Folashade Yemi-Esan, issued a circular to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) . Yemi-Esan had declared that the implementation of the PSR had commenced after it was unveiled at the public service lecture held at the Presidential villa in Abuja. However, in a circular dated July 27, 2023, from the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, had advised…
Palpable tension has enveloped Igarra, headquarters of Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State, as five people were reportedly kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen. The herdsmen, it was gathered, have taken over the various farm roads in the area. TheHintsNews reports that while one person was kidnapped last Tuesday, four others were abducted last Wednesday. A top commander of the vigilance group in the area who confirmed the incident said they have been combing the forests in the area. According to him, They are just picking (abducting) people everywhere, especially around farm road behind the Technical College hostel…
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdulahi Ganduje, says, internal democracy would be strictly adhered under his watch. The immediate past governor of Kano state disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja after the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party named him Chairman of the party. TheHintsNews reports Ganduje assumed the position as the sixth chairman of the party following the recent resignation of the immediate past 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…
The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Thursday suspended the airport car hire service at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja with immediate effect. The suspension, it said, was as a result of the unresolved factional dispute amongst the car hire operators which has been affecting airport car hire service operations. A statement issued in Abuja by theDirector, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Abdullahi Yakubu-Funtua, urged the public to secure alternative means of transportation. It reads: ” We wishes to inform the general public that the airport car hire service at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja has been suspended with…
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…
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.…