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…
Author: Hints News
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.”
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has blamed the recent hike in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) from N537 to N617 on arbitrary levies by government institutions and extortion by security agencies. To this end, the association called on the federal government to instruct all its agencies to put a stop to arbitrary charges which are built into the price of fuel by marketers. IPMAN President, Chinedu Okoronkwo disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja at a public hearing organised by the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on the Recent Hike in Petrol Pump Price. He explained…
President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) Tuesday said that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25 election, Peter Obi, lacks the legal right to challenge the outcome of the election for not being a member of the party. Obi and LP in their joint submission alleged that the presidential poll was rigged against him in about 18,088 polling units (totalling over 2.5 million votes), aside alleged over-voting that took place in parts of the South West. He also alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission’s failure to upload results to INRC Results…
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) inthe February 25 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, says, there was no technical glitch on the election day as claimed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), rather, there was a deliberate bypass of the technology in order to create room for the manipulation that eventually took place. While adopting their final written address, Atiku and PDP, through their legal team led by Chief Chris Uche urged the the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) to be the first to nullify a presidential election in Nigeria. Atiku maintained that INEC’s failure to upload…
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has been notified and commenced investigation into an accident involving a Jabiru J430, a light single airplane with Nationality and Registration Marks 5N-CCQ operated by Air First Hospitality & Tours, which occurred around a little after 1500hrs local time on August 1, 2023. The aircraft was on a test flight within Lagos with two passengers onboard, before it crashed around Oba Akran area of Lagos State with no fatalities. The Bureau, in a statement Tuesday in Abuja by Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, James Odaudu, hinted that the aircraft caught fire on impact…
Udora Orizu, a Correspondent with THISDAY Newspapers has been appointed as Special Assistant on Press Affairs to the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ben Kalu. In the letter of appointment dated July 25, the appointment takes immediate effect. Orizu, who is experienced in political and parliamentary reporting was until her appointment a Correspondent with THISDAY Newspapers, covering the activities of the House of Representatives in the National Assembly from 2020 till date. Her active journalism experience spanned over seven years during which she covered the Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Environment. Orizu, has a Bsc and…