A former Niger Delta agitator, Asari Dokubo, said President Bola Tinubu has promised to take a “decisive action” against military personnel behind the oil theft in Niger Delta. He said the oil theft that has taken place in the region for the past eight years was unprecedented. Dokubo disclosed this Friday while addressing State House Correspondents after meeting President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. His words: “The Army and Navy are behind oil theft. They intimidate civil defence, who are by law expected to protect installations. They tap directly from the oil head. What has been happening in…
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A Federal Capital Territory High Court has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to immediately grant unrestricted access to lawyers and family members of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele. Justice Hamza Muazu who gave the order on Friday in Abuja emphasized that such access was a constitutional right. The order followed an application by Emefiele’s counsel, J.B. Daudu, who informed the court that he had written letters to the DSS on June 14, 2023, to obtain further instructions from his client. However, the secret police had failed to respond to the application. But, counsel to…
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has set up panels to probe seven judges accused of corruption. The Council’s Director of Information, Mr. Soji Oye in a statement issued Friday, however, said that petitions against 26 others, including a retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Mary Odili were dismissed The Council at its meeting chaired by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kayode Ariwoola, who doubles as the chairman of the council, said it considered reports from various investigation committees and the Preliminary Complaints Assessment Committees on petitions written against 33 judicial officers from both the appellate and the High…
The National Vice Chairman, North-west of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Salihu Lukman has accused the National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdulahi Adamu and National Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore of squandering the sum of N30 billion realised during the sales of forms for the 2023 elections. Lukman in a statement issued Friday titled; ‘Rebuilding the APC to Reform Nigerian Politics: Task Before President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’, also accused Adamu of running the affairs of the party like a garrison commander. He stressed that with the election of principal officers in the National Assembly completed, President Asiwaju Bola…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says Indomie and other noodle brands in Nigeria are safe for consumption. The agency added that its investigations revealed that Indomie Noodles implicated in Malaysia and Taiwan were not in Nigeria. The HintsNews reports that NAFDAC had earlier ordered an investigation into the composition of Indomie and other noodle brands sold in Nigeria following news of the recall of Indomie Noodles from Malaysia and Taiwan. In a statement issued Thursday by the Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, said officials of the agency went round and took samples…
President Bola Ahmed Tinunu on Thursday directed the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) to as a matter of urgency commenced immediate investigation into the boat mishap that occurred at Kpada community in Pategi Local Government Area of Kwara State, on Monday night of June 12 2023 The Director General/CEO, NSIB, Akin Olateru gave the hint during a press conference in Abuja Olateru noted in line with enabling law of the federal republic of Nigeria, the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) ACT 2022 and the directive of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, NSIB has commenced investigation into the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has tendered personal information supplied by President Bola Tinubu which aid his qualification for the office of the president before the Presidential Election Petition Court. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate in the February 25 election, Atiku Abubakar, are challenging the declaration of Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the president. At the resumed hearing on Thursday, the electoral body tendered form EC9 which contains the biodata of Tinubu pursuant to the subpoena issued to INEC’s chairman, Yakubu Mahmood, by the court. The petitioners had on Tuesday informed the…
Kylian Mbappé has assured that his plan is to be at Paris St. Germain next season The French player clarified his situation at a press conference on Thursday. On the letter he sent to PSG announcing he won’t extend his current contract, Mbappe said he did not think he was going to offend anyone with the letter. He said: “Honestly I did not think I was going to offend anyone. I only sent a letter, yes — I didn’t know a letter could kill someone. It’s just a letter.” On his plans for next season and Real Madrid links, Mbappe…
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has explained that the Yola ATC Voice Recording System (VRS) did not record any communication between the Pilot of Boeing 737-400 aircraft operated by Max Air Limited and the duty controller on the day of the occurrence due to power failure resulting to serious incident on May, 7th, 2023. This is even as the NSIB called on the Nigerian Civil Aviation Aviation (NCAA) to conduct regular safety management system (SMS) assessments to evaluate the capability of Max Air limited to effectively manage safety. TheHintsNews reports that a serious incident involving a Boeing 737-400 aircraft…
The Benue State Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly raping an eight-month-old pregnant woman. The man identified as Akpo Igwe, a motorcyclist popularly known as okada rider, was said to have raped the 25-year-old woman (names withheld) last Thursday at Irabi Council Ward of Obi Local Government Area of the state. A family source, who did not want to be mentioned, said the woman who was returning from the market had flagged down the motorcyclist to take her home only for the okada rider to divert to a bush part and raped the woman. The family source…