The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has placed the Search and rescue team of the agency on alert. It also directed an update of the agency’s flood contingency plans The decision became imperative following a statement by the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMET), which anticipates moderate to heavy rains in parts of Katsina, Kano, Bauchi, Plateau and Taraba states. The impact based weather forecast by NiMET, also predicts flash floods, riverine flooding, strong winds, soil erosion as well as thunder and lightning. It said the forecast also anticipates displacements of people due to floods, outbreak of waterborne diseases…
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The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, says it is regrettable that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the agents of President Bola Tinubu have ceaselessly chosen to stand in the way of justice. He said they have been making catastrophic threats to anarchy if justice is not served according to their whims. Atiku in a statement issued Saturday by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, alleged that there is a sinister plot to undermine Nigeria’s judiciary and democracy. The former vice president noted that since the conclusion of the presidential election…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) South-west Support Groups have expressed concern over ‘unpleasant development’ at the presidency whereby most appointments are being filled with ‘Lagos boys’. The groups in a letter dated july 19th, addressed to President Bola Tinubu and jointly signed by the Coordinator, Dele Fulani and the Secretary, Lanre Asiwaju, said a cursory look at the appointments made so far under this administration showed that majority of the people around the President are all Lagos politicians. The support groups said while they might not all be indigenes of Lagos, they are politicians based in Lagos, who have played…
It is quite troubling that Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) under Your Excellency’s leadership is being reported to have decided on adopting Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje to become the next National Chairman of APC. While it is within the right of Progressive Governors being a very critical power bloc within the APC to endorse any candidate for the position of National Chairman, to make such decision public, in whatever manner, is unfair to both President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and other leaders of the party who are not members of PGF. It is even unfair to Dr. Ganduje who is being…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has distanced itself from the views expressed by its National Vice Chairman, North-west, Dr. Salihu Lukman, saying it does not represent the position of the party. TheHintsNews reports that Lukman had in a statement Friday described the speculation doing the rounds that the immediate past Governor of Kano state, Dr. Abdulahi Ganduje might emerge as the next national chairman of the party as insensitive. He was of the opinion that if the speculation emerging from the APC governors was true, it would completely distort the zoning arrangement that informed…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), has secured the conviction of five undergraduates for internet related fraud. The commission in a state issued Friday said those convicted by its Kaduna Zonal Command are: Chidebere Opara (Avail Hollywood); Manasseh Ephraim (aka Felicia_dannyels); Victor Odeh (aka Christopher Anderson); Chukwukere Paul (aka Shaun Lee); and Enyogu Ekpo (aka Henry Wilson; JASDAV7). It noted that tthe five undergraduates were arraigned before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court on one count separate charge bordering on internet fraud. They were all arrested in a sting operation in Kaduna. Investigation revealed how they…
Justice I.E. Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to hand over within two weeks, the file on its investigation of a former minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah and eight others to the Attorney General of the Federation to continue with the prosecution. The agency arraigned Oduah before Justice I.E. Ekwo on a 25-count charge bordering on money laundering. The judge had requested for the report of an investigation which he had ordered the EFCC to carry out with respect to an anonymous threat message he received via SMS in relation…
Worried about the recent incidence of a safety breach where water was found in the fuel tanks of some aircraft, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has vowed to unravel the root cause. The NCAA has also announced wide consultation with all relevant stakeholders to identify the gaps, close them, prevent future occurrences, and improve safety in the industry. The Director General Civil Aviation, Capt. Musa Nuhu disclosed this during a meeting with all Domestic/International Operators, Aviation Fuel Suppliers, and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). Nuhu in a statement issued Thursday said fuel contamination was outside…
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), says the Aviation sector in Nigeria has been put under threat four times in 2023 with incidents of contaminated Jet A1 fuel with water discovered from commercial aircraft tanks. This is even as the NCAA engaged stakeholders as a means to getting to the root cause of the problem and finding solutions. The Director General of NCAA, Capt. Musa Nuhu while speaking Thursday in Abuja hinted that though the Agency is a regulatory body, they can not solve the problem alone. He said: “We can not solve this problem by ourselves. That is why…
The House of Representatives has called on the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) to devise new strategic regulatory guidelines in tackling incessant boat mishaps in the country. The House made the call at the plenary on Thursday following the adoption of a motion titled, ‘Tackling the Menace of Incessant Boat/WaterCraft Mishaps in Nigerian Coastal Lines/Waterways’ Moving the motion, Hon. Rodney Ambaiowei, said Nigeria’s coastline spans about 853 km (530 miles) and over 3000 km of navigable inland water channel with great potential for inland cargo and passenger transportation. He noted that over…