Sudan’s warring sides have agreed on a nationwide ceasefire for 24 hours from 6 a.m. (0400 GMT) on Saturday, Saudi Arabia and the U.S. who have been brokering talks said in a joint statement. Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support forces (RSF) agreed “they will refrain from prohibited movements, attacks, use of aircraft or drones, aerial bombardment, artillery strikes, reinforcement of positions and resupply of forces, and will refrain from seeking military advantage during the ceasefire,” the statement read. The Genesis of the Sudan War An armed conflict between rival factions of the military government of Sudan began on…
Author: Hints News
Four Tunisian soldiers on military duty have died after their helicopter crashed into the sea in the country’s north-west. President Kais Saied on Thursday offered condolences to the bereaved families, saying the “accident cost the lives of four army men”. He said there was a need to “renew military equipment” as he met the country’s defence minister following the incident. Cause of Helicopter Crash President Saied also said such incidents could occur in any country – while admitting that the deterioration of some equipment in Tunisia “had led and continues to lead to such tragedies”. In 2021, three soldiers were…
A former Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, , says many people are unaware that contact bleeding especially during bleeding or just after sexual intercourse can be early sign of cervical cancer.Adewole, Co-Founder, African Cancer Coalition, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos in a telephone interview on Monday that cervical cancer was preventable and treatable , if presented and diagnosed early.According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) cervical cancer is still the second most common cancer among women in Nigeria and the fourth most common cancer among women globally.It is the most common among women ages 15-44…
The governorship candidate of Labour Party in Lagos State for the 2023 elections, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour has described the proposed law by the Speaker of the House of Assembly in the state, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa to protect property rights of indigenes as divisive and regressive.Obasa had while delivering his acceptance speech declared that Lagos is Yoruba Land, and its lawmakers would enact laws to protect the indigenes even if it means reversing the existing laws.However, Rhodes-Vivour while reacting through a Twitter post said the Speaker would divide Lagos residents along ethnic lines with his proposed law.He said by considering the regressive…
Two ad-hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Friday Egwuma and Grace Timothy, Thursday, told the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) failed to transmit the results of the election after the collation.They admitted that the BVAS machine allocated to them developed system error after the results of the Senate and House of Representatives aspects of the poll were freely transmitted.They further explained that they had to resort to other means of getting the results when it became clear that the BVAS machines would not help them.Both Eguma and Timothy were subpoenaed…
Ondo state police command, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Amotekun Corps, as well as soldiers have rescued 13 abducted Abuja-bound travellers. The victims were kidnapped along Abuja Road in Isua, the headquarters of the Akoko South-East Local Government Area of the state by unknown gunmen.TheHintsNews gathered that the victims were rescued by the joint security operation.A source in the town said the victims were in an 18-passenger bus travelling to Abuja from Lagos when the hoodlums waylaid their bus and dragged them out of the bus and thereafter marched them into the bush on Tuesday evening.The source…
The Integrity Group, the forum of former governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde are currently in a closed-door meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.The four former governors and Makinde arrived at the State House at about 4:21 pm and proceeded straight to the President office.TheHintsNews recalls that the then G-5 governors, as they were called, worked against the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar in the February 25 presidential election.Other members of the G-5 at the meeting are Nyesom Wike, Samuel Ortom , Okezie Ikpeazu and…
The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig- Gen. Dogara Ahmed Thursday decried the continuous decline in quality of graduates largely produced largely by “unaccredited institutions” .He added that manipulation of data to allow part-time graduates enrol for service and other unwholesome practices leaves much to be desired from the country’s higher institutions.The director-general, however, warned that the management of NYSC was determined not to take it lightly with institutions or individuals perpetrating these acts intermittently.Ahmed stated this during a meeting with Registrars of the Corps Producing Institutions and the Directors of NYSC.He said the meeting was…
The Christian Organisations of Nigeria (CON) has declared support for Senator Abdulaziz Yari to emerge as 10th Senate President ahead of the inauguration of the 10th Assembly scheduled for January 13.It called on the Senators-elect to discountenance those “enemies of democracy” trying to use politics of divide-and-rule to discourage Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senators-elect from voting Yari as the next Senate President.Addressing a joint conference Thursday in Abuja, the President General of the christian body, Apostle Paul Nwokoro, the Secretary General, Dr. Mathew Arowolo and the Public Relations Officer, Rev. Yusuf Musa, said the 10th Senate was not a place…
A group under the aegis of The Natives, says, electing a Muslim as the President of the 10th Senate was synonymous to national sabotage ahead of the June 13 inauguration of the 10th National Assembly.Against this background, the group kicked against the election of another Muslim as the next Senate President.Addressing a press conference on Thursday in Abuja, the Leader of the group, Smart Edwards, urged Senators-elect to dissociate themselves from any political, financial and insensitive approach or act that would promote a Muslim for the office of the Senate President.He said: “We cannot toy with the expensive portray of…