The Connected Development (CODE) and BraveRock, a real estate firm have listed ways to tackle the estimated 1.7m housing deficit in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja The CODE’s Chief Executive, Hamzat Lawal and BraveRock’s Managing Director, Usman Zambuk, gave the lists on Tuesday in Abuja at a joint media briefing. Lawal said that Abuja alone requires 1.7 million additional housing units, almost 10 percent of Nigeria’s national shortfall, to accommodate its growing population. To bridge this gap, he called for the creation of a National Housing Data Centre for reliable planning, inclusive land reforms, and incentives for productive…
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The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended two pilots of ValueJet,Capt. Oluranti Ogoyi and the co- pilot, First officer Ivan Oloba for serious breach of aviation safety protocols by at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja (Domestic Terminal) on Tuesday with immediate effect. The Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, NCAA, Michael Achimugu in a post via NCCA verified X handle said the suspension became imperative after receiving reports concerning a serious breach of aviation safety protocols. He explained that preliminary information indicated that the pilot in question commenced departure procedures from the designated bay without adhering to…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike has ordered the immediate and comprehensive clampdown on illegal mining activities springing up in the nation’s capital which have been identified as serious security threats. FCT Commissioner of Police, Ajao Adewale disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday, while briefing journalists on the outcome of the FCT Security Committee Meeting held at the official residence of the FCT Minister in Life Camp and chaired by the Minister. He revealed that the Committee during its meeting brainstormed on the general security situation in the FCT with specific attention to issues of destitution,…
A businessman, Ajah Uchenna and his wife Rosemary Uchenna were on Monday 4th August 2025 sentenced to a total of 22 and a half years imprisonment by Justice Deinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court 8 in Lagos for dealing in illicit drugs. TheHintsNews reports that the couple was first arrested on Friday 13th June by operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS) in Ojo area of the state and transferred to NDLEA along with 277.5kg skunk, a strain of cannabis. NDLEA Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi in a statement issued Tuesday said while they were still…
President Bola Tinubu has conferred national honours on all players and the technical team of Nigeria’s women’s national basketball team, D’Tigress, following their historic fifth consecutive victory at the 2025 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket Championship Speaking during the presidential reception held at the Presidential Villa on Monday in their honour, Tinubu, who was represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, awarded each player and technical crew member the title of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON). The Senior Special Assistant to the vice President on Media & Communications, Stanley Nkwocha in a statement issued Monday said also directed the…
Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC) Monday announced a $4,000 Budeshi investigative journalism grant to support journalists in pushing for open contracting and procurement accountability across sectors of Nigeria’s economy. The grant, PPDC stated, aimed at promoting rigorous storytelling and investigative journalism, creating partnerships between reporters and civil society organisations (CSOs) to elevate civic discourse and drive reform. Its Chief Executive Officer, Lucy Agaji, at a press conference on Monday in Abuja, said understanding the health of the country’s democracy and the effectiveness of its institutions depend on informed, engaged citizens and a media ecosystem that reflects, interrogates, and…
The All Progressives Congress (APC), says, with a sordid legacy of obnoxious marginalisation of ethnic and religious minorities in Southern Kaduna; sponsoring of sectarian violence and weaponising demolitions against innocent citizens; and a debt profile of N284 billion on tax payers, the former Governor of Kaduna state Mallam Nasir El-Rufai is the poster child of bad governance and failed leadership. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Felix Morka in a statement issued Monday stressed that El-Rufai’s speedy fall from commanding heights to the political clown he has become needs forensic study. He noted that since El-Rufai’s failed bid…
Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke have rescued 11 kidnapped victims during a well-coordinated offensive operation in Benue state. The operation led by Commander Sector 1, Col. KO Bukoye and supported by the Air Component have continued offensive operations across Benue and neighbouring Taraba States, between August 2 and 3, 2025. Its Acting Media Information Officer, Lt. Ahmad Zubairu in a statement issued Monday said the high-impact operation was carried out simultaneously in Tse-Ahur and Chito general areas of Ukum Local Government of Benue State, with Sector 3 providing a strategic blocking position in Gindin Mangoro, Wukari LGA of Taraba State…
The immediate past Executive Secretary of the National Agricultural Lands Development Authority (NALDA), Prince Paul Ikonne, has expressed concerns over the Alex Otti-led administration’s claim that it spent ₦54 billion on renobagion and construction of public schools across Abia State. TheHintsNews reports hat the state government in a report signed by the Accountant General of Abia State, Njum Uma-Onyemenam revealed that the state generated N320 billion in 2024 from Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) allocations, Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), and other capital receipts, excluding local government earnings and borrowings. Among the key expenditures listed in the report —…
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has described the plan by the Bola Tinubu administration’s plan to spend over ₦712 billion on the renovation of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos as wasteful and a misplaced priority. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Bolaji Abdullahi in a statement issued Sunday questioned whether the renovation plan and its associated cost had received approval from the National Assembly, describing the expenditure as reckless and insensitive. He maintained that the airport remained functional and serviceable, adding that what the aviation sector needs is not another gold-plated terminal, but proper maintenance,…