Author: Kwara Reporters

Ifeanyichukwu Eze, personal assistant to the Deputy Speaker, Ebonyi House of Assembly, Chinedu Onah, has died in a road accident on the Abakaliki-Enugu Expressway. Chinonso Nwede, the secretary of the deputy speaker’s legislative aides forum, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday. According to him, the incident occurred whilst Mr Eze was returning from a funeral wake, accompanied by three other legislative aides and one additional person.Mr Nwede said the wake was held in solidarity with a friend whose mother’s funeral took place on Jan. 11. “Sadly, Eze succumbed to his injuries in the hospital. The four other individuals involved in the…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a suit at the ECOWAS Court against the Bola Tinubu government and governors over their oppressive use of the Cybercrimes Act.In a statement on Sunday, SERAP said the cybercrime act is being used to violate Nigerians’ rights to freedom of expression, shutting down dissenting voices against the government.SERAP said, “We’ve asked the ECOWAS Court of Justice to stop the Tinubu administration and Nigeria’s 36 governors from using the Cybercrimes (Amendment) Act 2024 to criminalise legitimate expression and punish Nigerians, including social media users.“Rather than using the amended legislation to make cyberspace…

The Federal Government of Nigeria is set to receive $52.88 million in recovered Galactica assets tied to former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, from the United States.Nigerian cuisineThis is as the U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Richard Mills, urged the Ministry of Justice to ensure proper monitoring and effective utilization of the recovered funds to maximize their impact on Nigerians.The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, announced this recovery during the formal signing ceremony of the asset agreement between Nigeria and the U.S. in Abuja on Friday.Fagbemi revealed that $50 million of the funds will be…

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has approved the appointment of Prince Abimbola Owoade as the new Alaafin of Oyo.The announcement was made in a statement on Friday by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade.Oyelade stated that Owoade was chosen after extensive consultations and traditional divinations conducted by the Oyo kingmakers, the Oyomesi.“Prince Abimbola Akeem Owoade, after thorough consultations and divinations, has been recommended by the Oyomesi and approved by Governor Seyi Makinde as the new Alaafin of Oyo,” the statement read.The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Ademola Ojo, in his remarks, said the announcement ends the…

The Federal Road Safety Corps has confirmed nine people dead and 21 others injured in a road crash in Dankama, Kaita LGA.The casualties were announced in a statement on Thursday.FRSC said the incident occurred when a trailer carrying cows and humans separated from the head and fell on a pavement.According to the statement, the trailer driver was trying to prevent crushing a woman who fell from the top of a Golf car overloaded with beans.The FRSC revealed that the trailer driver, while trying to avoid crushing the woman, lost control of the vehicle and caused the trailer to separate from…

A Catholic priest, Dr Echezona Obiagbaosogu, who recently resigned from his position as a priest, said he embraced African traditional religion after realising that God called him to serve him through that means.Obiagbaosogu, who just defended his PhD dissertation titled “Rainmaking and Control in Igbo African Medicine,” noted that he left priesthood after 17 years, adding that he intended to recover the lost African values using the ancient traditions of ancestors.This, according to him, was also why he committed many years and time in researching act of rain making as a Doctoral Degree (PhD) student and lecturer in African Traditional…

Former Ekiti State governor Ayodele Fayose says Lagos State governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has proved the projections of stakeholders in the nation’s economic nerve centre wrong with his performance.Fayose stated this on Wednesday during the Commissioning of Ikeja GRA Network of Roads in the state capital.Fayose, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), resident in the Ikeja GRA, applauded the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration in Lagos for elevating the state capital to the same status as the highbrow Ikoyi area. “This place is now our own Ikoyi…You and your deputy have turned GRA to Ikoyi GRA,” Fayose said.The ex-Ekiti…

The Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly has again overridden the assent of Governor Siminialayi Fubara on three bills that were earlier passed and transmitted to the governor for assent.The bills, which were presented to the Governor Fubara a month ago, are the Rivers State Education (Return of Schools) (Amendment) Bill, the Rivers Electricity Market Bill, and the Rivers State Commissions of Inquiry Bill, 2024.The lawmakers loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, at their sitting on Thursday, took the decision to override Fubara’s assent after he withheld it.Commenting on the three bills, which were…

Two police officers were reportedly killed when suspected Boko Haram terrorists attacked the Nganzai Police Division in Borno State.The spokesperson of the command, ASP Nahum Kennel Daso, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday, January 9, 2025, said the State Commissioner of Police, CP Yusufu Mohammed, visited Nganzai Police Division, adding that he commended officers for their resilience and condoled with families of two officers who lost their lives.According to Daso, the incident occurred at about 12:10 am on Thursday. “On 9th January, 2025 at about 12:10am, unknown gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists attempted to invade Nganzai…

The minister of state for labour and employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, says the new minimum wage will be reviewed in less than two years from now.Ms Onyejeocha said this on Thursday in Umuahia while addressing journalists after a meeting with labour leaders in Abia.She said that President Bola Tinubu was committed to his promise to Nigerian workers by ensuring minimum wage was reviewed after three years.She said that the president was deeply concerned about the welfare of workers and would keep to every promise he made to them.“We are not going to allow minimum wage review to be forever.“It used to…