Author: Kwara Reporters

The Onion Producers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria has explained reasons for the upsurge in the price of onions and scarcity of the produce in the country.The National President of the Association, Aliyu Isah, gave the reasons on Sunday in Lagos.Nigeria witnessed a soaring rise in the price of onions from the fourth quarter of 2024 with a bag selling between N250,000 and N270,000 as against N70,000 and N90,000 per bag in previous months.A medium-sized bulb of the produce sells at N500 as against N50 per bulb.Mr Isah said that the reasons for the hike in onion price were multifaceted, leading…

Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the national leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, and former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has accused some Northern leaders of spreading falsehood.He said the leaders were interfering in the selection of candidates, particularly in the presidential election.Kwankwaso said it was wrong for such people to claim they represent the region.The presidential candidate of the NNPP in the 2023 general elections said that their action was causing division and hindering democracy by electing leaders who were not qualified.Kwankwaso, who stated this in an interview with BBC Hausa, said that events…

• Allocation grew by 95.49% in two yearsThe Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) disbursed a total of N5.38 trillion to the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) between January and December 2024, according to figures obtained by The Nation.This amount represents an increase of about N1.46 trillion over the N3.92 trillion received by the states and the FCT in the previous year.The states received a total of N412.09 billion in January; N406.96 billion in February; N454.70 billion in March and N428.24 billion in April.A total of N463.04 billion got to them in May; N365.81 billion (lowest allocation for…

An excited fan kicked off stage by Nigerian musician, Damini ‘Burna Boy’ Ogulu, at 2024 the Greater Lagos Concert said he jumped on the stage to embrace the musician and not to harm him as some insinuated.In a viral video on social media, the young man, who did not mention his name, said “As a fan, I just wanted to embrace him. I didn’t know it would turn out that way.”He added, “For people saying I wanted to harm him, no I mean no harm. I’m also a musician. I just want to use the opportunity to request if he…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has slammed the recent invitation the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited extended to him, describing it as disrespectful.The NNPCL had, through its spokesperson, Olufemi Soneye, invited the former president for a tour of the Port Harcourt and Warri refineries.The corporation’s invitation followed an interview on Channels Television on Thursday, during which the ex-president recounted failed efforts to privatise oil plants in the country.Obasanjo expressed frustration over the mismanagement of refineries, noting that despite significant expenditure since 2007, no results had been achieved.He explained that his successor, Musa Yar’Adua, rejected a $750m offer from the Chairman of…

Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has announced that the state government will subsidise the cost of petrol to N600 per litre for farmers in communities affected by Boko Haram insurgency.A statement on Saturday by the governor’s Senior Special Assistant on New media, Abdulrahman Bundi, said Zulum announced the subsidy on Friday evening during the flagged-off distribution of farm inputs to over 5,000 farmers displaced by Boko Haram insurgents in Bama town.He said a litre of petrol sold between N1,000 and N1,200 in Maiduguri will be subsidised to the farmers for N600.“This is aimed at alleviating the financial burdens faced by…

Gunmen suspected to be members of the Lakurawa terrorist group have killed two policemen and rustled over 200 cows from Natsini village in Argungu Local Government Area of Kebbi State.It was learnt that the incident happened on Thursday at about 11 pm.According to sources at the village, the policemen were manning a checkpoint along the Augie/Kangiwa road when the terrorists numbering over 50 on motorcycles attacked and killed two of them before rustling cows in the village.Natsini village is along Augie/Kangiwa road and about 5 kilometres from Argungu town.A local, Abubakar Augie, told Weekend Trust that the rustled cows belong…

The death toll from Friday’s clash between farmers and herders in Gululu, a community in Miga Local Government Area of Jigawa State, has risen to nine, the police have said.The police said nine bodies were recovered after the violent confrontation that extended to neighbouring Jahun Local Government Area.It was reported that one person, Dauda Kafinta, who was declared missing during the melee, was later found dead.The crisis started when the peasant farmers accused their herder neighbours of stealing from a provision store.The village head of the community, Muhammad Sarkin-Dori, told our reporter on Friday that some residents traced the footprints…

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has dismissed claims that he was made Governor of Rivers State by some political leaders in the state.Wike, however, maintained that while he received political support from certain leaders, he ultimately fought his way to power.He contrasted his rise politically to that of the current Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, whom he claimed he made governor of Rivers State.Wike made the remarks during a civic reception he held in honor of some Rivers State politicians loyal to him on Friday in Port Harcourt.The statement follows the resurfacing of old videos circulating on social…

Judge Jennifer L. Thurston of the U.S. District Court Eastern District of California ordered the FBI to transfer approximately $6 million seized from illegal and convicted American arms dealer Ara Dolarian to the Nigerian government through lawyer Jovi Usude.Mr Usude had swung into action, petitioning the court to preempt forfeiture of millions of dollars trapped in Mr Dolarian’s account but owned by the Nigerian government to the U.S. authorities, following a 2021 report by Peoples Gazette shedding light on the matter.The Nigerian lawyer successfully argued that the seized funds did not belong to Mr Dolarian but were assets of the…