Author: Kwara Reporters

The grieving family of Ross Ogbeinde, an international student in the United Kingdom, who reportedly collapsed and lost consciousness before passing away on December 29, 2024, is seeking financial support for his burial arrangements.It was learnt on Sunday that Ogbeinde, originally from Benin City in Edo State, was an international student at the University of South Wales.Our correspondent gathered that the deceased resided in Pontypridd, South Wales, UK, with his wife and three children.According to a note from Benedicta, the deceased’s wife, on GoFundMe, Ogbeinde was set to graduate from the University of South Wales in January 2025. However, he…

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced a new initiative, which will allow students to resit their WASSCE papers as early as January and February 2025.This marks a significant shift from the previous system, where candidates had to wait for the next private exam cycle.The Head of Public Affairs at WAEC, John Kapi, disclosed this while speaking on JoyNews’ AM Show in Ghana on Tuesday, December 31st.He explained that the new programme, referred to as WASSCE PC1, provides a faster route for students to improve their grades.“Students who access their results now and realise they need to resit one…

President Bola Tinubu has hired lobbyists in the United States to help convince lawmakers and policymakers that he carries acceptable personal probity to lead Nigeria, Peoples Gazette can report, after suffering a reputational hit that followed reports of his involvement in illicit drug peddling and certificate fraud. Mr Tinubu engaged public relations experts, including David Spaulding of Lenape Legal, based in a sleepy Philadelphia suburb, to help his administration navigate Washington’s concerns about his unsavoury public profile, The Gazette learned via documents and sources familiar.The Nigerian leader deemed the hirings necessary after evaluating the impact widespread coverage of his narcotics and certificate saga…

Firms without Tax Identification Number (TIN) will not enjoy the exemption from Withholding Tax payment.This is one of the conditions stipulated in the Withholding Tax reform regulation which took effect on January 1.In the new regime, small businesses with low margins of returns are completely exempted from payment of Withholding Tax.However, they have been mandated by the Federal Government to deduct Withholding Tax while making payments to any of their suppliers without TIN.Suppliers who exceed N2 million payments per month will also not enjoy the exemption from payment of Withholding Tax.But, if a small business fails to deduct tax as…

In a shocking development, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two young individuals for their alleged involvement in the production and sale of drug-laced cupcakes. The suspects, identified as 24-year-old Khadijat Abdulraheem, a fresh graduate, and Ayomide Morakinyo, a 20-year-old student of the University of Ilorin, were apprehended on Sunday, December 29, 2024, along Tanke-University of Ilorin Road, Oke Odo, Ilorin.According to credible intelligence, the duo was reportedly supplying these drug-laced cupcakes to students in the local community. During a search of their apartment, NDLEA operatives recovered 42 pieces of the illicit drug-laced cupcakes.Authorities have expressed concerns…

A final year student at the School of Health, Makarfi, in Zaria, Kaduna State, Baraka Abdulkarim, has narrated how the bandits who abducted her k!lled two children for walking slowly.It was reported that Baraka was abducted on December 1, 2024 while on her way home from school.Speaking to Punch, Baraka narrated how she survived horrifying conditions in captivity for 13 days. “I’m 26 years old now. I’m from Oyo State. My dad is from Ogbomoso, but my mum is from Oyo Town. I can say I’m from Ogbomoso Ayilara, but we stay in Oke-Elerin, and we always go home,” she explained. “I…

Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State and his predecessor, Chief Samuel Ortom, exchanged words over the weekend regarding a thanksgiving event held in Agidi, Konshisha Local Government Area, to honour the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume.The event, also organised to celebrate the 50th birthday of Dr. Matthias Byuan, an Executive Director at the Federal Housing Authority, was attended by prominent figures, including Chief Ortom.Traveling across Quang Binh to stunning cinematic locationsHowever, Governor Alia’s Chief Press Secretary, Sir Tersoo Kula, in statement about the event, accused Ortom of poor leadership during his tenure from 2015…

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…