Author: Kwara Reporters

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…

The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Nze Ozichukwu Fidelis Chukwu, on Friday said President Bola Tinubu would have written his name in gold if he orders the release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.Chukwu made the remark while welcoming Tinubu to the South-East ahead of his official visit to Enugu State on Saturday.He expressed immense delight over the gradual attitudinal change of the Federal Government under Tinubu towards the Igbo nation.In a statement by Ohanaeze spokesman, Alex Ogbonnia, Chukwu said: “It is therefore hoped that with the Enugu visit, President Tinubu will write his name with…

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has described the series of stampedes over free food that occurred across the country in 2024 as natural disasters.“These were unavoidable circumstances, Not man-made but almost natural disasters. Please accept our sympathies,” said Mr Akpabio during a visit to President Bola Tinubu in Lagos.He added, “Please accept our sympathies on the stampede that took away our very young children in Ibadan and other places in Anambra. It was not limited to one location.In December 2024, fatal stampedes at rice distribution venues in Ibadan, Anambra, and Abuja claimed over 65 lives, sparking widespread criticism of Mr Tinubu’s…

A total of 140 operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command were killed on duty while the sum of N409,992,000 was recovered from criminals during various operations in 2024, KwaraReporters has learnt.A breakdown of the recovered sum, according to the command’s scorecard made available to journalists on Wednesday by the spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, revealed that N36,850,000 was recovered from kidnapping suspects; N68,552,000 from armed robbery suspects; N19,590,000 from burglary cases; and N285,000,000 from fraud cases.Also in 2024, Adeh stated that a total of 1,426 cases were reported, leading to the arrest of 1,077 suspects.According to the scorecard, fraud cases…