Author: Kwara Reporters

The Federal Government has terminated the ₦740bn contract for the rehabilitation of the Abuja-Kaduna dual carriageway with Julius Berger (Nig.) Plc over non-performance.Last month, the Minister of Works, David Umahi issued a seven-day ultimatum to the company to accept FG’s offer of N740.79bn for the completion of the 82km section II of the road.Umahi lamented that the delay in mobilising to the site despite the approved funds by the Federal Executive Council was causing untold hardship to the road users and that FG was at the receiving end of the situation.In an updated statement by the Director, Press and Public…

Sokoto State Government says another terrorist group identified as LAKURAWAS has emerged in the state.The State Deputy Governor, Idris Gobir, disclosed this while receiving participants of Course 33 of the National Defence College, Abuja, who were on a study tour in the state.According to him, the group is known to be a faith-based idealist, stressing that assessment carried out indicated that the group possessed sophisticated weapons and their criminal activities were observed in about five local government areas of the state.The Deputy Governor said this is happening at a time when the state is faced with banditry activities.Gobir added that…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused President Bola Tinubu, whom he dubbed “T-Pain,” of “criminally” stealing the 2023 presidential election.Mr Abubakar’s statement comes over a year after the Nigerian Supreme Court affirmed Mr Tinubu’s victory in the 2023 presidential election.Reacting to a statement by Bayo Onanuga, spokesperson for Mr Tinubu, who claimed that the former vice president was rejected at the polls in 2023, Mr Abubakar said on his official X account on Monday that he did not lose the election, asserting it was “criminally stolen.”“Let me emphasise that the citizens who cast their votes in the 2023 presidential election…

Scores of youths stormed the headquarters of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited on Monday, demanding the immediate resignation of the Group Chief Executive Officer of the company, Mele Kyari.The protesters, led by some Civil Society Organisations, described Kyari’s leadership as incompetent, citing skyrocketing fuel prices, endless fuel queues, and economic hardship in Nigeria.The protesters carrying placards with different inscriptions such as “we demand the immediate resignation of Kyari”, among others, said the leadership of the NNPCL boss has failed.The aggrieved youths led by Abdullahi Bilal of the (Two Million Man March Against Oil Scam Cabal) and Barrister Napoleon Otache…

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a former Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, for alleged diversion of N1.3 trillion 13% derivation fund from the federation account between 2015 and 2023.An EFCC source confirmed the former governor’s arrest to Channels Television on Monday.Okowa was arrested on Monday, November 4, 2024, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, when he reported at the Port Harcourt Directorate of the EFCC on the invitation of investigators handling his matter.The former governor was alleged to have failed to render accounts of the funds as well as another N40 billion he allegedly…

Former US cybercriminal and now a cybersecurity consultant, Brett Johnson, has expressed skepticism about the likelihood of an easy release for Nigerian social media influencer, Ramon Abbas, known as Hushpuppi.Hushpuppi is currently serving an 11-year prison sentence in the United States for international fraud.Johnson, once on the FBI’s most-wanted list and currently a cybersecurity consultant for companies such as Microsoft, made this disclosure to The PUNCH at the just concluded GITEX Global event in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.He said that although he received a second chance after his criminal career, Abbas may struggle to find similar opportunities due to systemic…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has urged the United Kingdom (UK) to address the security and humanitarian challenges African countries are facing, including the war in Sudan.Speaking yesterday when he hosted the UK Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, David Lammy, at the State House in Abuja, President Tinubu emphasised the need for the UK to engage more actively in Africa’s peace and stability efforts.In a statement by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the President said: “We are faced with security challenges in West Africa, and we have been receiving displaced persons into the…

Four persons sustained varying degrees of injury on Sunday afternoon when a Mazda commercial bus collided with a Toyota car on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.William Manga, the unit commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Badagry command, confirmed the incident in an interview with journalists on Monday.The accident occurred at about 3:20 p.m., near Agbo-Malu Bus Stop, Age-Mowo axis of the expressway.“The Mazda commercial bus, with registration number ABJ 95 YJ and a Toyota car, with registration number KTU 339 YJ, coming from Badagry, were involved in a head-on collision.“Eighteen persons were involved in the accident, but four of them sustained varying…

President Bola Tinubu has ordered release of all minors arrested and detained over #EndBadGovernance protest.Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents, on Monday.The Minister was flanked by the Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy; Sunday Dare, Special Adviser on Public Communications and orientation.“The President has directed that all minors be released on the and also reunited with their families anywhere they are in the country. A committee has been set up to look at the issues surrounding their arrest, detention and release. All the law enforcement agents…

President Bola Tinubu has sworn in seven newly-appointed ministers at the Council Chambers, Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja. Those sworn in include Nentawe Yilwatda as the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction; Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi as the Minister of Labour & Employment; Bianca Odinaka Odumegwu-Ojukwu as the Minister of State Foreign Affairs.Others are Jumoke Oduwole (Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment (Trade and Investment), Idi Mukhtar Maiha (Minister of Livestock Development), Yusuf Abdullahi Ata (Minister of State, Housing, and Urban Development), and Suwaiba Said Ahmad as the Minister of State Education.President Bola Ahmed Tinubu presides over the Swearing in…