Author: Kwara Reporters

Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has boasted that the governing party is determined to capture the South-West geopolitical zone ahead of the 2027 general election.Mr Ganduje, who declared this during a stakeholders meeting held in Akure on Sunday, said the party would start the politicking by ensuring it retains political power in Ondo during the upcoming November 16 off-cycle governorship election in the state.Leading the members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party to the meeting held at the DOME event centre in Akure, Mr Ganduje said the APC would capture both…

…Fasasi out, Lawal inThe Department of State Service (DSS) has withdrawn Adegboyega Fasasi as Chief Security Officer (CSO) to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.Meanwhile, another officer of the Service, Rasheed Atanda Lawal, a Deputy Director, has been appointed as a replacement for Fasasi.Although details of the development were still scarce Sunday evening when it became known, it was gathered that Fasasi, who has served as CSO since Tinubu became President, was replaced because he has been sent on professional training.According to sources privy to the development, the Director-General of the DSS, Tosin Ajayi, had requested President Tinubu to approve the release…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 162,351 bottles of codeine-based syrup from two containers at the Apapa seaport in Lagos.This is contained in a statement by NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja.Mr Babafemi said NDLEA operatives made the arrest during a joint examination of two containers with men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and other security agencies on October 15.He said 7,200,000 pills of Royal 225mg Tapentadol and Carisoprodol worth over N3.6 billion in street value were recovered.The spokesman also said they were seized from a watch-listed container from India at Port Harcourt, Port…

Some of the protesters who converged on the Lekki tollgate in Lagos State have been arrested by the police.The protesters had assembled at the tollgate in commemoration of the shooting by soldiers on October 20, 2020.Young persons protesting against police brutality had called for the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) over brutality.In compliance with the demand, the police authorities disbanded SARS but the protesters refused to leave the streets, especially the tollgate which had become a landmark for the protest.Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu had declared curfew, but the protesters refused to leave the tollgate, prompting deployment of soldiers.The soldiers…

The Police Command in Lagos State said it detained a suspected vandal, Demola Oladega, believed to have stolen cables in the Ikotun area of the state.The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to journalists on Saturday in Lagos.He said that the police received information from a security guard about the incident on Wednesday about 6:30 a.m.He stated, “The Ikotun Division received a distress call from a security man attached to a company on Governor’s Road that he suspected an unusual movement of two young men on a motorcycle. Based on the information, the Divisional Police Officer immediately mobilised anti-robbery…

The ENACT Principal, Engr. Nurudeen Adeyemi Balogun has congratulated the newly installed Elerin of Erin-ile Oba Adesoye Adebowale Jimoh on ascension to the throne of his forebears. According to the congratulatory message released after the presentation of Staff of Office by His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Kwara State, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq at the Government House.Surely the emergence and installation of our dear Royal father, Oba Adesoye Adebowale Jimoh, rekindles hope of progress and development as well as a reign of peace and tranquility in Erinle and environs.With your disposition to community developments and love of the people, we are…

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has said he would not go the way of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike, whom he accused of playing politics “with the suffering of Nigerians”.Speaking at a function in Port Harcourt on Saturday, Wike had described Atiku as a rejected politician.Wike was apparently referring to Atiku’s statement after the last local government election in Rivers State state, were he (Atiku) stated that it has now “been revealed that the citizens of Rivers are astute and resolute, unwavering in their rejection of any form of political oppression, harassment, or the machinations of self-serving…

The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has dismissed recent speculation that he aspires to run for the position of Nigeria’s president during the 2027 general elections.Mr Makinde said he is mature and capable of making his own political decisions without external influence.He described the news of his presidential bid as unfounded and unnecessary, insisting that his political future will be a matter he addresses directly when the time is right.While hosting journalists at Fashola Farm in Oyo, Mr Makinde noted that he has independence and ability to advocate for his own political agenda.He said: “We didn’t host this because somebody…

At least 44 Nigerians and Ghanaians were forcibly evicted from the UK and flown back to their respective nations on Friday, according to UK’s Guardian.The UK Home Office responsible for the deportations stated that the action became necessary due to a “major surge in immigration enforcement and returns activity.”“We have already begun delivering a major surge in immigration enforcement and returns activity to remove people with no right to be in the UK and ensure the rules are respected and enforced, with over 3,600 returned in the first two months of the new government,” The Guardian cited the Home Office…

•Troops rescue 8 kidnapped passengersSuspected herdsmen on Friday, shot and killed five persons at Tse tsu Bridge on Makurdi-Naka-Federal highway, a distance of 12km before Naka town, headquarters of Gwer West Local Government Area, in Benue state.Narrating how the unfortunate incident happened, Mr.Teryila Atukpu, told The Nation that at about 4.30-5pm,suspected herdsmen came out of the bush and shot at commuters who were mostly on motorcycles.Mr. Atukpu said: “The attack, as usual, was conducted in a jiffy by the killer herders, who fled into the bush after committing the heinous act.According Atukpu, “For long, this Gestapo approach has been the…