Author: Kwara Reporters

A lawyer, simply identified as Okechukwu, was killed in a tragic road crash that occurred along the Awka area of the Awka-Enugu Expressway in Anambra State on Sunday night.Our correspondent gathered that the lawyer died after his vehicle hit an abandoned articulated truck on the road and somersaulted into a nearby drainage.A kinsman of the victim who identified him said the deceased had just deposited the remains of his late mother at the mortuary before the incident happened.The kinsman, who pleaded anonymity, said, “The incident happened along the expressway along the Awka area. The deceased thought the truck was moving,…

The Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has uncovered a sinister plot by Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq and the Commissioner of Police in Kwara State, to unlawfully clamp down on innocent Kwarans and PDP members who lawfully resisted electoral manipulations and frauds orchestrated by the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWASIEC) during the recently concluded local government elections across the state.Credible intelligence available to the party reveals that certain top PDP members, alongside notable apolitical figures, have been marked for arrest based on trumped-up charges.In a statement signed by the state publicity Secretary, Olusegun Olusola Adewara, the party…

Michael Anugwa, the deputy controller of corrections (DCC) in charge of the Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC) in Kirikiri, Lagos State, has said Idris Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky, was transferred to the Maximum Security Custodial Centre because it was discovered that he had some female features, including breasts.Mr Anugwa said this on Monday when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committees on Financial Crimes and Reformatory Institutions probing the N15 million bribery allegation involving the controversial cross-dresser.In response to questions about the allegation that Bobrisky was kept outside the correctional facility in a quid pro quo arrangement, Mr…

Blogger Martins Otse known as VeryDarkMan has revealed how he got a controversial phone recording of cross dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky. The blogger made the revelation on Monday when he presented himself before a House of Representatives panel investigating bribery allegations involving the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS).Also, officials of the EFCC and the NCoS were presented as the Committees on Financial Crimes and Reformatory Institutions commenced investigation into allegations of bribery and corruption levelled against the anti-graft agency and the prison service by the blogger.The blogger initially refused to address…

Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, has declined to speak further on the allegations by Idris Okuneye, fondly called Bobrisky, that officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Nigerian Correctional Services demanded the sum of N15m from him to serve his prison term at a VIP Section of the Kirikiri Medium Custodial Centre, Lagos.Invited to the podium to brief the Investigating Committee, VDM said, “I don’t know why I will be here and the person who made these allegations is not here.“Bobrisky said in the voice note that there is a godfather. Maybe the godfather told him…

No fewer than 300 sanitation offenders were arrested and prosecuted by a Special Court for violating sanitation laws in Kwara State during the monthly sanitation exercise held on Saturday.The exercise, which took place for three hours between 7:00 am and 10:00 am on the last Saturday of every month, was conducted across the state.The offenders were arrested in Ilorin, the state capital, during the exercise.The state government, however, commended residents for their compliance with the sanitation regulations, contributing to the success of the exercise held in various towns and villages across the state, including the capital.A statement by the Press…

Over 40 per cent of Nigerian electricity consumers are currently enjoying over 20 hours of regular electricity supply across the nation, Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has said.Mr Adelabu disclosed this on Sunday in a statement reviewing the activities of the power ministry in the last year.He explained that certain revolutionary measures were taken to ensure that Nigerians enjoy a more stable and regular electricity supply.“Moreover, the major achievement is the fact that today we generate over 5,500 megawatts of power, we transmit and distribute it, and over 40 per cent of customers today enjoy over 20 hours of…

Southern and Northern Senators have disagreed over the agitation for the return of Nigeria to the regional form of government.They expressed their views at the sidelines of the ongoing two-day retreat on the amendments to the 1999 constitution organised by the Senate Committee on Constitution Review in collaboration with the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC) in Kano.While senators from the northern part of the country who spoke on the issue vehemently opposed it, those from southern Nigeria, described it as a welcome development that would improve the economy, tackle insecurity and fast -track infrastructural development.The Red Chamber through the…

The Nigeria Security And Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Zamfara State Command, has vowed to discipline and prosecute an officer of the command, Maikano Sarkin-Tasha, who the Nigeria Police Force arrested for allegedly supplying ammunition and hard drugs to bandits in the North-West state.Sarkin-Tasha was arrested and paraded by the police for allegedly supplying ammunition and hard drugs to bandits around the Mada district of the Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State.NSCDC State Commandant, Sani Mustapha, while addressing newsmen at the command headquarters in Gusau, condemned the erring officer’s alleged behaviour.He said the arrested officer had earlier been reported for…

The Federal Government has handed over 64 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses to representatives of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), and the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS). The handover ceremony took place on Sunday at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja, as part of activities marking Nigeria’s 64th independence anniversary.Speaking just before handing over the vehicles, the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, who led the government delegation described the distribution of the buses as fulfilling President Bola Tinubu’s promise to provide affordable and efficient transportation to Nigerians after the…