Author: Kwara Reporters

Group Chief Executive Officer, GTCO, Segun AgbajeJustice Ayokunle Faji of the Federal High in Lagos State, on Friday, ordered the remand of four bloggers for allegedly cyberstalking and spreading false information aimed at insulting the Chief Executive Officer of Guaranty Trust Holding Company PLC, Segun Agbaje.The bloggers who are, Precious Eze (38), Olawale Rotimi (47), Rowland Olonishu, and Seun Odunlami, were remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre.The defendants were arraigned on two two-count amended charges bordering on cyberstalking and disseminating false information.The charges were brought against them by officers from the Police Special Fraud Unit, Ikoyi, Lagos.Earlier during their arraignment…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested a former governor of Taraba State, Darius Ishaku, over an alleged fraud of N27bn.Ishaku was reportedly picked up at his Abuja residence in the early hours of Friday.The former governor was said to still be in the anti-graft agency’s custody as of the time of filing this report.According to Daily Trust, at least 15-count charges have been filed against Ishaku and he would be arraigned in court soon as evidence against him have been compiled.“Yes, he’s in our custody right now. We have been investigating him covertly since he left as…

Jamilu Abdullahi, a bureau de change (BDC) operator in Abuja, has testified in the ongoing trial of Ali Bello, a nephew of Yahaya Bello, former governor of Kogi state.Ali alongside Abba Daudu, Yakubu Adabenege, and Iyada Sadat are facing trial on 18-count charge of money laundering and misappropriation to the tune of over N3 billion.Abdullahi appeared before Obiora Egwuatu, a judge at the federal high court in Abuja, to give his evidence on Thursday.In a statement after the trial, Dele Oyewale, EFCC spokesperson, said Abdullahi received $300,000 in cash from Daudu for the payment of the school fees for the…

Some civil society organisations (CSOs) under the aegis of #EndBadGovernance Movement, have declared October 1, 2024 as a ‘National Day of Survival’, to protest the prevailing economic hardship sweeping through the country. In a statement issued during a press conference at the International Press Centre in Lagos on Thursday, Hassan Soweto, national coordinator of the Education Rights Campaign (ERC), called on Nigerians to engage in peaceful protests nationwide against “anti-poor policies”.The statement was jointly signed by the Education Rights Campaign (ERC), Movement for Fundamental Change (MFC), Youth Rights Campaign (YRC), Joint Action Front (JAF), and Pan-African Consciousness Renaissance (PACOR-Nigeria).The movement cited…

A file photo of Lagos-Ibadan ExpresswayMinister of Works, Dave Umahi, says the Federal Government will toll all major roads in the country upon completion of construction and renovation.“We have the Lagos-Ibadan (Expressway), we are completing it and we are tolling it,” Umahi said on Thursday in Abuja at an Inter-Ministerial Press Briefing, part of activities to mark Nigeria’s 64th independence anniversary.He listed some of the roads as Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Second Niger Bridge, Abuja-Kano Road, and Makurdi-9th Mile, among others.The former Ebonyi State governor said the tolling of federal roads “is going to bring a lot of money to the Federal…

Patience Eno, the wife of Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State, is dead.She died on Thursday in a hospital following an undisclosed illness, according to a statement issued on Friday morning by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy in Akwa Ibom, Ini Emembong.“She passed away peacefully at the hospital on 26th September 2024, in the presence of her family,” Mr Ememobong said in the statement.“The family submits to the will of the Almighty and asks for the prayers and support of kind-hearted individuals during this difficult time.“Further details will be provided by the family as necessary. In the meantime,…

The landing cost of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, has dropped to N981/litre, according to data released by the Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria on Thursday.The petrol landing cost, around N1,130 in previous weeks, came down by over N140 as of September 25, 2024, occasioned the recent drop in global crude oil prices.Crude oil price and the foreign exchange rates are the major factors that determine the cost of refined petroleum products including petrol, diesel, aviation fuel, kerosene, among others.Brent, the global benchmark for crude, traded above an average of 80/barrel in August 2024, but has kept fluctuating…

The Federal Government has suspended some senior officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service over bribery allegations regarding controversial crossdresser Idris Okuneye, widely known as Bobrisky.A blogger, Martins Otse known as VeryDarkMan, had alleged in viral videos that some officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) collected ₦15 million from Bobrisky for the anti-graft agency to drop money laundering charges against him during his naira spraying ordeal in April after which a court sentenced him to six months’ imprisonment.The blogger also alleged that Bobrisky paid some millions of naira to secure a choice place in prison.Bobrisky has since denied…

Six years after the bloody bank robbery operation in the ancient town of Offa, Offa local government area of Kwara state, Justice Haleema Salman of the Kwara state high court, Ilorin on Thursday sentenced five suspects in the case to death by hanging.The court held that the convicts robbed and killed innocent citizens including nine police officers in Offa during the bloody robbery attack.It is recalled that the judgement was meant to be delivered on August 2, 2024 but was put forward because of the the August nationwide protest.Six suspects: a policeman, Michael Adikwu (now deceased), Ayoade Akinnibosun, Azeez Salahudeen,…

It has come to the attention of the Engr Kale Suleiman Kawu Agaka that certain individuals are circulating false reports alleging that Engr. Kale Kawu Agaka, a respected public servant, has been involved in supporting candidates of a party during the recent local government elections in Kwara State.We categorically deny these baseless claims and wish to clarify the following:Engr. Kale Kawu Agaka is a dedicated civil servant with a longstanding career in public service. He is committed to upholding the ethics and principles governing civil servants in Nigeria.These principles strictly prohibit involvement in partisan politics, a guideline that Engr. Kawu…