Author: Kwara Reporters

A video released last Tuesday by Halilu Sububu, the terrorism kingpin later killed by Nigerian soldiers in an ambush the same day, indicates he had a premonition of his own death.In the video, the now-deceased terrorist urged the leading terrorists operating in the Northwest states and North Central Niger State to embrace peace and restraint.Mr Sububu was killed in the Kuzawa and Mayanchi areas along the Gusau-Sokoto highway in the Maru Local Government area of Zamfara State two days after he recorded the video. Sources said he was killed alongside some of his footsoldiers as they crossed the highway en…

Ahead of the September 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INE ) has rejected the call of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to redeploy the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Anugbum Onuoha.Onuoha has been a subject of controversy over his relationship with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr Nyesom Wike.Governor Godwin Obaseki and Wike have since fallen apart after the latter supported his second term bid following his defection to PDP.Towards this end, Obaseki and the national leadership of the PDP have expressed fears that Onuoha would influence the election to favour the…

Operatives of the Imo State Police Command on Sunday repelled an attack on the Njaba Divisional Headquarters by hoodlums suspected to be affiliated with the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra and its armed militia, the Eastern Security Network.According to a release signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Henry Okoye, the attackers, arriving in three SUVs, launched a violent assault on the headquarters with sporadic gunfire.“In response, the ever-gallant operatives swiftly took up defensive positions and engaged the assailants, resulting in the neutralisation of three attackers. The remaining assailants, who sustained various gunshot injuries, fled into nearby bushes.“During the operation,…

Two Kwara State civil servants, Adeyemo Olarewaju and Tajudeen Alao, were on Friday granted a N1m bail following their arraignment at an Upper Area Court sitting in Ilorin for alleged N14.609m fraud.The duo who are staff members of the Kwara State Printing and Publishing Corporation, publishers of The Herald titles, appeared before Mr Sunday Adeniyi of the Upper Area Court in Ilorin over allegations of fraud in the cooperative society being operated in the media organisation.According to the details of a direct complaint from the corporation’s New Hope Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited, the duo are the immediate past Chairman and…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has hinted that the price of premium motor spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, may rise above N1,000 per litre in its retail stations.In a notice on Monday, NNPC Ltd released estimated prices of petrol (obtained from the Dangote Refinery based on September 2024 pricing) in its retail stations across the country.According to the notice, the estimated pump prices include Lagos, N950 per litre; Sokoto, N992 per litre; Oyo, N960 per litre; Kano, N999 per litre; Kaduna, N999 per litre; FCT, N992 per litre; Rivers, N980 per litre; and Borno, N1019 per litre.The…

Dangote Refinery has hit out at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) for claiming they bought fuel from them at N898 per litre. See the news hereA statement made available to the press on Sunday and signed by Anthony Chiejina, the Group Chief Branding and Communications Officer of Dangote Company, debunked those claims.Chiejina described it as “misleading and mischievous” and urged Nigerians to wait for “a formal announcement on the pricing, by the Technical Sub-Committee on Naira-based crude sales to local refineries, appointed by His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR, which will commence on October 1, 2024.”It read: “Our…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has insisted that it paid N898 per litre for the purchase of petrol from the Dangote Refinery.Olufemi Soneye, Chief Corporate Communications Officer of NNPC Ltd, stated this while responding to a statement from the refinery.Anthony Chiejina, Group Chief Branding and Communications Office of Dangote, had refuted the earlier claim of NNPCL that it bought fuel from Dangote Refinery at N898 per litre.Speaking with Daily Trust over the price of premium motor spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol, Soneye had said, “We successfully loaded PMS at the Dangote Refinery today. The claim that we…

(Picture of the mining site at Moore community in Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State.) Moore Oyun: A Community that was.Pa Kadupeemi Idowu Abodunrin bent over the pile of firewood he had gathered. The sun had begun to set and dark clouds gathered. He cannot predict whether it will rain or not. The weather these days has been quite unpredictable and home is now some kilometers away.The expansive arable land was once Moore Oyun Community, the birth place and ancestral home of Pa Kadupeemi, along with some other community members. Moore is an ancient community under Kangile in Ilorin…

The Association of Hotel Owners Kwara State has officially endorsed the Hospitality Business Summit 2024 (HBS24), an event organized by BOOK ON THE SPOT LIMITED (BOTS) in collaboration with “Phoenix Destination Marketing. This two-day summit, scheduled to take place from November 30 to December 1, 2024, at the Banquet Hall, Ilorin, promises to be a pivotal moment for the hospitality and tourism industry in Kwara State.With the theme “Unlocking Kwara’s Tourism Potential: Pathways to Sustainable Growth,” HBS24 aims to gather leading industry players, stakeholders, and key decision-makers to discuss opportunities for enhancing Kwara State’s tourism and hospitality sector. The endorsement…

The ENACT Principal, Engr. Nurudeen Adeyemi Balogun has described the occasion of Maolud Nabiyy as a special moment of social and spiritual reformation and upliftment in the lives of Muslims. This was contained in a message to mark the celebration of the day released today in Ilorin. According to him, it is another Maolud Nabiyy celebration across the world. A moment set aside to commemorate the birth of our Noble Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) as harbinger and bearer of good tidings and a reformer of souls. “For His birth, many parts of the world transformed from darkness into light and polytheism into monotheism.…