Author: Kwara Reporters

A 17-year-old secondary school student, Habeebah Akinsanya, has been reportedly raped and killed on her father’s farmland in Abeokuta, Ogun State.Our correspondent gathered that the incident occured over the weekend at Mile 6, a community that is few metres away from Ogun State Television, Abeokuta.Her father, Akinsanya Aremu, a senior officer with So Safe Corps, a government-owned security outfit, had reported at Kemta Police Station that her daughter was kidnapped while manning a POS stand on behalf of her sister.The father reportedly paid a ransom of N1,000,000, to the alleged kidnappers, yet, the young girl was murdered.Her lifeless body was…

The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command has unveiled the identities of the officers that were murdered by members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, popularly known as Shi’ites.Recalled that the officers were killed when the Islamic group launched an unprovoked attack on policemen stationed at the Wuse Market Junction on August 23, 2024.About three other officers were injured and left unconscious during the attack.Spokesperson of the Command, SP Josephine Adeh identified the slain officers as ASP Innocent Agabi and Inspector Alexander Odey.While extending condolences to the deceased officers’ families, the statement noted: “As breadwinners for their families, one…

The police high command, on Monday, declared Andrew Wynne (also known as Andrew Povich or Drew Povey), a British national, wanted for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government being led by President Bola Tinubu.It said the Force has specifically launched a comprehensive investigation on how foreign mercenaries and those it described as subversive elements plotted to overthrow the democratically-elected government of Nigeria.The spokesman of the force, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who disclosed this at Force Headquarters, Abuja said the British rented a space at Labour House, Abuja, for an ‘Iva Valley Bookshop’ and established ‘STARS of Nations Schools’ as a cover for…

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery is set to roll out the sale of Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol, The PUNCH can report authoritatively.This is coming a few days after the 650,000-capacity refinery engaged in a test-run of the product.Industry sources confirmed to our correspondent that the product would hit the market soon.The sources, who pleaded anonymity, told our correspondent that the government and the Dangote Group were working out modalities for the circulation of the product.A government source hinted that the sale and distribution of the PMS is being sorted out with the Federal Government.The source added that only…

The Federal Government is set to arraign some leaders and organisers of the #EndBadGovernance protests held from August 1 to 10, 2024 today. The protesters are being tried for alleged treason, inciting mutiny and intent to destabilise Nigeria.The ten persons to be arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court are Michael Adaramoye also known as Lenin, Adeyemi Abayomi, Suleiman Yakubu, Opaoluwa Simon and Angel Innocent.Others are Buhari Lawal, Mosiu Sadiq, Bashir Bello, Nuradeen Khamis andAabdulsalam Zubairu.In the six counts filed by the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, the Federal Government also named a British citizen, Andrew Wynne, aka…

There are indications of an imminent hike in the price of petrol as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has admitted financial strain.Government officials have in the past two weeks been hinting that with the fluctuating exchange rate of the Naira against the dollar, it may not be possible to sustain the current official price of N617 per litre for petrol.Since the past few weeks, long queues have resurfaced at most filling stations belonging to independent marketers in Abuja, Lagos and several other states across the country, where the product is being sold around N720 per litre, with many…

Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, has asked the federal government to immediately list the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited on the stock exchange in line with the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA).Atiku spoke in a statement on Sunday while reacting to the decision of the NNPC to hand over the Warri and Kaduna refineries to private operators who are expected to manage and operate them.On August 30, NNPC announced that it is seeking to engage reputable and credible operations and maintenance (O&M) companies to operate and maintain the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company (WRPC) and the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the leadership of the National Assembly members for fixing what it described as the running cost of lawmakers.Joined in the suit were the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas.The group claimed the duo failed to end “the unlawful practice by the National Assembly of fixing its allowances and running costs, and the failure to account for the monthly running costs paid to members.”Disclosing this in a statement on Friday, SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, said the suit was filed last Friday at the Federal…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has stated that he is happy working for President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress government.Wike, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party and the only opposition member in Tinubu’s cabinet, made this remark on Saturday during the PDP Congress in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.The former Rivers State Governor asserted that he remains unapologetic about working for the Tinubu administration, despite the criticisms following his appointment.Wike threatens PDP govs for supporting FubaraAccording to the minister, he has no regrets about his decision and is satisfied with his position…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted 31,124,600 pills of tramadol 225mg and bottles of codeine-based syrup worth over N17,932, 200,000 in street value at the Port Harcourt Port Complex, Onne, Rivers State and Tincan Seaport in Lagos.The seizures were made following intelligence processed by the agency on the movement of the shipments from their port of origin in India, leading to a demand for a 100 percent joint examination of the watch-listed containers with the Nigerian Customs Service and other sister security agencies. Spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja,…