Author: Kwara Reporters

The Nasarawa Governor Abdullahi Sule wants the north to address its challenges, saying most of the protesters during the #EndBadGovernance demonstrations in the state were Almajiris who knew nothing about the rallies. The #EndBadGovernance demonstrations which started on August 1 across cities in the country – to press home for a better economy – were largely peaceful initially. But the protests assumed worrying dimensions after looting and destruction in some northern states led to the imposition of curfews.Governor Sule who is worried that some of the people who protested were young persons said most of them did not know why the…

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) says the landing cost per litre of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) known as petrol has made it impossible for petrol marketers to import the essential commodity just as being done by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited.“Right now, the landing cost of PMS is over ₦1,200, without the margin of the marketers, transportation and other logistics,” IPMAN National Operations Controller, Zarama Mustapha, said on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Thursday.“NNPC sells to marketers at ₦565 or so. That means there is a subsidy of almost ₦600 to ₦700 as of…

Nigeria’s Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has disrupted an event in the nation’s capital, Abuja, accusing the organiser of impersonation.The International Centre for Investigative Reporting, ICIR, uploaded a video on X. In the video, the angry minister was explaining that the organiser had been told to put the event on hold.The programme was planned by Mela-Chiyoma PAT Limited.Addressing participants and journalists, who were invited by the organizers, the minister said: “I am standing here to explain this to everyone. She (organizer) has been arrested.“She should have reorganized herself, used her name to make the invitation, and…

A 28-year-old Dada Jatto, and another unidentified man, both motorcyclists, have been killed at different locations in the Akoko area of Ondo State.It was gathered that their assailants also went away with the motorcycles of the slain men after their cold blood murder.Jatto, who was a popular commercial motorcyclist in Iyani-Akoko, was reportedly missing for three days before the discovery of his body.A source in the area informed LEADERSHIP that Jatto’s mutilated body and his damaged phone were later discovered on Tuesday at a spot very close to Arigidi-Akoko, along Oke-Agbe Road following a vigorous search after his sudden disappearance.The…

Bala Mohammed, governor of Bauchi state, says if President Bola Tinubu continues with his policies, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will coast to victory in the 2027 presidential poll.Mohammed said he would invite Tinubu to manage the PDP presidential campaign at the rate the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is going.The governor spoke on Wednesday when he flagged off the PDP local councils election campaign in Bauchi.“There is hunger and anger. We have to address our problems of development. Unemployment is everywhere, our educational system is not working, and the new policies of the federal government are not working,” he…

The Federal Government has stopped the planned sale of subsidised rice to civil servants.It has, therefore, withdrawn the circular in which it directed civil servants interested in subsidised rice to apply.This was made known in a fresh circular from the Ministry of Special Duty and Inter-Governmental Affairs obtained by our correspondent on Thursday in Abuja.The circular, dated August 2, 2024, which was signed by the ministry’s Director of Human Resources, Aderonke Jaiyesimi, did not give any reason for the withdrawal of the initial memo.It also did not indicate if the scheme was stopped or only suspended.The circular read, “I am…

The members of ENACT worldwide have expressed profound appreciation to President Tinubu, GCFR, and the able Governor of Kwara State, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, CON over the appointment of their Principal to the board of TETFUND This was contained in a press signed by Mr. Rasheed Ayo today. According to the statement, we sincerely appreciate the decision of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, and the efforts of Gov. Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, CON, to find our father and principal, Engr. Nurudeen Adeyemi Balogun worthy of appointment to the board of TETFUND.While we understand that our principal deserves such an appointment, we want to…

A human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, has warned protesters to desist from anything that would jeopardize the objective of the protests.Falana stated this while fielding questions from newsmen on Monday. He warned Nigerian youths protesting against hunger, hardship and socio-economic policies affecting the country to be wary of thugs and distance themselves from undemocratic forces who have taken advantage of the peaceful protests to engage in violence or campaign for another military coup in the country. The human rights lawyer said that the act of brandishing Russian flag while protesting in Nigeria is an abuse of constitutional right.Falana was…

Policemen have begun forcefully evicting journalists from Freedom Park and its environs in Ojota, Lagos State, where the #EndBadGovernance protests entered Day 6 on Tuesday, and watched as hoodlums assault them.On Tuesday afternoon, the police told the journalists their gathering was unwelcome since #EndBadGovernance protesters were not at the venue. At about 12 noon, they told reporters from FIJ and other media outfits to get as far away from the location as possible.Pressmen protested this directive and challenged the police to provide credible reasons for imposing their decision on them, but the police said the journalists were posing a threat…

Plateau State Governor, Caleb Muftwang, says the 19 northern governors in Nigeria will kick-start conversations on the explosive birth rate in the region.He said measures must be put in place to care for the education and welfare of the children being born in the region.“We are sitting on a time bomb,” Muftwang said on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, warning that the lack of infrastructure for human capital development of the youth bulge in the region may escalate banditry and terrorism ubiquitous in the three geopolitical zones of northern Nigeria.He also said some of the hoodlums who disrupted the…