Author: Kwara Reporters

An oil surveillance operation backed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has uncovered illegal oil bunkering camps in Bayelsa state.The operation which occurred in the early hours of Sunday, June 23rd, 2023, took the surveillance security operatives too the Okoroba axis of the Nembe local government Area, Bayelsa state. The mission also led them towards the Elemuama axis, where they reportedly discovered a remote bunkering camp.The discovery of the illegal bunkering camp in Bayelsa was said to have uncovered startling evidence implicating one of the subcontractors in massive oil theft.It was further understood that the implicated subcontractor provides…

A civil rights activist and social critic, Shehu Sani, has narrated how he shielded ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo from being assaulted by inmates of the Kirikiri Maximum Security prison in 1995.He spoke in Abuja at the second edition of This Nigeria’s lecture and award event themed,“25 Years of Unbroken Democracy: Challenges, Prospects, and Possibilities.”Daily Trust reports that Sani was among the pro-democracy activists and dissidents who were rounded up and jailed by the military junta led by Sani Abacha, who was president from 1993 to 1998.Obasanjo, who was Nigeria’s Head of State from 1976 to 1979 and returned as civilian president…

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has ordered the arrest of two officers of the Commission accused of manhandling a female staff of a hotel in Lagos.In a viral video, operatives of the anti-graft agency were seen in plain clothes forcefully entering one of the rooms of the Regional Hotel in Ojo, Lagos.“The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has ordered the arrest of two officers of the Commission allegedly involved in the manhandling of a female staff of Regional Hotel, Ojo, Lagos,” EFCC spokesman, Dayo Oyewale,…

Governors from the Southern part of Nigeria, under the aegis of the Southern Governors’ Forum, yesterday called for the consideration of the ability of each state to pay the new minimum wage.Their call came as the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF, said Wednesday night that it will continue to engage stakeholders to reach a mutually agreeable solution to the new minimum wage crisis.Although President Bola Tinubu was, in an unusual manner, present at the National Economic Council, NEC meeting often chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima, said no word about the new minimum wage. The vice president said nothing about it…

Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, chapter have threatened to embark on strike over the failure of the Federal Government to address their grievances.This is even as the union said that it had employed both diplomatic and political means to no avail, insisting it’s dealing with a hypocritical government.They issued the threat on Thursday following a peaceful march around the institution to protest the federal government’s failure to implement an agreement with the union.Members of ASUU-UNN, who bore different placards such as “Government, stop forcing ASUU to embark on strike; government, honour…

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, on Thursday in Abuja inaugurated a ministerial task force to address illegal chartered private jet operations in the country, alleging that many of them are used for money laundering and drug trafficking.“There were security and safety concerns raised by these illegal operations, including their role in money laundering and drug trafficking,” he said while speaking at the inauguration of the task force.Keyamo said this action by his ministry was targeted at private jet operators who run commercial services without proper licenses, resulting in significant revenue losses for the federal government.He said,…

Ten fraudsters have been convicted and sentenced to various jail terms over internet fraud in Kwara State.They were prosecuted by the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) before Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court and Justices Adebayo Yusuf and Mahmud Abdulgafar of the state high courts.Justice Anyadike jailed six of the convicts while his state counterparts convicted two each at separate sittings in Ilọrin.They were convicted of defrauding some persons through cash app and gift cards of over N5 million and $2,750 among others contrary to Section 17(a) & (b) of the EFCC…

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has indicated that the Senate would consider approving the purchase of a new presidential jet if a request is made by President Bola Tinubu.Akpabio clarified his stance during Thursday’s plenary session in response to criticisms on social media regarding his earlier remarks about the aircraft acquisition.However, Akpabio said that there has been no formal request presented to the Senate seeking approval for the acquisition of a presidential plane.He said: “We care about the president and we care about the Nigerian people. We will approve things that will benefit the Nigerian people.“We will approve things that would…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Thursday, June 27, destroyed fake, counterfeit, substandard, expired, and unwholesome regulated products whose estimated street value worth N985,300,290.00.The “wastes,” seized from the northwestern part of the country, were destroyed by fire at the outskirts of Kano metropolitan city.The products destroyed included medicines such as antibiotics, antihypertensives, antimalarials, analgesics, herbal remedies, psychoactive and controlled substances etc.Foods, such as vegetable oil, non-alcoholic beverages, sachet water, condiments, tomato pastes etc, were also set ablaze.Also destroyed were cosmetics such as creams, pomade, ointments etc, and chemicals such as insecticides, pesticides, agrochemicals etc,…

The immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, who was absent for his scheduled arraignment and plea bargain, at the Federal High Court, Abuja, Thursday, wrote the court a letter that he would prefer to be tried in his state.Bello, in the letter he wrote through his team of lawyers led by Abdulwahab Mohammed, claimed that only the Kogi High Court in Lokoja has the territorial jurisdiction to preside over the allegations that were brought against him.Adeola Adedipe, one of the lawyers in Bello’s team, told the court about the letter.Addressing the court, Adedipe said after the close of…