Author: Kwara Reporters

Tragedy occurred in Okeho, Kajola Local Government Area of Oyo State when a promising footballer, Oyekunle Baaki, popularly known as Smart slumped and died during a football match.Smart, 27 a player with United FC Okeho died on Wednesday night, while featuring in Eleniyan football competition between his team and Accurate FC, Iganna.Vanguard gathered that the tragic incident occured during the extra time after the match ended goalless in the 90 minutes.According to one of the fans: “Before the match commenced, he snapped with some of the players and uploaded them on his Snapchat.”“He was alone, nobody was with him, he…

Former Chief Executive Officer of Konga, one of Nigeria’s e-commerce giants, Nick Imudia, has reportedly died by suicide.Imudia was said to have committed the act by jumping from the balcony of his apartment in the Lekki area of Lagos State on the evening of Tuesday, June 25, 2024.Before his death, the businessman reportedly made a call to his United States-based brother to give him instructions on how to distribute his wealth and also called his young daughter to inform her that he would always be there for her.According to a post on an online platform, TheWill, friends, family and associates…

The immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello, will be arraigned today at the Federal High Court in Abuja on alleged N82 billion fraud charges.Bello is expected to be put on trial by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on behalf of the federal government.DAILY POST noted that the arraignment is number 7 on the cause list of Justice Emeka Nwite.However, it could not be ascertained if the former governor would honor his promise to make himself available for arraignment.At the time of this report, lawyers from the EFCC and Bello’s legal teams have arrived in court…

The State House spent a whopping sum of N244,654,350 for the purchase and supply of tyres in a single day, according to findings by Daily Trust.Investigation and data gathered from govspend, a portal documenting the Presidential Villa expenditure, showed that the State House made payments for the supply of an unspecified quantity of bulletproof tyres and Westlake tyres, the week that the President Bola Tinubu government marked its first year in office.Tinubu took over from his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, on May 29, 2023.Documents showed that the sums of N200,583,390, N38,070,000, and N6,000,960, were respectively paid for these items, on May…

A section of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery has been gutted by fire. The incident occurred on Wednesday.Speaking to TheCable, Anthony Chiejina, a spokesperson at Dangote Industries Limited, said the incident occurred at the effluent treatment plant (ETP). An ETP is a type of wastewater treatment method which is specifically designed to purify industrial wastewater for its reuse — to release safe water to the environment from the harmful effects caused by the effluent.He said the fire had been contained, adding that it was a minor incident.“We have swiftly contained a minor fire incident at our effluent treatment plant (ETP), today Wednesday 26th…

Vice President Kashim Shettima has said that President Bola Tinubu is having good and clean hearts for the growth of Northern Nigeria as against a series of insinuations that the President is working to cripple the region.Shettima made the remark on Wednesday, while receiving a Federal Government delegation led by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila on a condolence visit to him over the death of his mother-in-law.The VP, who said that the President is never working against the North, reminded them that to show concerns with what is happening in the region, Tinubu appointed the two…

Representatives of the Federal Government and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, are in a closed door meeting to discuss lingering issues towards averting a planned strike by the union.The meeting, which is holding in the office of the Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman, commenced at about 4.30 pm.The Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu and other top officials in the Ministry are in the Federal Government team.ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, who led the union’s delegation told newsmen that the meeting was to deliberate on lingering issues affecting the universities, in a bid…

Bandits operating in rural communities have taxed Torough community of Ukum Local Government Area in Benue State N20 million.Daily Trust reports that as at Tuesday, members of the community, who are mostly farmers, had reportedly shared the amount among themselves and commenced payment.Some members of the community told journalists in Makurdi that they were complying for fear of losing their lives because part of their livestock had already been seized by the militia.Others have allegedly contacted their relatives in the cities discreetly to send the money so they can pay on time, especially as they are too afraid to report…

Depit image The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command has paraded a Point of Sale (PoS) operator, Sunday Musa, also known as Dan Gwari, who allegedly specialises in supplying sex workers to bandits in their camp, as well as distributing money to their families in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State.Benneth Igweh, the commissioner of police in the FCT, who disclosed this while parading the suspect at the command in Abuja on Tuesday, said he was arrested during a coordinated clearance operation by operatives of the anti-kidnap unit of the command at Kagarko.He said the suspect was also the chief…

A coalition of ethnic nationalities youth leaders in Nigeria have called for the immediate sack of the Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPCL, Mele Kyari.They accused the NNPCL of sabotaging the fixing of indigenous refineries, as well as frustrating the take off of the Dangote refinery.This formed part of a communique issued by the Nigeria Ethnic Nationality Youth Leaders Council Worldwide on Tuesday after their meeting in Abuja.The communique made available to journalists was endorsed by Comrade Terry Obeih, President General, Niger Delta Ethnic Nationalities Youth Leaders/NENYLCW, Alhaji Balarabe Rufai, President, Northern Youth Congress/ Vice President,…