Author: Kwara Reporters

Violence against women has been described as a criminal act which should be discouraged to promote fairness and equality among citizens in the State.The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Amina Ahmed El-Imam, made this known today at the One Day Stakeholder’s Engagement on Advocacy and Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in Kwara State, held at the Noktel Suites, Ilorin.The Commissioner stated that Kwara State Government has always been at the forefront of advocating and preventing violence against women and girls.According to her, “the menace of gender based violence is rampant and should be discouraged. However, in Kwara, women…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said the organised labour did not agree on any specific figure as the new minimum wage.NLC was reacting to President Bola Tinubu’s claims that an agreement had been reached on new national minimum wages.Speaking Wednesday during his nationwide broadcast to mark Democracy Day, Tinubu said a consensus had been reached on the long-debated new minimum wage between the Federal Government and organised labour.The president revealed that an executive bill will soon be sent to the National Assembly to formalise the new minimum wage agreement.He emphasised that his administration chose a democratic approach over dictatorship…

Former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday, said some state governors were encouraging criminals for the purpose of using them during elections.He urged them to emulate the Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, who is promoting and encouraging the best brains through his automatic employment of first-class graduates in the state.Jonathan said this at the commissioning of the renovated Edo State Civil Service Secretariat Complex in Benin City.“Let me also join the Head of Service, the young First Class graduate you employed, we thank you. When the Head of Service mentioned that in his speech, I was quite pleased. In fact, if…

A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, believes that by unlocking “idle” foreign exchange stashed in private vaults, the monetary authorities can strengthen wobbling naira.Dogara, who was Speaker from 2015 to 2019, spoke on Wednesday at The Platform Nigeria, a programme by Lagos-based church, Covenant Nation, to mark the 2024 Democracy Day.The event with the theme, ‘Democracy and the free Market Economy’ also has in attendance Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo; former Minister of Works, Babatunde Fashola; the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan-Kukah; among others.The former lawmaker lamented that the insatiable appetite of…

Veteran Nollywoood actor, Dayo Adewunmi, popularly known as Sule Suebebe, is dead.The Yoruba top actor died in the early hours of Wednesday at an undisclosed hospital in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.The news of his demise was broken on Wednesday by a popular Ibadan cleric, Pastor Ademola Amusan of Agbala Gabriel Church in whose care the late thespian has been for some months.In announcing Suebebe’s death, Agbala Gabriel, as the cleric is popularly called, wrote on his Facebook page on Wednesday, “It’s a pity, Baba Suebebe died at hospital this morning. May his gentle soul rest in perfect peace.”An undisclosed…

….Says Gov’s Deceptive Stance on Local Government Autonomy afterthoughtThe Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the recent attempt by Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to deceive and confuse the people of Kwara State with his contradictory positions on local government autonomy.The party in a statement issued in Ilorin on Wednesday and signed by the state publicity secretary, Olusegun Olusola Adewara, said the Kwara people will recall that our party last week praised the Federal Government’s decision to drag Governor Abdulrazaq to the Supreme Court in a bid to rescue the 16 local governments from his wicked manipulation…

By Nasif SholagberuIn June 2023, a new era began for Kwara Central as Senator Saliu Mustapha was sworn into office. This moment marked not just the start of a new term but the arrival of a transformative leader in the Senate.Senator Mustapha’s focus on human capital development, infrastructure improvements, and empowering women and youth has become the cornerstone of his agenda. His efforts to tackle poverty through these initiatives stand out.One of the senator’s primary initiatives is his sponsorship of eight impactful bills aimed at addressing key issues affecting both his constituency and the nation at large. These bills include:-…

The Nigerian Police Force has warned against planned demonstrations by certain individuals and groups to hold protests in several parts of the country on Democracy Day.The Force also placed its Zonal Assistant Inspectors General of Police and State Command Commissioners of Police on red alert, directing that they should “collaborate with other security agencies to ensure robust security arrangements are in place to prevent any breakdown of law and order including strategic deployments to protect key infrastructures and ensure that protests, if any, remain peaceful and lawful.”This warning was contained in a statement on Tuesday by the Force Public Relations…

The 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, who was recently dethroned by the state government, has invited district heads to durbar, a traditional event held in commemoration of Sallah.The announcement was contained in a circular signed by a senior councilor of the emirate, Alhaji Abbas Sanusi, Galadiman Kano, on Tuesday.The circular, dated June 10, 2024, directed all the district heads of the emirate to come along with their village head, their horse riders and praise singers.It reads, “We are directing all the district heads of the emirate to come along with their village head, their horse riders and phrase…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of foisting hardship on Nigerians, saying the people are angry over the situation of the country.The party also said the APC has desecrated the democratic principles, legacies and values which the late Chief MKO Abiola laboured and died for.PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, charged Nigerians to use the occasion of this year’s Democracy Day to “speak against the anti-democratic tendencies of the APC which is asphyxiating, inflicting hardship, trampling on the Will and rights of the citizens and seeking to foist a…