Author: Kwara Reporters

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has airlifted over 16,000 pilgrims in the first ten days since the commission began airlift of pilgrims to the Holy Land for the 2024 Hajj exercise.This year’s inaugural flight of the 2024 intending pilgrims arrived in Madina in Saudi Arabia on Thursday the 16th of May 2024, after taking off from the Sir Ahmadu Bello International Airport, in Birnin-Kebbi, the state capital.On the maiden flight on Flynas flight XY8002, which departed Kebbi for Madinah at 4:54 pm on Wednesday, the 15th of May 2024, 422 prospective pilgrims from the state were on board, including…

Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, former Emir of Kano, has arrived the ancient city.The whereabouts of the monarch has been unknown since he was sacked by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, on Thursday.The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) controlled House of Assembly had repealed the law which ex-Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje assented to on December 5, 2019.After assenting to the law, Ganduje split the emirates into five and appointed Emirs in charge of each.But while signing the repealed Kano Emirates Council Law, Yusuf gave all the Emirs affected by the law 48 hours to vacate their palaces and hand over to the…

The federal government says Nigeria’s power sector achieved generation of 5000 megawatts (MW) in May.Adebayo Adelabu, minister of power, who spoke in Abuja on Friday during the ministerial sectoral update for the present administration, said the achievement was the first time in three years.“When it comes to generation capacity, 5000 megawatts (MW) of power was achieved in May 2024 for the first time in 3 years,” he said.“Exactly 3rd of May 2024, we generated, transmitted and distributed 5,345MW of power when we have been generating below 4,000MW.“We all know what we passed through in February and March. But we rose…

Muhammadu Sanusi II, deposed as the Emir of Kano four years ago, has been reinstated to the throne by Governor Abba Yusuf.Yusuf announced the decision on Thursday after signing the Kano State Emirate Council (Repeal) Bill 2024 into law.“With the full support of the kingmakers, I have approved the reappointment of Malam Sanusi Lamido,” Abba said.The new law replaces the Kano State Emirates Council Law, 2019, and dissolves the emirate councils created by former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.By the law, Ganduje had created the emirates of Karaye, Bichi, Rano, and Gaya, in addition to Kano in December 2019.The former governor had…

The Kano State House of Assembly has dissolved all the four newly created emirate councils in the state.The dissolution of the affected Emirates was a sequel to deliberations on the floor of the House during plenary on Thursday.The Kano State Emirates Council Amendment Bill was considered on the floor of the House after scaling second and third reading on Thursday morning.Earlier, the Deputy Speaker, Muhammad Butu, explained that repealing the law would revive the lost glory of Kano as the division of Kano emirate to five reduced the capacity and dignity of the state at national level.Did you know a…

Kaduna State governor, Uba Sani, said estimated 700 babies die every day in the country, underscoring the urgent challenge of high maternal and child mortality rates in Nigeria.He stated this yesterday while commissioning a newly built Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) oxygen plant and Neonatal Unit at Yusuf Dantsoho Memorial Hospital, aimed at reducing the state’s contribution to neonatal mortality.Governor Sani, who was represented by his deputy, Dr Hadiza Balarabe, said these projects are a direct response to the state’s efforts to address the alarming neonatal mortality rates.“This is the highest number of newborn deaths in Africa and the second highest…

The Organised Labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has again rejected the Federal Government’s new offer of ₦57,000 minimum wage.The Organised Labour rejected the government’s fresh offer, the third proposal in about a week when negotiation talks resumed on Wednesday.However, the NLC and the TUC shifted ground from their initial ₦615,000 to ₦497,000.A prominent member of the Tripartite Committee for the negotiation of a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers told Channels Television labour correspondent that the Federal Government and the Organised Private Sector side of the talks proposed a ₦57,000 monthly minimum…

•President plans low-key celebration, ministers begin sectoral briefings todayIn commemoration of his first anniversary in office, President Bola Tinubu has directed his ministers to present their performance reports to Nigerians.The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, while announcing this at a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, said the low-key first-anniversary celebration would be marked with sectoral media briefings by the 47 federal ministers starting on Thursday (today).Idris was joined at Wednesday’s media press conference by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, and the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Abubakar Bagudu.Tinubu was…

A combined team of security outfits in Kwara State on Monday rescued a two-year-old child and 11 market women from their kidnappers.The 11 market women were said to have been waylaid and abducted around Oyi bridge in Yaaru/Olayinka village by some Kidnappers along Ajase-ipo/Oke-Ode road between 6 and 7 pm while they were returning from the market.The state police command Police Public Relations Officer, Toun Ejire-Adeyemi, confirmed the rescue operation to Punch Metro on Tuesday.Ejire-Adeyemi said the victims including a two-year-old child were rescued from their abductors by the security team.Ejire-Adeyemi said, “11 Market Women and a two-year-old child were…

Some Nigerian students have protested on campus after Teesside University threw off their university programmes and ordered them to leave the United Kingdom, according to BBC.The students carried placards on Tuesday morning to register their frustrations following the school decision resulting from the devaluation of the naira that has made them struggle to pay tuition fees on time.Teesside University students were blocked from their studies and reported to the Home Office after the value of Nigeria’s naira fell, wiping out their savings.Some disclosed that they felt suicidal as they accused the university of taking a “heartless” approach to those who…