Author: Kwara Reporters

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike has revealed that President Bola Tinubu has approved a 9-day timeline, tagged FCT Week, for the inauguration of completed projects in the FCT.Wike made the revelation on Friday when he carried out the final inspection of some of the ongoing projects that are scheduled for commissioning in the FCT.He said the FCT Week will commence on the 27th of May with the inauguration of commercial operation of the Abuja Rail Mass Transit.Other projects to be inaugurated by the President during the FCT Week, which were inspected by the FCT Minister, include the…

Petroleum workers, under the auspices of the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, have called for the withdrawal of the newly imposed landing charges on helicopter operators.In a joint statement by NUPENG’s General Secretary Afolabi Olawale and PENGASSAN’s General Secretary, Lumumba Okugbawa, they condemned the Federal Ministry of Aviation’s imposition of exorbitant fees on helicopter operators during this period of economic hardship for businesses and citizens.“These new charges, which include a four per cent charge on the gross revenue of helicopter operators, as well as additional levies…

The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has temporarily suspended new licence issuance to operators in three categories.The categories affected include Mobile Virtual Network Operator Licence, Interconnect Exchange Licence and Value Added Service Aggregator Licence.According to the NCC, the suspension is in line with its powers under the Nigerian Communications Act 2003 to grant, and renew licenses and promote fair competition.However, it noted that the new directive doesn’t affect pending applications which would be considered based on merit.Virtual Operators Licence allows a company that does not own a mobile spectrum licence to sell mobile services under its brand name using the network…

No fewer than 200 people have been killed by a dangerous humid heat that has been experienced from the 1st to 13th of this month in Yola, the Adamawa State capital.Residents who spoke to our correspondent complained about a combination of high temperatures and relatively humid air, causing an approximate 47 to 50 degrees centigrade, which experts describe as a danger level, saying such could cause high risk of heat cramps and exhaustion. Unofficial records at the Yola Cemetery Corporation (YCC), located in Damare area of the capital city, put the death toll from the unusually experienced excessive heat from May…

Former Vice President Atku Abubakar has said members of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would decide his fate come the 2027 general elections.He said that it was too early to decide whether he would vie for the presidency in the forthcoming elections.In an interview with the BBC yesterday, Atiku, who was the presidential candidate for the opposition PDP in the 2023 general elections, said his recent meeting with the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, could be a signal to a possible in the build-up to the 2027 general elections.It was reported that Atiku Abubakar met…

Several people have been trapped as a one-storey building collapsed in Minna, the Niger State capital.The building which is located at in Sabon Gari area of Minna collapsed on Friday, May 17, 2024.Emergency officials who raced to the scene succeeded in rescuing seven persons who are receiving treatment at the Minna General Hospital.At the time of filing this report, the manual evacuation of the debris has commenced, and the authorities said machines would be mobilised quickly so that those suspected to be trapped could be rescued.The immediate cause of the building collapse is not yet known as of the time…

Kwara State Police Command has arrested five health workers over alleged mysterious disappearance of umbilical cord and placenta of a newly born baby in Oke-Ero local government area.It was gathered that the incident happened at the cottage hospital in Iloffa last Sunday.The suspects, Daily Trust learnt, who are currently being detained in Ilorin after interrogation on Thursday include one Dr Ajibola, nurses Rukayat Adeloye, Aishat Awolusi, Peace Alabi and Toyin Adewunmi, a ward attendant.Sources said it took efforts from elders of Odo-Owa community to prevent the restive youths from torching the hospital over the incident.Speaking on the issue on Friday,…

A fire has been reported at the new NNPC Terminal, formerly OVH, Kayode Street, Marine Beach, in the Apapa area of Lagos State.According to reports, the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service is attending to the fire, which resulted from a spillage of petroleum products within the perimeter of the tank farm.As of the time of filing this report, the Director and Chief Executive Officer, Lagos State Fire Service, Margaret Adeseye, told Channels Television, that concerted efforts to contain the situation with various emergency responders within the oil and gas industry, were ongoing.As of 13:10 hours Friday, the fire has…

By Abdulfatah AbdulkareemThe recent decision by the Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq-led Kwara State government to demolish shops along some major roads in Ilorin, the state capital, has left many residents in shock and dismay. While the government may have its reasons for this move, the harsh reality is that it has dealt a devastating blow to the livelihoods of countless shop owners, who are now left to pick up the pieces and who may never recover from this unfortunate incident.At a time when the country faces serious economic challenges arising from the different unfriendly policies of the Tinubu’s administration, it’s unconscionable…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released an additional 36,540 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results which were earlier withheld for further investigation.Disclosing this in a statement on Tuesday, JAMB’s spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, said the latest release was in addition to the 531 results released the previous week, bringing the total results released to 1,879,437.He also denied claims purporting to emanate from the board that the outstanding 2024 UTME results, currently being subjected to intense scrutiny by its team of experts, had been compromised on account of a cyber security breach and that it is considering rescheduling the…