Author: Kwara Reporters

Former governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, says fuel subsidy is back, but many Nigerians do not know this.Fielding question from newsmen in Maiduguri , Borno State capital, on Monday, El-Rufai said the federal government is now paying more than before.He observed that the packages of support that would reduce the impact of fuel subsidy were not effective, hence reversal of the policy.In his inaugural speech, President Bola Tinubu had announced the removal of fuel subsidy, saying its payment was no longer justifiable.But El-Rufai, who said he was in support of the policy, said the government had to make…

The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, on Monday, said the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government has so far rescued over 1,000 kidnap victims without paying a ransom.Ribadu said this when he received 22 students and staff of the Federal University of Gusau, Zamfara State, rescued on Sunday.The bandits had, on September 22, 2023, invaded the institution and abducted over 30 students and members of staff.The Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Mani Mummuni, who was at the university to sympathise with the families and the school authorities over the incident, called on security agencies to hasten the rescue of the kidnapped…

The Nigerian Police has apprehended the leader of a “one chance” robbery gang in Abuja who physically attacked a pregnant woman, causing her to lose her pregnancy.The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made this known on his X account on Sunday.Adejobi wrote, “This is a ring leader of one chance robbery gang in Abuja. He used this wheel spanner to beat a pregnant woman (one chance victim) until she had a miscarriage. The woman had been waiting for a child for more than eight years.“This is wickedness. Anyway, he’s having a trial in the court and has been arrested…

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has been suspended by members of his ward, the Ganduje Ward in the Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State. The Executive Council of Ganduje Ward led by Haruna Gwanjo disclosed this during a press briefing in Kano on Monday.Gwanjo said that the former governor has to clear his name of corruption allegations regarding his long-standing dollar case.A viral video had captured Ganduje allegedly receiving bundles of dollar notes as a bribe from a man said to be a contractor and stuffing them in the pockets of his flowing…

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Plc, EEDC, on Monday alerted its customers of a total system collapse, causing blackout in the entire Southeast.EEDC in a statement issued by its Head of Corporate Communications, Emeka Eze, said the incident occured at about 2am on Monday.The company, however, assured residents of the region that efforts are being put in place to ensure that normalcy is restored soon.The statement reads, “This resulted in the loss of supply to all our interface TCN stations. Consequently, we were unable to provide service to our customers in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States.“However, the situation…

A soldier, Private Adamu Muhammad, has allegedly murdered his lover identified as Hauwakulu Tabra.Details of the tragic incident, which occurred at one of the barracks in Enugu State, are sketchy at the time of this report.The soldier was said to have killed the lady on Thursday while her corpse was discovered within the barracks the following day.Director of Army Public Relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, has confirmed the incident, saying the suspect had been arrested while investigation was ongoing.In a statement on Sunday, he expressed regret that the lady lost her life in the hands of a man with whom…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has slammed suspended Humanitarian Minister, Betta Edu, her predecessor, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, and the Coordinator of the National Social Insurance Programmes Agency, Halima Shehu, while revealing that a combined total of N32.7bn and $445,000 has been recovered so far from the ministry.The commission made the development known on Sunday while dispelling commentaries, opinions, assumptions, and insinuations concerning the progress of its mobile investigations into the alleged financial misappropriation in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development.The statement signed by the spokesperson for the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, said the recoveries were made after…

Sunday Igboho and Banji Akintoye, the leading Yoruba nation activists, have condemned the invasion of the Oyo state secretariat by Oodua nation agitators.On Saturday, security officials arrested 16 gunmen suspected to be members of the group, for invading the state government secretariat in Agodi, Ibadan.The gunmen, who were dressed in military camouflage, reportedly engaged security officers in a gun duel.Some of the gunmen took to their heels and were pursued into nearby bushes and forests.They were also said to have removed the Nigerian national flag in the secretariat and replaced it with their “Oodua nation flag”, before the intervention of the security…

The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has asked the federal government to withdrawal the new increase of tariff, saying it will push the price of goods upwards and affect the poor.Recall that the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) had, on April 3, increased electricity tariff for customers enjoying 20 hours of power supply daily, who are said to be under the “Band A” classification.With the tariff increase, these customers are paying N225 kilowatt per hour from the current N66.In a letter to the Minister of Power, NUEE described the increase as absurd for a country already facing steep increases…

Operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a dispatch rider, Matthew Odah, 27, for selling three iPhones worth N1.7 million entrusted to him for delivery.The RRS disclosed this in a statement on its X handle on Sunday.The statement partly read, “Odah, on August 23, 2023, while working as a dispatch rider, collected one iPhone 14 ProMax (128 GB) and two iPhone 11 (128 and 68 GB) meant for delivery to a customer in Lekki, Lagos.“Odah, on collecting the consignment, bolted and switched off his phone.“However, a sustained, discreet investigation into the matter…