Author: Kwara Reporters

Former Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has asked his successor, Hyacinth Alia, to prove his claims about the finances of the state including incomes, the wage bill and debts.Ortom, who was reacting to Alia’s recent interview, accused the governor of embarking on embellishments and shocking fabrications.A statement issued by Terver Akase, Ortom’s media aide, said: “We read an interview granted by the Governor of Benue State, Hyacinth Alia which was published in Vanguard newspaper titled ‘Father Alia’s shocking revelations: In Benue, we had more ghost schools, workers than real ones’.“In the said interview, the Governor was quoted to have…

Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has revealed what transpired between him and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the SNECOU Group Limited, Chief Nicholas Ukachukwu, who decried the demolition of his investment on 214 hectares of land in the Asokoro district of FCT.Ukachukwu accused Wike of ordering the demolition without any court order despite pending valid two court orders from separate courts restraining him and the FCT administration from tampering with the property.Speaking in a recent interview with Channels, the Anambra-born businessman called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene and save the multi-million-naira invested in the…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has stated that, as currently constituted, the Party is too busy with its vital reforms to entertain the idle-minded antics of the Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq Government aimed at diverting public attention from its rounds of failure.”While it is understandable that the ongoing restructuring in PDP is causing serious sleepless nights for the Abdulrasaq government, which has so far outspent its goodwill – occasioned by its all-round failures, however, no amount of frustration from the Kwara government house will distract the Party from the struggles to rescue Kwara from the current misgovernance and financial…

This picture was used for illustration.At least two people were killed in a fresh communal crisis which broke out at North Bank, a suburb of Makurdi metropolis in Benúe State.Many houses were burnt and residents sustained injuries when fight broke out between Tiv and Jukun natives on Sunday and continued on Monday.Commander of a local vigilante known as Operation Shara (Sweep) in North Bank, Nura Umar, told our correspondent that two persons who were involved in menial job were killed in the heat of the crisis.Umar said, “It’s really bad. Many houses were burnt in Agatashi community at the river…

Kano State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed GumelThe Kano State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old suspect identified as Abba Ibrahim for allegedly stabbing 22-year-old Zaharadeen Iliyasi in the neck with a knife, causing his death.This was according to a statement on Monday by the spokesperson for the command, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa.According to the statement, on receiving information about the incident, the state Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Gumel, ordered all entry and exit points in the state blocked to prevent the suspect from fleeing.The statement read “On March 29, 2024, at about 10:30 pm, a distress call was received reporting a…

The Borno State Police Command says it has arrested eight persons in connection with the suspected murder of a University of Maiduguri lecturer, Kamar Abdulkadir.The command’s Public Relations Officer, Nahum Keneth, disclosed this in a telephone conversation with PUNCH Metro on Monday.It was gathered that the don was killed on Sunday when the assailants invaded his office, stabbed him with a knife, and hit him with a hammer.It was also learnt that the victim was later found dead with several injuries inflicted on his body.Speaking to PUNCH Metro, the state PPRO, Keneth, disclosed that upon receiving the report of the…

A former spokesman of the Atiku-Okowa presidential campaign council, Daniel Bwala, has said the 2023 Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi is hunted by a ghost he created.Bwala was reacting to Obi’s latest threat to jump the LP before the 2027 general elections.The former Anambra State governor had vowed “not to die” with the party, hence his decision to leave if the issues can’t be resolved.LP has been battling with a leadership crisis between Lamidi Apapa and Julius Abure.The party is also battling with an ownership crisis following claims by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC.Reacting, Bwala said Obi is…

About 107 companies including Dangote and Mikano International are currently enjoying tax exemption from the Federal Government despite its insistence to discontinue the programme and drastic steps to improve its revenue base, findings by The PUNCH have shown.It also increased the number of beneficiaries enjoying Pioneer Status under the Industrial Development Income Tax Act by 24 from 83 in the first quarter of 2023 to 107 firms by the fourth quarter of 2023.This was disclosed in the latest Pioneer Status Incentive reports released by the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission and obtained by our correspondent on Sunday.An analysis of the PSI report showed…

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says 13 people died while two persons sustained injuries in a motor accident in Kogi state on Sunday.NAN reports that Samuel Oyedeji, FRSC sector commander, said the accident happened at about 7.30 p.m.He said the auto crash involving a commercial Sharon bus and an articulated truck conveying cement occurred at the Obajana market along the Obajana-Lokoja road in Lokoja LGA of Kogi state.The sector commander said the Sharon bus had stopped at the market for passengers to buy some things when the cement truck lost control and rammed into it from behind.The bus was…

A lecturer at the Department of Physical and Health Education of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), Dr Kamar Abdulkadir, has been brutally murdered on campus.It was gathered that Abdulkadir was killed on Sunday, March 31, when the attackers snuck into his office, stabbed him with a knife and hit the slain lecturer multiple times with a hammer.Zagazola Makama, a Counter-Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad, disclosed that the victim was later found dead in the pool of blood with several injuries inflicted on his body by his killers.“His hands were peeled off when he tried to stop…