Author: Kwara Reporters

Zamfara State Government has ordered immediate restriction of movement along the state’s borders with Katsina and Sokoto from 7:00 pm to 6:00 am.The state Commissioner for Information and Culture, Alhaji Mannir Haidara, disclosed this to newsmen in Gusau on Tuesday.Haidara explained that the directive was part of the measures being adopted by the state government to curve banditry in the state.“As from today, the state government has ordered restriction of movement along Katsina/Zamfara and Sokoto/Zamfara borders. This include Yankara in Faskari local government, Katsina state border of Zamfara with Katsina state and Bimasa Zamfara border with Sokoto state from 7:00…

• Dealers get one million litres each at N1,225/litre, price drops in Oyo, Lagos, OgunThe pump price of Automotive Gas Oil, popularly called diesel, has dropped from about N1,700/litre which it sold for a few weeks ago, to around N1,350/litre in some locations across the country following the sale of the commodity by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery.It was gathered on Tuesday that the $20bn worth refinery started pumping out diesel to the domestic market last Wednesday.It sold a minimum of one million litres to each registered oil marketer that got the product from the plant since it commenced diesel sale.Officials…

Governor Biodun Oyebanji has expressed the readiness of his government to collaborate with the Federal Ministry of Tourism to harness and develop the untapped tourism potential of Ekiti State and turn it into a leading tourism destination in the country.Governor Oyebanji revealed this on Monday during the 6th edition of Hike Ekiti Mountain Safari, which took place at Abanijorin Mountain and Cave in Iyin-Ekiti.The event was attended by the Minister of Tourism, Mrs Lola Ade-John; Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Monisade Afuye; Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Adeoye Aribasoye; and Director General of NIHOTOUR, Alhaji Nura Kangiwa, among…

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…