Author: Kwara Reporters

A woman driving a tricycle [HumAngle]The Chairman of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), Kwara branch, Alhaji Abdulrahman Onikijipa, says women engaging in transportation are far better than in the prostitution business.Onikijipa, who disclosed this in Ilorin on Friday to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said transportation business was more honourable for women than prostitution.According to him, most women see the transportation business as a men’s job and prefer to be wayward rather than engaging in it.”Transportation is not strictly for men as thought by some women. It is for both genders.”Women engaging in transportation business is…

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has said that the National Assembly approach on the issue of state police is taking governors nowhere.He said the issue had nothing to do with the National Security Advisor or National Economic Council, but required a bill that should be transmitted to the National Assembly.“I did not submit any memorandum to state police because my position is very clear. This is not because of arrogance. But I don’t think the approach will take us anywhere. You are asking states to submit a memorandum on how state police will work. I see it as something…

Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has complained over the manner in which the State Ramadan Feeding Programme is being implemented.During an unannounced visit to one of the centres at Municipal Local Government Area, the governor expressed dissatisfaction with the kind of food being cooked and packaged for the people.Alleging sabotage in the exercise, he questioned the quality and quantity of food he saw as against the one approved by the government.Lifting a packed food in a nylon, he said, “Look at this nonsense, who gave you materials to cook? Don’t let me come back and see this repeat…

No fewer than 97 persons have been declared wanted by the Defence Headquarters following the deteriorating security situation across the nation.The wanted persons include terrorists, bandit leaders and other insurgents causing mayhem in the North and other parts of the country.The factional leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Simon Ekpa, and some of his men including one notorious killer known as Gentle also made the wanted list.The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. Edward Buba on Friday, confirmed the names of the wanted persons.The list contained names of terrorists from the North East and North West as well…

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has condemned the recent attack that led to the killing of a village head and other residents of Rafi Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State.Daily Trust had reported how at least 21 people including the village head lost their lives on Thursday afternoon when bandits in their numbers reportedly invaded a market in Madaka, an agrarian community in Rafi LGA.According to residents, the attackers raided the market around 3pm when the commercial activities were in full swing and started shooting at the crowd.Among those killed was a butcher who recently got married. He had gone…

A leader of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore group, Bello Bodejo, has been arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja for allegedly establishing an unlawful ethnic militia group – Kungiya Zaman Lafiya.Bodejo was arraigned on a three-count charge filed by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation in which he was accused of violating the Terrorism, Prevention and Prohibition Act, 2022.He pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to him.The prosecuting lawyer, Mohammed Abubakar, sought a day for the commencement of the trial.Abubakar told the court that the prosecution has two witnesses lined up, but could…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on state governors that pay pension to former governors to emulate their Abia State counterpart, Alex Otti, and stop paying.He described payment of pension to former state governors and their deputies as outrageous.Obasanjo also described the pension as “a daylight robbery.:The former president stated this on Friday when he paid Otti a visit at his country home in Nvosi, Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area of the state.He said, “I watched the television and I saw the repealing of Abia pensions and I asked you what exactly is this, and you said to me…

A file photo of Boko Haram terroristsThe Federal Government has listed some individuals and Bureau de Change (BDCs) designated as terrorism financiers.A document obtained from the Nigeria Sanctions Committee (NSC) website showed that 21 individuals and six entities were tagged as financiers of terrorism.Leading the list is a Kaduna-based publisher Tukur Mamu who is being tried by the Federal Government for allegedly aiding terrorists who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train two years ago.The publication followed years of pressure by security experts, human rights groups, Nigerians, and other stakeholders for the Federal Government to name those financing terrorism in the country.Individuals, BDCs…

The presidency is optimistic about better days for the naira and is asking currency speculators to dump their cache of dollars. Nigeria’s naira currency has recently slid downwards against major currencies like the dollar, going for $1 to N1,500 in the parallel market.But the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently cleared the country’s FX backlog inherited from the previous administration, a move presidential aide Bayo Onanuga said will lead to the appreciation of the naira.“With backlog FX settled, Naira is set to appreciate further, faster. Currency speculators should quickly dump their stock of dollars to avoid sorrows and tears,” the Special…

Popular Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi says security agencies have no right to declare any Nigerian a terror financier. Gumi, who stated this on X space organised by Daily Trust on Wednesday, was reacting to a recent list by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), declaring his close associate, Kaduna-based publisher, Tukur Mamu, and 14 others as terror sponsors.The NFIU reportedly listed the identity of the 15 entities, including nine individuals and six Bureau De Change (BDC) operators and firms.One of the identified individuals is Mamu, who is currently being tried by the Federal Government for allegedly aiding the terrorists who attacked…