Author: Kwara Reporters

Thousands of intending pilgrims from Nigeria may miss the 2024 Ramadan Umrah pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia over the decision of the authorities to stop issuing Umrah visas, Daily Trust can report. Already, the development is fueling anxiety and agitation from intending pilgrims with the Ramadan fasting crossing 11. Also, hajj and Umrah operators may be exposed to huge financial losses from hotel bookings in Makkah and Madinah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Daily Trust reliably gathered that several flights meant to convey intending pilgrims for the Umrah exercise are already being cancelled or rescheduled.A source told our correspondent that…

A magistrate court in Oshodi, Lagos State, has sentenced the miscreants who imposed a N100 levy on traders and other pedestrians using the Yaba bridge to one month in prison.The Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this on his official X handle on Wednesday.A viral video on Wednesday showed how the thugs extorted N100 levy from two women with heavy luggage before giving them access to the bridge.On Thursday, operatives of the State Environmental Sanitation Corps arrested the miscreants, who were immediately charged to court.Giving an update on the matter, the commissioner wrote, “As a follow-up to the arrests made…

Worried by the security challenges facing the country, 16 state governors have endorsed the establishment of state police.The National Economic Council (NEC) disclosed this on Thursday in a report submitted to the Council at its 140th meeting held virtually and chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima.The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning Atiku Bagudu who briefed State House Correspondents virtually after the meeting said out of the 36 states, 20 state governors and the FCT were yet to make their submissions.However, he did not mention the states.The governors who submitted their memos also called for the review of the Nigerian…

oborevworiGovernor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State has cautioned the traditional rulers against protecting any of their subjects involved in the killing of 17 military personnel in Okuama community of Ughelli South Local Government Area.The governor gave the warning while addressing the monarchs on the incident at the State Traditional Rulers’ Council Secretariat in Asaba, on Thursday.Oborevwori who lamented the gruesome murder of the military personnel, warned that no kingdom should conceal the perpetrators.He stated that he would not watch the state become a lawless domain, adding that Delta is being governed within tenets of the rule of law and human…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) condemns in the strongest possible terms the oppressive and unjust taxation policies being implemented by the Kwara State Government under the leadership of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazak. The recent outcry from the Igbo Traders in Kwara State under the aegis of Kwara Igbo Traders Association (KWAITA ) against these egregious measures underscores the magnitude of discontent and economic hardship faced by businesses across the state.The party is thereby requesting the Kwara State Government to immediately revert back to the mutually beneficial tax and tax collection system introduced by the PDP government of Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed since…

The abandoned milk processing plant. Photo credit: Peace OladipoExcitement swept through Omu-Aran upon the establishment of a milk-processing factory in what is the third-largest town in Kwara State. In a town filled with low-paying teaching jobs, the factory raises hopes of diverse employment opportunities and development. But the optimism was only short-lived. After years of neglect, the milk factory, situated along a row of administrative offices, has become a derelict chicken shop, weather-beaten and overgrown with weeds.Bade Segun, a car wash attendant who has lived in the town for a decade, remembers how the project held so much promise in…

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Wednesday invaded the secretariat of the Labour Party to protest the party’s national convention planned at the end of March.The Congress also demanded the sack of the National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure.The NLC leadership accused Abure of planning to hold a “secret” convention without the input of major stakeholders.The planned convention has pitched Abure against the NLC and the House of Representatives caucus.The workers accused Abure of planning to destroy the Labour Party.However, the Nigeria Police prevented the protesting workers from entering the party Secretariat. Do you have any information you wish…

Tukur MamuThe Federal Government has named Tukur Mamu, a Kaduna-based publisher, and 14 others as terrorism financiers in the country.Mamu has been in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) since September 2022.This was disclosed in a document released by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) on Tuesday.The terrorism financiers uncovered included nine individuals and six Bureau De Change (BDC) operators and firms.The NFIU noted that the Nigeria Sanctions Committee met on Monday, where specific individuals and entities were recommended for sanction following their alleged involvement in terrorism financing.The NFIU stated that Mamu allegedly participated in the financing…

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), says the employment of underage persons as domestic workers is a serious offence, with violators risking 7 years in prison. Hassan Tahir, the agency’s director of legal and prosecution, gave the warning on Monday in Abuja, following recent reports of employers inflicting injuries on their domestic workers.Tahir said section 23 of the Trafficking In Persons (TIP) Act condemns the employment of a child as a domestic worker.He quoted the section as stating that “any person who willfully employs, requests, recruits, transports, harbours, receives or hires out a child as…

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja has refused to admit the leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, to bail in the terrorism charges against him.It was reported that the court declined to grant Kanu bail on the ground that the earlier application he filed had been refused.Justice Nyako held that the only option open to Kanu was to have gone to the Court of Appeal to challenge the earlier refusal.The Judge also refused to give unfettered access to just anybody to visit Kanu in custody for security reasons.Kanu had on February 26 applied…