Author: Kwara Reporters

The police command in Kano State said it handed about N9.9 million wrongly transferred to a PoS operator to the rightful owner in Dawanau Grain International market in the Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of the state.This is contained in a statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa in Kano on Thursday.He said a PoS operator reported to the police that he realised that one of his customers who had yet to be identified, wrongly transferred N10 million instead of N10,000.Mr Kiyawa explained that on receipt of the report, the Commissioner of Police, Usaini Gumel, directed a…

The Nigeria Labour Congress, on Wednesday, expressed anger over the failure of about 90 per cent of states (over 30 states) in paying the wage award as agreed by the Federal Government and the organised Labour.The NLC said this as pensioners who retired from the Federal Civil Service threatened to embark on a nationwide protest following the failure of the government to pay their wage award.Labour leaders in Sokoto, Kano, Benue, and Bayelsa states told The PUNCH on Wednesday that their state governments had no paid the wage award, while Gombe, Ogun, and Osun were paying N15,000 or N10,000.The NLC…

The Kwara State Government, under Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has launched a food palliative initiative, distributing 50,000 cartons of noodles to students across various tertiary institutions within the state. The palliative involves several thousands of cartons of noodles distributable among students in various tertiary institutions in the state.Representatives from universities, polytechnics, colleges of health technology, and private institutions in Kwara converged yesterday at the Kwara State Banquet Hall to receive their allocations.However, outside the glowing testimonials, critics argue that the distribution of noodles, while a quick fix, hardly meets the nutritional needs of students nor does it provide a sustainable solution to…

Nigerians are intensifying calls on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to revoke the licenses of electricity distribution companies, Discos.This stems from the worsened epileptic power supply, which has made life hellish for the citizens in the past three months.In addition to over a decade of failed post-privatization power sector, electricity consumers pay for power supply they rarely get.Whether in Lagos, Enugu, Abuja, Edo, or Kaduna states, electricity distribution companies, generation companies, and transmission companies have made darkness a common factor nationwide.Irrespective of the customers’ service bands, the abysmal power supply has become normal for Nigerians.For over a decade, Nigeria’s power challenges…

The Kano State Hisbah Board has apprehended 11 Muslims for violating the Ramadan fast by eating during the day.The arrests were made during the annual Ramadan enforcement operations, which included searches of eateries and markets.The board’s Public Relations Officer, Lawal Ibrahim, who confirmed the arrests in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service monitored on Wednesday, said the arrests were made on Tuesday across the city, particularly near markets.“The individuals arrested include 10 men and one woman, who was caught eating from her groundnut-selling stall,” he said.Related News Pray for Nigeria’s turnaround, Saraki urges religious leaders Ramadan: Sokoto votes N6.7bn for feeding,…

Igbo traders in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, on Tuesday shut their shops over alleged incessant kidnapping of their wives in the state.The traders, while expressing their grievances over the development, said men of the underworld have continued to target their wives to collect ransom.The protest, which was meant to be for two days, was called off on Wednesday by the leadership of Igbo traders following the intervention of the State Government.One of the Igbo traders, who did not wish be named because he was not authorized to speak, said “It was a protest by Igbo traders in Kogi over…

A civic organisation focused on the Nigerian budget and public data, BudgIT, has thrown its weight behind suspended Senator Abdul Ningi on a N3.7 trillion gap in the 2024 budget presented to the National Assembly.The Director and co-founder of BudgIT, Seun Onigbinde, made this known during an interview with Channels Television on Wednesday, stressing that Ningi was right if he posited that there was no detailed allocation for N3.7 trillion in the 2024 budget.Recall that Ningi, representing Bauchi Central senatorial district was suspended on Tuesday by the Senate, over the allegations that two versions of the 2024 budget were passed…

Fresh revelations at the Senate plenary, on Tuesday, indicated that ranking senators got N500m each for their constituency projects in the 2024 budget passed by the National Assembly..According to the Senate rules, any lawmaker who has spent at least a term in the House of Representatives or Senate, is considered a ranking senator.On the list of senators in the 10th Senate, at least 34 of them are ranking. With the revelation at the plenary on Tuesday that senior senators got N500m each, the ranking senators, must have got a total of N17bn as their constituency projects votes.Senator Jarigbe Jarigbe (PDP,…

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the reopening of Nigeria’s land and air borders with Niger Republic in compliance of the directive by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.He said the presidential directive is in compliance with ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government at its extraordinary summit on February 24, 2024, in Abuja.According to him, other sanctions imposed on the West African countries have also been lifted with immediate effect.“ECOWAS leaders had agreed to lift economic sanctions against the…

The Senate has suspended Senator Abdul Ningi for three months over his claim that the 2024 Budget was padded to the tune of N3.7 trillion.Ningi, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Population and he represents Bauchi Central.While the parties called for a probe into the allegation, some northern senators disowned the claims made by Ningi, saying the Bauchi State senator did not speak for them.The Bauchi senator, however, maintained his position on Monday that N3.7tn could not be accounted for in the 2024 budget.In the plenary on Tuesday, Senator Olamilekan Adeola (APC, Ogun…