Author: Kwara Reporters

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has asked the Presidency, the Federal Judicial Commission, and other Ministries, Departments and Agencies, to submit their anti-corruption strategies, as part of the agency’s efforts to stop the abuse of contracts.All the MDAs have until March 1 to submit their strategies to the anti-graft agency.The directive was contained in separate letters to the Chief of Staff to the President; the Permanent Secretary, State House, Aso Rock Villa; the Chairman, National Assembly Commission and the Secretary, Federal Judicial Service Commission.The EFCC said the directive was in line with President Bola Tinubu’s agenda to tackle corruption…

Lucky Aiyedatiwa, governor of Ondo, says he will contest the November 2024 governorship election in the state.Speaking in an interview with TVC News on Friday, Aiyedatiwa said he never fell out with his former principal, the late Rotimi Akeredolu.In December 2023, Aiyedatiwa was sworn in as the substantive governor of Ondo following the death of Akeredolu, the former governor.Prior to Akeredolu’s demise, Aiyedatiwa had been battling impeachment threat from the state house of assembly while the former governor was sick.It was rumoured that the relationship between Aiyedatiwa and Akeredolu was not cordial, hence the impeachment move.Ahead of the November governorship…

…Says Light prevailed over DarknessThe Kwara state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has hailed the decision of the Federal High Court and the Judiciary for its decision regarding the politically motivated case against the former Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed. The Party commended the Federal High Court for rejecting the attempt by the EFCC to incarcerate our esteemed former Governor, His Excellency, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed over trumped-up charges.In a statement issued in Ilorin on Saturday by the Party’s State Publicity Secretary, Mr. Olusegun Olusola Adewara (Sholyments), the Party acknowledged the Judiciary’s role as the last hope of the common and…

Corpses in mortuaries within some barracks of the Nigerian Army are rotting away over power outage.Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja, disclosed this when he visited Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, to seek intervention.Recall that the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) had given 83 MDAs in its franchise area a 10-day notice to pay the N47.1bn debt they owed the company or risk disconnection.Aso Rock was listed among the debtors, but President Bola Tinubu waded in immediately after the notice was issued.The president had ordered that the debt be cleared.During his visit to the minister, Lagbaja regretted that…

Some aggrieved students of the Kwara State University, Malete, on Thursday, attacked the divisional police station in the town after a raid on suspected black spots by operatives of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency around the school premises.Reacting to the development on Friday, the state police command, through the spokesperson, DSP Ejire Adeyemi Toun, said “reports indicated that the gatherings, which began at about 1600hrs, centered around grievances related to the recent raids on black-spots around the school’s premises by operatives of NDLEA.“Students living off campus expressed their dissent, marched from various parts of the town to Okoru Junction…

Two governorship candidates, Bar.Asue Ighodalo and the state deputy governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu, emerged governorship candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the September 21, governorship election in Edo State.While Ighodalo emerged winner of the PDP in one of the parallel primary election held at the Law Tennis Court of the Samuel Ogbemudia with 577 votes, Shaibu was declared winner from a parallel primary election conducted at the deputy governor’s lodge located on the Commercial Avenue, Benin City.Announcing Ighodalo, the Chief Returning Officer for the election and Electoral Committee Chairman, Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal, said, other aspirants…

Following the controversy that trailed last Saturday’s governorship primary election in Edo State, the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress has declared the poll inconclusive.This was disclosed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, on Tuesday after the leadership of the party had an emergency meeting with the NWC at the party secretariat in Abuja.The poll, which was conducted on February 17 had produced three winners.The Chairman of Electoral Committee of the primary, Governor Hope Uzodimma, had announced Dennis Idahosa as winner, while returning officer, Stanley Ugboaja, declared Monday Okpebholo as winner.Elsewhere, Ojo Babatunde, who claimed to…

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has declared that there is no truth in the claim by Senate President Godswill Akpabio that states got additional N30 billion each outside of their statutory revenue allocations, to address the food insecurity.The governor stated this on Thursday, noting that Oyo did not get any N30 billion from the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) or the Federal Government.Makinde, who added that he has been doing everything to cushion the effect of the economic hardship on the people, warned that leaders should instill confidence and hope in the citizenry in this trying time rather than…

President Bola Tinubu, state governors, ministers and other political figures from different parts of Nigeria, on Wednesday, paid their last respect to the late Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu.The remains of Mr Akeredou arrived the state for his final burial rites on Wednesday.Mr Akeredolu, aged 67, died of postrate cancer in a German hospital on 27 December 2023. His body was flown to Nigeria and subsequently deposited in a morgue on 5 January.Many sympathisers, particularly students, on Wednesday, lined up on the road sides in Akure, the state capital, waving to his corpse in the motorcade that brought it from…

The Nigerian Police, Zone 5, Benin City in Edo State has disclosed why they arrested Julius Abure, the national chairperson of the Labour Party (LP).Mr Abure was arrested on Wednesday after honouring a scheduled security meeting with Nigeria’s secret police – the State Security Services (SSS) in Benin City.Speaking to PREMIUM TIMES on Thursday morning, the Zone 5 police spokesperson, Tijani Momoh said the police acted on a petition against Mr Abure by a former national youth leader of the LP, Anslem Eragbe.“A petition was written against him (Mr Abure) by Mr Eragbe to the Inspector General of Police (IGP)…