Author: Kwara Reporters

Telecom operators have been directed to bar telephone subscribers not linked to their National Identification Numbers on or before February 28, 2024.The order was reaffirmed by Dr Aminu Maida, Executive Vice Chairman, National Communication Commission (NCC).Speaking Wednesday at the NCC’s Special Day during the ongoing 45th Kaduna International Trade Fair, Maida said as a matter of critical national security, telecom consumers must link their NIN to their SIM.Maida, who was represented by Reuben Mouka, NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, emphasized that the February 28th deadline given to telecom operators to bar subscribers who failed to link their NIN to SIM,…

A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilọrin has struck out a case of alleged denial of rights brought against the Emir of Ilọrin, Dr Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, and state’s police command by the International Council for IFA Religion.The 83 traditionalists under the council had dragged the defendants to court over alleged denial of rights.According to the First Information Report (FIR), the traditionalists accused the emir and the police of preventing other Ifa adherents in the state from joining their counterparts across the country in celebrating the Ifa Festival in August, 2023.Counsel to the traditionalists, Malcolm Omirhobo (SAN), who was absent…

The family of Herbert Wigwe has announced the burial rites for him, his wife, and his son.The trio died in a chopper crash some weeks back in the US. The former Chairman of the Nigerian Exchange Group Plc (NGX Group) was also aboard the aircraft and was part of those confirmed dead in the accident.A funeral rites for Wigwe, his wife, and his son obtained by Channels Television, showed that the burial ceremony will begin on Monday, March 4, 2024.See the full funeral arrangements for the Wigwes as released by the family:The Wigwes’ funeral timeline.Celebrating Herbert Wigwe – ” A…

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 polls, Peter Obi, has stated that if he was Nigeria’s president at this time, he would also have implemented the Oronsaye Report.Responding to texts from persons wanting to know his stand on the Oransaye Report, Mr Obi stated via his official handle on X that prior to this time, he had during campaigns affirmed that he would have worked with the committee’s findings.The former Anambra State governor further asserted that implementing the report is one of the best ways to make governance efficient, cost-effective, and productive.He stressed that being in…

The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3 Division Nigerian Army, Major General Abdulsalami Abubakar, has inaugurated a special military court for the trial of one officer and 16 soldiers for alleged criminal offences.The general court-martial sitting at the Rhino officers’ mess, Maxwell Khobe cantonment, Rukuba Barracks, Jos will be presided over by Brig. Gen. Liafis Bello while Major Nasir Abdullahi will serve as the judge advocate.Arraigning the 17 accused persons after the inauguration of the court martial, the prosecuting counsel headed by Major A. Mairuwa, acting director of Legal Service of the Nigerian Army, said the accused would be tried for…

A 27-year-old man, Chinalu Ogbonna has been apprehended in Umuahia, Abia State by the police for killing his father.Chinalu, who is suspected to be engaging in ‘Yahoo Plus’, was said to have strangled his 57-year-old father, Mmaduka Ogbonna, at their residence at Umueze Road, Umuahia, before removing his father’s left eye with the intention of using it for money ritual.Confirming the ugly development to journalists, the spokesperson of the Abia State Police Command, ASP Maureen Chinaka said a murder case involving Mmaduka Ogbonna, a 57-year-old male, allegedly killed by his son was reported to the Central Police Station (CPS) on…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says the Bola Tinubu administration has turned Abuja into a construction site.Mr Wike stated this when the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery, visited him in Abuja on Tuesday.He said construction and other development activities had stopped in Abuja before the Tinubu-led government.“Before now, it does appear that there were no activities in Abuja, with many residents complaining that the city is so docile and nothing was happening.“However, since we came on board, you can see that activities have come up in terms of infrastructure, particularly road infrastructure.“We can…

The House of Representatives has called for local technology to combat insecurity in Nigeria following the adoption of a motion by Rep. Mohammed Bio (APC-Kwara) at plenary on Tuesday.Mr Bio decried that Nigeria is battling with all forms of insecurity, ranging from banditry, terrorism and kidnapping.He added that citizens were recently kidnapped in Kogi, Ekiti, Lagos, Zamfara, Kaduna, Taraba, Nasarawa, and FCT.The lawmaker further said huge amounts of money were demanded as ransom, while some victims were killed, including three traditional rulers in Ekiti and Kwara.Mr Bio said solutions to insecurity remained in intelligence gathering, surveillance and communication for security…

Barrister Chris Agidy, the Senior Legislative Aide, SLA, to the lawmaker representing Delta North, Senator Ned Nwoko, who was kidnapped by bandits in 2023, has been killed.The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, confirmed this to DAILY POST on Tuesday.Recall that at least 19 persons were in November 2023 kidnapped from their homes in the Galadimawa area of the nation’s capital by gunmen.A report earlier emerged that 12 of the abductees were killed.However, the identities of the deceased was not clear as the lawmaker and the security operatives continued efforts to rescue the lawyer.Confirming the…

Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, has slammed the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) for staging a nationwide protest which he described as needless.Nigerian cities witnessed peaceful protests on Tuesday as members of organised labour flooded the streets to demonstrate against the economic hardship and spiralling inflation confronting the citizenry.Last-minute efforts by the Federal Government to stall the protest had ended in deadlock.President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, however, led protests that were staged in Abuja, Lagos, Ibadan, Jos and other major cities of the country.Among other prominent Nigerians who participated in the protests include…