Author: Kwara Reporters

The Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has blamed former President Muhammadu Buhari and the ex-Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, for the economic hardship Nigerians are experiencing.Afenifere said the bad economic policies of Buhari’s administration drove Nigeria into its current hardship.The body made the remark in a statement on Friday, signed by its Publicity and Organising Secretaries, Jare Ajayi and Kole Omololu.Afenifere lamented that Buhari’s administration failed to make provisions for subsidies in the last budget, leading to President Bola Tinubu hastily removing the subsidy on fuel.Afenifere also accused Buhari of turning away from kidnapping, banditry, and…

A federal high court in Abuja has ordered the federal government to reopen investigation and prosecution over the murder of Dele Giwa, a journalist.Giwa, the founding editor-in-chief of Newswatch Magazine, was killed by a parcel bomb at his Ikeja, Lagos residence on October 19, 1986.Delivering judgment in a suit filed by the Incorporated Trustees of Media Rights Agenda (MRA), on Friday, Inyang Ekwo, presiding judge, also ordered the restart of investigations into unresolved cases of extra-judicial killing of other journalists in the country.In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1301/2021, MRA sought the enforcement of fundamental rights of media practitioners to safety as…

Ekiti State Police Command, on Friday, disclosed that its operatives have arrested eight suspected members of a kidnapping cartel involved in the abduction of five pupils, three teachers, and a driver of Apostolic Faith School in the state.Some gunmen had abducted the nine individuals while they were returning from Eporo-Ekiti a few weeks ago.They were, however, released last Sunday, after spending six days in the kidnappers’ den.The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abutu Sunday, while parading the suspects said police received a credible intelligence that some armed men were planning to kidnap expatriates in a dairy farm in Ikun Ekiti.The…

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested a “notorious kidnapper”, Saidu Abdulkadir.FCT police commissioner, CP Benneth Igwe, confirmed the arrest of Dahiru to newsmen at the command headquarters, on FridayHe said following a raid on kidnappers’camps bordering Nasarawa and Abuja via Kuje area council, at about midnight on Thursday, the bandits, on sighting the operatives, opened fire and engaged the police in a gun duel, but were eventually overpowered.“The Police operatives of the FCT Police Command attached to the Anti-kidnapping unit, in a continued effort against criminality in the Territory, raided two (2) kidnappers’ camps bordering Nasarawa and Abuja…

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) will hold a two-day nationwide protest over the hardship being experienced by Nigerians as well as the deteriorating security situation in the country.NLC President, Joe Ajaero, disclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja on Friday after an emergency meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the union.He said the protest will begin a week after the expiration of the 14 day ultimatum it issued to the Federal Government which will expire on February 23.The planned days for the nationwide protest are February 27 and 28.“To this end, NEC unanimously noted its deep disappointment…

Nigerian Breweries PLC has announced plans to increase the prices of its products starting Monday, February 19, 2024.The company’s zonal business manager -West, Lekan Awosanya, disclosed this in a price review notification to its customers on Monday, February 12.“This is to inform you that we are constrained to review the prices of some of our SKUs with effect from Monday, February 19, 2024,” said Mr Awosanya.Mr Awosanya stated that the latest price increase was necessary to offset the impact of the increased cost of production.“This review has become necessary because of continued rising input costs and the need to mitigate…

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha Former Secretary of the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, said on Tuesday that $6.2m was released from the Central Bank of Nigeria in February 2023 using a forged document.Mustapha stated this when he appeared as the fourth prosecution witness in the ongoing fraud trial of the immediate-past CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, before the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja.The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had alleged that on February 8, 2023, Emefiele connived with one Odoh Ocheme, who is now on the run, to obtain $6.2m from the…

The Police High Command, on Tuesday revealed how its operatives arrested a dismissed officer of the Nigerian Air Force who has been supplying military camouflage and other accoutrements that belong to security operatives to bandits terrorising Zamfara State.The police explained that the former NAF personnel, Ahmed Mohammed, attached to the Air Force Base, Kaduna, only served in the air force for just five years before he was court-martialled by the military for a yet-to-be-revealed offence.Spokesman of the police, Muyiwa Adejobi, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, also disclosed that the dismissed personnel introduced sales of military camouflage and other accoutrements to…

The Kwara State Chief Magistrate Court has rejected the application made by the Kwara State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to order the arrest of a reporter with Kwara-based newspaper, National Pilot, Ahmed Ajikobi by the Nigeria Police.It would be recalled that an aide to Governor Abdulrazaq, Mr. Michael Fafoluyi, has filed a petition against Ajikobi and the medium, accusing them of publishing reports about the Governor which are allegedly defamatory and malicious in nature.Ajikobi was docked alongside the medium’s Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief, Alhaji Billy Adedamola. The two journalists were joined in court by a retinue of Kwara based journalists led by…

Another staff of Kwara State University, Malete, Hameed Adekunle Hanafi is dead.The late Hanafi, a lecturer and Associate Professor in the institution, died in Ilorin, the state capital on Monday after a brief illness.KWARAREPORTERS reports that this is coming barely five days after the death of the deputy bursar of the university, Abdullahi Olaitan Ayuba.Recall that Ayuba died while watching the Nigeria/South Africa AFCON 2024 match on Wednesday after he reportedly developed high blood pressure.Born on December 27, 1968 at Babaloke, Moro Local Government Area of the state, the late Hanafi joined the services of Kwara State University in 2022.He…