Author: Kwara Reporters

The Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) has vowed to suspend operations on Monday.Its National President, Alhaji Yusuf Lawal Othman, made this known in a press statement he issued in Abuja on Thursday.He noted that the statement is an official announcement from the association’s headquarters that the members are parking their trucks from Monday.He stressed that “Why? Because what we spend on operation is more than what we get in total: both in local and bridging.”According to him, the members have been operating at a loss and it is no longer sustainable for them to endure the losses.The President…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned the public about a counterfeit herbal product, “Coco Samba Herbal Mixture 100ml,” in circulation.NAFDAC disclosed in a statement that the product was seized by German customs and analysed by the German Official Medicines Control Laboratory (OMCL).The report of analysis, according to NAFDAC, showed that the product contained undeclared amounts of sildenafil (150 mg), which is above the maximum daily dose for sildenafil.“On further investigation, it was discovered that the NAFDAC Registration Number on the product “A4-9149” is falsified and different from that obtained from the NAFDAC database…

Troops of the Nigerian Army have intercepted trucks allegedly transporting banned goods to the Republic of Cameroon.The trucks, loaded with 600 50kg bags of cement each, were on Friday displayed to journalists at the headquarters of the Nigeria Police in Yola, the Adamawa State capital.Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, had issued an Executive Order banning the transportation of building materials across the country’s border through Adamawa routes.The spokespersons for the governor and the Adamawa State Police Command, Humwashi Wonosikou and SP Suleiman Nguroje, respectively, while jointly displaying the vehicles, told journalists that the trucks were intercepted a few kilometres before…

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…