Author: Kwara Reporters

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…

Traders Association Singer Market, Kano State on Monday pledged to reduce and stabilise prices of essential commodities in the state.The Chairman of the Association, Ibrahim Danyaro, disclosed this to journalists on Monday in Kano.He said this shortly after meeting with the Chairman of Public Complaints and Anti Corruption Commission, Muhuyi Magaji Rimin-Gado.The commission on Sunday burst and sealed 10 warehouses that allegedly hoarded assorted food items at Dawanau International Grains Market and Singer Market.Mr Danyaro said, “We are going to work hand in hand with the commission to ensure that there is price control to ease life for people in…

The National Youth Service Corps coordinator in Katsina State, Aisha Mohammed, has warned officials against extortion of corps members.Mr Mohammed gave the warning in Katsina while addressing the heads of assignments for the forthcoming 2024 Batch ‘A’ stream I orientation course.The NYSC three weeks orientation course is scheduled to begin on Thursday.She said, “The warning is to draw your attention to redouble your commitment against such acts while on duty. I will be embarking on unscheduled inspection to local government areas. Any official found not on ground will face sanctions.’’The coordinator called on the staff members to handle their assigned…

The organised private sector, Ekiti, Sokoto, and other states have faulted the demand by the Nigeria Labour Congress for N1m minimum wage, stating that it is not realistic.The NLC President, Joe Ajaero, in an interview on Arise television on Monday, said the organised Labour might ask for N1m during the minimum wage negotiations with the Federal Government if the value of the naira continued to plummet.Reacting to the proposal, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Idris Mohammed, said the Federal Government would make a reasonable decision in line with national interest and after due consideration of available resources and…

The federal government has said all affected federal workers in about 90 Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) have received their January salaries.Top officials at the Head of Civil Service of the Federation (OHoCSF) and selected MDAs told Daily Trust that they have interacted with colleagues and their subordinates, who all confirmed that they received their salaries.They pleaded not to be named since they were not formally authorised to speak on the matter.One of them told our correspondent that she received her salary Sunday night and that as at 11.00am yesterday (Monday), she did not hear of anyone that had not…

Governor Bala Mohammed (centre) at a briefing after the PDP governors in Abuja on Monday, February 12, 2024 Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday, restated their position on state policing, as the solution to the country’s worsening security situation.The opposition governors also decried the free fall of the naira and its attendant consequences, and asked that the Federal Government’s economic team should find appropriate solutions to the challenge.The Chairman of the Forum, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State briefed journalists after a meeting of the governors in Abuja.He decried the high cost of living…

ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer. Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force Intelligence Bureau – Intelligence Response Team, have eliminated several suspected kidnappers, including kingpin, Musa Wada-Magaji aka Sabo, in the Mpape area of Abuja.The killing of the bandits followed an attack on their hideouts in Mpape, by police officers.The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.He noted that Wada, aka Sabo, was the mastermind behind numerous kidnappings for ransom activities plaguing areas including Mpape and Bwari in the FCT; Kagarko in Kaduna; Masaka, and Nukun Village in Nasarawa State.He added that Wada’s…

The operatives of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have apprehended a Pastor Simon Kado, and two others for allegedly trafficking 12 children from Nasarawa State.The FCT Commissioner of Police, Benneth Igweh, who paraded the suspects in Abuja, said they were arrested by the operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS 74), on Friday.He said the operatives intercepted one Muhammad Isah of Kafanchan, Kaduna State in a Toyota Hiace bus with registration number APP 489 XE, conveying the 12 children, comprising four males and eight females.He said the under-aged children were being conveyed from Akwanga, Nasarawa State to a…