Author: Kwara Reporters

About 81% of Nigerians in the employment pool are not in any productive sector of the economy, the Chairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reform Committee, Taiwo Oyedele, has said.Oyedele said while the unemployment rate in Nigeria is relatively low at 4.2%, most employed Nigerians do not add any meaningful value to the economy.Speaking Thursday at the Africa Trade and Investment Summit, he said Nigeria has the same unemployment rate as the United Kingdom.He said: “About 81% of people in employment in Nigeria are engaged in a non-productive sector of the economy. They are doing things that do…

The Nigeria Police Force, on Thursday, said vehicles with unauthorised tinted glasses contribute to the ubiquitous kidnappings and crimes in the country.Force spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme, adding that the Force will soon clamp down on such vehicles.He lamented that every Tom, Dick and Harry wants to have their car glasses tinted in Nigeria.According to Adejobi, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, had a meeting with experts and officers on Wednesday on how to review the issuance of tinted permit for vehicles.He said, “You will discover that some of these crimes, particularly…

Gunmen on Thursday night invaded the palace of Olukoro of Koro in Ekiti local government area of Kwara State and killed the traditional ruler of the community, General Segun Aremu (rtd).The gunmen also whisked away the wife of the monarch and two others.Koro in Kwara is the neighbouring town of Irele/Oke Ako/Ipao/Oke Aiyedun and Ikole and shares boundaries with Ekiti State where two monarchs were recently killed.Spokeswoman of the Kwara State Police command, Toun Ejire-Adeyemi, confirmed the incident in a statement issued in the wee hours of Friday.According to her, “immediate and intensive investigations are underway to apprehend those criminals…

A bag of cement has hit N6,500 in Kwara State.The development is a sharp increase from last week when it sold for between N5,000 and N5,200.Many distributors and retailers who spoke to our correspondent on Thursday lamented the scarcity of cement in the state despite the increased demand.According to Hajia Lateefat Abdullahi, owner of Orire cement, “It has been difficult getting supply from distributors to satisfy customers in Ilọrin.She said the situation was becoming frustrating as it has been difficult to get a single truck of 900 bags since Monday.A retailer, Mr Nasiru Babatunde, said he had not been able…

A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), said, on Wednesday, that former President Olusegun Obasanjo almost punched him for advising that the 1999 Constitution be amended when Obasanjo was the sitting President.Olanipekun said while delivering the Convocation Lecture of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State.The theme of the lecture was: “Mass Exodus Of Human Capital In Nigeria: An Anatomical Analysis of The Causes and Effects.”Olanipekun, who described the 1999 Constitution as a fake document, said it was to blame for the myriad challenges bedevilling the country.“Every governor goes to Abuja now everyday and who…

No fewer than 15 persons have been killed after suspected herders attacked Ugboju community in the Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State.The attackers, who have been conducting relentless attacks on the area for the past two weeks, invaded the village on Wednesday evening, leaving locals in distress.According to eyewitnesses, many people are still missing, and search parties are actively combing the bushes for any remaining survivors.Godwin Edoh, the member representing Agatu Constituency in the State House of Assembly, decried the fresh wave of killings, confirming the incident occurred on Wednesday.Edoh said, “I’m frustrated as a representative of my people…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is investigating the controversial Nigeria Air deal sealed by the Federal Government during the tenure of ex-Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika.“The EFCC is investigating that deal,” the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, revealed on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday.He said “there is a criminal investigation going on. I have called for the report”.Keyamo also said no local airline would be designated as national airline, adding that “we will established a proper national carrier”.Last August, shortly after he was sworn in as minister, Keyamo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN),…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Osun has arrested a 54-year-old herbalist, Oyeyemi Lukman, for allegedly being in possession of a live AK-47 ammunition.NSCDC’s state commandant, Akintayo Adaralewa, made the disclosure when he paraded the suspect on Wednesday in Osogbo.He said that the suspect was arrested in Ilobu, Irepodun Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.Mr Adaralewa said that the alleged offence contravened section 3, sub-section 1 of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act.The NSCDC boss said that the suspect would be charged to court after investigation to serve as a deterrent to others.Mr Adaralewa said…

The Lagos State Police Command has arraigned six suspects before the Igbosere Chief Magistrate’s Court over alleged piracy of actress Toyin Abraham’s movie, ‘Malaika’.Reports gathered that ‘Malaika’ premiered in Lagos on December 17, 2023, and made its theatrical debut on December 22, 2023.Police attorneys from the Force Criminal Investigation Department, Force CID, Alagbon, in Ikoyi, Lagos, presented the defendants, Adekunle Segun, Kehinde Oseni, Adebiyi Sodiq, Oseni S. Akano, Adebiyi Suliat and Agboola Motunrayo before Chief Magistrate E. Ogunkanmi.They were charged with conspiracy, theft of intellectual property, piracy and cyber-related crimes.The prosecutor, Morufu Animashaun, told the court that the suspects planned…

No fewer than 10 internally displaced persons have so far been killed in camps 1 and 2 located in Gbanjimba, headquarters of Guma Local Government Area of Benue State.This was disclosed by the camp commandant, Felix Banke, on Wednesday when the team of the United States Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance visited the camp.There are about 15 official IDP camps located across the state.The acting Executive Secretary of the State Emergency and Management Agency, James Iorpuu, led the USBHA to six IDP camps in the state.The six camps visited by the international organisation were Ichuwa, Bakkaa, Ukpaan, Otese, Daudu and Gbanjimba;…