Author: Kwara Reporters

The Federal Government says it will develop an app for applications into the student loan scheme. This is according to the Executive Secretary of the Student Loan Scheme Board Akintunde Sawyer who spoke on Monday after the board met with President Bola Tinubu in Abuja.Sawyer said the move is to ensure zero human intervention in the scheme which is expected to start this year.The development came months after Tinubu said the scheme would commence in January 2024.“By January 2024, the new student loan must commence. To the future of our children and students, we are saying no more strikes,” Tinubu said…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has called on Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, in the spirit of transparency and accountability, to provide public explanations on the amount generated from the recent controversial auctioning of Kwara Hotel properties by his government. The Party reminded Kwarans that properties of the hotels were looted by some state-sponsored agents in late November last year but the government absolved the looters and took responsibility, calling the ugly process an auctioning of unused items which was authorized.In a statement issued on Monday by the PDP State Publicity Secretary, Mr. Olusegun Olusola Adewara (Sholyments), said that even…

The operatives of the Abia State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have busted an illegal refinery site in the state.The illegal refinery site is located at Obiakpu, Obuzo- Asa in Ukwa West Local Government Area of the state.The new state Commandant of NSCDC, Commandant Usman Ishaq Alfadarai, who led journalists to the scene, disclosed that four suspects were arrested, while seven vehicles recovered at the site have been impounded by the federal government security agency.According to Alfadarai, the personnel were able to record such a feat through sustained intelligence, adding that the bursting of the…

The Nigerian Navy Ship Beecroft Patrol Team in collaboration with the Forward Operating Base Badagry, has said they arrested a wooden boat with over 800 jerrycans of 30 litres Premium Motor Spirit, close to the boundary between Nigeria and Benin Republic.In a statement signed on Saturday by the NNS Beecroft Base Information Officer, Sub-Lieutenant H. A Collins, the arrest was made on Friday.The statement quoted the Commander, Commodore Kolawole Oguntuga, as saying that the boat, which was sailing seaward 80 nautical miles from the shore, was intercepted by the NNS Beecroft Patrol Team in collaboration with the Forward Operating Base…

Following the recent launch of the Special Intervention Squad (SIS) by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, the police have apprehended 16 notorious criminals and recovered arms and ammunition in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).Amongst the suspects paraded on Saturday were three Bwari-based kidnappers- Idris Ishaku, m, 27 years; Bala Umar, m, 27 years; and Dahiru Salisu, m, 27 years, who have been responsible for series of armed robbery cases and kidnappings in the Bwari Local Government Area and other parts of Abuja.In a statement, Force Spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, said the combined team of operatives arrested 13 suspects for…

The four remaining siblings of late Nabeeha Al-Kadriyah have regained freedom, Daily Trust can report.The sisters were abducted alongside their father early January.Their abductors had given a deadline for the payment of ransom, and failure of the family to meet their demand led to the killing of Nabeeha.After killing the victim, the bandits raised the ransom from N60 million to N100 million, threatening to kill the remaining sisters.But as of the time of filing this report (12:30 am on Sunday), the girls had regained freedom and arrived their Abuja residence where they were abducted.According to Daily Trust the security operatives…

The Supreme Court on Friday delivered judgments on appeals challenging the outcome of governorship elections in Gombe, Kebbi, Ogun, Kaduna, Nasarawa, and Delta states.The apex court had last week decided the fate of 10 state governors.The governors are Hyacinth Alia of Benue; Alex Otti of Abia, Dauda Lawal of Zamfara; Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos, and Bala Mohammed of Bauchi.Others are Cross River governor, Bassey Otu; Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru; Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuff; Akwa Ibom Governor, Umo Eno, and Plateau State governor, Caleb Mutfwang.In all the decided cases, no governor was sacked from office.In Ogun, the apex court…

The Operations Manager of BON Hotel Nest Ibadan, Tunde Solomon, has passed away due to a heart attack linked to an explosion near the hotel in Bodija.The PUNCH had reported the explosion, which rocked the Adeyi area at Old Bodija, Ibadan on Tuesday night.According to reports, the explosion claimed 5 lives and inflicted serious injuries on 77 residents of the area. It also damaged about 58 houses.The management of BON Hotel Nest Ibadan, in a statement posted on the official Instagram account of the hotel on Friday, disclosed Mr. Solomon’s demise.Describing him as a dedicated worker with over 25 years…

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has confirmed that arrest of one Chinaza Phillip identified as a notorious kidnapper in Abuja.Daily Trust had reported how Phillip was nabbed in Kaduna while on his way to Kano State alongside his accomplices and victim, on Thursday.There was a heated gunfire exchange between Phillip’s men and the police, leading to the rescue of Segun Akinyemi, an Abuja resident, who was kidnapped just as he was driving out of his house, on Wednesday.The kidnappers were taking Akinyemi from Abuja to Kano State when the police swooped on them, according to Police Public Relations…

…Lambasts Governor Abdulrazaq for condoling with Oyo Govt while keeping mute on killings in Oke-Ode, other parts of KwaraThe Kwara State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the recent invasion by kidnappers in Oke-Ode, a community in the Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state, where an innocent trader lost his life, and a POS operator, who was the target of the attack narrowly escaped by whisker.In a statement issued on Friday by the State Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr. Olusegun Olusola Adewara (Sholyments) described the growing insecurity across the state and the Government’s cold attitude…