Author: Kwara Reporters

The “marriage” between a four-year-old ‘bride’ and a 54-year-old man in a Bayelsa community is a traditional rite to save the child’s life, according to her parents.They claimed that the marriage, conducted in Akeddei community in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa, was a spiritual rite to ‘untie’ the duo who were betrothed in their “previous lives”.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the girl’s parents, the 54-year-old man, a traditional ruler and others, who participated in the marriage, were summoned by Bayelsa Government following a public outcry.Parents of the ‘bride’ and three others on Thursday appeared before the…

In a June 23, 2020, article titled “Sabiu Yusuf’s Fat Bank Accounts that Shocked CBN Governor” where I revealed that Muhammadu Buhari’s relative Sabiu “Tunde” Yusuf had salted away so much money in banks that even former CBN governor Godwin Emefiele was so alarmed that he advised him to divvy up the money into different accounts, I said,“The stench bomb of fetid corruption that will explode after Buhari leaves office would be so unprecedentedly malodorous it would deaden Nigeria’s collective nasal sensibility for a long time.”At the time, some people thought I was merely being hyperbolic for literary effect. But…

The end is yet to be seen in the alleged financial corruption scandal rocking the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, as a document emerged that the Minister, Edu Betta allegedly disbursed N585,198,500.00 into a personal account.According to a viral document signed by Edu directed to the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, the Minister instructed the disbursement of N585,198,500.00 to one, Oniyelu Bridget.The document also showed that the payment of the N585.198 million grant, meant for vulnerable groups in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ogun and Lagos states, was made into Oniyelu’s account.However, reacting to the development,…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked the the security chiefs to ensure that there is conclusive victory against the myriad of security threats facing the country.The president stated this on Friday while addressing security chiefs and heads of intelligence agencies at a Presidential Security Briefing at the State House, Abuja.President Tinubu said while good progress was being made with the elimination of some security threats across multiple theatres, success would ultimately be defined by a final conclusion to the multi-dimensional menace.He said a $1 trillion economy target in the next few years would be undermined without finally wrapping up progressive…

Ex-police chief: How I bought N3m car for N250,000A stolen Toyota Sport Utility Vehicle found in the possession of a retired Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) who claimed he purchased the vehicle through a public auction has sparked a row. The car’s original owner faulted the public auction of his vehicle to the ex-police chief, saying the information provided for its auction did not add up. It was around midnight a decade ago when some dare-devil robbers broke into the home of Eye Ayo Samuel in Erusu Akoko, Akoko North West Local Government Area of Ondo State. The hoodlums broke…

The body of the late former Governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, CON, has arrived Nigeria.The plane conveying the body arrived at about 3:39 p.m on Friday, January 5, 2024.The late Governor’s remains were brought into the country from Germany, where he passed away.The body was received by his wife, Chief Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, his children, and siblings led by Prof. Wole Akeredolu, the immediate younger brother.Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, represented by his Chief of Staff, Mr. Tayo Ayinde; Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Tokunbi Talabi; and…

Depict image Protesting women on Friday afternoon burned down the house of the District Head of Bokkos town in Bokkos Local Government Area of the state, Michal Monday Adanchi.According to a source from the area, the incident occurred around 12:30am.The source said the women burned the house following the arrest of some members of the community for their alleged involvement in the recent killings in the area, adding that the traditional ruler’s residence and his administrative office were burned down.“The incident began at the police station where they expressed their anger over the arrest of some members of the community. After…

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun Area Command II, has impounded a bullion van loaded with 12 bags of 50kg smuggled foreign parboiled rice.The van, with registration number, FKJ 993 BZ was impounded alongside the sum of N24,489,500.00 belonging to the Abeokuta branch of Access bank.The Customs Area Controller, Olusola Alade, disclosed this to journalists on Friday while handing over the bullion van and the money to officials of Bankers Warehouse and Access Bank in Abeokuta.According to him, the bullion van which belongs to Bankers Warehouse Ltd. was impounded in April 2022 by operatives of Joint Border Patrol team along…

•How EFCC ordered 52 firms to submit forex allocation forms from 2014 to 2023Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday stormed the headquarters of Dangote Industries Limited in Ikoyi, Lagos, in furtherance of the ongoing investigation into the alleged abuse of the foreign exchange allocations by the immediate past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele.The anti-graft commission is probing the alleged preferential allocations of forex to the Dangote Group owned by billionaire Aliko Dangote and 51 other companies under the Emefiele-led CBN.Two senior officials of the EFCC confirmed the presence of the anti-graft operatives…

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in Benin Republic says there 15,000 Nigerians studying in the country.This is as NANS called for leniency over the ban on validation of degree certificates from the country and Togo.Recall that an investigative reporter had recently exposed certificate racketeering in schools in the neighbouring countries.Following the development, the federal government announced a ban on the validation of degree certificates from the countries.But, the NANS president in Benin Republic, Ugochukwu Favour, said the government should consider legitimately admitted students.Favour spoke Thursday on Channels TV’s breakfast show Sunrise Daily.He said the government should step up…