Author: Kwara Reporters

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu is urging state governments to invest more in people-oriented projects and programmes to benefit from the federal government’s bold economic initiatives under President Bola Tinubu’s leadership.In an interview with journalists on Saturday in Lagos, Mr Sanwo-Olu said this would complement the dividends of democracy that these initiatives are coming up with by next year.“Let’s continue to invest in areas where the lives of the people will be impacted. Let’s continue to support the poorest of the poor in our system,” stated the Lagos governor. ” Let’s use technology to help us situate some of these challenges so…

The special investigator tasked with probing the Central Bank of Nigeria has returned with recommended charges for some senior officials of the past administration, saying they were linked to a brazen and relentless heist of public coffers. Jim Obazee said President Bola Tinubu should authorised prosecution of former cabinet secretary Boss Mustapha and ex-central bank chief Godwin Emefiele for their roles in the removal of $6.23 million cash from the bank’s cellar in Abuja. The alleged theft, said to have taken place on February 8, 2023, roughly two weeks ahead of the February 25 presidential election, was listed among a laundry of alleged corrupt diversion…

A former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has been released from Kuje Correctional Centre after his lawyers perfected his bail conditions.His lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mathew Burkaa, confirmed this to Channels Television.Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory High court had granted him bail in sum of N300 million with two sureties in like sum.Emefiele was arraigned on a six-count charge bordering on procurement fraud and using his position to confer a corrupt advantage on Sa’adatu Yaro, a staff of CBN, by awarding a contract for the procurement of 43 vehicles worth…

…Queries Gov Abdulrazaq’s Readiness to Defend Kwara’s Interest as NGF Chairman…Urges Govt to Restore Workers 10k Palliative PaymentThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has expressed deep dismay over the noninclusion of Kwara from the federal government’s intervention to subsidize the cost of transportation by 50% to about twenty-two states during this festive season, described Kwara’s exclusion as a bad omen and attestation that there’s nobody at the top to push for Kwara interest.The PDP in a statement by its State Publicity Secretary, Olusegun Olusola Adewara said it is regrettable that Kwara state Governor is the Chairman of the…

The family of Zachariah Barnabas, who until his disappearance was a drummer at the Kingdom of Glory Church in Lagos, has accused the General Overseer of the church, Pastor Olayinka Samuel of trying to obstruct an investigation into his whereabouts.City Round gathered that the 23-year-old who had been a paid drummer at the church for about four years went missing after he allegedly attended a programme at the church on October 11, 2023.Speaking with our correspondent on the telephone, Barnabas’ sister, Janet, accused the church GO of telling the family different stories, including raising a false alarm that her brother…

The sacked governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele allegedly used proxies and purchased Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN), a report by Jim Obazee, the special investigator appointed by President Bola has shown.The late Alhaji Ismaila Isa Funtua, an ally of former President Muhammadu Buhari, was also fingered alongside Emefiele in the acquisition of Keystone Bank and Polaris Bank.The acquisitions were carried out separately over time as seen in the report submitted to President Tinubu on December 20, 2023.Daily Trust Saturday got access to some of the documents through credible sources as the report has not been…

A priest of the Methodist church, Dr Obafemi Jegede, who teaches Traditional Medicine in the Department of African Studies, University of Ibadan, tells EMMANUEL OJO about his passion for African traditional and why Africans should look inwards for solutionsYou have a PhD in Traditional Medicine. Can you give further insight into your academic background?My name is Obafemi Jegede. I am a researcher in traditional African medicine and I teach Traditional Medicine at the postgraduate level, that is master’s and PhD levels, at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan. I’m also a trained clergyman and I have taught some…

Emergency responders have recovered the bodies of two middle aged persons, a man and a woman, from the rubbles of a two-storey building that collapsed on Friday morning in Ebute Meta, Lagos.Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Lagos Territorial Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).Farinloye said that a two-storey building with a pent house collapsed at about 0930 hours along Herbert Macaulay way, Ebute Metta.He said that the Lagos Building Control Agency (LASBCA) had issued evacuation notice several times and all the original occupants had parked out.“It was alleged that the property had…

As cash scarcity occasioned by the redesign of three naira notes continues to bite Nigerians about a year after the implementation of the policy, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned against collusion between Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) and Point-Of- Sale (PoS) operators.In a statement on Thursday by its spokesperson, Sidi Ali, Hakama, the apex bank said such collusion was affecting the availability of cash and the seamless circulation of the naira in the country.The CBN said it was investigating reported cases of collusion between banks and PoS operators “capable of undermining the smooth running of the economy”.“The CBN…

The recent announcement by the Commissioner for Business Innovation and Technology, Hon. Damilola Yusuf, of the Award of the Remodelling and Rehabilitation of Kwara Hotels Limited to Craneburg Construction Company has come as a huge shock to well-meaning Kwarans who have been following the sequence of events since 2020 when the Kwara State Government disclosed its plans to reposition the hotel to a world-class standard. Not only did Harmony Holdings Limited publish an invitation for the expression of interest to fix and operate the 172-room Kwara Hotels facility in The Herald newspaper on 18th October 2020 but it also announced…