Author: Kwara Reporters

Two herders were reportedly killed in what appeared to be a reprisal attack at a Fulani settlement at Kpache village in Yaba chiefdom of Abaji Area Council of the FCT.City & Crime had reported that a clash broke out between some vigilantes and herders at Yaba market on Saturday afternoon which led to the alleged killing of one vigilante member, said to be from the Bassa tribe of the area.A resident of Yaba, Saidu Shuaibu, who confirmed the latest killing of the two herders at their settlement in Kpache village, to our reporter on Wednesday, said the incident happened around…

The Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) has lost its final appeal against Nigeria in an eleven-billion-dollar arbitration case.The P&ID sought to overturn an October judgement by a London High Court that halted the enforcement for damages over a failed gas processing project.The High Court had earlier ruled in October that the British Virgin Islands based company, paid bribes to a Nigerian oil ministry official in connection with the gas contract signed in 2010, and failed to disclose this when it took Nigeria to arbitration over the collapse of the deal.In his ruling, Judge Robin Knowles rejected P&ID’s argument that the…

The Delta State Police Command says it has recovered arms and ammunition from a criminals’ hideout in the state.City & Crime reports that the spokesman of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, disclosed this to newsmen in Asaba.Edafe said the arms and ammunition were recovered from the criminals in an uncompleted building behind NIGER-CAT Construction Company.He said the criminals were those operating within Ekpan, Warri and environs.He said the arms and ammunition were hidden in a bag.He listed the items recovered to include one AR rifle, two magazines, 75 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, one locally made cut-to-size gun, four rounds of…

The former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, illegally lodged billions of naira in no fewer than 593 bank accounts in the United States, United Kingdom, and China without the approval of the apex bank’s board of directors and the CBN Investment Committee.The Special Investigator on the CBN and Related Entities, Jim Obaze, found that the ex-CBN governor lodged £543, 482,213 in fixed deposits in UK banks alone without authorisation.When contacted, counsel for Emefiele, Mathew Bukkaa, SAN, asked one of our correspondents to send him a text message. He has yet to reply to the message as of the…

The Port Harcourt Refining Company in Rivers State has recommenced operation in line with the Federal Government’s promise to ensure the production of refined products at the facility in December 2023. The development is coming after many years of underperformance and turnaround maintenance of the facility. Four of Nigeria’s refineries in Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna have a combined capacity to process 445,000 barrels per day (bpd). But they were shut down in 2019.However, in August, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil) Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, said the refinery will recommence operations in December.Lokpobiri said this during an inspection tour…

Vice President Kashim Shettima has challenged graduates to embrace their potential and contribute to building a brighter future for Nigeria instead of jolting out of the country in search of greener pastures.He gave the charge on Wednesday when the Chief of Staff to the President and former Speaker of the House Of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, led the graduating class of the second cohort of the Legislative Mentorship Initiative on a visit to him at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.“I believe passionately that in this room, there are future Presidents, Vice Presidents, Senators, Members of the House of Representatives, and governors.…

… Asks EFCC to arrest him for voluntary confession of vote buyingThe Kwara State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed deep concern and condemnation over the recent admission by former APC National Chairman, Comrade Adam Oshiomole, regarding the deployment of substantial funds to influence the 2019 elections in Kwara State. Comrade Adam Oshiomole, an erstwhile National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and now a Senator representing Edo North at the National Assembly, Abuja, was quoted recently at a book launch to have said the APC under his leadership used money to dislodge Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki and his Party,…

Former Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun on Wednesday lampooned Senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, over his role during the All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries in 2019, describing him as “biggest and most destructive threat” to the ruling party.It was gathered that Amosun and Oshiomhole, then APC national chairman, had squared up during APC primaries in the build-up to the 2019 general election.The clash followed the disputed governorship primary in Ogun State which edged out the Amosun’s anointed candidate, Adekunle Akinlade, in favour of Dapo Abiodun, once Amosun’s ally.The seed of discord was sown in October 2018, when two…

A Magistrate’s Court sitting in the Yaba area of Lagos State has remanded two friends, Noah Tovohome and Rajay Zannu, to a correctional centre for allegedly plotting and killing their friend, Segun Zusu, over 36 bags of rice.The duo was brought before Magistrate Linda Balogun on Tuesday on two counts bordering on murder.It was gathered in court that the defendants, Tovohome and Zannu, plotted with a boat driver who was conveying Zusu’s goods from Seme to kill him and steal the bags of rice.However, on that day, they intercepted the boat around 2 am, at Novo River in Seme, used…

Olaniyan Gbenga AmosJustice Bayo Taiwo of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan, on Thursday, convicted and sentenced the Chief Executive Officer of Crime Alert Security Network, Ibadan, Olaniyan Gbenga Amos, to 75 years imprisonment for multiple investment frauds.Olaniyan, according to a statement from the Head of Media and Publicity of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Dele Oyewale, on Tuesday, was convicted alongside his firm, Detorrid Heritage Investment Limited on December 14, 2023.They were said to have been prosecuted on 35 count charges by the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, bordering on obtaining…