Author: Kwara Reporters

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…

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.…