Author: Kwara Reporters

Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, the eldest daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday made her first public appearance several years after leaving office as a lawmaker.Obasanjo-Bello represented Ogun Central Senatorial District at the Senate between 2007 and 2011, but lost her re-election bid in 2011.She lost the senatorial election to Senator Gbenga Obadara who ran on the platform of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).Obasanjo-Bello, who served as the Commissioner for Health in Ogun State under former governor Gbenga Daniel between 2003 and 2007, disappeared from public scene shortly after the election 2011 election.The former president’s daughter was said…

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has deployed 950 personnel for Christmas and New Year special patrol operations in Kwara.Kwara FRSC Public Education Officer, Basambo Busari, said this in a statement on Friday in Ilorin.Busari said 350 special marshals, 120 first respondents, 40 patrol vehicles, two power bikes, four ambulances, four private tow trucks and a 70-ton tow truck were deployed for the operations during the period.“The special operations are necessitated by the attendant increase in movement of vehicles across road corridors in the state during the festivities, and the need to address road traffic encumbrances associated with such increase,”…

Ex-gov imposed commissioners, advisers, others on successorFederal lawmakers protest, ask Tinubu to intervene, why N’Assembly can’t act yet – Reps spokesmanThe list of commissioners, special advisers and other key aides as well as their portfolios was handed over to the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, by his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, Saturday PUNCH gathered.A close aide of the governor, who disclosed this exclusively to Saturday PUNCH, said Fubara had no input into the appointments as his predecessor was solely responsible for their selection and appointment.The source said the resignation of some of the commissioners was a confirmation that they were not…

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared N1.088.783 trillion in November revenue to the federal government, states and local government councils (LGCs).This is according to the communique issued by the FAAC at its meeting on Friday.The communique said that the distributable revenue comprised statutory revenue of N376.306 billion, value-added tax (VAT) revenue of N335.656 billion, electronic money transfer levy (EMTL) revenue of N11.952 billion and exchange difference revenue of N364.869 billion.According to the communique, total revenue of N1.620 trillion was available in the month of November.“Total deductions for cost of collection was N60.960 billion; total transfers, interventions and refunds…

In a distressing incident in Wolverhampton, UK, four Nigerian health workers have been sentenced to prison after being caught on film physically and emotionally abusing an 89-year-old patient with vascular dementia. The elderly woman, unable to speak, suffered ill-treatment and neglect at the care home, prompting her family to install a secret camera. Ame Tunkara, Morounranti Adefila, Danny Ohen, and Bridget Aideyan were all found guilty and sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court. The family noticed signs of abuse, including bruising and increased nervousness, leading them to set up the camera in February 2020. The footage revealed shocking mistreatment, including rough handling,…

Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Friday clarified that he was exhausted and diagnosed with malaria following reports that he collapsed at his 61st birthday colloquium held Thursday in Abuja. Akpabio was reported to have slumped after the event while seeing President Bola Tinubu off at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja and was rushed to the hospital.Addressing reporters on Friday at the Senate, Akpabio, who did not confirm whether he slumped or not, said he had malaria, worsened by stress.He said, “What eventually happened after the event was a show of humanity. I went home and I called my doctors and…

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) says it has spent over N17bn at the Bauchi State University, Gadau for various infrastructure-related interventions from 2012 to date.The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono, disclosed this on Friday during the inauguration of the N1.025bn Central Library Complex constructed at the main campus of the university by the Fund.Represented by TETFund’s Director of Monitoring and Evaluation, Oladimeji Babatunde, Echono explained that the university had enjoyed robust support of the Fund since it was enlisted as a beneficiary in 2012. This, he said, had helped the university to assert itself as an outstanding institution…

The Nigeria Immigration Service has said it is investigating the alleged extortion of a United States-based Nigerian Professor, Moyo Okediji, by men of the service.Okediji had on Tuesday taken to his Facebook page to post about how he gave $40 to some immigration officers who accosted him at the Seme border and demanded to be “settled” after they conducted a search on him.Okediji, a Professor of Arts and History at the University of Texas, United States, wrote that after he was released by the men of the Immigration, whom he said “were many”, he discovered that $500 had also gone…

The Northern Governors Forum has asked the Federal Government to redouble its efforts to tackle the menace of banditry, kidnapping, terrorism and other related security challenges bedeviling the region.The governors also said they are working collectively to ensure that the tragic accidental military airstrike in Tundun Biri, Kaduna State is thoroughly investigated with a view to compensating the victims and taking corrective measures so as to prevent future occurrence.In his opening remarks at the governors meeting in Kaduna on Friday, the chairman of the forum and governor of Gombe State, Inuwa Yahaya, noted that security challenges have drastically affected socio-economic…

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sealed the premises of Ready Finance Investors Limited for engaging in illegal investment and other capital market activities.This was made known in a statement issued by the commission, where it stated that the office situated at Flat 5, AYA Memorial Plaza, Nkwere Street, Area 11, Garki, Abuja was sealed up and shut down on Tuesday for offering a range of financial investment services and schemes suggestive of a covert Ponzi scheme.It noted that the scheme entices clients with promises of fixed returns on investment, contingent upon the specific package to which a client…