Author: Kwara Reporters

The World Bank has said the federal government may still be paying for petrol subsidy as fuel prices in Nigeria are currently not cost-reflective.It said Nigerians should pay about N750 per litre as against the current price of N650 in some places.Our correspondent reports that petrol is already selling at around N690 in Kano and Sokoto, and over N700 per litre in far northeastern states of Yobe and Borno.With current prices, many Nigerians have parked their vehicles even as costs of basic necessities of life have skyrocketed and value of income of citizens eroded by inflation.Many observers have already condemned…

Federal Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education have been taken off from the Integrated Personnel Payment System (IPPIS).The approval for the exemption was given by the Federal Executive Council at its meeting on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa Abuja.The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman disclosed this while briefing State House Correspondents alongside other ministers on the outcome of the FEC meeting, and said this takes immediate effect.According to him, FEC also observed that Vice Chancellors of Universities didn’t need to abandon their work to come to Abuja to process the salaries of their personnel.The Federal Government introduced the IPPIS…

Some suspected gunmen said to be dressed in military uniform allegedly kidnapped seven persons along the Fidiwo area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Monday just as one person was shot dead while escaping the attack.A source who spoke on the condition of anonymity told PUNCH Metro that the vehicle conveying the victims was accosted by the gun-wielding armed men who fired sporadically and abducted seven passengers of the vehicle, and escaped with the kidnapped victims into the bush along the expressway.Our correspondent gathered further that a female passenger in another vehicle who saw the attack and attempted to flee was…

Depict image No fewer than 14 shops were reportedly destroyed by fire in two incidents which occurred in the Tanke area of Ilorin in Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State between Tuesday evening and the early hours of Wednesday.At about 6pm on Tuesday, seven shopsat Zion Overcomer, opposite Duro Suleiman House University Road ,Tanke area were reportedly burnt while the second incident also occurred at Tanke Oke-Odo area on University Road, at about 1.30am on Wednesday where another seven shops were destroyed by fire.The Kwara State Fire Service which confirmed the incidents said that its men attended to the…

The Rivers State Government had defended its decision to demolish and rebuild the Rivers State House of Assembly Complex, saying it is due to the structural defects which arose mainly from the recent explosion.He said the fire incident rendered the main building unfit for human use.A statement issued by the Rivers State Commissioner for Information, Mr Joseph Johnson on Wednesday, said after the visit of the governor to inspect the level of damage done to the building on the day of the fire incident, it became necessary to invite professionals to advise the government on the integrity of the building.Dynamites…

A mother and her nine-day-old baby on Wednesday lost their lives in a collapsed building in Ondo State.Daily Trust gathered that the incident happened on Ayedun Street in Akure, the state capital, in the early hours of the day when the deceased and her baby were sleeping inside the one-storey building.Aside from the deceased and her infant, the elder brother and grandmother of the deceased were also injured in the incident.A neighbour, who witnessed the incident, revealed that an overhead water tank newly erected inside compound crashed on the building before it collapsed and wrecked the havoc.He added that the…

Famous Nigerian singer and songwriter, Oluwatobiloba Daniel Anidugbe, known by his stage name Kizz Daniel has revealed his origins.The singer made the revelation via X on Tuesday.According to the “Buga” crooner, he is half Fulani and half Yoruba.“So… I am half Fulani, half Yoruba,” Kizz Daniel wrote.The revelation sparked reactions online, with many people speculating that the singer’s Fulani heritage is from his mother’s side, and then the Yoruba from his father’s side. Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? For Adverts or report call/WhatsApp us…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday declared a former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, wanted over alleged fraud to the tune of $6bn.Agunloye, who served under the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo as a minister between 1999 and 2003, had earlier been invited and quizzed by the anti-graft agency.It was gathered that before Agunloye’s invitation by the commission in September, former President Obasanjo had accused him of mismanaging the power project during his tenure specifically on his failure to brief him on the state of the project.Before his invitation, the former minister had in 2016…

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Wednesday presented the 2024 Appropriation Bill to five members of the state House of Assembly loyal to him.The presentation took place at the Government House in Port Harcourt a few minutes after the state government’s demolition of the House of Assembly Complex.The 27 members of the House loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, were not present at the sitting.The 27 lawmakers recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress.Fubara said the N800 billion budget for the 2024 fiscal year was aimed at promoting economic development…

Kano State has been in the news recently due to the inconsistent judgements issued by the Court of Appeal on the 2023 governorship election. The Chairman of Northern Concerned People Forum, Alhaji Omar Aiyelabegan, has expressed concerns about the situation, stating that it could trigger a crisis similar to that of January 15, 1966, and the 1983 Ondo political crisis.”It makes no meaning to give judgement in favour of the NNPP by setting aside the Tribunal Judgement on one hand with an award of fine against APC, while on the other hand, another judgement confirms the Tribunal Judgement that APC…