Author: Kwara Reporters

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…

…Insists N17bn Kept In Secret Bank By Abdulrazaq Must Be Accounted ForThe Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has emphatically demanded an immediate stoppage of the proposed N17.8 billion expenditure earmarked for the renovation of Kwara Hotel by Abdulrazaq’s led APC government, describing it as insensitive and misplaced priority. The PDP in a statement signed by its State Publicity Secretary, Olusegun Olusola Adewara (Sholyments) said in the face of economic challenges confronting our citizens, such an exorbitant spending plan requires detailed clarification. It is also important for Abdulrahman to tell Kwarans whether the intention is to demolish the…

Some residents of Lagos State have raised the alarm over the spike in cases of kidnappings in the state in recent times.PUNCH Metro learnt that the incidents had largely been recorded on the Mainland, particularly in the Alimosho and Amuwo Odofin Local Government Areas of the state.It was also gathered that wealthy people were the soft targets for the abductors who demanded huge ransoms.Checks by our correspondent on Thursday also revealed that the significant rise in the trend became noticeable in the areas around August.The most recent, however, is the abduction of a car dealer popularly known as Ejike Conversion…

In what appears to be an indication of a worsening crisis in Rivers State, the number of commissioners that have resigned from Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s cabinet has risen to four.They are the Commissioner for Works and staunch loyalist of former Governor Nyesom Wike, Dr George-Kelly Alabo; the Commissioner for Ministry of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation, Mrs Inime Chinwenwo-Aguma; Commissioner for Finance, Isaac Kamalu; Commissioner for Special Duties, Emeka Woke.Their resignation came hours after the state Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, Prof Zacchaeus Adangor, resigned his position earlier on Thursday.In the letter dated December 14 and addressed to the governor…

The Supreme Court has reversed the decision of the Court of Appeal discharging and acquittal of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu on the case of treason against him.The apex court held that although he was illegally brought back to Nigeria from Kenya when he jumped bail, that development could not have divested the trial court of the jurisdiction to continue his trial.Details shortly… 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 on +2349064433505 or reach us…

Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo has sacked 33 directors under his ministry.Aviation experts on Thursday described the development as a “clean sweep and reversal of the last-minute appointments” made by the immediate past administration of President Muhammadu Buhari when Senator Hadi Sirika was minister of Aviation.Sirika, on May 23, 2023, a week before the expiration of the Buhari administration, appointed 33 directors and also appointed a new managing director for the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA).He also created directorates that were hitherto non-existent in all the agencies.But six months later,…

The Nigeria Labour Congress, on Thursday, warned the Federal Government against heeding the advice of the World Bank to increase the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit popularly called petrol to N750/litre.The NLC’s Head of Information, Benson Upah, in an interview with The PUNCH, said any further increase in the price of petrol would lead to anarchy in the country.He, therefore called on the government to reject the proposal of the World Bank that petrol should sell at about N750/litre, as against the current rate of between N620 and N650/litre in most locations across the country.This came as oil marketers…