Author: Kwara Reporters

The recent bombing incident during the celebration of Moulud Nabiyi in Kaduna has been strongly condemned by Alhaji Omar Aiyelabegan, Chairman of the Northern Concerned People Forum. This tragic event highlights the recurring problem of mistaken identity and errors in judgment within our nation.It is disheartening that incidents like these are dismissed as mere “mistakes” or “errors in judgment.” We cannot tolerate such occurrences any longer. This is not the first time we have witnessed such a tragedy. We remember incidents in Borno State where innocent people were mistakenly targeted and killed, believing them to be Boko Haram gatherings. It…

The Lagos State government has sealed a mosque, some churches and hotels in the state over environmental infractions.The commissioner of environment and water resources, Tokunbo Wahab, confirmed this in his X handle on Thursday.Mr Wahab said officials of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) carried out the operation on Wednesday.He listed the sealed premises as Ifelodun Mosque, Children of God Healing Deliverance and Adoration Ministry, City of Testimony Church, Cherubim & Seraphim (Ayo ni), Station of Relief Christ Ministry and Redeemed Christian Church of God (Sanctuary of Favour).Others were Euphoria Night Club, Mainland Leisure View Hotel, House 46 Hotel…

Vice President Kashim Shettima has revealed plans by the federal government to build houses, clinics and schools at Tudun Biri village in Igabi Local Government area of Kaduna State.The spokesman of the vice president, Stanley Nkwocha, in a statement on Thursday, said Mr Shettima made this known when he visited the victims of the drone misfire at the hospital in Kaduna.Mr Shettima visited the victims at the Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital in Kaduna, where some of the casualties, most of whom are women and children, are receiving treatment.Some Muslim faithful observing the Maulud celebration were mistakenly killed, and many others…

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) and five other political parties have formed a coalition.Involved in the coalition are the African Democratic Congress (ADC), the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the Young Progressives Party (YPP) and the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP).The movement tagged ‘the Coalition of Concerned Political Parties (CCPP)’ was formed in Abuja yesterday at a meeting attended by leaders of the seven political parties at the National Secretariat of the SDP.A former vice president and presidential candidate of the PDP in the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, had, last…

The Nigerian government has signed a Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) with Kuwait for the commencement of direct flights.This was disclosed by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, on his X handle (formerly Twitter).BASA is an air transport agreement between two countries that allows designated airlines to operate commercial flights, covering the transportation of passengers and cargo.According to the Keyamo, the agreement was signed at the ongoing International Civil Aviation Negotiation (ICAN) event organised by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.The agreement, he stated, would facilitate the commencement of direct flights (passengers and…

Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, speaks about the July 1, 2021 midnight invasion of his Ibadan home by operatives of the Department of State Services and the future of the Yoruba Nation struggle in an email interview with BOLA BAMIGBOLADid you expect that President Muhammadu Buhari would send security forces after you when you started the struggle for Yoruba Nation?I was not expecting the government of former President Muhammadu Buhari to send security agents after me because our struggle for the actualisation of the Yoruba nation was constitutional, peaceful and legitimate. We were very…

The chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, Adams Oshiomhole, has raised the alarm that prisoners from foreign countries are working at construction sites in Nigeria.He spoke in Abuja on Wednesday when the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, appeared before the National Assembly Joint Committees on Interior for a budget defence session.“Your ministry needs to regulate the issuance of the quotas very well as I have it on good authority that prisoners from foreign lands are working in Nigeria as construction workers,” Oshiomhole told the minister.He said though it was heartwarming that the ministry surpassed its revenue targets on the…

Kwara State Police Command at the weekend arrested a self-professed herbalist, Sultan Ojuwoni, also known as Atakoro, for alleged rape and fraud.It was gathered that the herbalist allegedly raped a 21-year-old fashion-design apprentice, identified as Firdaus Jimoh, in his shrine located in Ibadan.It was gathered that the victim had sought refuge with her mom’s friend, Alhaja Omowumi, after a disagreement with her mother in Ilorin. According to The Nigerian Tribune, a source said “Firdaus went to temporarily live with her mom’s friend, Alhaja Omowumi, when she had a minor domestic difference with her mother because the house is closer to the…

On Tuesday, the Debt Management Office (DMO) announced the offer for subscription of four federal government bonds valued at N360 billion through auction.According to a statement issued by the DMO, the first offer is an April 2029 FGN bond valued at N90 billion at an interest rate of 14.55 per cent per annum (10-year reopening).The second offer is a June 2033 FGN bond valued at N90 billion, at a 14.70 per cent interest rate per annum (10-year reopening).There is also the June 2038 FGN bond valued at N90 billion, at an interest rate of 15.45 per cent per annum (15-year…

Presidential aircraft, Falcon 900B, has been put up for sale, with the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) asking interested persons to submit their bids for the purchase of the aircraft.This was disclosed in a Monday tweet on NAF’s X page where it said the aircraft was put up for sale following the Federal Government’s approval.INVITATION TO TENDER SALE OF NIGERIAN AIR FORCE FALCON 900B AIRCRAFT pic.twitter.com/cDE1OM7JfP— Nigerian Air Force (@NigAirForce) December 4, 2023“The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved the sale of Falcon 900B aircraft owned by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF),” NAF said in a flyer calling for the bid.“In…