Author: Kwara Reporters

No fewer than four persons have been confirmed dead in accidents that occurred in different parts of Lagos State on Monday.Confirming one of the accidents, the Federal Road Safety Corps, Lagos State Sector Commander, Babatunde Farinloye, said a military man, his wife and a motorcycle rider died instantly at the Dantata bus stop along the Badagry Expressway.He said, “The accident happened at the Dantata bus stop involving a military man, his wife and the bike rider who died on the spot. According to an eyewitness, the bike man was trying to ram into a private truck that was trying to…

The police command in Nasarawa has arrested 21-year-old Habu Yusuf for allegedly raping a five-year-old girl in the Nasarawa Eggon LGA.The acting police commissioner, Shettima Mohammed, disclosed this on Monday at the command’s headquarters in Lafia.According to the police chief, the suspect, who had previously raped two of his elder brother’s eight and 10-year-old daughters, was arrested following painstaking efforts by officers of the command and has confessed to his crime.The police commissioner said, “Recently, a complaint was lodged at Nasarawa Eggon Division by one Justina Samuel that she returned from the market and found out that her five-year-old daughter…

No fewer than 500 private legal practitioners have volunteered to defend Nasir Gawuna, the Kano governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, at the Supreme Court.Joseph Onwudiwe, a spokesperson for the lawyers under the aegis of the Guardians of Democracy and Rule of Law, stated this at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday.Mr Onwudiwe said the gesture was to enhance the country’s democracy.“Nigerians have observed keenly the situation unfolding in Kano state regarding the March 18 governorship election. As a group saddled with the onerous responsibility of safeguarding our democratic ethos and values, we are no longer comfortable with…

Amid raging criticism over Nigeria’s large delegation to Dubai for the COP28 climate summit, the Federal Government said the Federal Federal Government only sponsored 422 delegates out of the 1,411 Nigerians reported to be at the conference.A source in the Presidency had on Sunday night told Daily Trust that the number of delegates sponsored by the government was less than 100.But the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, in a statement on Monday said 422 delegates were chosen from the Presidency, National Council on Climate Change, Federal Ministry of Environment, All Ministries, Office of the Vice President, National…

Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Monday, announced that his venture capital/private equity firm, Afri-Venture Capital Company Limited, will begin operations in 2024.In a post on X, El-Rufai said through the firm, he hopes to finance, nurture, and mentor Nigerian innovators and entrepreneurs to become the next Dangote Group shortly.The plan, he said, was to launch a $100 million venture capital fund for startups in Nigeria, particularly those in the Kaduna tech ecosystem.The former governor said he would be working with private sector partners, including the co-founder of Excredite Consulting Limited, Eyo Ekpo, among others.“I can confirm that our…

A chief magistrates’ court in Ikeja on Monday ordered the remand of a 35-year-old man, Idowu Shoyede, who allegedly defiled his neighbour’s 16-year-old daughter.The police charged Mr Shoyede, of Oredola Street, Iju Ishaga, Lagos, with defilement.The magistrate, E. Kubeinje, who did not take Mr Shoyede’s plea, ordered the police to duplicate the case file and send the same to the office of Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions for advice.She directed that the defendant be kept in a custodial facility pending the advice.Ms Kubeinje, who frowned at the high rate of child defilement in the state, adjourned the case until…

One person has been feared dead in a fire that occurred in the early hours of Monday at a residential building in the Adealu area of Lagos State.The Director, of Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, disclosed this in a statement made available to PUNCH Online.According to the Lagos Fire Service boss, the fire engulfed the upper floor of a storey building with four flats but the quick intervention of emergency responders helped to curtail its spread.However, one yet-to-be-identified male adult was a victim of the fire and was suspected to be dead as of the time the…

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has denied being involved in a bombing that left many villagers killed at Tudun Biri village in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.Sources from Kaduna had in an earlier report alleged that a jet operated by NAF had dropped a bomb around 9pm on Sunday, when villagers gathered for Maulud celebration, leaving several casualties.Reacting to this claim, the Air Force through its spokesman, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, noted that NAF has not carried out any air operation in Kaduna within the last 24 hours.Commodore Gabkwet further asserted that NAF is not the only Service…

Many have been reportedly killed in an air strike allegedly carried out by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) at Tudun Biri village in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.The incident is said to have occurred around 9pm on Sunday, when villagers gathered for Maulud celebration.Although the Air force is yet to confirm the attack, a source in the community told our correspondent that the villagers were mistakenly bombed in the air strike with the intention that they were bandits who were migrating from neighboring Zamfara State to camp in Tudun Biri village.The source further stated that the incident has…

…insists Gov Abdulrahman partnered his cronies to perpetrate lootingThe Kwara State People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has described as deceptive and uninspiring the explanation offered by the State government on the looting of properties of the state-owned Kwara Hotel. In a statement issued on Monday by its State Publicity Secretary, Olusegun Olusola Adewara (Sholyments), the Party said the statement released on behalf of the government by the Commissioner of Business, Innovation, and Technology (BIT), Damilola Yusuf, was not only deceitful but taking Kwara people for fools as the statement failed the simple test of logic and rationality. According to the Party, the government’s…