Author: Kwara Reporters

President Bola Tinubu and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz were witnesses to the signing of an accelerated performance agreement in Dubai on the Siemens power project in Nigeria.The agreement was signed on the side-line of the ongoing 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP28, by Kenny Anuwe, managing director of FGN power company on behalf of Nigeria.Nadja Haakansson, Siemens Energy’s senior vice-president and managing director for Africa, signed on behalf of the German company.Speaking after signing the agreement, Ms Anuwe highlighted Siemens Energy’s effective delivery of crucial equipment worth more than 63 million Euros to Nigeria since the commencement of the…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it will freeze accounts without a Bank Verification Number (BVN) or National Identification Number (NIN) from April 2024. This is according to a Friday circular by the apex bank which instructed banks to place a “Post no Debit” restriction – which prevents customers from making withdrawals, transfers, or any other debits “for all existing Tier-1 accounts/wallets without BVN or NIN”.“Effective immediately, any unfunded account/wallet shall be placed on ‘Post No Debit or Credit’ until the new process is satisfied. Effective March 1, 2024, all funded accounts or wallets shall be placed on ‘Post No…

A private guards company enlisted to secure the Abuja Rail Mass Transit infrastructure has arrested 13 suspects for allegedly vandalising armoured cables and other railway equipment.Managing director of the security company, Segun Adekola, alongside officials of the Transport Secretariat of the FCT, paraded the suspects before journalists in Abuja on Friday.Mr Adekola said 10 of the suspects were vandals while the three others were buyers of the vandalised equipment.He expressed regret that some of the 100 suspected vandals the company had arrested over the years were released on bail and they went back to the crime.“We have been working with…

A section of Ahmadu Bello University’s Senate building at the Samaru Main Campus, Zaria, has been gutted by fire, a statement has said.A small room housing an electrical distribution board (DB) on the ground floor of the Senate building was affected.Auwalu Umar, the director, public affairs directorate of the university, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Friday.Mr Umar said the fire started around 4:15 p.m., and its cause could not be immediately ascertained, adding that no injuries or casualties have been recorded.He added that the distribution board and some obsolete public address systems have been consumed by the…

The federal government on Friday inaugurated the National Council on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to ease ways of doing small businesses across the country.Charles Odii, the director-general of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), made this known while briefing reporters at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.Vice President Kashim Shettima inaugurated the council.“The council will cascade to the different states, and at the state levels, all state governors are the heads and chairmen of this council.” And, as SMEDAN, we will be the secretariat, and our job basically is to make sure that this council runs,…

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has confirmed the arraignment of 12 agency officers before a disciplinary panel for various offences bordering on corruption.The acting general manager of LASTMA, Olalekan Bakare, confirmed this in a statement on Friday by the agency’s spokesperson Taofiq Adebayo. Mr Bakare said the disciplinary action was in line with the agency’s extant rules, as guided by the Lagos State Civil Service Rules and Regulations.The acting general manager, who was also part of the disciplinary panel, noted that while 11 officers were found guilty of corrupt practices, one officer was exonerated with the report of the…

Founder of the defunct Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujahid Asari Dokubo, has lambasted those saying that Bini people founded Lagos.The argument over ownership of Lagos was reignited after the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, visited Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos, on Sunday.In his address, the traditional ruler said, ‘’It is in the history books that the Binis founded Lagos.”The Oba’s statement has sparked reactions among Lagosians and Nigerians at large, which have forced some people to register their voices on the matter.The Balogun of Eko, Abisoye Oshodi, was the first Lagos indigene to publicly fault the claim…

The Lagos chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has reelected Musiliu ‘MC Oluomo’ Akinsanya as chairman for a second term.Mr Akinsanya, along with his deputy, Sulyman Ojora, Mustapha ‘Sego’ Adekunle (treasurer) and 20 others, were elected unopposed on Thursday at the 10th Quadrennial State Delegates Conference held at the NURTW’s secretariat in Agege.The reelected executive members were sworn in by Adejare Kembi, the principal of Excel Practitioners, in the presence of NURTW’s acting national president, Aliyu Issa Ore, former national secretary Kabiru Ado Yau, controller at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment (Lagos), Eshomounu Itemoagbo…

The All Progressive Congress (APC) has announced the appointment of top chieftains of the party into different standing committees.The appointment, the national secretary of the party, Ajibola Basiru, said was in line with the APC constitution and resolutions reached at the133rd meeting of the Party’s National Working Committee (NWC) held in September.He stated that committees’ major assignment is to support the party in its decision making processes.The list of names published by the secretariat contained 106 chieftains of the party who were grouped into the establishment committee, finance, publicity, conflict resolution and intergovernmental committees.The list also featured ex-officials and serving…

….Condemns ongoing looting of Hotel Properties by Government AgentsThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has demanded explanations from Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq over the current status of the State-owned 4-star Hotel located in Ilorin, the state capital.The Party said it was shocked to see that expensive properties procured by PDP’s administration to ensure the Kwara Hotel stands out among its peers are being looted and sold off with impunity by supposed agents of the Government at ridiculous prices leaving the edifice emptied and desolated.In a statement signed by the State Publicity Secretary, in Kwara, Olusegun Olusola Adewara (Sholyments), PDP…