Author: Kwara Reporters

As the world marks the 35th annual World AIDS Day on December 1, 2023, DevComs call on all stakeholders to renew their commitment to the global fight against HIV/AIDS and stand united in the pursuit of ending the epidemic within Nigeria’s borders.Themed “Led communities lead” this year’s World AIDS Day serves as a poignant reminder of the urgent need to address health disparities and work collectively to achieve the ambitious targets set forth by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).In the late 1990s and 2000s Nigeria, recognizing the gravity of the HIV/AIDS challenge, intensified its efforts to curb…

The Anambra State Aids Control Agency (ANSACA) says no fewer than 98,960 people are living with HIV/AIDS in Anambra.Dr Afam Obidike, commissioner for health in Anambra, gave the statistics on Thursday in Awka during a media briefing ahead of 2023 World AIDS Day, observed every Dec. 1 since 1988.World AIDS Day is commemorated globally to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS and honour the lives of those affected by the epidemic.This year’s commemoration had the global theme ‘Let Communities Lead” and domesticated in Nigeria as ‘Communities’ Leadership to end AIDS by 2030′.Mr Obidike said: “With the national prevalence of 1.4…

The Sarkin Fulani of Kwara State, Alh Usman Adamu, his brother, and one Gidado Idris have been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin for conspiracy to kidnap and kidnapping itself.The trio of convicts were sentenced on Thursday.They were accused of kidnapping Abubakar Ahmad and allegedly collected a ransom of N1 million before his eventual release after spending 20 days in captivity.The kidnapping incident happened in the middle of 2022.Kwara State Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Idowu Ayoola brought the three defendants before the court for alleged conspiracy to kidnap and kidnapping itself.In her…

Excitement, encomiums and accolades continue to pour in for the Founder Kayode Adamolekun Foundation, Engr Kayode Adamolekun as his foundation commenced distribution of yuletide package to aged in Ekiti State.The foundation is distributing clothe, rice, vegetable oil and N5000 cash to aged women in Gboyin local government area, Ekiti State to celebrate Christmas and New Year.These package according to him aimed putting smile on faces of less privileged and aged persons amidst economic hardship in the country. The foundation Yuletide Package has turned silence environment created by economic hardship to bubbling and carnival with jubilation from beneficiaries across strata of the…

A Kano State Shari’a court sitting in Rijiyar Lemu has ordered the remand of a woman, Hafsa Ibrahim, for hitting her husband, Jamilu Muhammad, with a local pressing iron.The suspect also allegedly cut 90 sets of her husband’s clothes into pieces over suspicion that he chatted with other women on his phone.The prosecutor, Usman Shuaibu Dala, told the court that aside from the suspect injuring her husband and cutting her husband’s clothes with scissors, she also seized his handset worth N80,000.Although the defendant denied the allegations, the Khadi, Umar Sunusi Dan Baba, adjourned the case to December 11, 2023, while…

The Olofin of Isheri and Adimula of Awori Kingdom, Oba Sulaimon Bamgbade, on Thursday said the Aworis were the first settlers in Lagos.Bamgbade urged the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, to retrace the origin of the Benin Kingdom to Ile Ife, like the Aworis have always done.This is coming in response to a recent comment by Oba Ewuare II, who traced the origin of Lagos to the Benis.It was reported that the monarch’s comment has elicited opposition from a prominent Awori monarch, the Olota of Ota, Oba Adeyemi Obalanlege; some academics and a Lagos chief, among others.Oba Ewuare II…

The federal government says there is an alarming surge of over 80 per cent in food importation between 2019 and 2023.Kingsley Uzoma, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Agribusinesses and Productivity Enhancement (SSAP), disclosed this at the national policy dialogue on Thursday in Abuja.The policy dialogue is tagged “Deepening Partnership for Scaling-Up of Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) for Smallholder Farmers in Nigeria.”It was organised by the federal government, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the National Information and Technology Development Agency (NITDA).He said that no fewer than 88.5 million Nigerians were faced with…

Oregon Tool Incorporated, a U.S.-based company that sells farming equipment and precision cutting tools, has reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to pay $1.7 million fine for shipping multibillion-naira worth of tools to two Nigerian fraudsters known as ‘Yahoo Boys’, without carrying out due diligence, documents obtained by Peoples Gazette showed.Regulators from the U.S. government accused Oregon Tool Inc. of enabling two Internet scammers of Nigerian descent to use their company as an intermediary to collect fraud proceeds in exchange for agricultural equipment. “The USAO (U.S. Attorney Office for the District of Oregon) will not criminally prosecute the…

The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, says the promised automation of the passport application process will begin “in the next one week”.Tunji-Ojo first gave the assurance to Nigerians in an October 4 interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, saying citizens would be able to use the feature from December.In a follow-up appearance on Tuesday’s edition of the programme, he stated that the technology was “99 percent done”.“In fact, we’ve done the testing and we should be going live in the next one week or thereabout. As I said, that will ensure that Nigerians, all they need to do in an…

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that the old N200, N500, N1000 notes should continue to co-exist with the new notes till further notice.The apex court ruled that both old and new notes should continue to remain legal tender until the Federal Government put a process in place for its replacement or redesign after due consultation with relevant stakeholders.The seven-man panel led by Justice Inyang Okoro gave the ruling following an application by the Federal Government seeking asking the court to grant an extension of time for old naira notes to remain in circulation as a legal tender.The Federal Government…