Author: Kwara Reporters

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…

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…