Author: Kwara Reporters

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…

Prince Fagbemi, RT. Hon. Danladi, Hon. Odetundun, Hon. Jide Oyinloye welcome PDP decampees to APC in OmuaranThe ancient town of Omuaran was set agog with fun and merriment on the afternoon of Sunday the 4th of December. The secretariat of Irepodun local government was the venue for the reception of large numbers of PDP stalwarts consisting of formerly elected council legislators, party executives, critical opinion moulders, political influencers and vibrant youths. These repentant converts are eagerly announcing their new status as they chorused Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq is “our leader”, in response to the slogan of APC. The state party chairman, prince Sunday…

The Senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Saliu Mustapha has described the appointment of Dr. Lawal Olorungbebe of the Kwara State University as the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the Governor of Kwara State on Community Development as a round peg in a round hole.Olorungbebe, a university lecturer and community development expert, was announced on Sunday as a senior aide to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazak.Reacting to the appointment in a statement issued from his media office in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, the Senator described the appointment as a pleasant development that further underscores the Governor’s…

The federal government has disbursed N135.4 billion to states and the FCT after the second independent assessment of results achieved under the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES).NG-CARES is a World Bank-assisted $750 million performance for results programme.The national coordinator of the NG-CARES programme, Dr Abdulkarim Obaje, made this known in a statement by Suleiman Odapu, information and communication officer, NG-CARES, on Sunday in Abuja.Mr Obaje said the funds were disbursed based on the results achieved by the States and FCT in their efforts at supporting poor and vulnerable Nigerians under the NG-CARES programme.“The top three best-performing states…

Angry youth bathe Igbokwe with acid in Anambra Igbokwe has been subjected to a horrific acid attack by unidentified individuals. Christopher Obianefo Igbokwe, a resident of Okpunoeze Uruagu, Nnewi, Anambra State, has been subjected to a horrific acid attack by unidentified individuals. The incident, which occurred recently, has left Mr. Igbokwe in excruciating pain and distress. The victim, known to be a relative of Chief Joe Igbokwe, the Special Adviser on Drainage and Water Resources to Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, suffered severe injuries as the attackers specifically targeted his face with the acid. A video circulating on social media displays the extent of…

Senate moves against govs over local governmentsThe Senate on Friday intervened in the trend by state governors to dissolve elected local government councils and replace them with caretaker committees by asking the Federal Government to withhold the statutory allocations to such undemocratic councils.The resolution was contained in a motion the Senate passed in Abuja at a session presided over by its president, Godswill Akpabio.The motion was moved by the Minority Leader, Abba Moro (Benue-South), who drew the legislature’s attention to the decision of the Benue State governor, Hyacinth Alia, to dissolve the local government councils in the state. The Senate also…

The executive chairman of the Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS), Jerry Adams, says they have eliminated all tax leakages and corrupt practices, where the state emerges fifth in IGR collection in Nigeria.Mr Adams said this on Saturday in Kaduna at the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) Kaduna and District Society’s 2023 Annual Tax Week dinner.The theme of the week was: “Taxation: A Panacea to Economic Growth and Development”.Mr Adams, represented by Ibrahim Galadima, said that KADIRS had enthroned an exemplary record in the collection of taxes.He said, “Apparently, all our processes are automated and payments can be…