Author: Kwara Reporters

Nigeria will rollout 100 electric buses in a step towards a sustainable and eco-friendly future, President Bola Tinubu said Saturday. The “pioneering initiative” is to “significantly” reduce Nigeria’s carbon footprint and modernise the country’s transportation systems,” Tinubu said in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on the margins of the COP28 climate summit.”This initiative stands as a testament to our dedication to environmental stewardship as clearly exemplified through our collaboration with the Africa Carbon Market Initiative. Our visionary plan is a strategic guidepost, directing Nigeria towards becoming an investment-friendly destination for carbon market investments,” presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale quoted his principal as saying.”We…

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has lifted the suspension placed on the Part G Operation Specifications of United Nigeria Airlines.This is coming following the suspension of the Part G Operation Specifications of UNA by the NCAA after one of its aircraft landed passengers at the Asaba international airport, on Sunday, rather than their destination, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja.The airline had blamed “poor weather” for the diversion of the Abuja-bound flight to Asaba, the Delta State capital.However, in a statement dated December 1, 2023, made available to Channels Television, the NCAA said its investigation into the unfortunate incident…

An Ondo State Magistrates court sitting in Akure has arraigned Mubarak Akadiri for allegedly killing Sidikat Adamolekun, a 62-year-old retired head teacher.The 18-year-old suspect, who is also the son of the victim’s housemaid, stands accused of killing Adamolekun after she caught him stealing her phone, valued at N66,000.During his arraignment in court on Friday, the teenage suspect confessed to bludgeoning the victim to death by repeatedly hitting her head with a wooden stool.He explained, “As usual, I went to the house to work, and I later came back to steal her Samsung phone. However, she caught me after I stole…

President Bola Tinubu has restated his administration’s commitment to end terrorism, kidnapping, banditry and other criminal activities in the country.He stated this on Saturday during the 7th and 8th combined convocation of the Federal University Dutsin-Ma (FUDMA), Katsina State.Represented by Prof. Abdulkarim Mohammed, Vice Chancellor, Federal University Dutse (FUD), Mr Tinubu said the government was greatly concerned about the security situation in the country.He said that his administration was fully committed to defeating terrorism, kidnapping, banditry and other criminal activities, especially in the northern part of the country.The President, however, said this could not be achieved without the support and…

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said nine passengers sustained varying degrees of burns in an auto crash on Ogbomoso-Oyo Expressway.The sector commander in the state, Joshua Adekanye, confirmed the incident to journalists in Ibadan on Sunday.He said the accident, which occurred on Saturday, involved a trailer and a truck at Sekona area along Ogbomoso – Oyo Expressway.Mr Adekanye said that nine out of the total 13 people involved in the accident got burnt while four others escaped unhurt.“The accident happened around 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, and the truck vehicle caught fire while the trailer collided with it.“The actual cause…

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,…