Author: Kwara Reporters

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…

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…