Author: Kwara Reporters

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…

The Kaduna government has reiterated its readiness to conduct surgical castration for male rapists and bilateral salpingectomy for their female rapers.Rabi Salisu, the ministry of human services and social development commissioner disclosed this on Tuesday at a press briefing in Kaduna.Ms Salisu spoke at the gender-based stakeholders conference organised by the ministry in collaboration with the Centre for Integrated and Health Programmes (CIHP).Ms Salisu said the punitive measures were contained under the Kaduna government’s Violence Against Persons Prohibition Law (VAPPL), 2018.“The law followed a lengthy process of advocacy, lobbying and awareness raising by civil society organisations in the state in…

…describes late lawmakers as true democrats The Chairman Senate Committee on Agricultural Production and Rural Development in the National Assembly, Senator Saliu Mustapha has expressed shock over the demise of the former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. AbdulYekeen Sidiq Alajagusi who passed away Tuesday morning.In a condolence message issued from his media office in Ilorin, the Kwara Central Senator described the death of Alajagusi who represented Asa/ Ilorin West Federal Constituency in the Green chamber between 2019 and 2023 as a colossal loss to the All Progressives Congress political family, his immediate family, the people of Kwara Central and…

NCC Boss MaidaRising operating costs due to Nigeria’s struggling economy might have forced the country’s telecom operators to reduce the value of data they sell to subscribers.Though the telcos are yet to increase their tariffs despite a 43 % rise in cost of doing business in the industry, the big four operators might have slashed the value of their data going by the pace by which data subscription drains.It was gathered that a N2,000 data bundle by an average internet user now gets depleted within three to five days.This could last between three weeks and four weeks before the economy…

The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, says passport front offices are scheduled to open in some major cities across the United Kingdom, including Manchester, Birmingham, and Cardiff (Wales), in three months.Speaking on the Tuesday edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today, the minister addressed the concerns of Nigerians in the diaspora over difficulties renewing their passports at foreign missions.“I think there are only two places where we have this challenge now, realistically. I think in the UK, precisely, London and in the US — precisely, in New York. And that has to do with the concentration of Nigerians,” Tunji-Ojo admitted.Zeroing in…

Nollywood actor, Amaechi Monagor, has recently been diagnosed with kidney disease, diabetes, and stroke during his three-week hospital admission.His cousin, Tony, shared this health update on Facebook, stating that Monagor was currently contending with kidney disease, diabetes, and stroke.In his post on Sunday, Tony wrote, “This picture was taken two weeks ago when I visited my cousin Amaechi Monagor (Aguiyi) at the Nnewi Teaching Hospital. I initially had wanted to quietly assist as much as I could but later decided to make this post to clarify some things so that my friends, fans, and Amaechi’s fans, and indeed the online…