Author: Kwara Reporters

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Thursday said his predecessor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike remains his principal.The governor stated this in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, at the rededication service of the 2023/2024 Legal Year of the Rivers State Judiciary that was equally attended by Wike. The event was held at the Saint Cyprian’s Anglican Church, Hospital Road in the state capital.He described the recent political crisis in the state as a thing of the past, calling again for peace in the oil-rich state. Fubara noted that Rivers State can if the actors and their supporters…

Kwara Central youth development associations leaders are set to participate in a two-day mentorship training program aimed at enhancing their skills for community development. The program is organized by the Office of the Special Technical Adviser to Senator Saliu Mustapha on Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, and Job Creation, Mallam Nasir Abdulqyadri, and will be conducted in different batches. It is a non-pecuniary initiative.The organizers have designed the batch arrangement to ensure that every youth leader across the four local government areas in the district benefits from the opportunity to the fullest extent.The first training session is scheduled to take place in…

With two days to the off-cycle governorship polls, the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has deployed a new commissioner of police to Imo State.In a statement released on Thursday, Force spokesman Olumuyiwa Adejobi announced that Danjuma Aboki had been deployed as the new police commissioner in Imo state by the IGP.Elections are scheduled to be held in Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi States. While the incumbent Imo governor, Hope Uzodimma and his Bayelsa counterpart, Senator Duoye Diri are seeking re-election on November 11, outgoing Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello, has anointed his Ahmed Ododo as the candidate for his ruling party…

Isese activist Abdulazeez Adegbola, aka Tani Olohun, has said that his former lawyer, Muftau Olobi, was only doing his job by sending a letter of apology to the Muslim community on his behalf.Adegbola, who is currently facing multiple charges for alleged criminal conspiracy, inciting public disturbance, disruption of public peace, criminal defamation of character and intentional insult, was, on November 3, slammed with another lawsuit bordering on the alleged act of burning a Quran.The Isese activist, since his arraignment on August 19, has remained behind bars at the Correctional Service facility at Oke Fura, Ilorin, Kwara State.In an exclusive interview…

The federal government yesterday launched a climate-friendly Cook Stove as part of efforts to curb deforestation and protect women from the health implications of over-dependence on firewood.Speaking during the launch of the device known as Save80 clean Cookstove, in Enugu, the Director General of the National Council on Climate Change, Salisu Dahiru, said deforestation remains one of the ways through which Nigeria contributes to climate change because many households depend on firewood for cooking and charcoal.He said: “We cook in our homes daily and the methods we use to cook affect our health as a result of smoke inhalation as…

Ali was shot dead while testing the protective charm he had collected from a herbalist, according to the police.A43-year-old man, Muhammadu Ali has been shot dead while experimenting with bulletproof charm in Bauchi State, Northeast Nigeria.Ali was shot dead while testing the protective charm he had collected from a herbalist, according to the police.The spokesperson for the Bauchi State Police Command, Ahmed Wakil, confirmed the incident on Wednesday, saying, “We got to the scene and rushed Mr. Ali to the hospital, unfortunately, he was pronounced dead.”Wakil, therefore, counselled the public to desist from patronizing herbalists who defraud unsuspecting victims in…

Aviation unions in Nigeria on Wednesday directed their workers to withdraw services to all public and private Owerri flights (both inwards and outwards) with effect from midnight.The unions said the strike is indefinite until otherwise directed by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC).The unions are the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN), the Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals (ANAP), the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE), and the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporation Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees…

The owners of the vessel, Soljass Maritime Limited have dragged the Nigerian Navy, Chief of Naval Staff, and the Commander of the Nigerian Navy Ship Pathfinder to court for what they referred to as recklessness and bad faith shown by the maritime force.On August 22, members of Operation Delta Safe destroyed the vessel MV Cecilia conveying the Automotive Gas oil (AGO), also known as diesel.Soljass Limited, owners of the vessel MV Cecilia destroyed by the Nigerian Navy instituted legal action against the Nigerian Navy and the Chief of Naval Staff among others.In a suit marked FHC/PH/CS/157/2023 filed at the Federal…

A 35-year-old man, simply identified as “Yellow,” has been apprehended in Ibere, Abia State, for allegedly raping a 5-year-old girl inside a room.The suspect, who was brutally beaten by an angry mob that caught him in the act, confessed to having sexual contact with the innocent child, stating that he lured the girl with groundnuts.“Yellow,” who begged the angry villagers for forgiveness, claimed that he was misled by the “Devil” to commit this heinous act, citing that the chilling weather from the rain had heightened his desires.According to the suspect, he was sitting with some friends, eating groundnuts, when he…

President Bola Tinubu recently stopped the implementation of a hike in electricity tariff and insisted that subsidy be paid on power consumed nationwide, the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, revealed on Wednesday.Adelabu also stated that the Federal Government would investigate the legality of the five-year licence extension given to privatised power distribution and generation companies, stressing that the operating licences of the firms would have expired on October 31, 2023.The minister, who spoke at a press briefing in Abuja, further stated that he would sack any non-performing chief executive in agencies under the power ministry, if their non-performance would make…