Author: Kwara Reporters

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…

The Central Bank of Nigeria has instructed all its branches nationwide to continue issuing various denominations of both old and redesigned banknotes in ample quantities to deposit money banks.The apex bank disclosed this in a statement signed by its Director, Corporate Communications, Isa AbdulMumin, and posted on its X handle on Wednesday.This comes in response to reports of cash shortages in major cities, despite earlier assurances from the CBN about sufficient cash availability nationwide.Part of the statement read, “For the avoidance of doubt, while reiterating that there are sufficient banknotes across the country for all normal economic activity, we wish…

President Bola Tinubu has signed the N2.17 trillion 2023 Supplementary Budget into law.Tinubu assented to the Supplementary Budget at his office in the Presidential Villa Abuja, on Wednesday, in the presence of Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas.Others who witnessed the signing formalities include Senate Leader, Sen Opeyemi Bamidele; Chairman Senate Committee on Finance, Sen Olamilakan Adeola; Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abubakar Kabir Abubakar; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume; Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu and Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Zachs Adedeji.The Supplementary…

Justice Olukayode Adeniyi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court has granted former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, bail.The judge ordered that Emefiele be released immediately to his lawyers, who were charged with the responsibility of producing him in court for his arraignment next week or at any other day.According to the judge, the ex-bank chief must also deposit his travel documents before the chief registrar of the court, pending his arraignment.The judge also pointed out that there must be an end to detention, without trial.The court must also not overlook the fact that he…

The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) of the November 11, 2023 election in the Kogi State, Murtala Ajaka, says Governor Yahaya Bello wants to do force a successor on the people of the North Central state.“He (Bello) wants to force a successor on the people of Kogi State,” Ajaka alleged on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Tuesday.The SDP candidate also alleged threat to his life in Ayangba in the Dekina Local Government Area of the state early Tuesday.“They thought I was there; their target was to get me assassinated,” Ajaka alleged. “They came between 3am and…

A car dealer, Olatubosun Gafar, has become distressed after a customer, Segun Opeyemi, sent him a fake alert of N6.2m and absconded with one of his cars, in the Ijebu Ode area of Ogun State.It was gathered that Opeyemi walked into Gafar’s office last Wednesday and told him that he was interested in buying a Toyota Camry 2014 model Spyder, parked in the compound.According to the 39-year-old, Opeyemi returned on Thursday morning, made payment for the car and also sent the receipt to him on WhatsApp messenger.However, Gafar explained that Opeyemi after payment requested to test drive the car and…