Author: Kwara Reporters

Omowunmi Aloba, the widow of 27-year-old deceased singer IleriOluwa Aloba alias Mohbad, told the Coroner Inquest sitting at Ikorodu on Tuesday that Mohbad had died long before he was declared dead due to past incidents of bullying, psychological trauma, and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency arrest.Mohbad’s widow testified that he died in his room on Tuesday, September 12, 2023, in the afternoon.She said before his death, he had showered and wasn’t feeling okay, so he asked that they switch on the air conditioner in his room, but the AC wasn’t working, so they rushed him to the son’s room.Omowunmi…

Three suspects allegedly involved in passport racketeering have been arrested by operatives of the Ondo State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS).The suspects, identified as Etaoghere Cyril, Okunika Joy, and Adehaka Blessing, were paraded at the NIS passport office in Akure, the capital of the state.Parading the suspects, the command’s Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent Oladapo Bayode, said they charged N80,500 for a 32-page, five-year validity passport, N100,500 for a 64-page, five-year validity passport, and N165,000 for a 64-page, 10-year validity passport.According to Bayode, the action of the racketeers is against the widely publicised cost of passports on the…

Organised labour comprising of the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress on Tuesday declared a total nationwide strike effective Tuesday, November 14, 2023.The leadership of the two unions reached the resolution after an extraordinary National Executive Council meeting on Tuesday in Abuja, an official told The PUNCH under the condition of anonymity because he was not permitted to disclose details ahead of a scheduled press release by the labour centres.The PUNCH had earlier reported that the leadership of the NLC and the TUC summoned what the unions described as an extraordinary NEC meeting.The aim of…

When Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, was established in 1983, it was envisioned to pursue the advancement of learning and academic excellence.Degree available for N2 million – N3 million None of those involved in the establishment of the noble project could have foreseen that less than four decades down the line, all it would take for intellectually lazy people to get a degree approved by the school Senate would be N2 million to N3 million.All the interested person needs are the required amount of money – which can vary depending on the department of choice – and an O-level certificate and…

Borno government has approved the release of over N500 millionto pay registration fees for 19 medical students and 93 nursing students for further studies.The executive secretary of the Borno State Scholarship Board, Bala Isa, said on Tuesday while announcing the development in Maiduguri.According to Mr Isa, the 19 medical students are at Suez University of Egypt, and the 93 nursing students are at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) nursing school.The executive secretary said the scholarship was part of Governor Babagana Zulum’s administration’s commitment to Borno’s 25-year development plan and the 10-year strategic transformation initiative.Mr Zulum said his administration…

The federal government is ready to support Adire, a locally-produced fabric, with some form of subsidy to enhance its production.The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, disclosed this to journalists on Saturday during her visit to the Adire Mall at Itoku in Abeokuta.Ms Edu, who also visited the fabric’s production grounds at Asero, said the government would create an industrial hub nationwide to further boost revenue for market women.She, therefore, assured market women of the government’s intention to ensure the fabric became known worldwide.”This is why there is a need for government to ban the importation of…

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has slashed regulated bus and train fares in the state by 25%, effective Tuesday, November 7, 2023.Spokesperson for the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Kolawole Ojelabi, made this known in a statement on Monday.According to him, the governor’s directive followed calls for the reinstatement of the 50% rebate on fare for regulated bus and rail transport.The governor had on August 2, 2023 announced a 50% discount in fare on regulated transport bus and rail transport which ended on Sunday.“Following appeals to the governor, he has extended the passenger fare reduction by 25% across the…

The Rivers State Police Command said it had begun the probe of the death of another female student of the University of Port Harcourt whose body was found in her apartment in Aluu, Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state.The lady simply identified as Adaeze was said to be a 200-level undergraduate of Accounting, though the cause of her death could not be ascertained as of the time of filing this report on Monday afternoon.Adaeze’s lifeless body was found in her off-campus residence in Aluu, a community near the university.This came barely two weeks after the decomposing body of a…

At least 25 people, including women and children, were reportedly killed as bandits attacked a gathering of Maulud celebrants in Kusa, a community in Musawa LGA of Katsina State.This is even as no fewer than 15 rice farmers from the Zabarmari community of Borno State, who were harvesting crops in Karkut, Bulabulin and Koshebe in Mafa LGA of the state, were said to have been killed following a clash between suspected Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists.There were conflicting figures as to the number of fatalities in the Katsina attack, as locals said 25 were killed, even as the police said…

The Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Yaba, on Monday, sent back to custody a 37-year-old auxiliary nurse, Fisayo Ogedengbe, arrested by the police in connection with the controversial death of hip hop artiste, Ilerioluwa Aloba, alias Mohbad.The nurse, it was alleged, gave the late singer some injections that resulted in his death.In the same vein, the magistrate, Adeola Olatunbosun, ordered that Mohbad’s friend, Ayobani Sadiq, also being held as a suspect in the case, should be returned to police custody.The magistrate, however, granted bail in the sum of N20m to each of Mohbad’s ex-boss, Azeez Fashola, aka Naira Marley, and…