Author: Kwara Reporters

Operatives of the Kwara state police command have arrested a middle-aged man who allegedly had sex romps with his girlfriend in Ilorin till she passed on. Already, the police command has commenced full investigations into the incident to find what happened during the marathon sex between the deceased and the suspected girlfriend, now late.It was reliably gathered that The incident happened on Monday afternoon at a Guest House located around the Temidire Community area, Offa garage, Ilorin.It was further gathered that the middle-aged man who owned a barbing saloon was said to have taken his girlfriend who came to visit him…

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and some elders of the state jetted to Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, on Tuesday morning for possible reconciliation of the crisis that rocked the State House of Assembly and the move to impeach the governor.Recall that some elders of the state held a closed-door meeting with Fubara in Government House on Monday evening just when he was about to brief the press, as the scheduled event was called off abruptly after newsmen were kept waiting for over three hours.Our correspondent, who was in Government House on Monday evening, saw the elders arrive, and were…

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday denied claims that it plans to redenominate the country’s currency – Naira – with effect from January 2024.This was disclosed in a statement by the CBN’s Director of Corporate Communications, Isa AbdulMumin, amid claims suggesting the apex bank plans to redenominate the country’s legal tender.“We are concerned that this narrative, which we had refuted before now, appears to be gaining traction with several debates on the implication of such a policy for the Nigerian economy,” the statement read.“We wish to reiterate that the contents of the message are misleading. The authors of the…

The Lagos State Police Command said it arrested two suspects, Sunday Osagie and Ayodele Adeolu, for allegedly robbing a skitmaker, Ekwutousi Philo.This was disclosed in a statement by the Rapid Response Squad unit of the Lagos Police Command and shared on its Facebook page on Tuesday.According to the statement, Philo made a video that went viral on October 20, alleging that she was robbed by some policemen in the Alapere area of Ketu, Lagos State.As a response to the video, the RRS squad swung into action and arrested Osagie, a dismissed spy/mechanic and his accomplice, 45-year-old Adeolu.“Based on a viral…

The Presidency has berated the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar, in reply to his press conference on Monday where he questioned the Supreme Court’s affirmation of the election of President Bola Tinubu.Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, in a statement on Monday, said Atiku must now end his “unprofitable” bid to become the President of Nigeria.Atiku came second behind President Tinubu in the February 25 presidential election, but challenged the result declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) up to the Supreme Court which dismissed…

The Chair of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, has stated that the federal government is eyeing December to bring down the dollar rate at the I&E Window to N750 per dollar.In an interview with Bloomberg News, he said this would involve introducing new foreign exchange rules, including a crackdown on illegal currency trading, to reduce the 45 percent gap between the official and black-market rate the dollar is sold in the country.He said the government would also clear backlogs of dollar demand estimated at about $6.7 billion, bolster the naira forward market, and set…

The Kwara State chapter of the People’s Democracy Party (PDP) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to halt further disbursement of local government allocation to the state until elections are conducted.The party made the call during a press briefing by its chairman, Hon. Babatunde Mohammed, who was flanked by other leaders in Ilọrin, the state capital, yesterday. Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq had penultimate week submitted the State Local Government Electoral Amendment Bill 2023 to the House of Assembly for consideration and passage.The bill which has scaled second reading is aimed at amending sections 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 29 and 105…

President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, expressed confidence in the integrity of his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila.The President, who before the week’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting commenced inside the Council Chambers, State House, said all campaigns of calumny and insinuations against his Chief of Staff should stop.The President spoke to issues he had observed and had not been comfortable with, including unauthorised persons gaining access into the Council Chambers of the State House.Gbajabiamila was the Speaker of the House of Representatives between 2019 and 2023 and had won his re-election into the House for the sixth consecutive term to…

Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last election, Atiku Abubakar, says Nigeria is in trouble if the Supreme Court implies that crime should be rewarded.The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the February 25 election, but Atiku rejected the result and headed for the court.The Presidential Elections Petition Tribunal had dismissed his suit and upheld Tinubu’s victory.Dissatisfied, Atiku headed for the Supreme Court and subsequently sought to include additional “forgery evidence” which he obtained from the Chicago State University, but the court objected to…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed the determination of his administration to change the narrative of Nigeria as a crawling nation by bringing transformative governance.He spoke on Sunday during bilateral political talks with the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Olaf Scholz, and his entourage at State House, Abuja.The president also called for improved cooperation in security, natural resources, education, and democracy among others, with the government of Germany.President Tinubu, said the affirmation of his election by the Supreme Court last week Thursday, had removed distractions from his focus on moving the country forward, however, welcomed the German government…