Author: Kwara Reporters

Two persons, Joy Chigozie and Musa Salihu have been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command in connection with a gang rape at Airport Road, Kirikiri area of the state.It was reported that the incident happened on Sunday around 6 p.m. but was reported on Monday around 10.30 p.m. to the Kirikiri Police Station.The 29-year-old victim was lured by one of the suspects of the gang rape, who is still at large, to his alleged aunty’s shop where she was made to drink an alcoholic substance until she was drunk.It was further gathered that the man with the help of…

President Bola Tinubu has warned his son, Seyi, and other persons from interrupting meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC).The president said he observed Seyi and other unauthorised persons breezing in and out of the federal cabinet meeting convened every week to discuss the most crucial issues of national importance.He cautioned specifically that such activities must end.“Last week, I noticed the undue access of people sneaking in and out of this Council, including… I saw the photograph of my son, Seyi, sitting behind. That is not acceptable. I will announce to you those people who are supposed to be here,”…

The scheduled meeting between the organised labour and Federal Government today, over the 30-day ultimatum to meet the demands of the former as contained in a signed Memorandum of Understanding, has been postponed.A top official of the Nigeria Labour Congress, who spoke with The PUNCH, said the meeting will now hold next Tuesday.He said that the meeting was postponed at the instance of the Federal Government; “they shifted it because they did not remember that the supposed date was to be their Federal Executive Council meeting.”The essence of the meeting with the government is to agree on the milestones and…

The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has weighed in on the crisis rocking Rivers State amid the plot to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara of the oil-rich state.Receiving South-South leaders at his office on Tuesday, Wike, a former Rivers State Governor, emphasised the importance of holding his base to maintain his political relevance.He maintained that once he loses his base as a politician, he has lost his relevance politically. Wike explained that no amount of calumny levelled against him would make him lose sleep, adding that the right thing must be done.“All of us want to be politically…

The police authorities in Niger State have arrested the prime suspect in the killing of a Federal University of Technology Minna lecturer, Dr Fumilola Adefolalu.On October 29, Adefolalu was found murdered in her residence in the Gbaiko Area of the town.Police Public Relations Officer, Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed the arrest of the prime suspect, saying two other suspects connected to the crime were at large. He stated that efforts were ongoing to apprehend them.The 14-year-old teenage prime suspect is said a domestic help to late Dr. Adefololu for almost three weeks, the police spokesman said.The police spokesman noted that the suspect…

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…