Author: Kwara Reporters

Frozen fish traders in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, may call off their one-week strike on Monday.It was reported that they have been on strike in the last week over the rising cost of the products.According to findings in Ilorin, a carton of Shawa fish, which formerly cost N18,000, now costs N35,000. A carton of the popular ‘Panla’, previously sold at N15,000, is now N35,000, while salmon, known locally as ‘Alaran’, has risen from N45,000 to N75,000 per carton.A trader who fries fish in the Ilorin metropolis, Mama Alia, in a chat with DAILY POST on Sunday, complained bitterly about…

The crisis rocking Rivers State House of Assembly took another dimension on Monday as the house removed Edison Ehie as the majority leader.Ehie, our reporter learnt, is a strong supporter of Governor Similanayi Fubara. He was said to have frustrated the initial attempt to initiate impeachment proceedings against the governor.Announcing the removal of the majority leader at the Assembly sitting in Port Harcourt, the state capital, the speaker, Martins Amaehwule, said he was removed for not attending the assembly sitting.Amaehwule said about 17 members of the House supported the removal of the house.In the meantime, security agencies have taken over…

One person was killed and two others were abducted when gunmen invaded Ora, an agrarian community in the southern part of Kwara State, on Saturday.The abductors, who reportedly stormed the town around 8pm, shot sporadically before whisking away their victims.A senior community leader who does not want his name in print, told our correspondent that “those abducted are two female Point of Sales (POS) operators. They also killed another woman and attacked the husband of one of the POS operators who was trying to rescue her with a cutlass and inflicted several deep cuts on him. He is now battling…

Kano State has at least 989,234 out-of-school children, UNICEF’s Country Representative in Nigeria, Ms Cristian Munduate, said in Kano on Thursday.She told a news conference that the almost one million out-of-school children in the state are of both genders.Munduate said Nigeria needed to redouble efforts in addressing the critical issue of out-of-school children and improve investments in the education sector.“There is the need for every child to have access to education,’’ she said.The country representative added that 1.5 million girls were enrolled in schools under UNICEF’s Girls’ Education Project Phase 3, implemented between 2012 and 2022.The project was funded by…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said it arrested two Lagos businessmen, ThankGod Emenike and Chidike Prince for concealing cocaine and heroin in their bellies on board flight to Hong Kong and France.Also, the NDLEA arrested one Agbo Tochukwu with a consignment of 58 parcels of skunk weighing 29.10kgs while attempting to board a flight to Oman.The NDLEA Spokesman, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.Babafemi noted that Emenike and Prince were arrested at the Abuja International Airport while Tochukwu was arrested at Lagos Airport.The statement read in part, “Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA,…

Lawmakers in the Green Chamber have started taking delivery of their Sports Utility Vehicles.Similarly, legislators in the Red Chamber will receive the first batch of the SUVs this week.It was also gathered that the last tranche of the SUVs for use by the lawmakers would arrive before December.The PUNCH reported that the leadership of the National Assembly had announced the decision to purchase imported SUVs for each lawmaker and bulletproof vehicles for the principal officers.The move has generated heavy criticism, with some citizens lampooning the parliamentarians for being insensitive to the plight of Nigerians amid the high cost of living.The…

The Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Dr Ado Ibrahim, is dead.The paramount ruler of Ebiraland was said to have died in the early hours of Sunday at the age of 95.Palace sources told our correspondent in Lokoja the he died in an Abuja hospital where he had been receiving treatment for age-related ailment.Before ascending the throne, he was a successful businesman who lived most parts of his life in Lagos.His remains will be buried today in Okene according to the Islamic rites. Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or…

The Lamidi Apapa-led group in the Labour Party (LP) has congratulated President Bola Tinubu on his victory at the Supreme Court, saying the affirmation of the election of the then candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February 25, 2023 presidential poll is well-deserved.The Apapa-led group mocked the LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi; as well as his legal team “for presenting the worst election petition ever in Nigeria’s history”.In a statement on Saturday by the spokesman for the group, Abayomi Arabambi, Apapa said “it should be on record that Peter Obi’s frivolous and bland petition was dismissed in…

…Turkey, an emerging country in military power, military equipment, technological expertise, says Katsina GovernorThe Republic of Turkey, has disclosed that T-129 ATAK helicopters are ready for onward delivery to Nigeria.Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, Hidayet Bayraktar, who made the disclosure during the Turkish 100th National Day in Abuja, said within the context of Türkiye’s partnership policy with Africa, Nigeria held a key position.Bayraktar also said being the most populous country and the largest economy of Africa, Nigeria is a rising power in the African region.“Our relations with Nigeria, which was established in 1960, developed on a basis of friendship and mutual…

The Nigeria Customs Service, Eastern Marine Command, Port Harcourt, said it intercepted different wildlife and other contrabands with a duty paid value of N680m.The command’s Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Tangwa, said this in a statement on Saturday.He said the various contrabands were intercepted at different waterways within the command.“The Eastern Marine Command of the NCS has made a significant breakthrough in combatting wildlife trafficking by intercepting a substantial quantity of pangolin scales, elephant tusks and sacks of used second-hand shoes.“The seizure took place in the South-South coastal waterways along the Ibaka-Bakasi Beach,” he said.Tangwa added that the seizures showed Nigeria’s…