Author: Kwara Reporters

The Federal College of Forestry in Ibadan has been shut down by the management of the institution until further notice.The institution was shut down over the clash that occurred between the staff and students of the institution and some operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).Recall that there was tension in the college on Tuesday when EFCC operatives stormed the college.Dele Oyewale, EFCC Head of Media and Publicity, in a statement made available to DAILY POST on Wednesday, noted that seven operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the commission on a routine verification exercise of a surety,…

The Kwara House of Assembly has called for licensing and monitoring mechanisms to checkmate criminal activities of scavengers in the state.This was part of the resolutions of the House, after it was considered a Matter of General Public Importance, entitled “Need to curb criminal activities of scavengers in the state”.The motion was moved by the House Leader, Abdulkadir Magaji, representing Ilorin Central constituency, during Tuesday’s plenary session.Magaji observed that most of the so-called scavengers were engaging in theft and other unwholesome acts.He alerted the house on the dangers inherent in the activities of scavengers and advocated the need to curtail…

The President General of the Igbo apex socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has threatened to sue the Federal Government for appointing just five ministers from the South-East.The Ohaneze stated that the Federal Government failed to be fair to the South-East by giving them more ministerial appointments like other zones of the country in the Federal Executive Council.Iwuanyanwu made this disclosure at a press conference in Owerri, the Imo capital.“It is unfair for the President to give the southeast only five slots for ministerial appointments while other zones boast of 10 ministers,” he said.The Ohanaeze leader described the action as…

Major General Umaru Ibrahim Muhammed (rtd) who was assigned by the Nigerian Army to conduct search and rescue operation after General Idris Alkali was declared missing in 2018 has narrated how Gen Alkali was killed in Dura-Du village, Jos South local government of Plateau state.Gen Muhammed who narrated his discovery when he appeared before the Jos high court, on Wednesday, as principal witness, said late Gen Alkali was gruesomely murdered and his body dismembered before he was buried in shallow grave.According the star witness, “Late Gen Alkali left Abuja for Bauchi en route Jos in 2018, while on transit, he…

The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ogbomoso has upturned the appointment of the new Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Ghandi Olaoye, citing illegality of the selection process.The court ordered that the Oyo State Government conduct a fresh selection process to enthrone a new king.The judgement came on the heels of suit filled by one of the contestants, Kabir Laoye, who argued that Olaoye was not eligible to be appointed as the Soun, claiming that his appointment was illegal.The court supports Laoye’s argument and ruled that Olaoye’s appointment was null and void.While delivering his judgment, Justice Adedokun announced that the appointment…

The National Bureau of Statistics, on Monday, said a total of N1.93 trillion was generated across the 36 states in Nigeria, including the Federal Capital Territory in 2022 Internally Generated Revenue.The data stated Lagos, Rivers and FCT top the list with N651.15 billion, N172.89 billion, and N124.4 billion, respectively while the least states on the list are Kebbi (N9.1 billion), Taraba (N10.2 billion), Yobe (N10.5bn).NBS further noted that the taxes sub-category recorded in the period included Pay As Your Earn, direct assessment, road taxes, stamp duties, capital gain tax, withholding taxes, other taxes and LGAs revenue.It said, “PAYE was the…

A yet-to-be identified military personnel and a sugarcane vendor were, yesterday, crushed to death by a truck in Kwara State. KwaraReporters learnt that the accident occurred at a checkpoint in Moro Local Council of the state. According to an eyewitness, the articulated vehicle veered off the road and killed the deceased. Confirming the incident, the sector Commander Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), in the state, Frederick Ade Ogidan, said: “It was a lone accident, involving a DAF truck, which lost control and hit the victims. “They were all males but two of them died while the other two didn’t sustain any injury,” he said.…

The Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence sitting in Ikeja has sentenced the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Doctor Olufemi Olaleye, to life imprisonment for defiling his wife’s niece.Justice Rahman Oshodi found him guilty of the offence of defilement and sexual penetration of a 15-year-old girl.The judge held that the prosecution was able to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt and that all the evidence before the court corroborated that of the victim.Olaleye was arraigned on two counts bordering on defilement and sexual assault by penetration of his wife’s niece, preferred against him by the Lagos State…

A non-governmental organization, Foundation for Advocacy and Sensitization on Tuberculosis, (FAST) has paid off surgical bill of a 13 year-old teenage boy.The founder of the foundation, Dr. (Mrs.) Misitura Lawal-Arowona, revealed this on Monday at its unveiling and her convocation ceremony in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.The multiple award winning researcher and chemist noted that the foundation was birthed as a result of her love for humanity, quality teaching and research, and understanding the peculiarity of our society.She further said, “it is a truism to say that health is wealth and it is on this note that The Foundation for…

There are mounting concerns as Nigeria’s power decade privatisation process is expected to elapse on October 31, 2023.It has become more problematic following the decades-long crisis within Nigeria’s power sector.For over 62 years, the country’s electricity value chain, from distribution to generation and transmission, has been bedevilled with challenges.Meanwhile, the government attempted to break the jinx in the country’s ailing power sector, first with the establishment of the defunct 2005 Electric Power Sector Reform (EPSR) Act, then on November 1, 2013, the commencement of the privatisation process.Recalled the government commenced the privatisation of the Nigerian electricity distribution and generation companies…