Author: Kwara Reporters

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…

The Lagos State Government says it will be arraigning 14 personnel of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA) before a disciplinary panel over extortions and high-handedness in line with the extant rules and regulations of the state.This was disclosed in a Monday statement signed by the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, Adebayo Taofiq on behalf of the General Manager. Mr Bolaji Oreagba, of the traffic regulatory body over the weekend.According to Oreagba, the affected personnel include 11 senior and three junior LASTMA officers who were caught at different locations across the state extorting money (bribes) from motorists.He also…

In a display of dissatisfaction and unrest, postgraduate students at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) have taken to the streets to protest against what they perceive as corruption, extortion, and repression by the school management. The students claim they have been subjected to unjust financial demands and inadequate academic support.A major grievance raised by the protesting students is the exorbitant fee structure imposed by the university. Despite having paid two sessions’ school fees within a single year, the school management insists on further payment for a third session. This demand has left the postgraduate community burdened by financial strain…

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Monday approved the establishment of a humanitarian and poverty alleviation trust fund as part of the administration’s efforts to cushion the economic hardship on vulnerable Nigerians.President Bola Tinubu, who presided over the weekly FEC meeting, conveyed the approval to the cabinet members in attendance at the State House.Betta Edu, minister of humanitarian affairs, who briefed State House correspondents at the end of the meeting, said the fund is expected to garner up to $5 million annually.According to Edu, there would be a governing board that would supervise the implementation of the fund.The minister said…

President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, described as a victory for Africa, Nigeria’s win in the $11bn Process & Industrial Developments (P&ID) Limited arbitration award.The President commended Justice Robin Knowles of the Commercial Courts of England and Wales for “prioritising the merits of the case above all other considerations”.“This landmark judgment proves conclusively that nation states will no longer be held hostage by economic conspiracies between private firms and solitarily corrupt officials who conspire to extort and indebt the very nations they swear to defend and protect,” the President said in a statement by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale.“Today’s victory is not…

The Federal Government has won its case against Process & Industrial Developments (P&ID) Limited, which sought enforcement of $11 billion debt in its favour.The development comes after five years of intense legal battle.A UK court on Monday quashed the enforcement of the judgment on the grounds that it was fraudulently obtained.In a ruling, Robin Knowles, the Justice of the Commercial Courts of England and Wales, upheld Nigeria’s prayer that the judgment should be quashed.Nigeria had argued that it was a victim of bribery and deception in the controversial gas deal.The P&ID controversy dates back to January 2010 when the company…