Author: Kwara Reporters

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says election disinformation is now a major strategy to manipulate the public.Kunle Ajayi, INEC national commissioner and member, information and voter education committee, spoke on Monday at a two-day capacity building workshop.The workshop was put together to enhance the capacity of the INEC press corps on ethical and safe practices ahead of the off-cycle elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi.The workshop is holding at Kini Country Guest Inn, Akwanga, Nasarawa state.Ajayi said the commission’s experience with fake news in the 2023 general elections has shown that, if not nipped in the bud, disinformation can…

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Femi Falana, says it is against the federal character principle for the chairmen of the two anti-graft federal agencies in Nigeria to come from the same geopolitical zone.The senior lawyer said if the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is from the northern region, the southern region should produce the chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).“If you are going to have the EFCC and the ICPC, the heads cannot come from same zone,” Mr Falana said during a live appearance on…

Workers of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) have shut down the head office of the service in Abuja, protesting against the appointment of Tola Odeyemi as Chief Executive Officer/Post Master General.Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Presidential spokesman, had announced last week that President Bola Tinubu made some changes in the leadership of communication agencies, including NIPOST.However, moments after the news of Odeyemi’s appointment broke, there were reports that Adeyemi Adepoju, the sacked Post Master-General had been reinstated.In a viral video, Adepoju was seen addressing some workers who claimed Tinubu had reappointed him.But on Monday, the protesting workers denied entry to the newly…

A pastor from the Christ Liberty Evangelism Church, Rosco, Iyana Iyesi, Ota, named Oyenekan Oluwaseyi, along with three others, Ibrahim Agbowewe (30), Suleiman Ogunbunmi (40), and Gafari Akinsanya (57), were apprehended with a human skull in the Saje Area of Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, according to information gathered on Sunday.The state police command took Oluwaseyi and the three other individuals into custody in the early hours of Saturday. A source within the command stated that the suspects claimed they intended to utilize the skull for rituals. The arrest transpired after members of the public reported the suspects’ suspicious…

The crisis between the Catholic Bishop of Nsukka Diocese, Rt Rev Godfrey Onah and his priest, Rev Fr Paul Obayi, famously known as Fr Okunerere, continues to attract diverse reactions.Obayi is the spiritual director of the Okunerere Adoration Ministry, Nsukka, Enugu State.It was reported that Fr Obayi, who runs a similar prayer ministry like Mbaka, revealed that the church authority in the diocese was oppressing him.He had alleged that he gave everything to the church, yet the church wanted to strangle him.“The church is my vineyard, I love the church, I love my Nsukka (Catholic) church, I love the bishop,…

Femi Oparinde and Tawa Yusuf Ilesa-Baruba, Kwara – In a shocking incident, Femi Oparinde, the Head of Programmes at Sobi FM, has been accused of physically assaulting his colleague, Tawa Yusuf, the Head of Marketing. The incident took place during a trip from Okuta to Ilorin, where the station’s Board of Trustees Chairman, Mallam Lukman Mustapha, was honored with a traditional title, according to KwaraReporters.Eyewitnesses reported that the incident occurred during a stopover at Ilesa Baruba, when some staff members went out to buy items. Oparinde wandered away from the bus, ignoring repeated calls from his colleagues upon their return.Despite multiple…

Solomon Ademola Tokunbo-Ishola is a First Class graduate of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, for the 2021/2022 academic session. He graduated with a CGPA of 4.6. In this interview by TESTIMONY ISHOLA, he speaks about his academic journey and how he achieved this feat.What is your schooling background like? I moved from school to school. I did my nursery school at Little Toes Montessori School. I did a bit of my primary school Little Toes before changing to Logic Junior Primary School and then to Tori Schools where I finished my primary school. For…

At least over 100 suspected members of the Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) were reportedly killed in airstrikes by the air component of the north-east joint task operation Hadin Kai in Borno state on Friday.According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication that focuses on the Lake Chad region, the airstrikes were conducted when the terrorists were meeting in the forest at Bukar Mairam in Marte LGA of Borno.Zagazola said the airstrikes followed surveillance that detected a large gathering of terrorists at the enclave.“The ISR platform sighted a massive movement of the insurgents moving toward a location suspected…

Six suspects have been arrested in connection with an attempt to steal train coaches in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.According to Commissioner of Police (CP) in the state, Yusufu Mohammed, the suspects were arrested after a tip-off from residents of Bayan quarters, headquarters of the railway station.Speaking exclusively to Channels TV, CP Mohammed said a mastermind claiming to be a staff of railway corporation in Bauchi State loaded two coaches in a trailer to be transported to Jos but was halted by police personnel.According to the CP, the suspect claimed to be working on an agreement signed between the Plateau…

The federal government is at the verge of obtaining a $1.5billion budget support facility from the World Bank.The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, confirmed this at the Nigerian Delegation briefing on the sideline of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank Annual Meeting in Marrakech, Morocco, yesterday.Mr Edun said, “On the talks with the World Bank on $1.5billion budget support; that is correct.The World Bank is the number one multilateral development bank helping developing countries or funding developing countries projects and programmes and sectors.“It has free money through International Development Association (IDA). It is…