Author: Kwara Reporters

The former chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, says he was ashamed to see lawyers on national television arguing the merits or demerits of President Bola Tinubu’s Chicago State University matter.The senior lawyer expressed displeasure with what he described as the cacophony of discordant voices on Tinubu and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar surrounding the controversy over the CSU records.Agbakoba warned that armchair lawyers are heating up Nigeria dangerously.In a post on his social media platform, X, on Monday, the legal expert urged people to keep their opinions and views to themselves while awaiting a decision…

Justicè Ibironke Harrison of a Lagos State High Court has sentenced a trigger happy Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP Drambi Vandi, to death by hanging for killing a pregnant Lagos-based lawyer, Mrs. Omobolanle Raheem.The Lagos State government had arraigned Vandi before the court for allegedly shooting the 41-year-old pregnant lawyer to death at the Ajah under-bridge checkpoint on December 25, 2022.The incident sparked outrage, especially on social media and the police officer was suspended.The convict was initially charged with murder, but the court found him guilty of manslaughter as a result of a lack of intention on his part.During the…

The Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police Command, has reacted to the deteriorating security situation in the nation’s capital.The command in a statement issued on Sunday by its spokesperson, Josephine Abeg confirmed that recently, there has been a series of reported cases of kidnapping within the Territory.According to the PPRO, some kidnap victims, through the efforts of the operatives of the command, were rescued and reunited with their family members.She also said about 11 suspected kidnappers have been arrested within a month, stressing that investigation was ongoing to ensure that other members of the criminal gang who are currently at large,…

The Chief Executive Officers and top management staff of banks may also be probed during the ongoing investigation of the activities of the Central Bank of Nigeria, according to findings by The PUNCH.It was learnt that some bank CEOs would be invited in an effort to ascertain any discrepancies around the management of intervention funds by deposit money banks.The PUNCH had earlier reported that the Central Bank of Nigeria may be asked to withdraw its audited annual financial reports, which were recently released.This came after a team investigating the apex bank discovered discrepancies and irregularities in the financial accounts.In August,…

Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, has regained his freedom from the Beninese authorities.The embattled agitator said on Sunday he was now legally free to leave Cotonou, capital of the Benin Republic, to Nigeria and other countries.“I am now free to return to Nigeria and visit any country in the world. I have fulfilled all the legal conditions attached to my bail a few years back and I am coming home to Nigeria, my country of origin, any moment from now.“I can confirm to you that I am now free to come back to Nigeria. There…

….Extends Beneficiaries Age Limit From 35 – 40 YearsThe Federal Government has said that the ongoing restructuring of the N-Power programme will bring about the employment of five million young Nigerians in five years.This was made known in a press statement by the N-Power National Programme Manager, Dr. Akindele Egbuwalo.He appealed to Nigerians to understand the rationale behind the temporal suspension of the N-Power programme and the subsequent restructuring it is undergoing, saying the federal government was working to restore confidence in the programme.According to Dr Egbuwalo, “This restructuring and transformation will also birth an expanded programme to reach beneficiaries…

The family of a farmer, Umog Charlie, allegedly killed by a police inspector identified as Oliver Akang in Akwa Ibom State, has cried out for justice.The family also said the command had offered them N1.3m as compensation to let the matter rest.According to the family, Umog was murdered on Asutan Street, Off Barracks Road, Uyo, the state capital.City Round gathered that on September 9, Akang and five other policemen attached to the Anti-Kidnapping and Anti-Cultism police unit in Uyo, during a raid, stormed Ibong Otoro village and shot aimlessly.Umog’s sister, Esther Ini, and his brother, Destiny Ini, revealed that efforts…

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi has traced the history of the Igbo race to Ile-Ife.Ooni disclosed that documented evidence has shown that the Igbo race migrated from Ile-Ife.He charged the academia to properly document the history of Yoruba race rather than relying on jaundiced history.The monarch spoke while addressing journalists ahead of an International Conference on ‘Ile-Ife and Yoruba Civilization: Nexus between Tradition and Modernity,’ at his palace in Ife.“We have good evidence to believe that Igbo race has its roots here in Ile-Ife.“There is Ile-Igbo here in the palace which was not a recent creation but has…

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has applied for leave of the Supreme Court to file what he termed as fresh evidence.In a motion he filed through his team of lawyers, Atiku said the evidence he is seeking to tender before the apex court would establish his allegation that President Bola Tinubu submitted forged documents to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in aid of his qualification to participate in the presidential election that held on February 25.The former Vice President maintained that President Tinubu, by his action, committed a twin offence of forgery and…

The Federal Government under President Tinubu, has expressed its commitment to address pressing humanitarian challenges in the country including providing decent homes for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu made this known when she handed over fourty fully completed house at the resettlement city built by the Refugees commission to the IDPs at Gidan Dawa area of Gusau, Zamfara State.Recall that several persons were displaced in Zamfara, including a visibly old mother of four who was thrown out of their abode as a result of banditry attacks in their communities and lived…