Author: Kwara Reporters

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has called for a review of its establishing Act to ensure peddlers of life-threatening materials are jailed and not fined.According to NAN, the Director General of SON, Malam Farouk Salim, made this call on Thursday in Lagos during the destruction of materials seized by the organisation.Salim said peddlers of sub-standard materials are economic saboteurs who kill industries and people who innocently buy the products.“In the last National Assembly, we went to them to review our Act to ensure that peddlers of life-threatening materials are jailed and not just fined.“They have passed the law but…

The Kwara State Polytechnic has disowned the two suspects, Oreoluwa Davies and Adama Joseph, who were paraded for the murder of a club owner, Adeniyi Ojo, in a hotel situated in Ilorin, the state capital.Recall that one of the suspects, Adama, on Wednesday during the interrogation at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, claimed to have completed her ND program at Kwara Polytechnic prior to the incident.Reacting to the claim in a statement by itsPublic Relations Officer, Halimat Garba, on Thursday, the institution stated that its students were good ambassadors of Nigeria.“The management wishes to disclaim this discrediting and malicious news…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday took a jibe at the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, saying he is seeking “cheap” media attention.Earlier, Obi had in a press conference asked President Bola Tinubu to save Nigeria and himself from what he described as “protracted embarrassment and undue anxiety” over the controversy surrounding his certificate. He was speaking in light of what has transpired recently where a US court ordered the Chicago State University (CSU) to release the President’s academic records at the request of the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.In a statement on Wednesday, APC spokesperson, Felix…

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Ola Olukoyede as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale made the announcement in a statement on Thursday.Olukoyede’s appointment followed the resignation of the suspended Executive Chairman of the Commission, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa.Tinubu also approved the appointment of Mr Muhammad Hassan Hammajoda as the Secretary of the anti-graft agency for a renewable term of five years in the first instance, pending Senate confirmation.”By the powers vested in President Bola Tinubu as established in section 2 (3) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (Establishment)…

The spiritual director of the Okunerere Adoration Ministry, Nsukka, Rev. Fr (Prof.) Paul Obayi popularly called Fr Okunerere has reeled out accusations against his bishop, the Catholic bishop of Nsukka Diocese, Bishop Godfrey Igwebuike Onah. The spiritual priest revealed that the church has been oppressing him. The latest oppression came as the bishop and other fellow priests want to take away his land by force.Here are some of the things Okunerere said in the about 30 minutes video.“The church is my vineyard, I love the church, I love my Nsukka (Catholic) church, I love the bishop, I love the priests,…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has recovered a combined sum of N27,184,357,524.52 and $19,084,419.33 from three different money laundering cases, as further efforts are being made by the anti-graft agency to recover more illicit funds.The anti-graft agency said it would soon make public, details of its ongoing probe of some former governors, ex-ministers, and several government officials across the federation, following the receipt of several petitions.The PUNCH reports that the anti-graft agency is also carrying out ongoing investigations into some monumental procurement fraud involving some officials of the Federal Ministry of Power and the Ministry of Agriculture.The spokesperson for…

•BBC says documents confirm President’s CSU diploma, APC carpets Atiku, Obi•PDP, LP tackle Tinubu, say certificate issue tarnishing nation’s imageThe camps of the Peoples Democratic Party standard bearer, Atiku Abubakar and the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, have protested the BBC report that there is no evidence to back the diploma forgery allegation against President Bola Tinubu.BBC’s Global Disinformation Team had in a fact-checking report published on Wednesday said there was no evidence that Tinubu forged the Chicago State University certificate he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest the February presidential election.The BBC report concluded that…

Salaries of federal civil servants who fail to verify their details or enlist their details in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System will be suspended from November 2023, The PUNCH has learnt.This followed a grace period of one month issued by the office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation.Already, the office of the Accountant General of the Federation temporarily suspended salaries of erring civil servants for August 2023, sources familiar with the matter confided in our correspondent on Wednesday.“A grace period was given and the deadline ends by October 27, 2023. Anyone who fails to make…

Federal Government Under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has included vulnerable ex-service men, Widows and dependants of fallen heroes in the National Social Register (NSR) to benefit from the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) and other Social Intervention programmes.The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu disclosed this during an official visit to the Ministry of Defence Headquarters, Tuesday in Abuja.Edu said the Federal Government has expanded the welfare scheme to accommodate ex-service men, their widows and dependants in fulfilment of the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s promise to Nigerians.The Minister said the new innovation became…

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has arrested a gang of two females – Joseph Joy Adama and Vandora Davies Oreoluwa Favour – for robbery and murder of a prominent Kwara socialite, Adeniyi Ojo.The Force PRO, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, while parading the suspects in Abuja, said on October 6, 2023, Police operatives apprehended the two suspects, Adama and Favour, who are both students of Kwara State Polytechnic for their involvement in the robbery and murder of Mr. Adeniyi Ojo, the son of Chief Emmanuel Ojo, a prominent figure in Ilorin, Kwara State.“Through meticulous investigative work, our officers were able to track…