Author: Kwara Reporters

….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…

Wisdom Mmaduka, a suspected notorious advance fee fraudster, from Onicha in the Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State, has been arrested and detained for reportedly scamming women through fictitious weddings.The suspect is the head of a syndicate which includes fake parents and in-laws that regularly accompanied him to the fictitious wedding ceremonies.The 30-year-old, together with 18 other alleged criminals, was paraded by the Imo State Police Command.Henry Okoye, the state police command’s spokesman, said Mmaduka was detained after he fraudulently collected N1.4 million from one Miss Judith via ATM transfer under the pretense of getting married to her.He…

…Says Kwarans now resorted to alms-begging to build hospitals, roads, schoolsThe peoples Democratic party, PDP in kwara state has berated the recent foundation laying of N2.5bn worth of oncology and research project by Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, noting that the Governor now feels comfortable when non kwarans think for him about capital projects that is befitting the state; fund those projects while billions of fund belonging to the state are being fixed in several unknown banks The party knocks the Governor for failure to lay the foundation of any government sponsored project since almost five years of his administration but have turned…

Foreign investors ignored 28 states as the value of capital importation into Nigeria fell by 30 percent to $2.16 billion in the first half of 2023, from $3.11 billion in the same period last year.The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) disclosed this in its latest capital importation report for the second quarter (Q2) of 2023.Nigeria’s capital imports for the first half of 2023 totalled $2.16 billion, with $1.13 billion imported in Q1 and $1.03 billion in Q2.According to the NBS report, the 28 states that failed to attract foreign investment in H1 2023 include:AbiaBauchiBayelsaBenueBornoCross RiverDeltaEbonyiEdoEnuguGombeImoJigawaKadunaKanoKatsinaKebbiKogiKwaraNasarawaOsunOyoPlateauRiversSokotoTarabaYobeZamfaraLAGOS: A GlOBAL DESTINATION FOR FOREIGN…

Joint Security Forces in Anambra State on Friday broke into “insurgent’s camp” at Ogbunka in Orumba South Local Government Area, rescuing three abducted persons including a Reverend Father unhurt.In a statement released on Saturday, the Police Public Relations Officer in Anambra State, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the police-led Forward Operating Base (FOB) comprising military and paramilitary Services based in Aguata and supported by Police Rapid Response Squad Awkuzu, also arrested three suspects in the well-coordinated operation.He said that the security forces recovered nine vehicles, three pump action guns, stolen camouflage uniform, Biafra flag, several handsets, flash drives and SIM Cards…

The National President of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) Festus Osifo says the Federal Government is still paying subsidy on petroleum. President Bola Tinubu had in his inauguration declared that the subsidy era is gone, triggering a hike in the cost of the commodity across the nation.But months after the move, Osifo, who is also the president of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), said due to the cost of crude oil in the international market and the dollar to naira rate, the government still pays subsidy for the product.“They [government] are paying subsidy today,” he…