Author: Kwara Reporters

President Bola Tinubu has appointed his Special Adviser on Revenue, Zacch Adedeji, as the new Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).This was contained in a Thursday statement by the Special Adviser to the President, Ajuri Ngelale, saying the erstwhile FIRS Chairman, Muhammad Nami, has been directed to proceed on three months of pre-retirement leave.The directive, Ngelale stated, is in line with the provisions of Public Service Rule (PSR) 120243.“The President has directed the erstwhile FIRS Chairman, Mr. Muhammad Nami, to proceed on 3 months of pre-retirement leave, as provisioned by Public Service Rule (PSR) 120243, with immediate effect,…

Customs Intercepts Donkey SkinThe Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 200 pieces of raw donkey skins concealed in a vehicle and other contrabands valued at N1.9m in Adamawa state.The Customs Area Comptroller, Salihu Kazaure, disclosed this during press conference in Yola Thursday.He pointed out that, the smugglers evaded arrest by fleeing into the bush leaving behind their contrabands around border villages with Cameroon.He said 127 bags of 50kg foreign parboiled rice and 12,350 litres of Premium Motor Spirit were seized from August to September this year.According to him, informants shielding smugglers in some communities as the major challenge faced by…

The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, says Federal Government cannot totally back out from funding universities.Speaking on Channels Television’s breakfast show, Sunrise Daily on Thursday, Osodeke said it is clearly stated in the Constitution that the Federal Government must fund public universities.He was reacting to a report where the Minister of Education Prof. Tahir Mamman, was quoted to have said that the Federal Government will initiate new ways of funding tertiary education by granting full autonomy to universities to explore new sources of financing their activities.The ASUU boss said, “There is no way…

Some followers of Peter Obi known as Obidients are currently tackling Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka, on social media.Soyinka, who had a faceoff with Obidients in the buildup to the general elections, fired fresh shots at Labour Party Presidential candidate on Wednesday.He had said the Labour Party was aware that Obi did not win the February 25 election.Soyinka stated this while speaking at the 2023 ‘Africa in the World’, which brought together the world’s most innovative thinkers and top leaders to platform invigorating ideas for fresh changes and sustainable solutions for African people.It started on Tuesday, September 12 and is…

Nigeria is currently witnessing a outage over the collapse of the national grid in the early hours of Thursday.According to the Daily Trust collapse is coming few weeks after the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) celebrated over one year of zero grid collapse, a feature that has characterised the Nigerian power sector.A statement by the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), said the collapse occurred around 12:40am which has resulted to the loss of supply currently being experienced across the network.“Due to this development, all our interface TCN stations are out of supply, and we are unable to provide service to…

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has said that over 200 churches were shut down and 23 pastors killed as a result of frequent attacks by bandits in some parts of Kaduna State within the past four years.The Chairman of the CAN in Kaduna State, Reverend Joseph Hayab, disclosed the figures during a confidence-building meeting with Christian leaders from the 23 Local Government Areas and the state Commissioner of Police, Musa Garba.“Let me say this to you Commissioner that over 200 churches in Kaduna have been shut down. The Baptist have over 115 churches shut down from Birni Gwari to…

Doyin Odebowale, the Special adviser on Special Duty and Strategy, to the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has provided an insight on what may have led to the decision to sack all the media aides of the Deputy Governor.Recalled, Akeredolu on Tuesday moved against his deputy, Lucky Ayedatiwa, sacking all his media aides.Odebowale, who appeared on Channels TV, said that a little governance happened while Akeredolu was away for medical treatment.He noted that there was a lot of distraction by some people who want to contest the upcoming Ondo governorship election.He noted that the Governor employed everyone and only him…

Mr Aloba, the father of late Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Olademeji Aloba, aka Mohbad, has broken his silence on his son’s death.He said he had a terrible dream about the singer two days before his demise.The bereaved father who spoke on Wednesday shortly after his son was buried, recounted his visit to the singer days before the sad incident.The interview clip has now gone viral on social media.Mr. Aloba said, “Mohbad is my friend. I named him Olademeji which means my second because I’m the only son of my parents.“We are very close. Whenever he sees me, he rejoices with me.…

Thousands of Muslim faithful converged on an open space in Hong, administrative headquarters of Hong local government area of Adamawa state on Tuesday, to offer special prayers for rain.This marked the third time this year that such a gathering would take place.The special prayer, known as “Salatul Istisqa’a”, was held to seek divine intervention for rainfall so as not to affect bumper harvest.The prayer session was led by the esteemed Imam Zubairu Mahmud Fari, with the District Head of Hong, Dan-Maliki Adamawa, Alhaji Umar Babangida Mahmoud (Khadimul-Qur’an) in attendance.The Imam led the congregation in offering the prayers, calling on Allah…

A yet-to-be-identified man has been electrocuted near the Faculty of Education building, close to the Department of Economics of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State.The suspected cable thief was said to have finished cutting a cable from a high-tension pole before he was electrocuted as power was suddenly restored by the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company.It was gathered that the incident occurred late on Monday.The lifeless body was discovered dangling on the high-tension pole on Wednesday morning where employees of the electricity distribution company were seen evacuating the corpse from the pole.As of the time of filing this report, electricity…