Author: Kwara Reporters

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…

Kwara North, Nigeria – A consultative and advisory engagement aimed at promoting the economic development of Kwara North was recently held at Senator Mohammed Ahmed’s house. The event, organized under the auspices of KWANDCO (Kwara North Development Council), brought together Kwara Northerners, renowned international agricultural experts, and a host of other business innovators.The primary objective of the engagement was to gather advice, suggestions, and commitments on how to harness the government’s agricultural programs at both the federal and state levels. Participants discussed strategies to explore and exploit the opportunities in these programs, while also emphasizing the need for value addition…

The ruling All Progressives Congress has commenced the process of registering its over 40 million members electronically to consolidate its membership strength ahead of the 2027 general elections.The National Chairman of the APC, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, said this when he received a delegation of elected Deputy National Officers and National Executive Committee members of the party at the secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday.The development is coming two years after Mai Mala Buni-led National Caretaker Committee conducted a similar nationwide membership registration exercise, which brought the current number to over 40 million.Addressing newsmen in Abuja, Ganduje said that the essence of…

The federal government has moved the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to the Ministry of Interior as part of efforts to resolve issues around passport processing in the country.On assumption of office, the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, promised to work towards having the NIMC in the ministry for proper coordination of identity data of Nigerians.This process is now being accelerated in line with President Bola Tinubu’s administration’s directive to remove all impediments and bottlenecks from obtaining passports.The National Identity Number (NIN), domiciled in NIMC, is one of the major conditions for obtaining of International Passports.The NIMC was until now…

Justice Ahmed Ramat Mohammed of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Director General, Department of State Service (DSS) and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to give maximum protection to the governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Hon Leke Abejide, from any arrest or detention by the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello.The DSS, Police and Bello were in a separate order, barred from inviting, arresting, detaining, or threatening the life and properties of the governorship candidate pending the hearing and determination of a suit instituted against them by the politician.The restraining orders were issued by…