Author: Kwara Reporters

Depict image An unidentified man has been electrocuted while attempting to steal transformer cables in the early hours of Friday on the premises of the Niger State Printing Press in Minna, Niger State.The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the corpse of the man was found by some staff of the printing press hanging on the transformer.The head, Legal Unit of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, Aminu Ubandoma, confirmed the incident to newsmen.He said the company had been receiving several reports of transformers being vandalised.Ubandoma disclosed that the company was working with security agencies, especially the police, to ensure that the…

An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ogbomoso has ordered Governor Seyi Makinde not to present any instrument of office or certificate of office to Prince Afolabi Olaoye as the Soun of Ogbomoso.DAILY POST reports that Olaoye was on Saturday announced as the Soun-elect.The position of Soun of Ogbomoso became vacant as a result of the demise of Oba Jimoh Oyewumi.Makinde had on Saturday approved the selection of Olaoye as the Soun-elect.The court has, however, restrained the governor, the Attorney General of the State and the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters either by themselves, agents or officials from…

The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has instructed the contractors working with the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to ensure that passport application backlogs are cleared “within the next two weeks”. Tunji-Ojo, in a Thursday post on X, formerly Twitter, stated that the directive was one of several “swift measures” aimed at eliminating barriers which applicants encounter.“As part of swift measures to remove all bottlenecks in the acquisition of passport and immigration documents, I engaged service providers to the immigration service to ensure the backlogs of applications are cleared within the next two weeks,” he said.‘Speed Up Process’Last week, the interior minister…

Officers of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command, on Thursday night, quelled a violent protest that erupted following the alleged killing of a fashion designer by an operative of the Department of State Services who shot intermittently and injured several people.According to the PUNCH a customer brought the DSS official to the victim’s shop for allegedly failing to deliver some clothes on an agreed date.A trader in the market, who did not want her name in print for fear of being victimised, said some of the fashion designer’s colleagues, who learnt about the incident, intervened but their interference did not…

Prince Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye has been installed as the new Soun of Ogbomoso.He was installed in the early hours of Friday. According to DAILY POST the installation of Olaoye is coming a few hours after an Oyo State High Court ordered the state governor and others not to present the instrument of office to him.Our correspondent reports that the court, under the leadership of Justice K.A Adedokun on Thursday, also gave an order restraining Olaoye from parading, representing or presenting himself as the candidate for any ceremony for the issuance of a certificate of installation or wearing any regalia resembling that…

President Bola Tinubu has assured Nigerians of his renewed and energized focus on delivering his vision of a unified, peaceful and prosperous nation.This follows the judgment by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) in Abuja.In a statement signed by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu said he welcomes the judgment of the Tribubal with “an intense sense of solemn responsibility and preparedness to serve all Nigerians, irrespective of all diverse political persuasions, faiths, and tribal identities.”The President noted that he “recognizes the diligence, undaunted thoroughness, and professionalism of the five-member bench, led by Justice Haruna Tsammani in interpreting the law.”The statement…

The PEPT venue at the Appeal Court in Abuja. Channels TV/Taiwo Adesina.The Presidential Election Petitions Court delivered a 12-hour marathon judgment on Wednesday, throwing out the petitions of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM); the petitions of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its flag bearer, Atiku Abubakar; as well as the petitions of Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi.The Tribunal dismissed the petitions of the three parties challenging the victory of President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February 25, 2023 poll.The five-man panel led by Justice Haruna Tsammani did not only dismiss…

The Federal Government, on Wednesday, announced an increase in the prices of single-phase and three-phase pre-paid electricity meters, and declared that the hike takes effect from September 6, 2023.It announced this in an order released by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission with number, NERC/2023/020, and jointly signed by the commission’s Chairman, Sanusi Garba, and its Commissioner, Legal, Licencing and Compliance, Dafe Akpeneye.In the order, the government stated that a single-phase meter would now cost N81,975.16k from the previous price of N58,661.69k, while the price of a three-phase meter was raised to N143,836.10k from N109,684.36k.This was, however, kicked against by power…

The Presidential Election Petitions Court on Wednesday struck out the petition of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, alleging that President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) owns dual citizenship. Justice Stephen Adah, who took over from Justice Haruna Tsammani, after a review of the evidence and documents tendered, struck out the evidence of some of Atiku’s witnesses on the grounds that that their witness statements on oath were not filed along with his petition.The court also expunged 37 exhibits tendered by the witnesses from the court’s records.On the issue of dumping of…

The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal, on Wednesday, rejected the European Union Election Observers Mission report on the 25 February presidential election tendered by Peter Obi and the Labour Party.The court said it rejected the report on the grounds that it was not tendered by an official of the body, which is the author and has custody of the document.The court also rejected the 18,088 blurred results sheets tendered by the petitioners on the grounds that they are not tied to any of the polling units to which the results referred to, and which the petitioners failed to specify in their…