Author: Kwara Reporters

A Public Affairs Analyst, Durojaiye Ogunsanya, has identified President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as his classmate at the Chicago State University (CSU).Speaking on a TVC programme, Ogunsanya said he and Nigeria’s president graduated from the Department of Accounting and Business Administration in 1979.President Tinubu’s academic record has been a subject of controversy as some of his political opponents have said the Tinubu who attended CSU is a female.Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, one of Tinubu’s main challenger in the 2023 Presidential election, has filed a suit in an American court, seeking that CSU produces Tinubu’s academic record.But speaking on the programme, Ogunsanya…

Implementation of the 2023 budget of N21.8 trillion is currently threatened as the nation has suffered a shortfall in crude oil output, amounting to 470,000 barrels per day, bpd in August 2023.This represents 29 per cent fall from the budget benchmark of 1.69 bpd.At the current global market price of $92 per barrel, the 470,000 bpd shortfall amounts to a loss of $43.2 million daily or N32 billion at the Central Bank of Nigeria’s exchange rate of N742.10/$. The budget was pegged on 1.69 million bpd and $75 per barrel and at the exchange rate of N437.57/$, the government expects…

What killed Mohbad and Mohbad cause of death has finally emerged.It was gathered that the Nigerian street hop singer and former rapper under Naira Marley’s Marlian Music record label, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad is dead.This online news platform understands that Mohbad died in the early hours of today, Tuesday, September 12, 2023.Mohbad cause of death, what killed Mohbad According to PulseNG, the Rapper Mohbad sadly passed away from an ear infection. Sources from the singer’s team told the news platform that he took a trip to the hospital in the early hours of Tuesday, September 12, for treatment,…

Bishop Lawrence Osagie, the general Overseer of Powerline Bible Church, is dead.Bishop Lawrence, who was the publisher of the popular ‘Christian Benefits’ magazine, died on Sunday, September 10, 2023.He was aged 65.“In total submission to the will of God Almighty, the Powerline Bible Church Family announces the transition to Heaven of our father, founder, mentor, great teacher of the word, man of faith and God’s general, Bishop Lawrence Osagie.“Bishop Lawrence Osagie, the founding pastor of Powerline Bible Church, passed unto glory on September 10, 2023 in Lagos at the age of 65 years.“We thank God for the gift he gave…

The navies of, Benin Republic, Togo and Nigeria have flagged off Operation Safe Domain II, with the theme ‘Enhancing Maritime Security through Collaboration for Regional Prosperity’.The event was held on Monday in Benin Republic.However, the Niger Republic, one of the signatories to the MoU, was absent at the ceremony.According to the Director of the Multinational Maritime Coordination Centre Zone E, Commodore Aniedi Ibok, the operation is an aspect of a memorandum of understanding signed in 2014.Ibok noted that the agreement is to enable the navies of each country to fight criminal elements without any border restrictions. Do you have any…

The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a car wash attendant, Issa Muhammed, for allegedly absconding with a customer’s car.The Command, in a statement on its official X account on Tuesday, said the suspect was arrested on Sunday by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS.The statement revealed that the suspect, who committed the crime three days after his employment, was at the verge of selling the vehicle when he was nabbed in the Agege area of the state.The statement reads, “Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested a car wash attendant after he absconded…

The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Emeka Nwonyi, has said the late Divisional Police Officer of Ahoada, Bako Angbashim, played into the hands of his killers.Nwonyi revealed that the cultists had sold a dummy to the late Superintendent of Police that they were ready to turn in their arms if they would be granted amnesty in return.He disclosed this during a solidarity protest by a human rights advocate, Charles Jaja, at the headquarters of the state Police Command in Port Harcourt on Monday.Nwonyi expressed regret that the late Angbashim trusted the miscreants, only for him (Angbashim) to realise their deceit…

The Lagos State Police Command said it had arrested one Nwagu Emmanuel for allegedly impersonating a commissioner of police to facilitate the release of a suspect from the force headquarters in the state.The state Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, through the command’s Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, made this disclosure during the parade of Emmanuel along with other suspects at the Police Headquarters, Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday.Owohunwa said the suspect was arrested when he approached the police headquarters in the state with a fake identification card to facilitate the release of another suspect who had earlier been nabbed for his…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has said he chose to be a minister because he believed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would deliver on his promises to Nigerians.He spoke at the flag-off of the rehabilitation of roads in the Garki area of Abuja on Monday.The minister also assured that the renewed hope was not talk because Tinubu feels the pains of Nigerians.According to Wike: “The FCT minister of state and I are here to assure you that Tinubu’s agenda of Renewed Hope works and to let you know that the FCT is working.“The agenda of Mr…

The Central Bank of Nigeria may be asked to withdraw its audited annual financial reports which were released last month, according to findings by The PUNCH.This came after a team investigating the apex bank discovered discrepancies and irregularities in the financial accounts.In August, the CBN released its financial accounts for the years 2016 to 2022 amid an ongoing probe of the financial services sector regulator by a Special Investigator appointed by President Bola Tinubu.Tinubu had on July 28 appointed a former Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, Jim Obazee, as Special Investigator to probe the activities…