Author: Kwara Reporters

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…

The Presidential Election Petitions Court on Wednesday ruled that the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, failed to prove that President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was convicted for money laundering in the United States.The five-man panel led by Justice Haruna Tsammani ruled that no record of criminal arrest or conviction was established against Tinubu by the petitioners – Obi and the LP.Tinubu had allegedly forfeited $460,000 in the US over three decades ago and the petitioners alleged that he was involved in drug trafficking and money laundering.However, the Tribunal ruled that no criminal…

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday in Abuja ruled that the petition of the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Gregory Obi was greatly incompetent and defective beyond repairs.The Tribunal in a ruling on several objections against the petition struck out several paragraphs of the petition for being vague, incompetent, inconsistent, nebulous and self contradictory.In the ruling delivered by Justice Abba Mohammed, Obi’s petition was said to have raised several general allegations of malpractices, irregularities, corruption without being specific as required by law.The Tribunal held that while Obi claimed to have scored the highest number of lawful votes in the…

The Department of State Services has arrested some officials of the Nasarawa State Emergency Management Agency and their accomplices for allegedly diverting palliatives meant for vulnerable citizens.The suspects were accused of selling the palliatives in the modern market in Lafia among others.A statement on Tuesday by the DSS spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, stated that the service had recovered some of the items after an investigation into the matter.Afunanya noted that similar operations were ongoing in other states of the federation.The statement read, “The Department of State Services has received reports from some state governments relating to diversion or sale of palliatives…

The Kwara State Police Command on Monday, recovered an unidentified headless body in Ilorin, the state capital.The headless corpse was recovered under the bridge of Ejiba Street, off Stadium Road, in Ilorin West Local Government Area of the state.Spokesman of the state police command, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, confirmed the development to the press in Ilorin on Monday.He further disclosed that efforts were ongoing to arrest the culprit or culprits connected to the incident.Reports said residents of the area woke up to the gory sight of the lifeless body with the head and neck completely cut off.Police operatives from ‘B’ Division…