Author: Kwara Reporters

Tinubu will not regret nominating me — WikeThe Federal Government may demolish no fewer than 30 illegal settlements and slums and over 6,000 illegal buildings in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, as part of measures to restore the nation’s capital’s master plan.The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, who dropped the hint on resuming office on Monday, said all illegal buildings distorting the Abuja master plan would be pulled down.Wike vowed to flatten all illegal buildings even if they belonged to a minister or an ambassador.Findings by The PUNCH indicate that the slums that might be affected by…

Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State, yesterday, disclosed that the state will be powered through the 3.5MW Independent Power Plant Project in September to drive economic growth.Oyebanji said this in Omuo-Ekiti, headquarters of Ekiti East Local government Area, while giving account of stewardship at a stakeholders’ engagement programme to mark his 300 days in office.He noted that the 3.5MW Independent Power Plant project is 90 per cent completed to supply light to government offices and tertiary institutions in Ado Ekiti and suburb, saying this would rectify the epileptic power supply being experienced in some sections of the state.His words: “We…

President Bola Tinubu on Monday swore in 45 ministers-designate.The ceremony held at the banquet hall of the presidential villa in the federal capital territory (FCT).Addressing the new ministers, the president said the country is currently battling “daunting” challenges, adding that the ministers must implement “long overdue” reforms.Tinubu said the task before the ministers commences immediately.AdvertisementHe also made it clear that they must meet the expectations of Nigerians.Below are photos from the ceremony. Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? For Adverts or report call/WhatsApp us on…

Men of the Nigerian Navy have arrested 10 suspected pipeline vandals while attempting to steal crude from the sea in Lagos.The suspects were arrested in the early hours of Sunday at the Single Point Mooring buoy, a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited’s facility where tankers unload products, which are eventually transferred into tank farms for distribution.They were arrested in three speedboats with over 100 pieces of 50-litre jerry cans with hoses connected to drain the product from the vessel.The Commander, NNS BEECROFT, Kolawale Oguntuga, paraded the suspects at the NNS Beecroft Naval Base parade ground, Apapa Lagos on Monday before…

Some of his family members and Isese activists who spoke to SaharaReporters on Saturday said the police prevented them from seeing Talolorun.Prison authorities in Kwara State have denied family members and activists access to Adegbola Abdulazeez, a popular traditional worshipper and activist known as Talolorun (Who is God), who was remanded by a magistrate court in Ilorin.According to SaharaReporters, Talolorun’s family members and Isese (traditional religion) activists were denied access to him on Saturday.According to charges filed against the Talolorun seen by SaharaReporters on Saturday, he was accused of planning to start a war by “inviting other traditional and idol…

The Oodua People Congress has advised the Federal Government to relocate the Kwara State capital from Ilorin to a neutral ground that is away from the present location if the Muslims refuse to accommodate people of other religions.The state coordinator of OPC, New Era in Kwara State, Comrade Bayo Fabiyi, made this suggestion in a statement as a way to settle the impasse between the Isese adherents and Muslim clerics in Ilorin.The OPC coordinator in a statement on Sunday explained that there are several areas in the state which include the entire Kwara South, North and some parts of the…

Nyesom Wike, the new minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), says any house built in contravention of the city’s masterplan will be demolished.Wike said this soon after he was inaugurated as one of President Bola Tinubu’s ministers on Monday.“People who are distorting the masterplan of Abuja… too bad,” he said.“If you know you have built where you are not supposed to build, it will go down. Be it a minister of anywhere, be it an ambassador… if you know you have developed where you are not supposed to, your house will go down.“Those who have taken over the green…

Yeye Ajesikemi Omolara, the Isese devotee, bullied by the Muslim group, Majlisu Shabab li Ulamahu Society, in Ilorin, into canceling a scheduled Isese Festival in the state, has blamed social media for many of the ongoing religious conflicts in the country.The PUNCH reports that Yeye Omolara was harassed in July by Muslim clerics who stormed her home, claiming to have been sent by the Emir of Ilorin, to warn her against proceeding with her scheduled Isese festival.On how the cancellation of her festival affected her, Yeye Omolara, in an interview with The PUNCH Sunday, said, “I canceled my festival because…

The Department of State Services has arrested the Manager, Abuja-Kaduna Kaduna Train Services, Pascal Nnorli, following the leak of a memo warning of the possible terror attack on the Abuja-Kaduna railway.A reliable source in the Nigerian Railway Corporation told our correspondent on condition of anonymity that the manager was arrested along with the Operations Manager, Victor Adamu, and other staff members.Recall that the DSS last Wednesday issued a security alert to the Nigerian Railway Corporation on a plot by bandits to attack the Abuja-Kaduna train link at any possible time.In a memo signed by the Director of the DSS, FCT…

Foreign customers in Benin, Togo and Niger have failed to pay over N132.2bn worth of electricity bills supplied to them by Nigeria from 2018 to the first quarter of 2023.Analysis of quarterly reports produced by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) showed that the amount owed is from the N180.8bn billed to the customers from which they paid N48.57bn, meaning only 26.8 per cent was paid.The breakdown of the figure showed that Benin topped debtors list with a bill to the tune of N72.1bn through its Société Beninoise d’Energie Electrique (SBEE), followed by Niger Republic with N31.3bn through its Société…