Author: Kwara Reporters

…Her many battles in restoring transparency and sanityHaruna Kolo, the former staff of the Federal Character Commission who gave evidence at the ad-hoc committee of the House of Representatives probing job-racketeering allegations against the Federal Character Commission (FCC) has been exposed to be the ring leader of the syndicate which deals in job-racketeering before the advent of Dr Muheebah Dankaka as the Chairman of the Commission.This medium found out that he acted as IIPPIS Officer combined with Protocol duties for 10 years without being moved. Dr Dankaka, in her bid to fight the menace of job-racketeering, redeployed him and others…

The Senior Pastor of Fountain of Life Church Pastor Taiwo Odukoya is dead.The official Facebook page of the church announced and confirmed he died on Monday August 7 at the United States of America (USA).“The fountain of Life Church Family, in total submission to the will of God Almighty announces the passing unto greater glory of our Father, Teacher, a great servant of the Most High God, Pastor Daniel Taiwo Odukoya, Founding Pastor of The Fountain of Life Church, who passed unto glory on the 7th of August 2023 in the USA.“We are in total submission to you LORD!!!“We thank…

The Force Headquarters on Tuesday announced that the police stopped the issuance of licenses for small arms due to the high rate of illegal arms proliferation in the country.The acting Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun made the disclosure while responding to a question by our correspondent during his (IG’s) meeting with members of the Police Management Team including Deputy Inspectors General of Police, Assistant Inspectors General of Police, and Commissioners of Police at the Goodluck Jonathan Peacekeeping Hall, Force Headquarters, Abuja.He said, “We are mopping up arms in circulation. There are too many arms in circulation and if we continue…

Comrade Joe Ajaero, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), says President Bola Tinubu told labour leaders that as part of measures to reduce the cost of governance, he lives in a two bedroom apartment.Ajaero stated this during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today.Daily Trust reports that the organised labour had on Thursday called off its nationwide protest after meeting with the president.Speaking on the television programme, Ajaeero said, “During our meeting with the president, we complained about the high cost of governance. We told him that when he appoints ministers, they will appoint SSAs and the SSAs will…

Some yet-to-be-identified assailants have burnt down the house of member, representing Ihiala Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Paschal Agbodike.It was gathered that the hoodlums invaded the house located in Ubahi-Mbosi in Ihiala Local Government Area at about 1 am on Tuesday and started shooting sporadically before setting the compound ablaze.Agbodike was also the former deputy speaker of Anambra State House of Assembly and the place of the incident is his hometown.Although no life was lost, the house, consisting of a fully-furnished five-bedroom duplex with four living rooms and a kitchen was completely razed down by the hoodlums.The lawmaker,…

President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, met with the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at the Aso Villa in Abuja.The purpose of her visit was not yet known as of press time but it might not be unconnected to the economic and trade agenda of the new administration in Nigeria.In June 2023, Tinubu and Okonjo-Iweala met in France at the Global Pact Summit in Paris hosted by President Emmanuel Macron.Okonjo-Iweala served twice as Nigeria’s Finance Minister between 2003 and 2006 as well as from 2011 to 2015, the first woman to hold the position.She also spent…

During plenary on Monday, 7th August, 2023, the Senate President, Distinguished Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio announced the chairmanship of standing committees of the Senate. One of the prominent names was that of Senator Saliu Mustapha, representing Kwara Central, who was announced as the chairman of the senate committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Considering his closeness to the senate president and his deep involvement in the politics that predated the election of the leadership of the 10th Senate; many had expected Senator Mustapha to go for what they described as a “juicy committee.”Normally, what you get in the Senate, as…

A Kaduna villager, whose identity is not revealed, has engaged bandits who attacked him on his farm, killing the leader of the gang during a recent confrontation in Kaduna State.The confrontation took place when the bandits returned to the community to abduct the farmer after killing his children months ago.Daily Trust gathered that the farmer, who was working on his farm alongside one of his sons, was confronted by the bandits who tried to abduct him and his son but refused to comply with their demands.Wizi, the notorious leader of the bandits who had been causing terror in the community,…

The junta in Niger Republic has named Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, who currently serves as the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Country Manager for Chad as Prime Minister.The country’s new prime minister formerly served as economy and finance minister.A spokesman for the military junta led by General Abdourahmane Tchiani made the announcement on television late Monday.Zeine, 58, served as finance minister under Mamadou Tandja, who led the country from 1999 to 2010 after its return to civilian rule.Zeine, who previously served at AFDB country manager in Ivory Coast and Gabon, is expected to lead consultations for the formation of a new…

The second-ranking US diplomat met Niger’s military leaders on Monday to press to reverse a coup but reported no headway a day after an ultimatum from the West African bloc ECOWAS was ignored.Victoria Nuland, a veteran envoy and acting deputy secretary of state, said she met for more than two hours with military chiefs who ousted democratically elected Western ally Mohamed Bazoum on July 26.Nuland’s trip, conducted in secrecy until she left, came after the expiration of a deadline set by ECOWAS to reinstate Bazoum by midnight (2300 GMT) on Sunday or risk military intervention.The 15-nation bloc is reconvening for…