Author: Kwara Reporters

Three persons were said to have sustained gunshot wounds when some hoodlums invaded the Baba Ode community, off the Idiroko Expressway, in the Ota area of Ogun State on Saturday.The state Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, who disclosed this in an interview with PUNCH Metro on Sunday, said 24-year-old Dauda Alumurufu was arrested in connection with the incident.She said the case would be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation.“We are aware of the incident, and we are on top of all land-grabbing matters in the area. It was a case of attempted murder. Three people…

In light of an investigation into the tragic death of Dr Diaso Vwaere from an elevator crash at General Hospital Odan, the Lagos State Government says it has sacked and blacklisted the facility managers responsible and suspended the General Manager of the Lagos State Infrastructure and Asset Management Agency (LASIAMA).Vwaere’s death last Tuesday was met with outrage following reports of her death resulting from an elevator that plunged several floors at the house officers’ quarters of the hospital and unsuccessful efforts to revive her.The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Strategy, Olumide Sogunle, in a statement on Sunday, revealed the…

The Acting Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adeniyi, has warned against any compromise in Benin Republic, Cameroon and other borders following the closure of entries into Niger Republic.As a result of the military coup in Niger, Adeniyi also directed that any transit goods through the Customs territory should be stopped if they are headed to the Niger Republic.Nigeria had shut its land borders with Niger Republic as part of measures against the military junta in the West African country.Adeniyi noted that criminals, in an attempt to break or smuggle arms into Niger Republic, may explore other land…

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has announced its decision to embark on a daily peaceful protest and picketing of the Federal Ministry of Health, Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, as well as all federal and state tertiary health institutions nationwide from Wednesday.Giving the notice on Saturday in a letter addressed to the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), the association said this is to press home its demands which have been largely neglected by the Federal Government.The letter was signed by NARD President, Dr Emeka Orji and Secretary-General, Dr Chikezie Kelechi.“We wish…

Management of the Tantita Security Services Nigeria Ltd (TSSNL) has explained why it suspected and subsequently intercepted a Togo flag-bearing vessel, MT Praisel in Koko, Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State.In a statement issued late Saturday with attached documents and made available to our correspondent in Warri, TSSNL management averred that it intercepted MT Praisel because discrepancies in documentation and that it was suspiciously headed for a designation different from what is stated in her documents.“..On the 1st of August 2023, Tantita received credible intelligence that a vessel, which had obtained MDPRA approval to deliver HPFO from Koko…

The Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed the arrest of three persons over the death of Dr Vware Diaso at the General Hospital in Lagos.The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest on Saturday to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos.Hundeyin, who did not mention the identities of the suspects, said that the police had begun investigation into the case.NAN reports that a faulty elevator at the General Hospital, Odan, Lagos, claimed the life of a medical doctor, Vware Diaso, who was working at the facility.The incident reportedly happened on Wednesday evening when the deceased, who lived…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over “the failure to publish spending details of about N400bn so far saved as a result of the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly called petrol.”The suit followed reports that the Federal Government has saved N400bn within the four weeks following the implementation of the removal of subsidy on petrol policy.”In the suit number FHC/L/CS/1514/2023 filed last week at the Federal High Court in Lagos, SERAP is seeking: “an order of mandamus to direct and compel President Tinubu to publish details of…

Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ilorin branch and the Zonal command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are presently at daggers drawn over the detention of a lawyer who reportedly tampered with the report of a suspect under investigation among others.While the NBA had consequently directed its members to boycott the Ilorin zonal command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for any business until the zonal commander of the anti-graft agency is transferred out of Kwara state, the Anti-graft Agency in its reply on Friday said it would be blackmailed or intimidated by the NBA into “unconscionable…

Pressure mounted Saturday on the leaders of a coup in Niger on the eve of a deadline set by the West African regional bloc ECOWAS for the military to relinquish control or face possible armed intervention.Former colonial power France, with which the junta broke military ties shortly after taking power on July 26, said it would “firmly” back whatever course of action ECOWAS took after the Sunday deadline expired.“The future of Niger and the stability of the entire region are at stake,” the office of French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said after she held talks in Paris with Niger’s prime…

Niger’s coup generals have asked for help from the Russian mercenary group Wagner as the deadline nears for it to release the country’s removed president or face possible military intervention by the West African regional bloc, a news report says.The request came during a visit by a coup leader – General Salifou Mody – to neighbouring Mali, where he made contact with someone from Wagner, Wassim Nasr, a journalist and senior research fellow at the Soufan Center, told The Associated Press.Three Malian sources and a French diplomat confirmed the meeting first reported by France 24, Nasr added.“They need [Wagner] because…