Author: Kwara Reporters

Sanusi in a meeting with the Niger coup leaders. The 14th Emir of Kano, Sanusi Mohammed, has met with the Niger military leaders who staged a coup two weeks ago.The former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor made this known after a visit to President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday to brief him on his mediation efforts in resolving the political crisis in the neighbouring country.His meeting with the Niger coup leaders comes after unsuccessful efforts by the representatives of the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS), African Union, and a top US diplomat.According to Sanusi, the crisis in Niger is not one…

Senate President Godswill Akpabio bit more than he could chew when he mistakenly disclosed that money had been sent to his colleagues “to enjoy your holiday”.Forgetting that the proceeding was being captured on live camera, the senate president spoke confidently.“As soon as Senator Umahi takes his oath of office, we shall rearrange the office of the leadership.”“In order to enable all of us to enjoy our holidays, a token has been sent to our various accounts by the Clerk of the National Assembly,” he said.Realising what was at stake, a senator rushed to him to make him realise that he…

Depict image Family members of a fish seller in Ilorin, Moshood Suleiman allegedly killed by a group of motorcycle operators popularly called “Okada riders” have cried for justice over the unfortunate death of their kinsman.Vanguard reliably gathered that Moshood Suleiman said to be in his early thirties, lost his life following a disagreement with a commercial motorcycle operator over fare.The sad incident reportedly occurred last week, when the deceased boarded an okada from Unity to Fate Road in Ilọrin.Sources told our correspondent that trouble started when the deceased, a fish vendor in Fate, highlighted from the okada after which a disagreement…

Shehu Sani, a socio-political commentator, has advised the Senate against confirming former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai to be minister.Sani warned that El-Rufai should not be cleared if Nigeria wants peace to reign.Describing the former governor as playing god while he was governor, Sani said El-Rufai was now at the mercy of the Senate.Tweeting, he identified the former governor as a religious extremist and a fanatic.According to Sani: “The Unconfirmed Ministerial nominee; The Imp who was intoxicated with power, and who arrogantly played God is now at the mercy of those wielding power.“A religious extremist with a fanatical political agenda…

•ECOWAS leaders meet Thursday after botched AU, UN, US planned visit to Niamey•Over 100,000 IDPs stranded in Niger, businesses grounded in Sokoto, Katsina bordersThe Economic Community of West African States has imposed heavier financial sanctions on the Niger junta and entities supporting them including the governments of Mali and Burkina Faso.The development came after a diplomatic mission by the African Union, ECOWAS, United Nations and the United States to resolve the political impasse in Niger hit a brick wall on Tuesday as the military junta refused to grant audience to the delegations.The military leaders also snubbed the Acting US Deputy…

…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,…