Author: Kwara Reporters

Gombe State Governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, has restated his government’s readiness to partner the private sector towards boosting power supply in the state and foster industrial development, economic growth and prosperity of the people.The governor restated his government’s readiness to collaborate with private individuals, groups, organisations, development partners, and all relevant stakeholders towards making Gombe a self-sufficient state in power generation in the country.The governor said this while speaking in Kaltungo, at the civic reception and turbanning ceremony of the Secretary to Gombe State Government (SSG), Prof. Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi as Madakin Kaltungo.Yahaya, expressed concern over the epileptic power…

President Bola Tinubu has promised to roll out buses across the states and local governments for mass transit at a much more affordable rate.He said his government has made provision to invest N100 billion between now and March 2024 for the purchase of 3,000 units of 20-seater buses running on compressed natural gas (CNG).This is part of some palliatives the President disclosed during a national broadcast on Monday to cushion the effects of petrol subsidy removal on Nigerians.According to Tinubu, “these buses will be shared with major transportation companies in the states, using the intensity of travel per capital.”He added…

Justice Adenike Akinpelu of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Monday convicted three students for conspiring to gang rape a cousin of one of them.The court found them guilty of two counts of criminal conspiracy and rape of the victim (name withheld) at the Adangba area in the Ilorin East Local Government Area of the state.The convicts, Omotosho Yahaya (23), who is the cousin of the victim, Mustapha Ahmed (23) and 22-year-old Mustapha Ridwan, are all students of a tertiary institution in the state.The first defendant (Yahaya) was said to have invited his two friends to join…

THIS NATIONAL BROADCAST BY PRESIDENT BOLA TINUBU ON CURRENT ECONOMIC CHALLENGES IS RELEASED TO YOU STRICTLY UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL 7.30 PM, JULY 31 AFTER THE PRESIDENT HAS READ IT. KINDLY REFRAIN FROM USE ON YOUR ONLINE PLATFORMS OR ANY PLATFORM WHATSOEVER UNTIL THE AFOREMENTIONED TIME.TEXT OF THE NATIONAL BROADCAST BY PRESIDENT BOLA TINUBU TO NIGERIANS ON CURRENT ECONOMIC CHALLENGES.AFTER DARKNESS COMES THE GLORIOUS DAWNMy fellow citizens,I want to talk to you about our economy. It is important that you understand the reasons for the policy measures I have taken to combat the serious economic challenges this nation has long faced.2.…

In a bid to cushion the effects of the fuel subsidy removal, the Lagos State Government has slashed the costs of transportation of all state-owned transport systems by 50 per cent.The government also pledged to distribute foodstuff to the vulnerable in the state.Speaking at a press briefing on Monday at the Lagos House, Ikeja, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu stressed that the state government is working towards rolling out these palliatives to lessen the pain that the removal of subsidy has brought on the citizens.The governor added that modalities have also been put in place by the informal transportation sector, especially the…

One of the ministerial nominees facing the Senate screening, Prof Joseph Utsev (Benue State), was thoroughly grilled after an age discrepancy was spotted in his certificate.The nominee had in his certificate stated that he was born in 1980 and finished secondary school in 1989.The error was spotted by Lagos lawmaker, Senator Tokunbo Abiru, who stated that something must have been missing.The Senator pointed out that according to his Curriculum Vitae, he was born in 1980 and started his primary education three years after in 1984, and finished secondary school in 1989.The Senate President, GodsWill Akpabio, then called upon the Benue…

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has explained why the senators did not grill the immediate past governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, during the ministerial nominees screening.Akpabio cited Wike’s experiences as a governor and a minister under former President, Goodluck Jonathan.The former Rivers governor was asked to take a “bow and go” after reading his brief profile and following an appeal by Senator Barinada Mpigi (PDP, Rivers).Akpabio noted that Wike was not thoroughly grilled because of his records having formerly served as a minister.He said Wike had appeared before the Senate for screening when he was nominated as a minister…

In the early hours of Monday, hundreds of civil servants in Oyo blocked the gate to the state government secretariat.The secretariat houses the governor’s office, government ministries, agencies and departments in the state.The workers blocked the entrance into the state’s powerhouse to demand an audience with Governor Seyi Makinde over issues affecting their service to the state.The workers are demanding palliatives, upward review of pension allowances, and payment of salary deduction, amongst others.Workers from various trade unions in the state, including the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), the Trade Union Congress (TUC), the Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP), the Nigerian Union…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will, in a broadcast on Monday, address the nation.The live broadcast, according to a terse statement on Sunday by Special Adviser to the President (Special duties, Communications & Strategy), Dele Alake will commence by 7pm.“Television, radio stations and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to hook up to the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority and Radio Nigeria for the broadcast,” he said.The presidents address is coming two days before the scheduled NLC, TUC national protest and two weeks after the call for a review on the subsidy palliative implementation plan. Do you have any…

One person was killed and another injured while several shops and homes were burnt down during an alleged operation by government officials on some Hausa communities in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State.Multiple sources told Daily Trust that the officials, believed to be agents of the Owerri Capital Development Authority (OCDA) and Environmental Transformation Agency (ENTRCO), alongside policemen set ablaze shops and properties in Avu Junction and Hausa market, Nekede No 1 market and Arugu market as part of the government’s efforts to remove alleged shanties and illegal structures.“Several houses and shops belonging to northerners were burnt down,…