Author: Kwara Reporters

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of a new management team for the Nigeria Customs Service.This is coming weeks after the President appointed Adewale Adeniyi as the acting Comptroller General of Customs and retired some of the management members of the service.In a statement signed by the National Public Relations Officer of the service, Abdullahi Maiwada, the appointees include three deputy comptroller generals and three assistant comptroller generals.In the statement, Adeniyi while thanking the retired members of the management for their meritorious service, congratulated the newly appointed officers.He charged them to redouble their efforts to ensure the service achieves…

Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has said that the use of police uniforms by skit maker, Abdulgafar Ahmad, aka Cute Abiola, for entertainment is not illegal.The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, had on Thursday, said the comedian would be prosecuted for violating the provisions of the law “with regards to the use of uniforms”.But the human rights lawyer in a statement on Friday disagreed with the police spokesman, saying “entertainers use military and police uniforms globally for their art and craft”.“Using ‘police uniform’ in a skit for the purpose of entertainment cannot by itself bring contempt on that uniform.“In…

The Nigeria Police Force says it will prosecute an online comedian, Abdulgafar Ahmad, aka Cute Abiola.This was disclosed in a statement on Thursday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who said the move followed the comedian’s two recent kits posted on his social media handles on July 20th and 24th.Describing the comedian’s action as contemptuous, the police spokesman said the “skits in question show a highly disrespectful and derogatory portrayal of the police uniform”.He stated that the act goes contrary to Section 251 of the Criminal Code and Section 133 of the Penal Code Law.“Such acts are not…

A community chief in Delta State simply identified as Oshiji has been arrested by men of the state police command for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old girl.He is said to be currently in the custody of the Umutu Police Division for allegedly defiling the girl in the Ukwuani Local Government Area of the state.PUNCH Metro gathered on Thursday that the suspect had been defiling the teenager repeatedly.A source in the community who spoke on condition of anonymity said the victim, a JSS1 pupil was lured with N50 for the third time into an uncompleted building.He said, “The chief has four wives…

The long-awaited ministerial list was on Thursday sent by President Bola Tinubu to the Senate for screening and confirmation. However, the list, which came barely 24 hours before the constitutionally provided deadline contains nominees from only 25 states, excluding 11 others, among them the president’s home state, Lagos and also Kano. Others excluded from the list are Adamawa, Bayelsa, Gombe, Kebbi, Plateau, Osun, Yobe, and Zamfara.Those that made the list were majorly members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), some technocrats like Professor Ali Pate (an academic and health expert); Wale Edun (an economist); and Waheed Adelabu (a banker); as…

A man identified as Mohammed Faworaja has met his untimely death in Ilorin, Kwara State capital while running away from a dog.PUNCH Metro gathered on Thursday that the incident occurred around Asa Dam, the Warah-Osin area in the Ilorin West Local Government Area of the state.A source who spoke on condition of anonymity said, “The dog, a German shepherd, got loose and chased the deceased who hit his chest on an electric pole. He died of internal bleeding and the canned fish (Sardine) which he went to buy dropped and was seen beside the pole at the scene of the…

The Senate has unveiled President Bola Tinubu’s 28 ministerial nominees.The names were read by the Senate President, GodsWill Akpabio, at the plenary on Thursday.The latter containing the list of the ministerial nominees was personally delivered by the Chief of Staff and former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila.Prominent people who made the list are the immediate past Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, and his colleague from Kaduna, Nasir El-Rufai, and former Ebonyi Governor, David Umahi.SEE FULL LIST BELOW:1. Abubakar Momoh2. Amb Yusuf Maitama3. Architect Ahmad Dangiwa4. Hanatu Musawa5. Chief Uche Nnaji6. Beta Edu7. Doris Aniche8. David Umahi9. Nyesom…

The immediate former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, his Rivers State counterpart Nyesom Wike and legal luminary Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) are some of the names on the list of ministerial nominees forwarded to the Senate by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, The Nation reports.Also included are eminent medical scholar, Ali Pate, an economist Olawale Edun, banker Adebayo Adelabu, former Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, All Progressives Congress (APC) Women Leader, Mrs. Betta Edu, Senator Ben Ayade and eminent journalist Dele Alake, who is currently the Special Adviser on Media, Strategy and Special Duties.It is understood that Tinubu sent the list…

Ifelodun AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq Peoples Trust (AA-APT) on Wednesday commended the owners of the property purportedly donated to the All Progressives Congress (APC) Igbaja ward 1 as secretariat for recovering their family house from Mr Gbenga Oyekunle Power, ADC House of Representatives candidate in the 2023 elections. In a statement released on Wednesday in Share by its coordinator, Wasiu Adelodun said the move by the noble Ile Alaga family will save the family from public disrepute the overzealous politician seeks to plunge them. The late patriarch of the noble family was a rallying point for political and socio-economic development in both Igbaja and…

The Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has restated his government’s commitment to construct a new port in the Badagry axis of the state to decongest Apapa and Tincan Island ports and bring in more investors into the state.He disclosed this when the acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi, paid him a courtesy visit at the Lagos House, Marina.Sanwo-Olu noted that the state government was already in touch with a contractor for the construction of the Badagry Port.While reiterating his administration’s commitment to making Lagos a business destination for as many investors as possible to improve the…