Author: Kwara Reporters

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,…

The Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists Sunday held a mass funeral for their members killed by Nigerian Air Force (NAF) jets on the outskirts of Kwalaram in Marte LGA of Borno State.The insurgents were killed in a series of airstrikes executed by the air component of Operation Hadin Kai on Friday in Jibularam and Kwalaram between 8am and 9am.A source said an intelligence source disclosed that the insurgents had converged in the areas to coordinate attacks against the Nigerian military when the NAF jets deployed to engage them.The source reported that both air strikes were positive…

The Economic Commission of West African States Authority of Heads of State and Government, on Sunday, in Abuja, issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Niger Republic military to release and reinstate President Mohammed Bazoum as the legitimate Head of State and government of the landlocked state.But in a swift reaction, the Niger putschists rejected the call and warned ECOWAS against military intervention, saying, “We want to once more remind ECOWAS or any other adventurer of our firm determination to defend our homeland.”ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government held an extraordinary meeting on Sunday at the Aso Rock Presidential…

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has once again enjoined the people of Southeast Nigeria to stop listening to Finland-based Biafra agitator Simon Ekpa.Emma Powerful, the spokesman for IPOB, said in a statement: “Every Biafran must understand the importance of this letter. If you are a lover of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, you must listen to him.”Powerful, who wondered why Ekpa would declare himself Prime Minister of Biafra while Kanu, whom he claims is his leader, is languishing in detention, charged Igbos to stop “giving credence to the enemy of Ndigbo and Biafrans claiming to be Kanu’s disciple.”He said: “Perhaps when…

Labour Party has said it would seek the legal implications of President Bola TInubu’s decision to send ministerial nominees to the National Assembly in pieces denying about 10 states of ministerial presence when council is convened.This was as the party in a statement signed by the spokesman, Pastor Obiora Ifoh said the list did not inspire any Nigerian but “just a huge disappointment to Nigerians expectation for a performing team”.The statement reads in part: “Labour Party will therefore in the days ahead seek proper legal counsel on the legality or otherwise of a piecemeal submission of the ministerial list as…

President Bola Tinubu has appointed a special investigator Jim Osayande to probe the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Related Activities. This was contained in a letter signed by the President and addressed to Obazee, the Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN).“In accordance with the fundamental objective set forth in Section 15(5) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), this administration is today, continuing the fight against corruption by appointing you as a Special Investigator, to investigate the CBN and Related Entities. This appointment shall be with immediate effect and you…