Author: Kwara Reporters

In a shocking development, on the 27th of June 2023, an assassination attempt was made against Alhaji Abdulkadir Mustapha Rifun, also known as Haske Rifun, by members of the Patigi Emirates Youth Development Association, led by Hamza Ndawuya. Kwara Reporters News has been closely following the incident and has promised to provide regular updates to the public.Immediately after the incident, Alhaji Abdulkadir Mustapha Rifun reported the attack to the security agencies, including the Office of the Inspector General (IG) in Abuja, the Department of State Services (DSS) in Abuja, and the National Security Adviser (NSA) to the President of the…

In a swift response to military coup in Niger Republic, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has enforced a no-flight zone over the country.The decision was announced today by the ECOWAS, at an urgent meeting following the increasing tension stirred by the military actors who are attempting to take over in Niger.This significant move which includes air and land border closure, is seen as a crucial reaction to the recent ascendancy of the junta, which has stirred significant unrest in the country and poses a threat to political stability within the region.The ECOWAS leadership believes that the imposition…

President of the Senate, Godswill Obot Akpabio on Friday, expressed concern over the influx of hoodlums into the National Assembly complex, stressing that lawmakers now feel threatened by their presence.He said as the 10th NASS settles down for legislative activities, hoodlums and people who do not have any business in the premises, loiter all over the Senate and Reps wings, begging and constituting a security breach against lawmakers and staff of the National Assembly.Akpabio spoke while hosting members of the National Assembly Service Commission, who paid a courtesy call on him at the NASS complex, in Abuja.The Senate President’s complaints…

•Vows to cripple fuel supply, power grid, shut markets, schools, hospitals•Federal Government begs, fixes another meeting with labour for Monday•CSOs say labour can’t be trusted, SAN warns against disobeying court orderThe Federal Government will on Monday meet with the representatives of the organised labour in an effort to prevent the nationwide strike called by the Nigeria Labour Congress.However, the NLC has advised citizens to stock their homes with food items, medicines and other essential things ahead of the commencement of its seven-day strike to protest the removal of fuel subsidies and the escalating cost of living in the country.The warning,…

Vice President Kashim Shettima has said his attendance at the Africa-Russia Summit is to pursue the completion of the Ajaokuta Steel Complex and revive of the Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON).He said this late Friday evening in St Petersburg at a forum with members of the Nigerian community in Russia.The vice president assured the Nigerian community in Russia that the country under the administration of President Bola Tinubu would work again.Shettima said, “Be rest assured that in the next 9 to 12 months there will be a swift change in the fortunes of Nigeria. I am talking with all…

The Nigeria Police Command in Anambra State has confirmed the release of a popular native doctor, Chukwudozie Nwangwu, popularly known as “Akwa Okuko Tiwaraki”, by his abductors.The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed Nwangwu’s release on Saturday.Ikenga noted that the popular native doctor was released by his abductors in the early hours of Saturday.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the native doctor was kidnapped about 11:30pm on Sunday, July 23 at Oba in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra.According to Ikenga, the abductors contacted friends and relatives and were demanding millions, in the neighbourhood…

A former member of the Labour Party, Col. Chinyere Obi (retd.), shares with The PUNCH how she was shot by suspected political thugs and allegedly abandoned by the party. You sustained a gunshot wound during the general elections. How did it happen?It was a painful experience. I was a Peter Obi supporter. I made a lot of sacrifices during the electioneering but was abandoned after the attack while defending the Labour Party at my polling unit. I was in my village in the Ideato South Local Government Area of Imo State to participate in the election. On the day of the…

Simon Ekpa, a well-known Biafra agitator and separatist leader, has recently called on the Igbo community to disregard circulating reports concerning an alleged letter from Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).Ekpa, who is a lawyer based in Finland and claims to be the Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government, made this declaration on Friday.Earlier, it was reported by WithinNigeria that Nnamdi Kanu had expressed his views on the disruptive sit-at-home protests in the beleaguered South-East region.In response to the situation, the embattled leader of the secessionist group specifically urged Simon Ekpa to halt all…

Fire used to illustrate the storyA mini shop complex at Sabo-Oke,Fufu street, Ilorin, Kwara State has be gutted by fire as a result of a sudden spark in the electricity wire in one of the shops.According to Obavassociates.com a neighbour in the street, a man, who noticed the fire coming from one of the shops situated in the area, and immediately cried out and alerted other neighbours in the street.”Impressively! These neighbours had tried, forcefully breaking into one of the shops, a provision shop, to quench the fire with buckets of water before the arrival of the Fire Service around…

Representatives of organised labour on Friday walked out of a meeting with the Federal Government’s team on palliatives.The meeting was a continuation of their deliberations on palliatives to cushion the effect of subsidy removal in the country.The labour team, which was led by the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, did not speak to journalists as they made their way from the venue of the meeting.FG’s representatives and that of labour had earlier met on Wednesday with discussions coming out positive.The government was expected to provide feedback on some of the demands made by labour upon the…