Author: Kwara Reporters

Following the submission of the first set of ministerial nominees to the Senate, indications have emerged that President Bola Tinubu will restructure some of the ministries of the Federal Government by merging some, creating new ones and scrapping others.Saturday PUNCH investigation revealed that the decision to restructure the ministries was in line with the recommendations of the Stephen Oronsaye report on the restructuring of the civil service as this paper had earlier reported that Tinubu would implement some of the recommendations in the report.According to findings, the Federal ministries of Education, Youths and Sports Development, Agricultural and Rural Development, Solid…

The Kwara State First Lady, Ambassador Dr. Olufolake AbdulRazaq has flagged off a house-to-house malaria drug administration to children between the ages of 3 – 59 months, in order to free the children from malaria consequences across the state.Ambassador Abdulrazaq who is also the Chairperson of the Nigerian Governors Wives’ Forum kick-started the programme at Magaji-Olowo’s Compound, Centre Igboro, in Ilorin metropolis.Administering the first dose of the drug on the children, Ambassador AbdulRazaq joined the team from the Ministry of Health to ‘start-up’ the 4-day intervention program, that will run through the next four consecutive months, across 11 Local Government…

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has directed Finland-based Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa to end all sit-at-home in the Southeast.Kanu also directed Ekpa to stop antagonising governors of the southeast or politicians from the region.He warned that anyone enforcing sit-at-home in the southeast is not his disciple and should be made to face the wrath of the law.The IPOB leader issued the directive in a message to Ekpa, which was made public on Friday by his Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor.Addressing journalists in Enugu, Ejimakor quoted Kanu as saying: “Simon, this is a direct order from…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited says it recorded 240 incidences pertaining to crude oil theft and pipeline vandalism in the Niger Delta in one week.NNPC, in a documentary on its social media handle on Wednesday, said the incidents mostly occurred in Bayelsa state between July 15 and 21, 2023.Giving a break down of the events, the company said it discovered 93 illegal pipeline connections and 69 illegal refineries, saying disconnections were ongoing.“War on crude oil theft: 93 illegal pipeline connections discovered and 69 illegal refineries destroyed in the Niger Delta in the past week,” the company wrote.“27 pipeline vandalism,…

The Federal Capital Territory Commissioner of Police, Haruna Garba, has lamented that some undisclosed persons drop the command’s emergency numbers with loan shark companies to obtain loans.He also said non-state actors had also been engaging the emergency lines.The CP, however, warned those behind the acts to desist, saying that the police would ensure they are brought to book.Garba stated this in a statement by the command spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, on Friday.It partly read, “In the same vein, the CP enjoins non-state actors who have been engaging the Police emergency lines in their mischievous posts, aimed at misleading members of…

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…