Author: Kwara Reporters

The suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, was on Tuesday granted bail in the sum of N20 million with one surety in like sum by the Federal High Court in Lagos State.He was granted bail after pleading not guilty to the two counts bordering on the alleged illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.Emefiele is facing two counts of illegal possession of firearms and ammunition preferred against him by the Federal Ministry of Justice before the vacation judge, Justice Nicholas Oweibo.The ministry of justice is prosecuting him on charges of possessing a single-barrelled shotgun (JOJEFF MAGNUM 8371)…

The Nigeria Police Academy has opened an online portal for applications for its 10th regular course cadet degree programme from interested and qualified Nigerian candidates.The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who said this in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja, added that the online registration process would run for a period of six weeks, starting from July 24 to September 3.Adejobi said that admission into the academy would afford both male and female Nigerians of good character the opportunity to serve the country.According to him, applicants must be of Nigerian origin by birth and possess a National Identity…

The Bayelsa State Police Command said that it had rescued two stolen children who were trafficked to Abia and Enugu States and arrested four suspects allegedly involved in the illicit business.A statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, Asinim Butswat, on Monday, identified the members of the four-man child-trafficking syndicate as Sunday Aniele, Chioma Obi, Kingsley Chimobi and Harriet Chukwu.The command claimed that the suspects “have admitted to collecting N1.6 million only for the two children”.It stated that the children, four-year-old Success and two-year-old Prince— a female and a male—were stolen around the Igbogene community in the Yenagoa Local…

Eight persons have been confirmed dead while scooping fuel after a petrol-laden tanker fell and spilt its contents along the Ore-Benin Expressway, Ore in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. While many were reported to have died from the Sunday evening incident, the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ondo State, Ezekiel Son-Allah, on Monday said eight persons were burnt to death following the explosion.He said the white fuel tanker with no registration number lost control due to overspeeding.Son-Allah noted that following the development, some residents of a closeby village stormed the scene and started scooping…

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved a slew of multibillion naira palliatives to neutralise the effects of recent removal of fuel subsidy, cutting across different sectors and demographies of the state.On top of the palliatives is a cash support of N10,000 for every public sector worker in the state, which will begin this month (July) and last until a new minimum wage is introduced to enable workers cope with the economic shocks created by the subsidy removal, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor Rafiu Ajakaye told a news briefing on Monday morning.In deference to the new advisory of the…

The Youth Wing of the International Council for Ifa Religion has announced that the 1st edition of its Isese Youth Festival would be holding in Ilorin on the 20th of August, 2023.The Leader of the ICIR Youth Wing Mr. Olowoopejo Fashola Oluwagbenga disclosed this after a closed-door meeting on Sunday.Mr. Olowoopejo while briefing some online journalists, after the meeting, explained that the planning of the maiden Isese Youth Festival had started since last year August and that the members of the Executive of the group felt that a more propitious time was needed for the convergence of Isese youth adherents.…

Amb Anjorin Babatunde, The youngest contender for Ekiti LGA the Chairmanship Office under the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has today lauded Rep Raheem Ajuba-Opin, who is House of Representative member representing Ekiti, Oke-Ero, Irepodun and Isin federal constituency for his extra proactiveness since the beginning of the 10th Plenary session.Amb Anjorin, The young advocate turn politician expressed satisfaction in Rep Raheem Ajulo-Opin political representation basically because Law-making is the primary function of the legislative and he has done just that which is required of him in accordance to the intrest and pains of the good Ekiti, Oke-Ero,…

The Lagos State government has denied the allegations that the 103 “2020 EndSARS victims” scheduled for a mass burial were killed during the Lekki Tollgate shooting.In a press statement on Sunday evening, Dr Olusegun Ogboye, the permanent secretary of the state’s ministry of health, said that “no body was retrieved from the Lekki Toll Gate incident”.The claim, though, is the exact opposite of FIJ’s findings when it investigated the incident and found evidence of the killing of dozens of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate.The government issued the statement hours after a letter from the Lagos State Government Public Procurement…

A former governor of Kano State, Umaru Ganduje, has intensified lobbying in his bid to emerge as the next National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress.The crisis within the ruling party led to the sudden exit of Senator Abdullahi Adamu and Senator Iyiola Omisore as the party’s National Chairman and National Secretary, respectively.Ganduje from the North-West zone has been visiting prominent members of the party to solicit support for his ambition, but the North-Central zone is opposed to his clinching the coveted position.However, Ganduje was said to have secured the backing of President Bola Tinubu and the Progressives Governors’ Forum.The…

It was a rude shock to a notorious drug kingpin who specializes in sponsoring young Nigerians to traffick Class A drugs to Europe especially Italy, when operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), stormed his hotel room in Okota area of Lagos late on Friday 21st July when he was preparing a recruited courier to swallow 93 pellets of cocaine meant for distribution in Italy.The 48-year-old drug kingpin, Charles Uwagbale, had recruited Uju Dominic, 35, from his base in Italy with a deal to come to Nigeria, ingest 100 pellets of cocaine on Friday 21st July and return…