Author: Kwara Reporters

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…

The House of Representatives has turned down a motion urging the Federal Government to take necessary steps to stabilize the Naira.This decision came in response to a motion raised by Honourable Beni Lar concerning the government’s unification policy.Honourable Lar noted that the importation of vehicles and other commodities has significantly decreased since the floating of the Naira with the single exchange rate.She expressed her concerns about the impact of the unified exchange rates on Nigerian students studying abroad. With the devaluation of the Naira, these students have faced a drastic increase in tuition fees, with some experiencing an increment of…

Veteran singer and social activist, Charles Oputa, aka Charly Boy has declared his intention to walk naked on the street if the Labour Party candidate in the February 25 presidential election, Peter Obi, emerges victorious at the election petitions tribunal.The Independent National Electoral Commission announced Bola Tinubu as the winner of the election and he was subsequently sworn-in as the President.The Labour Party and its candidate thereafter approached the court to challenge the victory of Tinubu.Charly Boy who took to his Twitter handle on Wednesday, said he would strip himself to jubilate if the tribunal announces Obi’s victory.He wrote, “When…

The Senate, on Wednesday, condemned the Monday sit-at-home in the South East geopolitical zone and asked the Federal Government to collaborate with the Finnish Government and extradite a pro-Biafran agitator, Simon Ekpa, for prosecution.The upper chamber also resolved to invite the Minister of Foreign Affairs (when appointed) and relevant stakeholders to carry out thorough investigation as well as bring other sponsors of the act to book.The Senate also rejected a recommendation for IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu’s release, saying it would amount to sub judice as the matter of his release was still in court.The illegal sit-at-home order is said to…

Representatives of the Federal Government are currently meeting with the organised labour comprising of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress at the Presidential Villa, The PUNCH reports.A reliable source privy to the meeting made this known in an interview with our correspondent on Wednesday evening.According to the source, the negotiation committee set up by the government called for an emergency meeting following the strike notice issued by the NLC earlier in the day.The NLC team was headed by its national president, Joe Ajaero, while the TUC team was headed by its president, Festus Osifo.The PUNCH reports that…

The umbrella body for Point of Sales, PoS, operators, Kwara Association of Professional Point of Sale Agents, KWAPPSA, have pushed back at what appears to be an arbitrarily fixed transaction cost in Lagos, Abuja and other states from reaching their domain by pegging costs of their services.Lagos, Abuja and some other highbrow states charge for instance at N500 for every N10,000 withdrawal from PoS.But KWAPPSA, a registered trade and artisan body, has pegged transaction costs for various money-related services at not more than N250 per N10,000 transaction as against what obtains in the federal capital and in the former nation’s…