Author: Kwara Reporters

A gang of ten senior secondary school students in Ogun State reportedly waylaid and assaulted a teacher, Kolawole Shonuga, who stopped one of them from cheating during an examination in the school.It was gathered that the incident occurred on Tuesday at Isanbi Comprehensive High School, Ilisan-Remo, Ikenne Local Government Area of the state.Our correspondent gathered that Shonuga while invigilating the unified examination for the SS 1 Art class students, caught one Ashimi Adebanjo, 18 years, cheating and seized his paper.After school hours, the student ganged up with his peers waylaid the teacher and beat him up at the school’s gate,…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has given reasons behind the payment of an interim dividend of N123 billion to the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) for the month of June.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that FAAC had on Thursday shared N907 billion among the three tiers of government.From the money shared, NNPCL contributed N81 billion as a monthly interim dividend and N42 billion as 40 per cent oil Production Sharing Contract (PSC) profit totaling N123 billion.The NNPCL Chief Financial Officer, Umar Ajiya, said in a statement that the move was to consolidate its post Petroleum Industry…

Six persons have reportedly died after taking alcohol allegedly served by their friend in Ogbogbo in Ijebu-North East area of Ogun State.It was gathered that the incident occurred on Tuesday at a joint where seven friends reportedly converged for merry making.A source told our correspondent that all the six persons who drank the alcohol died except the seventh person who reportedly brought the drink from home but did not partake in the drinking.The deceased persons and the suspect reportedly engaged in a hot argument, but, was later settled.The source, who pleaded anonymity, claimed that the suspect offered to donate a…

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 25, 2023 general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has raised the alarm over what he described as a sinister plot to undermine the Nigerian judiciary as well as democracy.All Progressives Congress (APC) fired back, last night, describing the alarm as arrant nonsense.President Bola Tinubu also responded, advising Atiku to allow the judiciary to carry out its duty without harassment.Atiku raised the alarm in a statement signed by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, in Abuja yesterday.He explained that since the conclusion of the presidential election in February and the attendant controversies in…

The Ilọrin Central Jumaat Mosque, in Kwara State, is currently battling water scarcity.Daily Trust on Sunday gathered that the situation is worse during the weekly Friday Jummah Mosque when worshipers require a lot of water for ablution and other purposes.Speaking on the water situation during a chat with Daily Trust reporters, the Secretary of the Mosque Management Committee, Alhaji Suleiman Bayero, said the mosque could no longer provide enough water for the use of the congregants.“You know the importance of water to the Muslims in a mosque, especially during the Jumaat service. We made adequate provisions for water supply to…

Men of the Anambra State Police Command have arrested three members of an armed syndicate that targets Dangote trailers plying the highways in the State.In a statement by the spokesman of the command, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, on Saturday, he said the Police acting on a tip stormed the hideout of the syndicate at Nnokwa, Idemili North Local Government Area where the three suspects were arrested while vandalizing two trailers.He said the vandalized head of one of the trailers was recovered while the whereabouts of the other is yet to be ascertained. According to him, the suspects have been taken into…

In a major breakthrough against economy saboteurs, operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Lagos State Command, have apprehended eight individuals suspected of oil theft.The arrest occurred during a routine patrol of the antivandal unit of the command, where the suspects were caught red-handed transporting 13 industrial tanks and 50 drums, each containing 200 liters of adulterated diesel.According to a short statement via the corps’ Facebook page, an antivandal unit on a routine patrol, spotted the suspicious activities of the suspects, leading to a swift and decisive action.Upon inspection, the operatives discovered the illicit cargo, consisting of…

Lawyers, litigants, and journalists were ordered to vacate the courtroom of a Federal High Court Abuja where the trial of Tukur Mamu was held.When the matter was called on Friday, counsel from the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), who is prosecuting the case on the Federal Government’s behalf, David Kaswe, told the court that their witnesses were in court for the trial.Kaswe then urged Justice Inyang Ekwo to enforce the order earlier granted, for all parties not party to the suit to vacate the court.Justice Ekwo, who granted the prayer, ordered everyone to vacate the court, except…

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has asked the Presidential Election Petition Court to declare him the winner of the February 25 presidential election, having won won in 21 states.This was as he stated that the winner announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, Bola Tinubu, was not qualified to contest the election “having regard to an order of criminal forfeiture against him arising from a drug-related offence, his declaration of allegiance to a country other than Nigeria and acquisition of citizenship of another country and presenting a forged certificate to the first respondent (INEC)’.Atiku also…

Nigerian skit maker, Abdullahi Maruff Adisa, popularly called Trinity Guy, has regained freedom from prison.It was earlier reported that the police invited the skit maker in connection with a prank video that involved a minor.Thereafter, a Family Court sitting at Iyaganku, Ibadan, Oyo State, ordered his remand to Agodi correctional facility.It also arraigned and remanded Isiaka Ahmed, 40, and his wife, Rofiat, 29, who are parents of the victim on two-count charges of conspiracy and sexual abuse and exploitation alongside the skit maker.Disclosing his release on Friday night, a fellow skit maker, Abdugalfar Abiola, popularly known as Cute Abiola, announced…