Author: Kwara Reporters

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…

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…