Author: Kwara Reporters

Kwara State School of Special Needs houses the visually impaired, deaf and dumb and some mentally retarded students. However, strained relationship between the blind and deaf, especially, has made it difficult for them to cohabit and led to calls for the government to separate them. Daily Trust on Sunday writes on the issue.Last month, the cat and mouse relationship between the blind students and their deaf and dumb counterparts at the Kwara State School of Special Needs climaxed with a brawl over food during lunch.According to findings, trouble started when some blind students (names withheld) went to the kitchen to…

•says Nigeria’s 20 million out-of-school children alarming•calls for more investment in educationThe Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi has criticised the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration for approval of N8,000 as palliative about 12 million households over the period of six months to ameliorate the hardships faced by Nigerians as a result of subsidy removal. Obi who spoke on Saturday at the graduation of the Class of 2023, Pacesetters Schools, Abuja, said almost every family in Nigeria are vulnerable and are feeling the pains of the fuel subsidy removal, including teachers who are…

Six suspects identified as Afam Ezenwa, Chijioke Ifeanyi, Collins Obadom, Abuchi Okechukwu, Chima Obiekezie and Sunday Okafor have been arrested for allegedly gang-raping a 19-year-old girl in Anam, Anambra West Local Government Area of Anambra State.The suspects, aged 16, 17, 18, 20, and 27, respectively, were said to have carried out the act after ambushing and forcing the victim into a room, where they took turns to defile her.Narrating her ordeal, the teenager (name withheld), said the incident happened when she visited her maternal home in Oramaetiti and got ambushed by the boys.She explained that despite her plea, they did…

A Football prodigy, JSS 3 student of Cherubim &Seraphim Grammar school, Sabo-Oke Ilorin Kehinde Ayodele now partially blind needs N25M to undergo a correctional surgery in a United Kingdom hospital.His father Mr Babatola Ayodele speaking on the cause of his son’s travail told Vanguard Correspondent in an interview in Ilorin that on April 24,2021,”Kehinde was in the class during break time, resting his head on the table and as he stood up to walk out of the class because of the noisy environment, a long stick thrown by another colleague in the class, straight entered his right eye and blood…

Yeye Ajesikemi Olatunji, a traditional religion adherent and devotee of Aje Olokun, speaks to TUNDE OYEKOLA on the cancellation of the Aje festival in Ilorin, Kwara State, and the opposition from an Islamic group, among other issuesWhat festival do you want to celebrate in Ilorin that has set you on a collision course with an Islamic group in the town?Well, I planned to celebrate the annual Aje Olokun festival. I’m a member of the Kwara State Association of Traditional Religion, also known as Isese. This is an association of people practising traditional religion. We are not members of the Christian…

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has vowed drastic actions if the federal government fails to prevail upon the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) to stop forthwith the illegal levy imposed on their members.IPMAN National Public Relation Officer (PRO), Yakubu Suleiman, said during a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday that the call followed a meeting of the Central Working Committee (CWC) of the association.Mr Suleiman said it had become imperative for Nigerians, especially the federal government and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to know those allegedly sabotaging the distribution of Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) in the…

Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has faulted the mode that the federal government adopted for the distribution of N500 billion palliatives for small scale industries.The government had announced using the Bank of Industry to support small-scale industries across geopolitical zones.Speaking through his deputy, Comrade Aminu Abdussalam, the governor said the distribution was heavily skewed in favour of Lagos state and the South-South zone to the disadvantage of other states and zones.He said the distribution mode will see Lagos receiving 47% of the allocation, followed by the South-South Zone with 17%, and other regions receiving significantly lower percentages.“This is…

Depict imageNo fewer than 10 persons were killed on Thursday in a road accident at Ile Pupa, along the Jebba-Bode Saadu-Ilorin Expressway in the Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State.It was gathered that the crash was caused by wrongful overtaking and speed violations.According to the report,three vehicles were involved in the crash as seven male adults, one female adult and two female children lost their lives.A statement by the Federal Road Safety Corps on Friday said the incident happened around 6.30pm and involved a total number of 17 persons.According to the first information report of the FRSC, the three…

A two-year-old baby, Ivan Omhonrina was on Thursday shot dead at his mother’s shop in Delta State while his younger sibling, Eromonsele, who was also shot, is receiving treatment at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Asaba.Daily Trust reports that the kids were shot when operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) raided a notorious drug joint at Okpanam in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State.The Delta State Commandant of the NDLEA, Mr John Tunde, who confirmed the incident, however, insisted that his men did not open fire on the kids.Tunde explained that when the operatives of…

•Promises better welfare, commends dedication, sacrifice of officersThe Acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, launched the distribution of cheques to provide insurance benefits to the next-of-kin of officers who have lost their lives or suffered permanent disabilities in the line of duty.The total amount of cheques presented to 68 families of deceased officers and injured or disabled personnel, covered under the Group Life Assurance 2022/2023 Policy Year, is N535,618,788.44. The IGP emphasized the value of human life and expressed the Nigeria Police Force’s commitment to prioritize the well-being of its officers and personnel.He assured that the obligation of providing…