Author: Kwara Reporters

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu, has explained why it is taking long for President Bola Tinubu to unveil his new ministers.Speaking on Monday in Abuja, during a meeting with APC chairmen across the country, Adamu noted that Tinubu consulted extensively before deciding on names to choose.“The president has just started. And he is doing his extensive consultation before coming up with his nominees for ministers.“The nomination of the ministers will come first. They will go through their screening until they are pronounced after they have been submitted by Mr. President.“And Mr. President will formally…

Borno State governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has imposed an indefinite ban on metal scavenging activities across the entire 27 local government areas of the state.The governor’s ban aims to forestall continued killings of scavengers by Boko Haram insurgents at the outskirts of some local government areas and to stop theft of public and private property.Announcing the ban on Monday in Maiduguri, Governor Zulum said: “Within the last five years, many people were killed as a result of metal scavenging. That has informed the government of Borno State to investigate such nefarious activities,” Zulum said.He added, “You have seen this place,…

The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan Kukah, said yesterday Nigerians witnessed the worst phase of corruption under the last administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.He also lamented the fact that the country currently shared its sovereignty with bandits and terrorists, in view of the pervasive insecurity in Nigeria.Kukah spoke as human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, cautioned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu against sending wrong signals in his anti-corruption fight, stressing that some of those who have visited the Presidential Villa in recent times are currently being tried for looting.This is even as former President Olusegun Obasanjo noted…

The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Mr Julius Abure on Monday said he got information that the All Progressives Congress was already preparing for a possible re-run of the 2023 presidential election urging members of the party to be alert.Abure said this during an online meeting held with Nigerian-American Coalition for Justice and Democracy, led by Professor Eddie Oparaoji, the Labour Party Diaspora Chairman in the United States, in Abuja reports The PUNCH.He explained the ruling party was aware the tide was heavily tilted against it in the ongoing legal challenge to the presidential election results as declared by…

The Federal Government has filed an eight-count charge against former Minister of Aviation Stella Oduah at a Federal High Court in Abuja, accusing her of falsely claiming to have lost her National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate, among other allegationsThe charge was filed on June 26, 2023, according to court documents made available to Channels Television on Monday. This comes amid controversy over alleged falsified documents claiming the former Anambra North completed the mandatory one-year programme.One of the counts read, “That you SENATOR STELLA ODUAH AND D.A.O OSHINOWO (at large) sometime in the year, 2017, at Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.…

Former President Muhammadu Buhari has denied being in exile.Buhari described the report of him fleeing the country and in exile as false.Speaking through his former media aide, Garba Shehu, Buhari said there was no veracity in the report because he had returned home to Daura, Katsina State.In a statement, he said it was misleading to report that former President Muhammadu Buhari has ‘fled’ and was on ‘exile’ when he is currently at home with family in Daura, Katsina State.“Every platform has tools to verify any information and we don’t expect anything less,” he said.Recently, Buhari travelled to London to rest.…

The Police Command in Kwara State has reminded residents of the state that the ban on tricycles and motorcycles operations at night is still in force.The command’s spokesman, Ajayi Okasanmi, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Ilorin.It quoted the state Commissioner of Police, Ebunoluwarotimi Adelesi, as saying that she wishes to remind motorcycle and tricycle operators of the ban on their operations between the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. throughout the state.Smarting from a meeting held by the police chief and the associations of both groups on Friday at the police headquarters in Ilorin, the…

Expectations on the ministerial list have heightened as President Bola Tinubu clocks over 40 days in office.By law, Tinubu is required to name his cabinet within 60 days after taking the oath of office on May 29 and transmits it to the Senate for confirmation.With less than 18 days to submit his cabinet list to the National Assembly as recommended by the constitution, lawmakers and other Nigerians are anxiously waiting for the list of ministers who would help to deliver the President’s renewed hope agenda.Multiple NASS Assembly sources said the federal parliament was awaiting Tinubu’s ministerial list, with some expressing…

The decomposing corpse of an Abuja-based construction engineer, Humphrey Nnaji, has been evacuated from his apartment in the Dawaki area of the Federal Capital Territory.PUNCH Metro gathered that the engineer was at home when some suspects gained entry into the premises, killed him and fled.It was learnt that Nnaji’s neighbours, who were unaware of what had happened to him, started smelling a foul odour emitting from his apartment on Saturday and informed the police.A commercial driver in the area, who gave his name simply as Musa, said policemen detailed to investigate the case, upon gaining entry into the apartment, found…

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has disclosed that he worked against his party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the February 25, 2023 election.Fayose, who is a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), revealed that he worked against Atiku “100%” because the “PDP has not been fair to me”.The PDP stalwart said he worked for the victory of the flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, in Ekiti in the last general elections.“I never worked for PDP during the last election. I cannot work for two people at the same time,” he said on Channels…