Author: Kwara Reporters

The Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Plateau State, Chief Yohanna Margif, has asked the PDP and LP presidential candidates in the February 25, elections, Atiku Abubakar and Oeter Obi, respectively, to withdraw their petitions against the victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the APC.He made the call in an interview yesterday in Abuja. The LP stalwart said the call on Obi and Atiku to withdraw from the tribunal became necessary to foster national unity and integration.He said, “I call on both Obi and Abubakar to sheath their swords by withdrawing their cases at the tribunal for the sake of…

Two persons died in a fatal lone auto crash, which occurred in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital on Monday evening.The auto crash, which involved a commercial Mitsubishi space bus registered SHA 784 XH, occurred at about 19.50 hours at Zebra 23, NATO, Airport Road, along Ilorin-Eiyekonri highway of Ilorin metropolis.The accident, which involved four people, claimed two lives, including the driver, and a small child, while two others were seriously injured.It was learnt that the driver of the vehicle who lost his life in the incident, lost control in an attempt to avoid hitting an okada rider with passengers.The vehicle…

Amb. Auwal Muhammed Musa, the Chairman of the National Youth Leaders Forum of Political Parties in Nigeria, has congratulated Muslims around the world on this year’s Eid-El-Kabir festival and urged them to continue to pray to Allah to intervene in the affairs of the country by restoring peace, unity, prosperity, security, and development across its nooks and cranny.In a Sallah message he delivered through the Secretary of the Forum, Comrade Olajide Wolimoh, Amb. Auwal noted the significance of the Eid-El-Kabir festival as it symbolises the test of the faith of Prophet Ibrahim who is the origin of the world’s biggest…

A commercial driver, Bolaji Sunday, has been hospitalised after two yet-to-be-identified soldiers allegedly shot him for parking his vehicle at the front of the Oriental Transport Company around Magboro Bus Stop, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State.According to PUNCH Metro, Sunday left his residence and drove to the location to meet someone who wanted to connect him with a customer.When he got to the front of the company reportedly guarded by soldiers, Sunday parked his vehicle.The driver was said to be on his way to meet the person that wanted to connect him with his customer…

Hon. Olushola Odetundun, the Kwara State House of Assembly member representing Irepodun Constituency, has felicitated with the Muslim faithful in Irepodun Constituency, Kwara State and across the country on the occasion of Eid-el-Kabir.In a statement released on Wednesday Hon. Odetundun congratulated the Muslim Ummah on the successful completion of the Hajj rites and the celebration of Eid-el-Kabir, which commemorates the willingness of Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to Allah.The lawmaker urged Muslims to use the occasion to renew their faith in Allah, and to reflect on the lessons of sacrifice, obedience, and devotion to…

Hon. Bolujoko George has sent a warm message of congratulations to the Muslim community in Kwara State on the occasion of Eid-el-Kabir celebration. Bolujoko in a statement on Wednesday encouraged the Muslim Ummah to use the opportunity to reflect on the values of love, sacrifice, and peaceful coexistence, which are the essence of the festival.He also expressed his gratitude to his mentor, Alhaji Waziri Yakubu Gobir, whom he described as a visionary leader. He acknowledged the invaluable experience he has gained working with Alhaji Gobir and thanked him for the opportunity to be his running mate.Moreover, Hon. Bolujoko George urged Nigerians…

Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested one Gabriel Okon Ekpiri, a native of Ekit Itam Akpan Obong community in Itu Local Government Area of the state, for selling his nine-year-old son for the sum of N400,000.The command’s Public Relations Officer, Odiko Macdon, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday night in Uyo, the state capital, said the suspect was arrested by the Quick Intervention Squad of the Command.Macdon said the suspect, during interrogation, confessed to the crime while blaming the act on the devil and economic hardship being experienced in the country.The statement read in part, “The Commissioner…

Hon Ayodele Ayodimeji Azeez, also known as Triple A, has extended his warmest greetings to the Muslim faithful in Kwara State and beyond, on the occasion of Eid-el-Kabir.In a statement released on Wednesday Triple A congratulated the Muslim Ummah on the successful completion of the Hajj rites and the celebration of Eid-el-Kabir, which commemorates the willingness of Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to Allah.He urged Muslims to imbibe the lessons of sacrifice, devotion, and obedience to Allah, as exemplified by Prophet Ibrahim, and use the occasion to reflect on their relationship with God and…

As Muslims around the world celebrate Eid-el-Kabir, Alhaji Waziri Yakubu Gobir has sent his felicitations to the Muslim faithful in Kwara State and across the country.In a statement released on Wednesday Alhaji Gobir extended his warm wishes to the entire Ilorin Emirate, including the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji (Dr) Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari (Chairman Kwara State Council of Chiefs) and the Chief Imam of Ilorin, Shaykh (Dr) Muhammad Bashir Saliu.Waziri Gobir, who is also the Madawaki of Ilorin Emirate and Waziri’n Hausa, expressed his joy at the occasion of Eid-el-Kabir, which he described as a time for reflection, sacrifice, and love. He…

…Ask DSS, others to invite, grill authors of unsubstantiated social media allegations …Say protest by ‘Abuja Street urchins’ planned to blackmail Military, others Kogi State indigenes from the three main ethnic groups have called on the Department of State Services, the Police and other security agencies to, as a matter or urgency, invite those publicly instigating violence in the state through hate campaign and unfounded allegations, for questioning. Those who represented thousands of concerned indigenes at a press conference held in Abuja, after an emergency meeting, called on all genuine Kogites, both at home and abroad, to rise up against “merchants of disharmony”…