Author: Kwara Reporters

There was uproar at Osogbo Eid prayer ground on Wednesday when Osun Governor Ademola Adeleke and ex-senate spokesperson Ajibola Basiru clashed over sitting arrangement. The Nation observed Basiru arrived the Eid praying ground located at Oke-Baale around 9:35am with Muslim and community leaders in a car belonging to the Asiwaju of Muslim in Yoruba Land Chief Badmus for Turakat congregational prayer. Basiru sat on the front row of the ground with other leaders but a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) Muniru Raji confronted the ex-lawmaker he was sitting on a seat reserved for Governor Adeleke. Though Basiru moved from the seat to…

The former Governor of Oyo State and Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, High Chief Rashidi Ladoja, broke his silence on Wednesday on the elevation of 11 High Chiefs to the status of beaded crown Oba, saying he was not interested in any crown than that of Olubadan of Ibadanland.The PUNCH had exclusively reported that the state Governor, Seyi Makinde, approved the promotion of 11 Ibadan High Chiefs to beaded crown Obas, and Friday, July 7, has been tentatively fixed for the installation, as stipulated in the letter sent to the governor by the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun.Other High Chiefs…

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…