Author: Kwara Reporters

The senator representing Delta north, Ned Nwoko, has claimed that he was supposed to join the men who died in an underwater excursion to see the Titanic wreck.Nwoko revealed this in an Instagram post on Friday.He mourned Hamish Harding, a British businessman and his friend, who was among the five passengers aboard Titan, the missing submersible.The US Coast Guard (USCG) reported that the men died from a “catastrophic implosion” after debris believed to be from Titan was found near the Titanic, four days after its disappearance.Nwoko stated that he was unable to make the trip because of national duties.“We both…

No fewer than 116 houses were affected on Thursday in Abuja after an early morning rain flooded the Trademore Estate along Airport Road.While there were concerns that at least one life was lost in the incident, the Director General of the Federal Capital Territory FCT Emergency Management Agency FEMA, Dr Abbas G.Idriss said no life was lost.Noting that the floods at Trademore Estate were caused by infractions on the water channel, Idriss appealed to residents whose houses are built on the water channel to relocate.Head, Public Affairs at FEMA, Nkechi Isa quoted her boss as saying that the Trademore estate…

The Edo State Taskforce against Human Trafficking has apprehended a 48-year-old man, Anthony Igbinogun, and his girlfriend, Joy Umukoro, 28, for allegedly selling their two-month-old baby to fund their drug addiction.The suspects were arrested with their friend, 26-year-old Precious James, who linked them up to the baby’s buyer in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.Briefing journalists in Benin City, the Head of the Investigative Unit of the Edo State Taskforce against Human Trafficking, Abigail Ihonre, said the baby was sold for N1.7m, adding that investigation was ongoing to rescue the child and apprehend the buyer.Ihonre said, “Our investigations revealed that Joy Umukoro,…

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has urged the Department of State Services (DSS) to go after terrorists and criminals afflicting pains on Nigerians, rather than just issuing security alerts at festive periods.CAN said it has become a conventional activity of the nation’s secret police to announce this security urging them to institute preventive mechanisms against the attacks of terrorists and criminals.The Chairman of CAN Kaduna Chapter of CAN, Rev’d Joseph John Hayab, said this in reaction to the security agency’s alert earlier that terrorists are planning to attack religious and fun places during the Eid Kabir festival.Hayab said, “This…

BBNaija level up Season 7 winner, Josephine Otabor aka Phyna has claimed she is yet to receive all the prizes she won on the reality show last year.On October 2, 2022 Phyna was presented with a cheque of N50 million, a brand new sports utility vehicle and other prizes totalling N100 million after she emerged winner of the show.But taking to her Snapchat page, Phyna, who is at loggerheads with organisers for airing her controversial outburst against Chichi during the reunion show, claimed that she hasn’t received any of the prize she won.She said: “After they make you, they break…

The Department of State Services (DSS) has said terrorists are planning to attack worship and fun centres during Eid-el-Kabir.The DSS spokesman, Dr Peter Afunanya, stated this in a statement Thursday.Afunanya enjoined operators and patrons of public places, including markets and malls to be watchful and report any suspicious movements and persons to relevant security agencies.He said the service had recovered primed Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) from suspected terrorists during a joint operation by the department and its sister security agencies.He added that the operation along Abuja-Keffi Expressway in Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State led to the arrest of…

The Oyo State Police Command has invited skit maker, Abdullahi Maruf Adisa, also known as Trinity Guy, in connection with a prank video that involved a minor.This was made known in a tweet on the command’s official handle on Thursday.“Popular content creator, Abdullahi Maruf Adisa, AKA Trinity, has been contacted and invited to the Oyo State Police Command in connection with the disturbing viral skit content making the rounds across the Social Media space concerning a female minor. Updates would be provided soon,” the tweet read.Adisa had caught the attention of the spokesman of the Nigerian Police, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who…

Three lucky survivors, who escaped miraculously in the June 12, 2023, Black Monday boat disaster, which claimed 107 lives, in Kwara State, have recounted how they cheated death by the whiskers.It was reported that the boat was conveying about 250 wedding guests from Gboti village via Patigi after a marriage ceremony to Ebu and Dzakan villages, all within Patigi Local Government of Kwara state, but capsized a few minutes after take-off.On leaving the shore, one part of the boat by the engine side cracked and gave way for water to penetrate the boat which ultimately led to the boat capsizing.Efforts…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said Nigeria is not only ready for business but also prepared to welcome investments.The president said this on Thursday in Paris – France while receiving President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of African Export-Import Bank (Afrexim), Prof. Benedict Oramah, and President of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Odile Renaud-Basso, in separate meetings, on the sidelines of the Summit for New Global Financing Pact.“We are ready for business, prepared to welcome investments,” he said, while adding that ongoing reforms, starting with removal of fuel subsidy and streamlining of exchange rate, would be…

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 arraigned an Ilorin-based associate pastor of the Living Faith Church (aka Winners’ Chapel) and a legal practitioner, Temidayo Eseyin, for allegedly defrauding Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State of N19.3million.Eseyin, a former member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association, Ilorin Branch, was arraigned before Justice Funsho Lawal of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on four counts bordering on dishonest misappropriation of funds belonging to the university.In a petition to the EFCC, Eseyin, whilst being a counsel to the…