Author: Kwara Reporters

Some documents requested by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, at the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi to be presented as exhibits at the Presidential Election Tribunal are non-existent.INEC made the declaration during the Tribunal’s sitting in Abuja on Tuesday.Obi and the Labour Party (LP) are challenging the Feb. 25 election of President Bola Tinubu before the court in a petition marked CA/PEPC/03/2023.Respondents in the petition are INEC, President Tinubu, Vice-President Kashim Shettima and their All Progressives Congress (APC).Giving evidence before the court, Mr Lawrence Bayode, Deputy Director, ICT at INEC, told the court that out of the…

Three members of a family including the wife and children of an overseas returnee have allegedly been abducted in Kwara State.The incident, it was gathered, occurred in Okanle-Fajeromi community in Ifelodun Local Government Area, on Monday around 11:00 pm.According to DailyTrust gunmen allegedly invaded the community located near Idofian and kidnapped the victims while they were sleeping in their home.It was gathered that the wife of a man identified as Sikiru Abiola who returned to the community from overseas about three years ago to practice farming, and his two sons were forcefully taken away by the abductors.The Olugbense of Okanle…

The Ondo State Police Command on Tuesday said it had arrested three persons in connection with the disappearance of a newborn baby’s placenta at a health centre.According to the police, the suspects included a nurse, a health assistant and a security officer. But the real identities of the suspects had not been revealed.The suspects were said to be state government workers, who work at the Emure Ile Comprehensive Health Centre in Owo Local Government Area of the state.It was gathered that the concerned family member of the victim raised the alarm after the hospital workers failed to hand over the…

A 36-year old, Ayotomide Adeniyi, on Tuesday, appeared before an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court, for posing as a lawyer and defrauding unsuspecting residents of the state.Adeniyi, who was arraigned on six counts bordering on posing as a lawyer, obtaining money under pretence, stealing and membership in an unlawful society, pleaded guilty to the crimes.The prosecutor, Elisha Olusegun, told the court that the defendant, between January and June 2023 in Osogbo, falsely presented himself as a lawyer to unsuspecting members of the public with the intent to defraud.Other details of the offences committed by the defendant further read, “That you, AYOTOMIDE…

A 43-year-old pastor with Mountain of Fire and Miracles (Worldwide), Chinedu Eze, has revealed how he was detained in prison for 14 years following his alleged refusal to cooperate with police on an issue he claimed he had no knowledge about.He, however, said that while in prison, he enrolled for the Senior School Certificate Examination and bagged a Bachelor’s degree in Peace and Conflict Resolution from the National Open University of Nigeria out of the 996 inmates through the efforts of Christ Embassy Church.While in prison, Eze said he wrote about 157 songs in detention and seven books.Eze, an indigene…

Bowoto Jephthah Tanimola, Nigerian comedian popularly known as Akpororo, has said Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, will be in court for 8 years.Obi is currently contesting the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election.At a comedy show in Abuja, Akpororo described Tinubu as healthy and intelligent, who will be in charge for eight years.“I always say this and people say I’m crazy. But in the end, what I said will happen. Tinubu will be president for eight years,” Akpororo said.“Before he became president, his head, hands and legs were shaking. But since he became the president,…

Operatives of a private pipeline surveillance contractor to the NPDC/Splat Joint Venture, Abicity Security, in collaboration with personnel of the Nigerian Army stationed at Ubagboro community along the Amokpe Escravos Pipeline in the creeks of Delta State have intercepted boats loaded with illegal crude oil.According to PUNCH Metro a serious manhunt by the security operatives, following intelligence gathered on the illegal operation of the oil bunkerers, led to the interception of the locally made boats, popularly called ‘Cotonou Boats’ laden with the stolen crude oil, opposite the Koko River, on Monday evening.The security men reportedly intercepted the suspected oil bunkerers…

The former Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, is currently in the Makurdi custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, following an invitation, The PUNCH has learnt.Ortom arrived at the Makurdi zonal office of the anti-graft agency, located at Alor Gordon Street, at 10 a.m. on Tuesday.Our correspondent gathered that the former governor was invited to be questioned concerning an ongoing investigation into alleged financial misappropriation during his tenure as an official.“Former governor Ortom is currently at our Makurdi zonal office in Benue State. He arrived at about 10 a.m. this morning, and he’s still there now. He was…

The Kano State Government, Dr Baffa Bichi, has said that the state government has reclaimed land worth trillions of naira since it embarked on demolition exercises across some locations in the state. The state government under the leadership of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has demolished structures at Daula Hotel site, Kano Eid Ground, Kwari and Wambai markets, among others.It accused the immediate past administration of land-grabbing, but the former governor, Abdullahi Umar Gnaduje, had since described the accusation as baselessDr Bichi, in an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today, said, “Somebody was claiming that N129 billion worth of structures were demolished.“We…

Newly appointed Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun says he feels like a Tiger ready to chase away all the criminals in Nigeria. He stated this during a chat with State House correspondents on Tuesday after his decoration with the rank of IGP.IGP Egbetokun expressed his feelings about his new responsibility, stating that he is looking forward to taking over on Wednesday by 11 am.He said, “I will tell you that right now, I feel like a Tiger inside of me ready to chase away all the criminals in Nigeria. And some other time, I fell like a lion in…