Author: Kwara Reporters

The management of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company of Nigeria (IBEDC) has disclosed that consumers in Kwara State owe the company over N50 billion.IBEDC media relations officer, Olori Busolami Tunwase, disclosed this in Ilọrin, the state capital, on Tuesday at a stakeholders engagement attended by electricity consumers across the metropolis.IBEDC covers Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Kwara and parts of Niger, Ekiti and Kogi states.Giving a breakdown of the company’s revenue loss data, Tunwase said electricity consumers in Jebba, Moro Local Government Area of the state, topped the debtors chart with a debt of N25.8 billion.She said customers in Baboko, Ilọrin West…

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of a retired Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Hakeem Odumosu as the substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).Odumosu’s appointment is subject to his confirmation by the Senate.On Wednesday, Tinubu suspended the former chairman of the anti-corruption agency.A statement from the presidency explained that Bawa’s suspension is “to allow for proper investigation into his conduct while in office. This follows weighty allegation of abuse of office leveled against him.”Bawa was subsequently invited by the Department of State Services (DSS) for questioning. Do you have any information you wish to…

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…