Author: Kwara Reporters

A Kwara State High Court judge, in Ilorin has sentenced a 26-year-old photography apprentice, Amole Samuel Anuoluwapo, to six month jail terms for offences bordering on cybercrime.Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar passed the judgement on Amole who hails from Akinyele Local Government Area, Ibadan, Oyo State.Amole was to spend his terms in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Centre started their journey to jail on May 4, 2023, when he were arrested in Ilorin upon intelligence on his fraudulent activities by operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.The anti-graft agency on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, arraigned…

Following the suspension of Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa by President Bola Tinubu, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has announced Mr Abdulkarim Chukkol as the Acting Chairman of the commission.Chukkol is an alumnus of the Federal Bureau of Investigations National Academy, Quantico, the European Center of Security Studies, Germany, and also a Fellow of the War College, Nigeria.The acting EFCC Chairman holds a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Maiduguri (2000) and Post Graduate Certificate in Criminal Justice Education from the University of Virginia, United States, as well as Graduate Diploma in Cybersecurity and Spectrum Management from the…

As his administration enters its third week, President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, appointed eight Special Advisers.⁣They include Mr. Dele Alake as Special Adviser, Special Adviser, Special Duties, Communications and Strategy and Former EFCC Chairman, Nuhu Ribadu, as Special Adviser on Security and Mr. Wale Edun as Special Adviser, Monetary Policies. ⁣⁣The appointments were announced in a statement signed by the State House Director of Information, Abiodun Oladunjoye. ⁣⁣Others Special Advisers appointed by the President include Yau Darazo (Political and Intergovernmental Affairs); Olu Verheijen (Energy), Zachaeus Adedeji (Revenue), John Uwajumogu (Industry, Trade and Investment) and Dr Salma Anas (Health). ⁣⁣Thursday’s appointments…

A Nollywood veteran actor, Don Brymo Uchegbu, has died.The Anambra State-born thespian reportedly died on Thursday.The 56-year-old actor was said to have died in his sleep.His colleague and friend, Mr. Mayor Ofoegbu, confirmed the development in a post on his Facebook page on Thursday morning.“Plan for tomorrow but live for today. Tomorrow is not guaranteed”.“I wrote those lines on my WhatsApp status yesterday evening. My man, my 5 & 6, Don Brymo Uchegbu, passed in his sleep.“I received the shocking news this morning and had to verify from his family. Chai! Don Brymo my manchi. It’s had to say goodbye.…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is thinking of extending the validity of old naira notes.The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had redesigned the naira last year and set a deadline that was extended after outcry.However, ruling in a suit filed by some aggrieved governors, the Supreme Court shifted the deadline to December 2023.But in an Advisory Report released by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Policy Advisory Council chaired by Senator Tokunbo Abiru, a December 2024 deadline is said to be considered for the old naira notes.Abiru was the Chief Executive Officer of Polaris Bank before he was elected into the Senate to…

A landlord, Akinola Agbede, has been allegedly hacked to death by hoodlums who invaded his residence (street) in the Ajuwon area of Akute, a border in Ogun and Lagos states.According to PUNCH Metro the hoodlums perpetrated the crime after Agbede reprimanded two suspects who were apprehended for stealing shawarma at a shop close to his residence. A resident in the area, who does not want his name mentioned for security reasons, while chronicling the circumstances surrounding Agbede’s death, told our correspondent that the two suspects, after being cautioned and released by elders in the community, allegedly mobilised the hoodlums to attack…

A man, Oluwafemi Damilola, has been brought before a Chief Magistrate Court in Ondo State for allegedly defrauding four prostitutes of N45,000.The victims said Damilola patronised them for sex and after offering him their services, he paid them by generating a fake alert. It was learnt that the case was reported to the police and Damilola was arrested and subsequently charged to court on two counts bordering on fraud.The police prosecutor, Akano Moremi, said the defendant committed the offence in October 2022 in the Sabo area of Ondo town.The charge read, ”That you, Oluwafemi Damilola, sometime in October 2022, at Sabo…

The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed Deposit Money Banks to remove the rate cap on the naira at the official Investors and Exporters’ Window of the foreign exchange market, to allow for a free float of the national currency against the dollar and other global currencies.This came barely two weeks after President Bola Tinubu promised to unify the nation’s multiple exchange rates, and less than a week before the suspension and detention of CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele whose unorthodox monetary policies had become a stumbling block to investors and the economy.The CBN’s decision to float the currency was hailed…

A Senate committee comprising the former Governor of Ebonyi, David Umahi, Kwara Central Senator, Saliu Mustapha has been inaugurated to manage the welfare of the senators inaugurated.The 15-man committee was constituted at the Senate plenary which was presided over by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday.Some of the committee’s assignment is to allocate offices and seats to the new senators.The committee is chaired by Isah Jibrin (Kogi East), while the vice chairman is Darlington Nwokocha.Other members are Ekpenyong Asuquo; Dandutse Mohammed; Francis Fadahunsi; Shuaibu Salisu; Aminu Abass; Ibrahim Dankwambo; Ireti Kingibe; Idiat Adebule; Ipalibo Banigo; Barinnada Degi-Ereminyo,…

Suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, is currently in custody of the Department of State Services (DSS).It was learnt that Bawa arrived the headquarters of DSS at about 9:02pm.A source said he’s currently being grilled by the operatives of the secret police.Spokesman of the DSS, Peter Afunanya confirmed Bawa’s presence in a statement.“The Department of State Services (DSS) has invited Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, the suspended Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).“Bawa arrived a few hours ago. The invitation relates to some investigative activities concerning him”, Afunanya said in terse statement. Do you…