Author: Kwara Reporters

Guinness World Records: Ekiti chef, Dammy set to cook for 150 hoursNigerian chef, Damilola Adeparusi, popularly known as Chef Dammy, has revealed plans to displace Hilda Baci as the world record holder for the longest cooking marathon by an individual.Chef Dammy, who spoke to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti on Friday, said the concluded 120-hour cook was not registered with the Guinness World Record (GWR).She, however, said after completing the 120-hour cook-a-thon, she is ready to apply for the Guinness World Records.Vanguard correspondent confirmed that she plans to cook for 150 hours in the new challenge set to take place next month.“I…

A four-man criminal gang, yesterday narrated how it killed one Makanjuola Ogedengbe and raped his 14-year-old and 10-year-old daughters in Ibadan.One of the suspects, Abolade Morenikeji, said they robbed the deceased at his home in Apaataku/Onireke, Akobo Ibadan, explaining that their gang leader, Sodiq shot the girls’ father while struggling with them.According to him: “Though I’m not the one that killed the deceased, I’m one of those who raped his daughters. It has not been long I joined the group, this is my second operation, it was the work of devil.”Oyo police spokesman Adewale Osifeso, while parading the suspects at…

Barring any last-minute changes, President Bola Tinubu will meet with Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates and the Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote.Tinubu is scheduled to meet with Gates and Dangote on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.Dangote disclosed this after a closed-door meeting with Tinubu at the State House on Friday.According to Dangote: “I did not come to do much. I only came to inform the President about our visit with Microsoft co-founder and my friend Bill Gates.“We will both see the president on Monday when we come together.”Dangote, however, did not disclose the reason for Monday’s scheduled meeting. Do…

A former deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olabode George, has dismissed claims that he is looking for appointment under President Bola Tinubu, saying he is too old for such.He noted however that if he was approached or offered such, he would only assist in nominating competent candidates from his party.George, who had been an ardent critic of Tinubu, told our correspondent in a telephone interview on Thursday that he ended his rift with the President, not for appointment, but for peace to reign, and in deference to those who intervened in the matter, at the behest…

The Nigerian Navy has challenged Niger Delta leader and former agitator, Mujahid Asari Dokubo, to produce the names of officers involved in crude oil theft.Dokubo, had on Friday, alleged that the bulk cases of oil theft recorded in the oil-rich region were traceable to the Nigerian Army and Navy.He said this while briefing State House reporters after meeting President Bola Tinubu behind closed-doors at the Aso Rock Villa.“The military is at the centre of oil theft and we have to make this very clear to the Nigerian public that 99 per cent of oil theft can be traced to the…

The Kwara State Ministry of Education has taken action against Hammed Olawale Saka, a staff member accused of job racketeering, following an investigation by Wadata Media and Advocacy Center (WAMAC).WAMAC, in partnership with Albarka FM 89.9 FM, conducted an investigation on May 22, 2023, which exposed Mr. Hammed Olawale Saka of the Kwara State Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development for allegedly defrauding nine individuals by promising them employment in the state civil service. The investigation revealed that Olawale Saka collected fifty thousand naira from each victim under false pretenses.As a result of the exposure, the government has queried…

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has ordered the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi, to grant the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, access to his lawyers and family.Emefiele was arrested by the DSS on Saturday, hours after his suspension by President Bola Tinubu.Justice Hamza Muazu of the FCT high court made the order on Friday even as he emphasised that access is a constitutional right of Emefiele.The enrolled order dated June 16, 2023, reads: “The lawyers of the applicant shall have access to the applicant immediately. And regularly at…

Prominent Niger Delta leader, Asari Dokubo, has accused the Nigerian military of being behind 99 percent of oil theft in the country.Dokubo made the accusation after a private meeting with President Bola Tinubu in his office on Friday.He stated that the President has promised to investigate allegations of huge oil bunkering by notorious naval commanders that are kingpins, and promised to take decisive action to halt the shameful act.Dokubo added that there are powerful cabals operating from Abuja, vowing that these powerful forces in place have now met their match and many people would soon be marching to Kuje.He has…

Damilola Adeparusi popularly called Chef Dammy, has finally spoken out about her just-concluded 120-hour cook-a-thon.Dammy, a student at the University of Oye-Ekiti, told BBC News Yoruba that she did not participate in the cook-a-thon because she wants to be a Guinness World Records holder for the longest hours spent cooking by an individual or compete with Hilda Baci, who cooked on a stretch for 100 hours.She went on to say that she participated in the cook-a-thon because she enjoys cooking and wants others to see a young girl cook.Speaking in the interview, she said, “About the Guinness Book of Record…

· Okpe leaders call for resuscitation of Sapele, Koko, and Warri seaports· Back calls for sovereign conference· Call for reconstruction of Benin-Sapele-Warri expressway· Deplore overconcentration of import-export business in Lagos· Want Tinubu to implement recent forensic audit report on NDDC Okpe leaders on Sunday took a swipe at former president, Mohammadu, Buhari, describing the re-naming of the Osubi International Airport after Alfred Diete-Spiff as a monumental error and big slap on the Okpe people.‘’The Osubi International Airport is located in Osubi, a major town in Okpe Local Government and was commissioned for commercial use 1st April 1999. Towards the twilight of the last administration,…