Author: Kwara Reporters

A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced a pastor, Chidiebere Okoroafor, to death by hanging for murder.Okoroafor, who is the General Overseer of the Altar of Solution and Healing Assembly based in Oyigbo, Rivers State was tried for killing his choir mistress, Orlunma Nwagba, who he allegedly impregnated.He also faced murder charges for the killing of Nwagba’s friend, Chigozie Ezenwa, and her eleven-month-old daughter, Cresabel, on December 11, 2017, in the Oyigbo Local Government Area of the state.The trial judge, S.O. Benson, said the evidence and confessional statements from the pastor showed that he committed the crimes.Justice Benson…

• reduces workdays to three for public servants Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday met with top labour leaders in the state, appealing to them that the recent removal of fuel subsidy had been done in good faith to curb further damage to the economy.That comes as the Governor approved immediate reduction of workdays for the workforce in the state to lessen the impact of the subsidy removal on their earnings. Civil servants will now work for three days in Kwara State, as against the current five days. Civil service authorities are expected to release further guidance on the measure, including…

Obalaje, and notable Ajegunle citizens reaffirm support for Hon. Razaq Olatunde OwolabiThe Obalaje of Ajegunle, His Royal Highness, Oba Alhaji Y. O. Sanni, along with the Ajegunte Traditional Council of Chiefs and several prominent citizens of Ajegunle community, have publicly disassociated themselves from Barrister Azeez Olaitan Obayomi’s recent petition to the election tribunal. The petition challenges the outcome of the State House of Assembly election held on 18th March 2023, in which Hon. Razaq Olatunde Owolabi was declared the winner.In an open letter addressed to Hon. Owolabi, HRH Alhaji Sanni emphasized that he and the community leaders had attempted to prevent…

President Bola Tinubu and human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), have met over the looming strike following the removal of the petrol subsidy.It was learnt that Falana, who has represented the Nigeria Labour Congress and its affiliate unions for decades, met with Tinubu at the Presidential Villa on Saturday over how best to handle the situation.The senior advocate was also said to have discussed the war against corruption with Tinubu and how best to recover funds that have been stashed in foreign jurisdictions.The meeting, it was learnt, was a sequel to a letter that the human rights lawyer had written…

The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has denied endorsing former Abia governor, Sen.Orji Uzor Kalu as its preferred candidate for the Senate Presidency of the 10th National Assembly.Alhaji Musa Saidu, a member of the forum said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja.Saidu was reacting to a statement created to Alhaji Yerima Shettima, the leader of the Arewa Youth Conservative Forum, AYCF, claiming that the ACF had endorsed Kalu for the position.“I want to say without fear of contradiction, that the ACF has no youth wing and there was no time that we sat to make Shettima the AYCF leader.“The…

Political thugs welding sticks, on Monday, beat a former Governorship aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Segun Showunmi, as the Election Petition Tribunal began its sitting in Abeokuta, the state capital.According to Daily Trust reports the Tribunal began its inaugural sitting amid tension and watertight security.The Tribunal sitting commenced hearing of the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Ladi Adebutu, against Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress (APC).The road leading to the venue, Magistrates’ Court, Isabo, was condoned off by a combined team of security operatives.The thugs in large number were…

Residents of Enugu State have defied the state government’s directives on the Monday compulsory sit-at-home order issued by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), as roads, schools, banks, markets and other public places were completely deserted.The state governor, Peter Mbah had on June 1 declared “no more sit-at-home in Enugu,” effective Monday, June 5, asking individuals and corporate organisations to ensure full-scale business activities in the state.Mbah stated that his government would be ready to engage in dialogue with people who have genuine grievances so as to foster lasting peace and security in Enugu State, adding that the order…

Former governor of Edo State and currently a Senator-elect, Adams Oshiomhole has ruled out the possibility of the Federal Government reversing the current Petroleum pump price from the N488 and N557 per litre to N194.Oshiomhole, who spoke while featuring on Channels Television on Sunday, said the 2023 budget does not provide for fuel subsidy beyond May 31st.Backing the decision of President Bola Tinubu who announced the removal on Monday last week, Oshiomhole said it was a move other presidential candidates may have made if they had won the February 2023 election.He said, “I think Nigerians are aware that this year’s…

An estate developer, Kelly Nwogu, was on Friday remanded by the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly obtaining N65m from a church under false pretence.The defendant is facing three counts of conspiracy, obtaining by false pretence and fraudulent conversion, preferred against him by the Police Special Fraud Unit.Nwogu was arraigned alongside his company, Livelihood Homes Limited, and others still at large before Justice Peter Lifu.The prosecutor, Emmanuel Jackson, told the court that the defendants and others now at large, committed the offences sometime this year.Jackson told the court that the estate developer, his company, and others now at large,…

The Kogi State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Usmam Ododo, unveiled a primary school teacher, Salifu Joel, on Sunday as his running mate for the Nov. 11 election.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Salifu Joel is the current chairman of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) and the treasurer of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Kogi State.Gov Yahaya Bello, who spoke at the event at the Government House, said that the choice of Joel, a class teacher and unionist, as the deputy governorship candidate of the APC, was borne out of the party’s desire…