Author: Kwara Reporters

Ride-hailing drivers, including that of Uber, Bolt, LagRide and Indriver, on Wednesday, began a nationwide strike.At the direction of the Amalgamated Union of App-based Transport Workers of Nigeria, ride-hailing drivers are following a sit-at-home order until the ride-hailing companies increase their base fares by 200 per cent.According to the National Vice President of AUATWON for Southwest Nigeria, Kolawole Aina, the drivers plan to picket the offices of Uber in Victoria Island and Bolt in Lekki.Despite the strike action, which is supposed to run till Friday, our correspondent who tried to book a ride from the PUNCH Headquarters in Ogun state…

A Nigerian student, Cyril Kenneth, who arrived in the United Kingdom in February has been arrested by the police for allegedly attempting to sexually harass minors in the Belfast province of the country.In a video posted by Far and Wide TV on Youtube with the caption, “Nigerian man arrested in UK for dating children”, Kenneth was being interviewed and he confessed to chatting the children between the ages of 14 and 15.The police confirmed that there was evidence of him grooming and sexually harassing the young girls.While confessing, Kenneth said, “We chat, I asked if they liked me, and I…

A former Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has been appointed as the managing partner of Ballard Partners, an international lobbying firm.This comes less than two weeks after ex-President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet was dissolved.Mohammed’s new role was confirmed in a statement shared on Ballard Partner’s official Twitter page on Tuesday.It read: “Ballard Partners, one of the top government relations firms in the United States, is opening its first office in Africa in Abuja, Nigeria, the nation’s capital.“Lai Mohammed, the immediate past Nigeria minister of information and culture, will serve as the managing partner of the Abuja office and the…

The Kwara State Polytechnic has approved the immediate withdrawal of Higher National Diploma (HND) certificate of AbdulRasheed Zubair Olatunji over his alleged involvement in cultism.Olatunji’s action, the school said, contrary to the matriculation oath he sworn to.He is a student of Public Administration Department of the institution.According to a statement by the Deputy Registrar, Mr. Olayemi Olatom, the decision was based on the report of the Polytechnic’s Students’ Disciplinary Committee.“AbdulRasheed’s involvement in cultism is a pointer to the fact that he is not worthy in character and learning to earn the certificate of the institution.“His mobilisation for the mandatory National…

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has said he has always been an advocate of the removal of fuel subsidy.Tinubu had, during his inauguration as President, announced the end of subsidy on petrol.Obi revealed this on his Twitter handle on Tuesday, saying he had always supported the removal of fuel subsidy since the government of former President Goodluck Jonathan when he was a member of the Economic Management Team.He said, “I’ve actually been in support of the removal of subsidies right from the President Goodluck Jonathan era when I was a member of the Economic Management…

The reported drop in the price of cooking gas in the country has ignited heated reactions among Nigerians on Twitter.On Sunday, Wale Adedayo, a freelance writer, took to the microblogging platform to share a receipt for cooking gas purchased on June 1.The receipt showed that 12.5 kg of cooking gas — which reportedly ranged between N9,375 and N13,000 in May — now goes for N6,950.“12.5kg of Cooking Gas in May – N9375, 12.5Kg of Cooking Gas in June – N6950. Maybe…just maybe…we should speak out when prices go down too. This feels good,” he wrote.The receipt was also shared by…

The Director-General of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), Professor Abubakar Sulaiman, has taken a swipe at members of the Kwara State House of Assembly over their persistent absence at capacity-building workshops organised by the institute.Sulaiman spoke yesterday in Abuja at the opening of a two-day induction workshop for members-elect of Plateau and Bauchi State Houses of Assembly.He commended legislators from Plateau and Bauchi for their impressive attendance, which he said has never been demonstrated by their counterparts from Kwara State.“I am from Kwara State but ashamed by the attitude displayed by lawmakers from the state on…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday warned that hoarding of information and intelligence among security and intelligence agencies could be counterproductive in the fight against terrorism.He spoke after undertaking a tour of the new Office of National Security Adviser and facilities at the National Counter Terrorism Centre in Abuja.Tinubu, in a statement by Abiodun Oladunjoye, Director of Information, State House, charged security and intelligence agencies on sharing of information and intelligence among themselves.He noted the efforts demonstrated in countering terrorism and the state-of-the-art facilities at the two facilities, stressing the importance of backing such efforts with knowledge.He said his administration had…

In its bid to curb the rising tide of internet fraud-related crimes particularly among Nigerian youths, operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday (EFCC), paraded 20 suspects over offences bordering on cybercrime.In a statement by the Head, Media and Publicity of the anti-graft agency, Wilson Uwujaren, the arrest was the second such operation within the last month in Ilorin.It recalled that on May 4, 2023, operatives of the EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Command, arrested 62 suspected internet fraudsters including a convict, Raji Wasiu Babatunde, whom the commission had last year secured his conviction…

Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has accused the immediate past governors of states in North-west Nigeria of contributing to worsening insecurity in the region.Mr Sani, inaugurated as governor of the state on 29 May, spoke when he appeared as a guest on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday.The North-west region has been battling attacks from a gang of terrorists locally referred to as bandits, who have been sacking rural communities, kidnapping residents and killing several others.Apart from Kaduna, the six other states that comprise the North-west region include, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara.Mr Sani, who represented Kaduna…