Author: Kwara Reporters

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Joe Igbokwe, has declared that herdsmen are not responsible for the killings and abductions in the Southeast region of Nigeria.He said the real cause of the violence is internal and blamed some Igbo people for the attacks taking place in the area.Tinubu Moves to End Poverty Across NigeriaNigeria Tinubu Moves to End Poverty Across NigeriaIgbokwe expressed concern over the rising insecurity, especially the constant attacks and kidnappings by unknown gunmen.He stated that the people carrying out these actions are not herdsmen, but individuals from within the region.According to him, many have wrongly…

The Senate Ad hoc Committee on Crude Oil has met with IGP Kayode Egbetokun to deepen collaboration in the fight against crude oil theft in the country.The committee, led by its chairman, Ned Nwoko (APC-Delta), stated during the visit on Thursday in Abuja that the visit was significant in addressing the pervasive issue of crude oil theft.This was disclosed in a statement by Mr Nwoko. Mr Nwoko also stated that the meeting highlighted the Senate’s commitment to collaborative efforts with security agencies in safeguarding Nigeria’s oil assets.He emphasised the need for enhanced cooperation between the Nigerian Police Force and the…

US President Donald Trump has officially imposed a new 15% import tariff on Nigeria and several other African countries, including Zimbabwe, Zambia, Uganda, Mozambique, Mauritius, Ghana, Malawi, Lesotho, and Madagascar.This development was announced in an Executive Order issued by the White House on Thursday, titled “Further modifying the reciprocal tariff rates.”According to the order: “These modifications shall be effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m.”The Executive Order also included varied tariff rates for other countries. South Africa, Libya, and Tunisia were each hit with higher rates—30% for South…

A commercial truck which suffered brake failure has crushed a pedestrian to death at the Offa Garage Roundabout in Ilorin, Kwara State.The incident occurred around 8:00 am along the Ilorin-Ajase Ipo route.According to sources, the crash involved a Mitsubishi Canter truck with registration number SMK 801 XT carrying gallons of palm oil which swerved into the popular AP filling station spilling its contents on the ground in the process.The vehicle, painted blue and green, was said to have lost its break while in motion, resulting in the fatal incident.While the truck driver identified as Nasiru escaped unhurt, two other males…

A former National Legal Adviser of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Jacob Mark, has said that if Peter Obi wants to return to the party, he should not worry about the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike.In an interview on Arise News, Mark was responding to the belief that PDP is in the hands of Wike, who is serving in an APC government.Asked if the FCT minister is on board with the move to bring Peter Obi, one of the presidential aspirants for 2027, back to the PDP, and if he will back his (Obi) candidacy, Mark…

In a landmark judgment delivered today, Honourable Justice Ajayi of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, has sentenced Abdulrahman, the prime suspect in the gruesome murder of young Hafsoh, to death by hanging.Abdulrahman was found guilty of culpable homicide and unlawful possession of human body parts, shocking crimes that drew widespread condemnation and sparked public outrage across Kwara State and beyond.In the same ruling, four co-defendants who had been standing trial alongside Abdulrahman were discharged and acquitted after the court found insufficient evidence linking them to the crime. Their release was based on the failure of the prosecution to establish…

…Says despite U.S Embassy Condemnation, Gov Abdulrazaq Still Embarks on such misplaced priorityThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has again challenged Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to come clean by publicly disclosing the total contract sum for the new government house secretariat which he now called “new offices” project being constructed within the Government House premises in Ilorin, maintaining that the project is a misplaced priority and fell short of global best practices. In a statement signed by the State Publicity Secretary, Olusegun Olusola Adewara, the party said the Governor’s refusal to reveal the financial details of the project coupled with…

UNICEF says Nigeria has the second-highest number of cases of cholera outbreak in West and Central Africa.UNICEF regional director for West and Central Africa, Gilles Fagninou, said on Wednesday that the cholera outbreak in Nigeria had become endemic.“Cholera remains endemic in Nigeria, with the country experiencing recurrent major outbreaks in recent years. As of end of June, Nigeria recorded 3,109 suspected cholera cases and 86 deaths across 34 states,” Mr Fagninou said.The UN official added that the figure made Nigeria the second most affected country in the West and Central Africa region.He noted that the cholera outbreak in the West…

Kwara State Council of the National Association of Nurses and Midwives, NANNM, has joined the nationwide warning strike action called by the national body of the association.The one-week warning strike, is in solidarity with the directive of the national secretariat of the association following the continued failure of the Federal government to address longstanding and critical demands affecting the nursing profession in the country as clearly stated in the communiques released by the national executive council of the association.A statement by the Kwara State Secretary of the association, Markus Lucas, in Ilorin on Wednesday, said “We as nurses in Kwara…

By Comrade Babawuchiko A. Mohammad There is a saying in Nupe-land that when you see two men walking down the road shoulder to shoulder, talking and laughing, don’t be too quick to assume that friendship brought them together. Sometimes, it is only a common enemy that made them walk in the same direction.This seems to have been the case with Senator Saliu Mustapha and the Kwara State Governor during the last general elections. The way things are unfolding now, it is becoming clear that what we all thought was a political alliance was, in fact, nothing more than a marriage of…