Author: Kwara Reporters

A SaharaReporters’ review of the approved Kwara State budget for the 2025 fiscal year has revealed that only N350 million was allocated by the state government as security votes for the year.In contrast, the budget allocates significantly more for vehicle purchases for lawmakers and legislative officials.According to the budget review, a total of N867 million was earmarked for the purchase of vehicles for Honorable members, the Clerk of the House, the Secretary of the Kwara State House of Assembly Commission, and other departments in the House of Assembly.Additionally, another N569 million was budgeted for the procurement of Prado Jeeps for…

No fewer than 18 Students of the Kwara State University, Malete, on Wednesday escaped death when the vehicle they were travelling in suddenly caught fire while in motion.The students were travelling from Ilorin, the state capital, to receive lecture at Malete when the 18-seater commercial bus suddenly engulfed in flame while in motion.The incident, involving the bus with registration number XUF 134 ZD, occurred along Shao Road near the Sobi Army Barracks at about 7:54 a.m.The vehicle was completely burnt, but no life was lost as men of the Kwara state Fire Service promptly arrived at the scene and put…

A former deputy governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has described the governor of the state, Ademola Adeleke, as a political orphan. Omisore made the remark on Wednesday on Channels TV while reacting to speculation suggesting that Adeleke is planning to dump the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. According to Omisore, Governor Adeleke, who was elected on the platform of PDP, is now considering APC membership. He accused Adeleke of begging APC stalwarts, including a southern governor, to allow him to join the party. “For the past three years, he has been governing…

Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command have arrested one Yahaya Saleh for attempting to secure the release of a suspected kidnapper who is under investigation. CP Saka Ajao Adewale, FCT police commissioner, who disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday, at the command, said Saleh attempted to bribe the police investigators handling the kidnap case with the sum of N1.5 million to secure the release of the suspect. According to the CP, the arrest was made following a discreet operation by officers of the command’s Scorpion Squad, who had been handling the ongoing investigation into a kidnapping syndicate…

…Suspects moved to Abuja More than 20 individuals, including suspected gun runners and their logistics supporters, have been arrested in Ifelodun Local Government Area following a renewed security crackdown on criminal elements in the area, according to an intelligence report on Wednesday. The crackdown, which involves the deployment of nearly 400 special security operatives, is at the instance of the state government and Office of the National Security Adviser. It targets Ifelodun, Ekiti, Edu, Patigi, and some other border areas where breaches have recently been observed. “We are to have these local governments on a lockdown. The operation is just…

A Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media at Kennesaw State University, Farooq Kperogi, has alleged that Aisha was no longer married to the late former President Muhammadu Buhari. Kperogi made this claim in a post on his verified Facebook page on Wednesday. According to him, Aisha had dropped Buhari as her surname and reverted to her maiden name, Halilu. He further alleged that Aisha was reluctant to travel to the United Kingdom to care for Buhari when he became ill. Kperogi was reacting to quotes attributed to Aisha, which claimed Buhari had asked her to seek forgiveness from Nigerians on…

Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has berated former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, for announcing his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the nation’s mourning of former President Muhammadu Buhari. The former Vice President announced his resignation from the party with immediate effect. He explained that he left the party due to irreconcilable differences. He said: “However, I find it necessary to part ways due to the current trajectory the Party has taken, which I believe diverges from the foundational principles we stood for. It is with a heavy heart that I resign, recognizing the irreconcilable…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a political platform he helped to found in 1998, citing a departure from the party’s founding principles. In a letter dated July 14 and addressed to the chairman of the PDP in his Jada 1 Ward, Jada Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Atiku said his resignation was with immediate effect. “I find it necessary to part ways due to the current trajectory the Party has taken, which I believe diverges from the foundational principles we stood for,” he wrote. “It is with a heavy…

Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State has recounted a conversation he had with the late President, Muhammadu Buhari.Radda recalled how Buhari told him he pitied President Bola Tinubu for being brave enough to remove the subsidy on fuel.Buhari passed away on Sunday at a London clinic at the age of 82 and was buried on Tuesday at his Daura residence with full military honours.Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of Buhari’s burial in Daura, the governor said: “Let me use his words: ‘I pity Bola (President Tinubu) for what he is doing. He is a brave man for removing the…

Nigerian petroleum products marketers have announced a reduction of premium motor spirit prices, starting from today, Tuesday.This comes as the economy shuts down today owing to the public holiday declared by the federal government to honour ex-president Muhammadu Buhari.The national president of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Abubakar Maigandi, disclosed this to the press in an interview on Monday.According to him, the decision to cut the petrol price comes after members of IPMAN held a meeting in Abuja on Monday in response to Dangote Refinery’s ex-depot price drop to N820 per litre from N840.Maigandi noted that most of…