Author: Kwara Reporters

The victim was reportedly kidnapped from his residence in the Taiwo area of the town around 1:00 a.m. by heavily armed men suspected to be Fulani bandits.The Lafiagi community in the Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State was thrown into panic early Sunday morning following the abduction of a prominent agro-chemical dealer, popularly known as Alhaji Chemical.The victim was reportedly kidnapped from his residence in the Taiwo area of the town around 1:00 a.m. by heavily armed men suspected to be Fulani bandits. Eyewitness accounts suggest the attackers, who arrived on motorcycles, overpowered the local vigilantes guarding the area with…

The police command in Imo says it has arrested a 42-year-old suspected child trafficker and rescued 12 alleged stolen children.The command’s spokesman, Henry Okoye, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists in Owerri on Monday.Mr Okoye stated that the suspect, a female who hails from Umudim Ohekelem in Ngor-Okpala LGA, was arrested on June 20 along the Owerri-Aba Expressway during a stop-and-search operation.He explained that the arrest of the suspect led to the uncovering of a disturbing child-trafficking network that specialised in exploiting minors and using them for street begging in Aba.“Upon her arrest, the suspect was found with…

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund has warned students to be cautious of a fake portal with fraudulent messages currently circulating online.NELFUND gave the caution in a statement on Monday.It said, “The attention of NELFUND has been drawn to a fraudulent message currently circulating online, falsely claiming that President Bola Tinubu has directed the reopening of the NELFUND Student Loan portal. The portal is with a link to a fake website: https://nelfund-student-loan-2025.po-rt-al.com/NELFUND/“We wish to categorically state that this website is FAKE, and the information contained in the message is false and misleading. The only official portal for the NELFUND Student Loan Application…

Facts have emerged as to why the national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Ganduje, abruptly “resigned” on Friday.Mr Ganduje was appointed as the national chairman of the ruling party on August 3, 2023, following the forced resignation of a former governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Adamu.On Friday, DAILY NIGERIAN broke the story of Mr Ganduje’s resignation, citing mounting pressure from the North Central zone as one of the reasons that brought abrupt end to the party chairman’s leadership.But sources familiar with the development said the party chairman was asked to resign by President Bola Tinubu, following…

The National Union of Road Transport Workers and the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) have raised concern over removal of speed breakers by contractors working along the Oko Olowo Expressway in Ilorin, Kwara State. The unions expressed the concern in a statement on Saturday jointly signed by Kwara NURTW Chairman, Abdulrasak Ariwoola and his counterpart in RTEAN, Abdulrahman Onikijipa.The statement noted that a Federal Government contractor removed the speed breakers recently installed by the Kwara State Government to prevent speeding on the highway.The statement indicated, “Since the speed breakers were removed by a contractor working on the road,…

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has, for the first time since leaving office, opened up on the political storm that followed the prolonged illness of late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.Jonathan revealed that he was prepared to die inside the presidential villa rather than abandon his position during the constitutional crisis that rocked the nation.Speaking during an interview with the Rainbow Book Club, the former president said Yar’Adua did sign a letter transferring power to him but the document was withheld from the national assembly by a close aide whose identity he did not disclose.“That letter was written. But the person who…

Barring any last-minute change, the anti-Tinubu coalition is set to announce the African Democratic Congress as its adopted platform.It was also gathered that former Senate President, David Mark, would serve as the Interim National Chairman of the party.The decisions were reportedly taken by leaders of the anti-Tinubu group, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate Peter Obi, former Governors Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna) and Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers).Three credible sources confirmed that Mark had accepted to be the new leader of the party.Sources noted that the coalition was still in the process of selecting a National Secretary following…

Barring any last-minute change of decision, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje, will tender his resignation on Friday.Sources told DAILY NIGERIAN that Mr Ganduje would be replaced with a national vice chairman of the party, pending convention in December.According to DAILY NIGERIAN, the move is to assuage agitation from stakeholders in the North Central region as well as mounting internal oppositions against the party leader.Recall that Mr Ganduje was appointed in August 2023 after the resignation of Abdullahi Adamu.Since then, stakeholders from the North Central region have been making a case for the return of the…

Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Nyesom WikeMinister of the Federal Capital Territory and former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday night confirmed that the political rift between him and Governor Siminalayi Fubara has been resolved following a peace meeting brokered by President Bola Tinubu in Abuja.Speaking to journalists after the closed-door meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Wike said both camps had reached a final agreement to end hostilities and work in unity.“We have all agreed to work together with the governor, and the governor also agreed to work together with all of us. We are members of the same…

The police in Lagos on Friday arraigned a 44-year-old man, Charles Ogunyinka, before the Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly touching his three-year-old daughter’s private part indecently.The defendant, a civil servant who resides at No. 13 Popoola Arandun St., Abaranje, Ikotun, Lagos, was tried for indecent touching of a minor.The prosecutor, ASP Adegoke Ademigbuji, told the court that the offence was committed in January 2025 at the defendant’s residence.Ademigbuji said that the defendant’s wife left their daughter with him and went out, and on her return, she met the victim crying.The prosecutor said that upon enquiry, the victim pointed to…