The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Lawal Bagega on Monday held an extra ordinary emergency security meeting to finalize a lasting solution to the problem of rising insecurities ricocheting the state and the entire nation. This was disclosed in a statement released by the Police Public Relations Officer, Okasanmi Ajayi. The meeting which includes Area Commanders, Heads of Tactical Units and Divisional Police Officers. Bagega said, “This was in a bid to ensure a more proactive policing of Kwara State, especially at this time of high anxiety over issues of security of lives and property which is of Paramount…
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Abdulganeey Abiola Adeyemi
Abdulganeey Abiola Adeyemi is currently the Head of News desk with The Informant247. He has interest in satirical journalism and Oil and Energy reporting. His works has featured in The Nation and The Nigerian Tribune Newspapers.
The Oyo State chapter of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders of Nigeria has appealed to Governor Seyi Makinde to ensure the arrest of Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho. The state chairman of the group, Alhaji Ibrahim Jiji appealed to Makinde to consider Fulani people as his children, saying Yoruba people are doing well in other parts of the country and not being intimidated. According to him, many Fulani people in the North are now afraid to visit the southwest states for fear of being attacked. “We want government to arrest Igboho now. He is not more…
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, orders the arrest of Sunday Adeyemo popularly called Sunday Igboho, over his quit notice to Fulanis in Oyo State, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, confirmed this in an interview with BBC Hausa. He told BBC Hausa that the IGP told him on the phone that order had been given to the Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Ngozi Onadeko, to arrest Igboho immediately and transfer him to Abuja. Igboho had ordered herdsmen in Ibarapa Local Government Area of Oyo State to leave within seven days, attributing…
The Kwara state government, in a bid to mitigate the effect of the second wave of COVID-19 infectious disease in the state, on Thursday, rolled out guidelines to physicians in the public and private hospitals. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Deputy Governor/Chairman Technical Committee on COVID-19, Otunba Kayode Alabi and made available to newsmen in Ilorin, the state capital. “Assume every patient is a potential Covid-19 case. When in doubt, refer immediately to Covid-19/Infectious Disease Centre Sobi (Alagbado) Ilorin for assessment,” the statement said. Kayode encouraged early patient presentation and voluntary testing. The statement added, “Within…
The Federal Government on Wednesday said N-Power beneficiaries, who have concluded the two-year job programme, will now be able to access permanent job opportunities or business prospects. This will be part of the newly-activated exit strategy initiative for Batches A and B N-Power programme. This was disclosed by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq at the 4th annual review of the Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP). Under the plan, 200,000 beneficiaries will be engaged as financial services operators under the Shared Agent Network Expansion Facility (SANEF). The scheme is operated by the Central…
The Chairman of the All Progressive Congress in Kwara State, Hon. Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa, who was reportedly suspended, on Wednesday says he remains the caretaker chairman of the party. This was contained in a statement issued by his media aide, Ayo Abegunde, and made available to newsmen in Ilorin, the state capital. Recall that the crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, last week, reached its climax with the removal of Bashir Bolarinwa and appointment of his deputy, Abdullahi Samari as the new chair. Bolarinwa in his first official statement since the crisis started, however, dismissed reports…
A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, on Wednesday, sentenced a 29-year-old fraudster, Ademola Adebukola, to six months imprisonment for $3,500 internet fraud. He was convicted on four counts of cheating and attempt to cheat. Justice Adenike Akinpelu convicted and sentenced the defendant to six months imprisonment on each of the counts after he pleaded guilty to the charges brought against him by the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The sentences are to run concurrently from September 14, 2020. The court also ordered the forfeiture of the convict’s iPhone 5 and Dell Laptop,…
Kwara State Government, on Tuesday, inaugurated a committee on environmental health to check the menace of indiscriminate handling of waste in the state. This was disclosed by the Press Secretary Ministry of Environment, Okanlawon Taiwo in Ilorin, Kwara state capital. Speaking at the inauguration of the committee, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Pastor Abraham Kola Ojo urged all the Environmental Health Stakeholders to lay all hands on deck to curb the inadequacies of discharging their duties. He stressed the need to liaise with all the relevant bodies to curb effects of environmental menace pose to the environment as it…
A Kwara-based Civil Society Organization, Elites Network for Sustainable Development (ENetSuD), acclaimed for its #FollowKwaraMoney activities, has asked the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) to give a comprehensive account for some 2017-2019 capital projects budgets of the Federal Government executed by the Agency. This was disclosed by the Deputy Coordinator (Administration), Elites Network for Sustainable Development (ENetSuD), Mrs Usman Radhiyyat Taiye in Ilorin, Kwara state capital. The request letter was signed by its Coordinator, Alagbonsi Abdullateef and submitted to the Managing Director of FERMA on Monday. The group recalled that it had earlier written two (2) Freedom of Information (FOI)…
The Federal Government on Monday said schools should stop requesting for COVID – 19 test results from returning students before they could be admitted. This was disclosed in a short statement issued by the Director, Press and Public Relations Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Goong in Abuja. He warned school authorities to refrain from asking students or parents to undergo COVID-19 tests before they are accepted in their schools. The statement said: “No Covid-19 Test Required for Resumption of Students. The Federal Ministry of Education says no Covid-19 Test is required for returning students to be admitted into their schools.…
All Progressive Congress Kwara youth stakeholders on Sunday held a prayer session to seek God’s intervention in the ongoing party crisis and to pledge their loyalty for the former chairman of the state, Bashir Bolarinwa Omolaja. Recall that the former chairman was suspended on Wednesday by the National Secretariat of the All Progressive Congress in Abuja. The prayer session which was separately led by Muslim and Christian believers from among the youth stakeholders at the state secretariat in Ilorin, Kwara state capital. Speaking on the precarious state of the party, the youth also held an interview session with the journalists…
The Special Assistant to the Kwara state Governor on Domestic Affairs, Alasi Obasanjo, also called SOJ, has dragged loyalists of the Former Senate President Bukola Saraki, Lawal Sarafadeen (Arabmoney) and Minister of Information Lai Muhammed, Kayode Ogunlowo to court for alleged Defamation of Character and Injurious falsehood. The case which was first referred to the State CID in Ilorin, state capital for discreet investigation through a petition to the Commissioner of Police has been taken to court. Referring to a Facebook post of 15th of November, 2020, the complainant, SOJ, alleged that the two defendants had attempted to blackmail and…
Controversy has continue to trail the Kwara political landscape in the last couple of days following the suspension of the state caretaker chairman of the All Progressive Congress, Bashir Bolarinwa Omolaja by the national secretariat of the Party. Meanwhile, the upheaval has also caused serious division among APC Local Government chairmen rank and file. A section of the chairmen, in a statement signed by the APC chairman of Baruten Local Government, Adamu Setaraco and his Ilorin West counterpart, Sulyman Tejidini, passed a vote of confidence on Abdullahi Samari’s appointment as the new caretaker chairman. The statement read, “We received the…
Former Speaker of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Rt. Hon. Dimeji Bankole on Friday will tie the nuptial knot with Aisha Shinkafi Saidu, daughter of Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu. But the ceremony will be low-key due to COVID-19 protocols, It was gathered. Bagudu’s daughter is a foreign trained graduate of the University of Hull, United Kingdom where she read law. The bride’s mother is the sister to the former Zamfara State governor Aliyu Shinkafi. A statement from the Bankole family of Iporo, Abeokuta disclosed that a quiet introduction between the two families took place to kick-off the union in…
Lagos State University (LASU) has announced the appointment of Prof. Damola Oke as the acting Vice-Chancellor of the institution. Prof. Oke, who was the institution’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Administration prior to his appointment will be picking up a new role in an acting capacity for 45 days as the institution head. It was learnt that on Monday after an emergency meeting of the LASU Senate Council on the directive of the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who is the visitor to the university, the appointment of Mr. Oke was announced. According to the Senate Council, the appointment of the…
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi on Monday said 60 percent of the workforces on the construction of the Lagos-Ibadan railway project are currently battling with COVID-19 infection. He disclosed this while speaking on a television programme in Abuja. Ameachi lamented that most of the staff working on the rail line project contracted Covid-19, hence the inauguration was suspended. “First let us admit that over 60 of our staff, not ministry of transport staff, but the staff working on the rail project have been infected by COVID-19, luckily nobody has died and I pray nobody will die, but you see…
A group of smugglers and organized mobs, on Friday, allegedly attacked officers and men of Sector 3 security operatives conducting stop and search at a checkpoint along Saki — Ilesha Baruba axis of Kwara state. This was contained in a press statement released on Saturday by the Public Relations Officer to the Coordinator of Joint Border Operations Drill Sector 3, Chado Zakari in Ilorin, the state capital. The operatives narrated that the uneventful incident occurred after a red Volkswagen Golf Vehicle with Registration No BDG 453 BH flagged down by the operatives refused to stop for which was later apprehended…
Kwara State Selection Committee of the Federal Government’s Special Public Works (SPW) Programme has stated that the programme would be investing N1 Billion into the rural economy in the state for the next three month. The chairman of the state committee, Mr Olusegun Oyewo, on Saturday, disclosed this at the official launch of the programme in Ilorin, Kwara state capital. Oyewo, who spoke through Mr Ahmed Yusuf, Vice Chairman of the committee, said that the trickle-down effect of this investment was expected to be positive for the local economy. “It is our prayer that social intervention programmes like this are…
Last week Saturday, a 24-year-old female teacher, identified as Medinat Ibrahim who faked her own kidnap was arrested by the Kwara State Police Command in Olude, Oke-Fomo area of Ilorin, Kwara state capital. Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ajayi Okasanmi made this revelation while parading the suspect before newsmen at the command headquarters in the state. According to him “On 02/01/2021, at about 1750hrs, intelligence was gathered through one Nurudeen Solagberu of Oko-Olowo area Ilorin through the Command’s emergency telephone line to the effect that, one Ibrahim Medinat of Olude Oke-Fomo area Ilorin was kidnapped by unknown persons. On the…
Two petitioners, on Wednesday, narrated how officers and men of the disbanded Special Anti-robbery Squad tortured them to implicate the former Senate President Bukola Saraki in the April 5, 2018 Offa robbery during a Judicial Panel of Enquiry on “EndSARS” sitting in Ilorin, Kwara state capital. The petitioners alleged that the dreaded SARS personnel also forced them to lie against Saraki by saying he bought guns for them. The petitioners, Alhaji Kehinde Gobir and Alhaji Shuaib Jawando dubbed their petition as ‘the SARS officers of alleged high depth of impunity and human rights abuses.’ The people, who said they spent…