Nigerian Army has firmly denied reports that armed bandits overran troops and stole weapons in Kwara State, describing the claims as entirely false and misleading. The report, published by an online platform (NOT NATIONAL ACCORD) on Sunday, alleged that bandits ambushed soldiers in the Obanla area, overpowering them and...
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*As secret police, soldiers kill more bandits The Kwara State government has dismissed rumours that operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), disarmed vigilantes in Oke-Ode, a town in Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state. Gunmen on Sunday reportedly killed 12 people and abducted an unspecified number...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – Kwara State Police Command has apprehended a 29-year-old man suspected of dismembering his pregnant sister-in-law, Mrs. Esther Enemo, in the Temidire community, Ilorin. This is according to a statement released on Saturday by the police spokesperson, Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi. The gruesome incident occurred in the...
Ibrahim Nassar, a Lebanese expatriate worker with Phoenix Import and Export Limited in Kwara State, has gone to the Federal High Court, Ilorin Division,seeking an order compelling the Nigerian Army to release him immediately from his four-month detention without trial. In a suit filed on his behalf by his...
Residents of communities in Kwara and Niger States bordering Benin Republic are silently jubilating following the rumoured arrest of Abubakar Abba Mahmuda, leader of Mahmuda, currently the most feared terror group in Nigeria. According to some villagers in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State, whose communities have suffered...
In a landmark ruling, the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin has condemned Abdulrahman Bello to death by hanging for the brutal murder of Hafsoh Lawal, a final-year student at the College of Education, Ilorin. Justice Hannah Ajayi, delivering the verdict on Thursday, acquitted four other defendants—Ahmed Abdulwasiu, Jamiu...
A dramatic scene unfolded at an Ilorin Area Court when ex-convict Segun Samuel attempted to escape from custody. Samuel, who had multiple cases pending against him, cunningly removed his leg chains with a broom stick and scaled the court fence. According to ASP Samuel Mayowa, the Prosecution Counsel, Samuel...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has recovered over N20 billion and other properties from corrupt individuals in 2024. ICPC Chairman Dr. Musa Aliyu disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of a Conference of State Attorneys-General...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to prioritizing reforms that enhance the ease of doing business, expand critical infrastructure, and stimulate sustainable growth in the real sectors of the economy. This assurance was made during the 65th Annual General Meeting/Conference of the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 51 suspected internet fraudsters, while those of Ilorin Zonal Directorate have arrested 47. The Commission disclosed this in a post issued via its official X (formerly Twitter) handle...
A middle-aged man with a chopped-off left arm in a video that has gone viral has dispelled rumours that it was Islamists who cut off his hand. He said it was the handiwork of kidnappers. The man, Lanlege Samuel Adewale, who spoke to security men after he was rescued...
The Director of Kwara State Primary Healthcare System, Dr Michael Oguntoye, has hailed the Malaria vaccination pilot programme in two Nigerian states as a significant success. Oguntoye made the statement on Friday during the celebration of World Malaria Day in Ilorin. He explained that Nigeria had officially rolled out...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Tinubuhas directed an immediate overhaul of national security strategies, demanding urgent action to end the escalating violence in Borno, Benue, Plateau and Kwara. The President, who on Wednesday met with security chiefs at the State House, Abuja, for more than two hours, said...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Olufemi Oluyede has given a marching order to the Nigerian Army to flush out bandits terrorising the people of Barutein and Kaiama local governments of Kwara. The Chief of Army Staff similarly gave an order to fish out terrorists in Borgu in...
Kwara State House of Assembly has praised the Emir of Ilorin, Dr Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari’s peaceful and impactful reign as he clocks 85. Speaker of the House, Yakubu Danladi-Salihu, said this in a congratulatory message signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Sheu Abdulkadir, on Tuesday in Ilorin. “We, at...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – Kwara State Police has detained singer Habeeb Badmus, popularly known as Portable over alleged defamation and threat to life. The command’s spokesperson, SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, confirmed this in a statement issued on Monday in Ilorin. ”The suspect was arrested following a petition received from...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 37 suspected internet fraudsters at different locations in Ilorin, Kwara. The commission’s spokesman, Dele Oyewale, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. According to him, 15 of them were arrested in Tanke Oke-Odo area of...
The Coach of Kwara United FC of IlorinKwara, Tunde Sanni, has said that he is under pressure following his team’s recent poor performances. Sanni told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the 2-0 loss to Akwa United in Ilorin on Sunday in a match day 30 of the...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The trial of former Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, and his Commissioner for Finance, Ademola Banu, over an alleged mismanagement of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC’s) funds continued on Thursday, March 13, 2025 with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) presenting its...