Tragedy struck on Monday as an 18-year-old boy lost his life to an early morning fire outbreak at Sayi area of Alore in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. An eyewitness told LEADERSHIP that the incident occurred at about 1:30am in…
Kwara demotes teacher for assaulting female youth corps member
The Kwara State government has sanctioned a school teacher, Mrs Fatimoh Hamzat, for assaulting a youth corps member posted to Government Day Junior Secondary School, Kulende, Ilorin, the state capital. In a joint statement by the State’s Commissioner for Education…
Abducted Kogi varsity student found naked in Kwara
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Kwara State Command, on Monday, said the abducted 400-level student of Abubakar Audu University, Ayangba, Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State was rescued while wandering naked. The 19-year-old English Education undergraduate whose…
Court vacates warrant of arrest against ex-Kwara finance commissioner, Banu
The Federal Appeal Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State on Monday vacated the bench warrant of arrest issued for the state’s former commissioner for finance, Demola Banu. Appeal for the arrest warrant was granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…
Kwara police probe death of 3 siblings inside car
Kwara State Police Commissioner, Victor Olaiya, has ordered a discreet investigation into the death of three siblings who were suffocated to death in a stationary car in Ilorin on Sunday. LEADERSHIP gathered that policemen on Monday visited the scene of…
3 siblings suffocate to death inside car in Kwara
Tragedy struck in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Sunday, as three siblings of the same parents died in a car parked in their residential quarters as a result of suffocation. The incident occurred at about 2pm at Sango-Kulende quarters, Ilorin, when…
N10bn fraud: Court grants ex-Kwara gov N50m bail
A Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, has given a N50m bail condition for the embattled former governor of the state, Abdulfatah Ahmed, after he pleaded not guilty to 12 counts bordering on alleged mismanagement of public funds…
Kwara governor lauds Globacom as telecom market leader
•From left: Mr. Eric Uwaoma – Globacom Head of Mobility Business Enterprise Business Group; Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State in a warm handshake with Mr. Adeniyi Odejobi, Zonal Head, Enterprise Business Group.jpg Kwara State governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has…
Hotelier’s Murder: Kwara Poly disowns 2 female students after police parade
Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, yesterday, disowned two female students paraded, Wednesday, at the Force Headquartres, in Abuja, over alleged murder of a hotel manager in the state capital, saying they had long been rusticated from the institution. Management of Kwara…
Court gives tenant 3 months to vacate apartment over rent
An Area Court in Ilorin on Thursday ordered Mama Wariz, a tenant, to vacate her rented apartment within three months for failure to pay rent. The presiding Judge, AbdulQadir Ibrahim, ordered the tenant to pay all her owed rent, at least…