The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, destroyed expired, unregistered, counterfeit, and smuggled products valued at ₦10,991,458,374.60. The destroyed items, collected from five states in the Southwest Zone (excluding Lagos) and…
18-year-old boy dies In Kwara fire outbreak
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…
Police warn vigilantes against jungle justice in Kwara
Commissioner of Police in Kwara State, Victor Olaiya, has frowned at reports of alleged jungle justice against some vigilante groups in the state. Speaking on the murder of one Lanre Adebayo, a graduate of the University of Ilorin, Olaiya warned…
Kwara gov declares Monday holiday for teachers
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has approved Monday as a public holiday for teachers in the state — a gesture in honour of the World Teachers’ Day. A statement signed by the state Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Hajia Sa’adatu…
Tinubu mourns Victims Of Niger Boat Mishap, Orders Probe
President Bola Tinubu has sent condolences to the Government and people of Niger State over a boat accident which occurred Tuesday night in Mokwa local government area of the state. The boat, which was reportedly carrying about 300 people, primarily…
Kwara court to rule on Offa bank robbery case, August 2
Justice Haleema Salman of the Kwara state High Court, the presiding judge in the April 5, 2018 bank robbery in the ancient town of Offa, Offa local government area of Kwara state, has reserved judgement in the six-year trial of…
LG election: Group decries women’s exclusion by political parties in Kwara
An NGO, Women Environment and Youth Development Initiative (WOYODEV), has decried women’s exclusion by political parties in the ongoing local government election primaries in Kwara. Executive Director of WOYODEV, Mrs Apiriola Ajayi, stated this at a news conference in Ilorin…
Missing Ogun pregnant woman faked abduction, found in Kwara – Police
The Ogun State Police Command, on Monday, said a pregnant woman, Rahemat Lateef, who claimed to have been abducted by some unknown gunmen while going to the state hospital at Ijaiye, Abeokuta for child delivery, is a case of fake…