The prime suspect and gang leader in the Offa bank robbery, Michael Adikwu, is dead. Kwara State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Kamaldeen Ajibade, SAN disclosed this at a Kwara State High Court on Wednesday, when five of…
Kwara bye-election: Outcome daylight robbery – PDP (Nation)
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara state has described the outcome of the House Representatives bye-election in Ekiti/Oke-Ero/Isin/Irepodun Federal constituency as a daylight robbery. PDP added that the result did not reflect the will of the people as its…
Kwara Police uncover plan to disrupt Sallah, Durbar celebrations (DailyTrust)
The Kwara state police command on Monday alerted residents of plans by some miscreants to disrupt the Eid-el-Kabir and Durbar celebrations in Ilorin, the state capital. The command said it has deployed 2,500 police personnel for the two events in…
Release Kwara Gov’s aide or risk imprisonment, court tells Police IG (Punch)
A High Court sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital presided over by Justice Ibrahim Yusuf, has threatened to imprison the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Idris Ibrahim, for alleged contempt of court proceedings. The IGP was alleged to have…
Emulate Akpabio; resign now, Kwara APC tells Saraki (Punch)
The Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has called on Dr Bukola Saraki to resign his appointment as the Senate President. The call was made in a statement by the Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the party, Mr Bashir…
Offa bank robberies: Kwara court admits gov’s CPS to bail (Punch)
A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, presided over by Justice Mathew Adewara, on Tuesday granted an interim bail to the Chief of Staff to the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Yusuf Abdulwahab, in the sum…
Niran Adedokun lost in Lagos
Like many of the people who have made Lagos home, Niran Adedokun grew up elsewhere, in his case, Ilorin, Kwara State before sojourning to the city of aquatic splendour. The journalist, lawyer and public relations practitioner talks about his Lagos…
All Nigerian politicians sponsor thugs — Olofa of Offa (Punch)
How do you feel about the killings during the bank robberies of April 5 in your kingdom? Nobody feels good or is happy about it. We are all not happy about it. Life is very precious and sacred. Even if…
Offa Bank Robbery Kingpins Confess (ThisDay)
The leaders of the robbery gang that struck banks in Offa in Kwara State on April 5 are reported to be making startling confessions. The robbery led to the death of more than 30 persons, including policemen and loss of…
‘I’m not Saraki’s mole’ (Vanguard)
A governorship aspirant on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara State, Alhaji Luqman Mustapha, has dismis-sed insinuation that he is a mole of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, in state’s PDP. Mustapha told Vanguard he only…