Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team have arrested one of the four robbery suspects declared wanted for attacks on banks in Offa, Kwara State. The suspect, Michael Adikwu, an ex-policeman, was said to have been dismissed in…
Female corps member dies during ‘Man-O-War’ exercise (Nation)
A female National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member serving in Kwara State has lost her life. She died at the NYSC camp in Yikpata, Edu local government area. The deceased, Amadi Eva Ichechukwu with registration number KW/18A/0135, Batch A, from Rivers…
How Offa Robbery was carried out (ThisDay)
Fresh facts emerged in Ilorin at the weekend on how the armed robbers who raided five banks in Offa, Kwara State, succeeded in their operations without any resistance from the security agencies in the town. During the attack, 17 persons including nine…
Alleged video of Offa bank robbery surfaces online (Punch)
The alleged closed-circuit television footage of the Offa bank robberies has surfaced online. It may be recalled that on Thursday, April 5, armed robbers invaded a handful of banks in Offa, Kwara State, killing many people which eyewitnesses said were…
We counted 50 dead bodies after banks’ raid – Offa vigilance group (Punch)
The Operations Commander, Vigilance Group of Nigeria, Offa, Kwara State chapter, Wasiu Adepoju, on Saturday, said vigilantes in the state counted about 50 dead bodies after armed robbers attacked and robbed five banks in Offa on Thursday. The state Commissioner…
Offa bank robbery: 30 feared dead (Punch)
The number of persons that lost their lives to the bank robbery in Offa, Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State, on Thursday may have risen to 30, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. This was a sharp increase in the 12,…
4 Kwara Poly students killed as epileptic driver crashes into trailer after seizure (Tribune)
A taxi driver suffering from epilepsy reportedly rammed his cab into an oncoming trailer, which ran over the taxi and instantly killed all five occupants, including the driver in Ilorin, Kwara State on Saturday. It was gathered that the four…
