•From left: Hon. Mukhtar Shagaya; Personal Assistant to the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Muri Abdulraheem; Emir of Ilorin, HRH Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, CFR; Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, CON; and Turaki of Ilorin, Mallam Saliu Mustapha; during Bareke in Government House,…
Kwara targets 9000 indigent persons for free medical outreach – Commissioner
The Kwara Government is targeting 9000 indigent persons across the 16 local government areas of the state for its Annual Medico-Surgical outreach activities for 2024. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina El-Imam, made this known at a news conference in…
Kwara beggars harbour weapons, charms, commissioner lament
The Kwara State Commissioner for Works and Transport, Abdul Qwawiy Olododo has said no fewer than 10 lives were lost in the various fire incidents which occurred in the state in 2023. This came as the Commissioner for Social Development,…
Kwara Gov inspects 49km Ilorin-Offa road, praises Tinubu’s infrastructure investments
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday inspected the 49-kilometre Eiyenkorin-Afon-Ojoku-Offa-Odo Otin road project, which is now under construction. The road, which is certain to unleash vast socioeconomic growth along that corridor, is one of the four major roads that…
Cleric arrested for allegedly defiling minors in Kwara
The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested one Prophet Olayinka Ajiboye, 45, for allegedly defiling three (3) minors. The incident happened in Agah, Ilorin South Local Government Area of the state. The…
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…
Passenger dies inside public bus in Kwara
A yet-to-be-identified passenger has died inside a commercial bus at Ogbomoso-Ilorin expressway, Kwara State. The incident, it was gathered, left other passengers on the bus in shock and disbelief. The deceased who is believed to be in his late 60s,…
Ex-Appeal Court justice, Belgore is dead
A retired Justice of the Court of Appeal, Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore, is dead. The Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association, Ilorin Branch, Kwara State, Kamaldeen Gambari, announced his death on Tuesday. “Information reaching me now indicates that Hon. Justice Ahmad…
Ibagun community begs Reps member over Ondoko-Okelele police station
People of Ibagun community in Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State have sought the support of the lawmaker representing Ilorin East and South constituency in the House of Representatives, Honourable Yinka Aluko, for the completion of the ongoing…
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…