The House Leader, Kwara House of Assembly, Abubakar Mogaji Olawoyin, is dead. The Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker, Mr Abdulquadr Yusuf, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Ilorin. NAN reports that Olawoyin was…
Marriage is by fire by force!
There are many things we don’t know and one of them is that, sometimes, marriage is not by fire or by force. Even though I am a Christian, I was raised to believe that God hates divorce but God doesn’t…
Hadis Foundation and its VAPP Law enlightenment campaign
Adebayo Muftau, a native of Omu Aran community in Kwara state, has never heard about the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Law even though he is in his fifties. But when asked whether he knows anything about Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) he…
Boy shoots 12-year-old brother to death while testing “bulletproof” charm
The Police in Kwara State have said they are looking for a boy who shot his 12-year-old brother to death in Kaiama while testing the efficacy of a locally-prepared charm. Police spokesman in Kwara, Ajayi Okasanmi, said in Ilorin on…
Kwara policemen brutalise UNILORIN undergraduate, victim hospitalised
Men of the F-Division Police Station of the Kwara State Police Command have been accused of brutalising a Liberian international student of the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Theophilus Blamoh, in Oke-Odo, in the Ilorin area of the state. PUNCH…
Four arrested for snatching N600,000 cow sale proceeds
The Kwara State Police Command has arrested four suspects who allegedly snatched the sum of N600,000 which is the proceeds from the sale of cows by a cattle dealer, Alhaji Yahaya Ishaku, at Kara market, Ajase-Ipo in the state. The…
4 die in cow sellers, Fulani traders, OPC clash
A clash between some Fulani traders and Bororo cow sellers as well as some members of Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) on Friday night have claimed four persons in Kwara State. The scuffle, which was said to have started between some…
Kwara State to partner with NIPR on feedback mechanism
The Kwara State Government is to collaborate with the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), in ensuring proper dissemination of its activities and evolve adequate feedback mechanisms from the people of the state. The State Commissioner for Communications, Mrs Abosede…
Delta hits 28 gold overall, as Lagos wins medals in swimming
Team Delta has maintained its lead on the medals table at the ongoing sixth edition of the National Youth Games in Ilorin, Kwara State, after garnering 15 gold medals on day three to hit 28 gold medals. The defending champions…
Okada riders fleeing Lagos won’t find abode – police
The Kwara State Police Command has said it will not allow commercial motorcyclists popularly called okada driven out of Lagos State to settle in the state. The Lagos State Government recently placed a ban on okada over rising acts of…