Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) Chairman and Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq was inaugurated for his second term on Monday, vowing to remain a responsible and responsive leader for the people of the state. The modest yet colourful inauguration lasted just…
Wives of abducted lorry drivers in Kwara beg for alms to pay N20m ransom
Kwara State Police Command has confirmed the kidnap of four tipper lorry drivers from a farm on the outskirts of Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The four drivers, according to sources corroborated by the police, were abducted by men, dressed in…
Inside Kwara community, Ijara-Isin, where residents have own ‘‘currency’’
The Ijara-Isin community in Kwara State, North Central Nigeria has devised a means to keep money within its community in a bid to foster economic development. Ijara-Isin came up with its own ‘‘currency’’, which is accepted through out the community.…
Buhari, Tinubu for APC presidential campaign rally in Kwara Jan 17
Arrangements have been concluded for the presidential campaign rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC) coming up on Tuesday in Ilorin, Kwara State. The rally will be led by President Muhammadu Buhari who will be joined by the APC presidential…
House Leader, Kwara Assembly is dead
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…