Tag Archives: Ilorin

A Kwara-based photographer captured a father helping his daughter with her sandals during the just concluded Eid celebration in Ilorin.   “This image was created by me during the Eid celebration in Ilorin—the man in the picture is the father & the girl is his daughter (for those commenting ‘she …

A 100-level student of the Kwara State College of Education, identified as Aminat Tajudeen, slumped and died while receiving a lecture in class.   According to Punch, the incident occurred around 1:30 pm on Wednesday, April 12, 2023.    A source said the student had collected her matriculation gown for …

Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, March 23, 2023 arrested 28 persons suspected to be “Yahoo-Yahoo Boys” in Ilorin, Kwara State.   A statement released by the antigraft agency says the arrest, which was effected at Mandate Area, Ilorin followed …

Police officers in Ilorin have been accused of harassing and extorting a man simply because he rarely leaves his home.   A Twitter user who shared the story online said his friend moved to the outskirts of Ilorin three months ago. He said police recently stormed his friend’s house to …

A mechanic has been sentenced to 12 months jail term by a Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin for cybercrime offences.   Adebayo Muhammed Bolaji, 27, who hails from Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State was arraigned on a two-count charge before the court on Wednesday, October 12, by …

Two brothers and fourteen others have been arrested by the operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over an alleged case of cybercrime and possession of fraudulent funds in Ilorin.   The suspects, as confirmed by the EFCC spokesperson Wilson Uwujaren were arrested on …

A suspected female human trafficker has been arrested by operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Kwara state.   Gift Rita, 37, was arrested while 4 underaged girls said to be her sex slaves were rescued.    The Commandant of the NSCDC in Kwara state, Makinde Iskil Ayinla, …

He joined his ancestors from Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, on Friday in an illness. Oba Adeyemi was billed to be flown abroad for medical treatment and tickets had already been bought for him and a few wives expected to accompany him before he passed on. Emir Sulu-Gambari …