Tag Archives: Kwara

A yet-to-be identified middle-aged man reportedly committed suicide in Ilorin West local area in Kwara State.   The man was found hanging on a tree along Eyenkorin-Ilorin road on Friday, January 3, 2024.   An eyewitness, Alhaji Waheed, while giving an account of the incident, told journalists that they found a little piece of paper under the tree with a …

Local hunters and members of a local vigilance team have rescued five wedding guests and eight other victims that were kidnapped by gunmen along the Omu-Aran highway, at Obbo-Ayegunle in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara state.    It was gathered that the victims were abducted while returning to their Odo-Owa residence from a wedding ceremony in Ope town, Kogi …

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, on Sunday, December 22, visited Ilorin, Kwara State, over the de@th of a 35-year-old Jimoh Abdulquadri reportedly killed by the police.   The deceased was arrested by the police operatives on December 19, 2024 for allegedly owing a fellow colleague at Olam farms in Offa, Peter, N220,000. According to reports, Jimoh of Balogun …

A poultry farmer, Jimoh Tunji Abdulqadir, has d!ed in the custody of the Kwara State Police Command after he was allegedly tortured to d3ath.   The victim was reportedly arrested on Friday, December 20, 2024, following a complaint by a client over a N200,000 debt that he owed.   A family source said the police told them that the deceased …

The Kwara State Police Command has arrested an interstate notorious kidnapper identified as Mohammed Bello aka Dandolo.   The suspect was arrested in the Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara state on Tuesday, December 10, 2024.    The spokesperson of the command, Ejire-Adeyemi Toun, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, December 12, said that the arrest followed actionable …

Justice Suleiman Akanbi of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Monday, December 09, 2024 sentenced a student, Akanbi Akorede Afeez, to two years imprisonment for internet fraud.     The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in a statement on Tuesday, December 10, disclosed that Afeez was arraigned on a lone-count charge bordering on internet fraud.   …

A 41-year-old man identified as AbdulFatai has d!ed in a fire incident in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital.      The incident occurred in the early hours of Monday, December 9, 2024 at No. 158, Ile Alaparun Isale, Alore area of Ilorin.     The Head of Media and Publicity of the Kwara State Fire Service, Hassan Hakeem Adekunle, who …

A 9-year-old child has set his father’s three-bedroom flat ablaze in Ilorin, Kwara State while playing with matches. The spokesperson of the Kwara State Service, Hassan Hakeem Adekunle, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, December 5, 2024, advised parents and guardians to keep matches and other flammable materials out of children’s reach.  “The Kwara State Fire Service responded …

The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a suspected kidnapper, Abu Umar.     Addressing journalists at the Command headquarters in Ilorin on Monday, 2nd December 2024, the State Commandant, Dr. Umar J.G. Mohammed, disclosed that the suspect was allegedly involved in the abduction of one Isiaka Halimah, and her two sons, …

Operatives of the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have rescued a 400-level student of Kogi State University, Anyingba, who was reportedly kidnapped by suspected ritualists.    The 19-year-old English Education undergraduate, Fauziyah Muhammed, was hypnotised and abducted outside the premises of Kogi State University, Anyigba.   Speaking with journalists on Monday, December 2, …