Tag Archives: Kwara

A female member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) serving in Kwara State, was allegedly assaulted by some teachers in Government Day Junior Secondary School, Kulende area of Ilorin for not greeting them properly.   According to the Nigerian Tribune, the incident happened on Thursday, November 28, 2024, when the corps member, names withheld, visited the school to collect …

The Kwara State Government has warned public sector workers yet to register with the Kwara State Residents’ Registration Agency (KWSRRA) to do so immediately or forfeit their November salary or bonuses. The state commissioner for finance, Dr Hauwa Nuru, disclosed this in a statement in Ilorin on Monday, November 11 stating that the registration started in July. The KWSRRA, she …

The Kwara State Police Command has arrested several officers in connection with the alleged k!lling of a Kwara State University (KWASU) student, Suleiman Olayinka.    Olayinka,27, was allegedly k!lled by policemen on Tuesday at around 2:00 pm in the Tanke area of Ilorin.   According to sources at the scene of the incident, the victim got off a motorcycle and …

A woman, Mariam Alagbede on Tuesday asked the Area Court, Centre-Igboro, Ilorin, Kwara state, to beg her husband, Muhammed Bashir, not to divorce her.       Alagbede of Idiape village, Ogidi Area, Ilorin, said that she was still interested in the marriage.   “I don’t want divorce. Please sir, help me beg him to forgive me for anything I …

The Kwara State Police Command has arrested five suspects in connection with the alleged m8rder of a 46-year old man, Comrade Adebayo Olanrewaju Mathew, in Ilorin.     It was gathered that the deceased, a graduate of the University of Ilorin, was allegedly macheted to d@ath  in the Ita-Elepa area of Ilorin West LGA during a heated argument between him …

The Kwara State Police Command says the three police officers, Abiodun Kayode, Mr James Emmanuel, and Mr Oni Philip, who were recently dismissed over the k!lling of a student of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Qoyum Abdulyekeen Ishola, have been charged to court.    A statement released by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, today October 18, says the dismissed officers …

A Kwara State Magistrate Court on Thursday, sentenced six members of a family to jail for assault, intimidation and stealing of the property of one Mr. Ajayi Oluwafemi, who was the husband of their daughter, Mrs. Temitope Oluwafemi.   The court presided by Mrs Kudirat Yahaya convicted six members of the family including a father and his wife and four …

Kidnappers have demanded N30 million ransom payment for two women abducted in Igbaja, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State.    LIB reported that gunmen abducted three women in the early hours of Sunday, September 29, 2024, but one of them escaped.    The kidnappers also k!lled a vigilante commander, the Jagun of Igbaja land, Chief Lukman Balogun, who led …

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have k!lled a prominent vigilante commander, Chief Lukman Balogun during an operation to rescue three Fulani women who were abducted from Igbaja community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State.    Residents said the women were kidnapped on Sunday while Balogun was killed on Monday evening, September 30, 2024, during a gun battle between …

A Kwara State Magistrate Court has sentenced a teenage boy to one year imprisonment for arson and theft.     It will be recalled that the teenage boy, Olawumi Ayomide, set a building on fire in Ilorin after stealing items belonging to the occupants.     The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara State Command, arraigned Ayomide on …