Tag Archives: Kwara

Religious bodies in Kwara state have been warned by the state’s police command against posting inciting videos that could cause a religious crisis.    Spokesman of the Command, Ajayi Okasanmi told newsmen that the Command has deployed a team of policemento extensively patrol the city and arrest anyone found undermining …

The Kwara State Police Command has rescued five persons who were kidnapped by some gunmen in Isanlu Isin in the Isin local government area of the state.    The victims were rescued from the forest not far from the locality through the combined efforts of local hunters, vigilantes, and policemen …

The Kwara state government has reversed its directive issued on June 5, reducing working days from five days to three days for civil servants in the state over the removal of fuel subsidy by the federal government.     As part of measures to cushion the effect of the economic …

A divorce-seeking woman, Taibat Abubakar, has told a magistrates’ court sitting in Ipata, Ilọrin, Kwara State, that she can’t explain how she got pregnant without having sexual intercourse with her husband, Abubakar Salihu.   “He said I should marry him but I said no because I don’t love him. But …

A newlywed, Mrs. Rukkayat Musa and her two sister in-laws, who were kidnapped by gunmen in Kwara State have regained their freedom after payment of N7m ransom.   Rukkayat, Hafsat and Aliyah, were set free by their abductors in the early hours of Sunday, June 25, 2023.    The trio …

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers abducted three persons and killed a chief in Iwo community in Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State.    It was gathered that the gunmen attacked a filling station at Sabaja town around 9pm on Friday, June 23, 2023, and abducted the station manager, a …

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday June 21, arraigned an associate pastor with the Living Faith Church also known as Winners Chapel, Temidayo Eseyin, for allegedly defrauding Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State, to the tune of N19.3 million.   Eseyin, a lawyer …

The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed the death of 106 wedding guests in a boat mishap around the River Niger axis in Patigi Local Government Area of the state on June 12, 2023.    A statement released by the spokesperson of the command, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, today June 14, …

38-year-old Engr Yakubu Danladi-Salihu has been re-elected as the Speaker of the 10th Kwara State House of Assembly.   His re-election followed his nomination by Hon Halidu Danbaba, which was seconded by Hon Fatimah Arinola Lawal.   Emmanuel Ojo Oyebode of Oke-Ogun Constituency was also elected as Deputy Speaker of …

A young man identified as Christian Ugbede Abuka, has died in an auto crash two days after he completed his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program in Kwara State.   It was gathered that Christian collected his NYSC certificate on Thursday, May 25, 2025.    The accident was said to …