Ilorin
28 Jan
The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested a suspected kingpin of child trafficking and labour syndicate, after three months of intelligence gathering.
16 Jan
A fire incident, which occurred at Megida Onikanhun Compound, Edun Isale, Ilorin South Local Government, had left 120 persons homeless, razing 44 Rooms of a building and a mosque.
15 Jan
On the 2024 Armed Forces Remembrance Day, Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq stood alongside eminent Kwarans, security chiefs, and the Nigeria Legion to pay tribute to the fallen and serving heroes who have protected the nation. Laying a wreath at the solemn ceremony in Ilorin, Governor AbdulRazaq expressed his deepest gratitude for the sacrifices made…
20 Dec
A 23-year-old Saidi Musa Elemosho has been arrested for allegedly hacking his father to death. Saidi was said to have killed his father because the deceased was fond of raining curses on him for 'no just reason'. The father, Chief Musa was the Elemosho of Share land in Ifelodun Local Government of Kwara State. Saidi…
24 Oct
About two people were killed yesterday while others got injured when a tree fell on them at Oke-Andi community, Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.
20 Oct
Tragedy struck, yesterday, at Oja-Oba market in Ilorin, Kwara State, when a bus belonging to the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCS) conveying some suspects to the court lost control and rammed into people, killing one and leaving many injured. The scene created pandemonium as people were scampering for safety. An eyewitness told The Guardian that the vehicle driver approached…
4 Oct
The Class of 1987 set of Cherubim and Seraphim School, Ilorin, has called for the arrest and prosecution of killers of the late Managing Director of Waterview Hotels, Tanke, Ilorin, Mr Augustine Adeniyi Ojo. Ojo, who was also the Manager of E-Phoenix hotels, Fate and Tanke, Ilorin, was gruesomely murdered by unknown persons, who disguised…
13 Sep 2023
The Kwara Government on Wednesday commenced the evacuation of street beggars from the Ilorin metropolis. Speaking at one of the locations of the exercise, Mrs Kemi Afolashade, Kwara Commissioner for Social Development, said the areas affected are: Tipper Garage, Tanke, Offa Garage, Geri-Alimi and Challenge in Ilorin. She said that these were areas where the…
27 Jun 2023
A newly wed wife, Rukayat Musa and her two sister in-laws Hafsat and Aliyah, who were kidnapped from their house at Emir’s road, Ilorin, Kwara State have been released. The kidnapped victims were abducted in the ealry hours of Thursday when the gunmen invaded the home of the newly-wed couple at Oniyangi area on Emir’s…