A 57-year-old woman, Mrs Jamiu Sikirat of Ile-Agunko compound, Adeta area of Ilorin, Kwara, has reportedly fell into a domestic well and died. The incident occurred on Monday evening in Ilorin and the deceased was recovered by the brigade of the state Fire Service. A report said the woman...
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By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – In its bid to curb the tide of internet fraud related crimes among the youths, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 33 cybercrime suspects in Ilorin, Kwara State and Maiduguri, Borno state. A statement by the EFCC spokesman, Mr....
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says no fewer than 8 persons escaped death in a ghastly auto crash which occurred in Ilorin on Sunday. A statement issued in Ilorin by the Kwara Sector Commander of the FRSC, Mr Frederick Ogidan, said two men...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has identified the role of banks compliance officers as key to the fight against economic and financial crimes in the country. The Ilorin Zonal Commander of EFCC, Mr. Michael Nzekwe, stated this on Thursday during an interactive...
An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded a medical doctor, Ayodele Joseph, for allegedly raping a patient. The suspect was arraigned on two counts of act of gross indecency and rape contrary to sections 285 and 283 of the penal code. The police alleged that the defendant sedated the...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS)Kwara Area Command says it has generated the sum of three billion five hundred and sixty six million, nine hundred and ninety seven thousand five hundred and eighty seven naira, twelve kobo (N3,566,997,587.12)as revenue between January and March this year....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested no fewer than 62 persons, including an ex- convict, over alleged offences bordering on internet fraud in Ilorin. The EFCC Spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement issued on...
LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – The Chairman, National Population Commission (NPC), Alhaji Nasir Isa Kwara has expressed the readiness of the Commission to conduct an accurate, reliable and acceptable census exercise across the country. The Chairman made the disclosure when he led the National Executive Members of the commission on...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – Members of The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Kwara State Chapter, turned out in large numbers to create awareness and sensitize workers and the public on the need for them to enjoy a safe and healthy working environment. The workers stormed the streets...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – Properties worth millions of naira have been destroyed following a fire outbreak that razed 5 shops in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The incident occured in the early hours of Thursday morning at Akerebiata, opposite Bovas filling station Ilorin, Ilorin East LGA of the...
Mr Issa Aremu, the Director General, Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS), Ilorin, has advised the organised labour to forge a sustainable partnership on “decent work agenda for national development” with the in-coming administration of the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu. Aremu gave the advice on Tuesday in...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – A 26-team format football tournament, tagged “Never Stop Dreaming Cup 2023”, will kick off on Saturday, April 22 at the pitch of the Sheik Abdulkadiri College, Ilorin. The football tournament, which is sponsored by Super Eagles of Nigeria and Nothingham Forest of England striker,...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – A 100-level student of Kwara College of Education, Ilorin, identified as Aminat Tajudeen, has slumped and died on Wednesday while receiving lectures. The Public Relations Officer of the institution, Mrs Abibat Zubair confirmed the unfortunate incident in a statement issued on Thursday in Ilorin. Mrs....
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – Properties worth N38.8 million naira have been destroyed by fire in the early hours of Saturday as paint shop located on Balogun Afin at Ita-Kure Area of Ilorin Kwara State. The inferno also engulfed two residential building beside the paint shop. This is according to...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – Christians have been urged to forgive one another for their prayers to be answered and be true children of God. The Bishop of Kwara Diocese, Anglican Communion, Rt. Rev. Sunday Timothy Adewole, made the call at Good Friday Service at Saint Barnabas Cathedral, Sabo-Oke...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kwara State Command has deployed 950 personnel which includes – 322 special marshals, 27 patrol vehicle, two power bike, four Ambulances (04) and a (70) tonne tow-truck to monitor all road during the Easter celebrations. This was contained...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Kwara State has arrested a 42-year-old man, Abdulsalam Ajibola, for allegedly impersonating a soldier to defraud some members of the public of sums of money. The NSCDC spokesman in the state, Mr Olasunkanmi Ayeni, disclosed...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – The National Youth Service Corps’ Freedom Of Information (FOI) Act Vanguard, Kwara State Chapter, earlier today trooped en-masse to the streets of Ilorin, the state capital, to conduct its quarterly Freedom Of Information (FOI) Act sensitization. The sensitization spanned from the fact that most...
Kwara State Government has ordered the immediate shutting of Mandate Market in Ilorin following Saturday’s skirmishes in the major trading centre. Commissioner for Business, Innovation and Technology, Malam Ibrahim Akaje, stated in Ilorin on Saturday that the market would be re-opened on Monday. “Government has restored normalcy to the...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), on Thursday arrested 28 persons suspected to be “yahoo-yahoo boys” in Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital. The arrest, which was effected at Mandate Area, Ilorin followed actionable intelligence on the...