By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a 29-year old Chinese, Gang Deng, for alleged illegal mining in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The EFCC, Head, Media and Publicity of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren disclosed this in...
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says the commission is ready to strengthen collaboration with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in tackling illegal mining and non-payment of royalties by miners in Kwara. The Zonal Commander, Ilorin Zonal Command of the commission, Mr Michael Nzekwe, said...
The Kwara Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), on Friday reiterated its commitment to partner with sister security agencies in the fight against crime and corruption. The state commandant of the corps, Mr Muhammed Ibrahim, reiterated this when he paid a courtesy visit to the...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – The Kwara State Police Command has arrested four suspected armed robbers in Oro-Ago, Irepodun LGA of the state, who specialized in robbing unsuspecting people of their money and wares on market days. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Okasanmi Ajayi stated this in a...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday called on automobile dealers in Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital to ensure compliance with extant laws and regulations requiring registration and certification of their businesses by the Special Control Unit against Money Laundering (SCUM). The...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – At least four people, including members of different cult groups, were feared killed at Olunlade Area, Ilorin, during the celebration of August 8 (8/8) Cult activities. The Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO) of Kwara Command, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, disclosed this in a statement issued...
A 25-year-old man died on Monday at Omu-Aran, headquarters of Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara, after falling into a well.’ Head of Media and Publicity at Kwara Fire Service, Mr Hassan Adekunle, confirmed this in a statement issued in Ilorin. He stated that firemen were able to recover...
A Cleric, Sheikh Abdullahi Nurudeen-Adana has advised Muslim faithful to come together in two or three and contribute money to buy a cow for sacrifice, to arrest the current high cost of rams in various markets across the country. Nurudeen-Adana who is the Chairman of the lslamic Missionaries Association...
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned hotel owners to avoid being accomplice to internet fraudsters who check into their facilities. The Zonal Commander of EFCC, Michael Nzekwe, gave the warning in Ilorin on Thursday while addressing a stakeholders meeting of Designated...
The Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday warned intending Hajj pilgrims against drug trafficking. Hajia Habiba Zubair, an official of the agency gave the warning in Ilorin while addressing those traveling to Saudi Arabia to perform the 2022 Hajj. She warned that pilgrims could take only prescription...
Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has promised to navigate Nigeria’s way to prosperity, if elected in 2023. Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State, made the pledge on Tuesday in Ilorin while addressing Kwara delegates at the Banquet Hall of the...
The Police in Kwara on Tuesday arraigned two brothers, Abdullateef Adekanye and Yusuf Adekanye, before an Ilorin Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly exhuming their father’s corpse for ritual. The defendants, whose house addresses were not given, are facing two count charges of criminal conspiracy and exhuming human carcass from grave....
Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) Ilorin FC on Saturday defeated EFCC Football Club of Abuja 1-0 in a Nigeria National League (NNL). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Match Day 7 2021/2022 NNL encounter was played at the Kwara Stadium Complex, Ilorin. The result means the Ilorin...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – At least 12 persons have been killed in a ghastly accident that occurred on Saturday along Ilorin-Ogbomoso road. It was learnt that 6 other persons also sustained various degrees of injuries in the crash Confirming the incident to newsmen, The Kwara Sector Commandant of...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – A 29-year-old petrol tank installer identified as Ahmed has suffocated and died while working on a petrol tank at a filling station along Offa garage road in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. It was learnt that the sad incident occurred opposite Adisco office, Ajase-Ipo...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – Suspected armed robbers have attacked some motorists plying Oro Ago-Omu Aran road in the Ifelodun LGA of Kwara State, dispossessing innocent passengers of their money and other valuables. The spokesman of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the state, Babawale Afolabi,...
The Kwara Fire Service on Saturday said the Agency saved passengers from being burnt alive as their bus caught fire on Friday night in Ilorin. Mr Hassa Adekunle, Head of the fire service Media and Publicity, said in a statement that the incident occurred at about 19:59hrs, Opposite Challenge...
Abductors of a retired permanent secretary who is the District Head of Erubu in Kwara State, Dr Zubair Erubu, have reached out to his family, demanding N60 million as ransom. Sources said the kidnappers did not give room for negotiation but insisted that the money must be paid to...
The Presidential Committee on Correctional Reforms and Decongestion has set free five inmates and recommended three for bail from the Nigerian Maximum Security Correctional Centre in Ilorin, Kwara. A statement by Mrs Modupe Ogundoro, a Deputy Director in the Federal Ministry of Justice, said the committee was led by...