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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Police in Kwara have arrested one Hassan Ibrahim for allegedly killing his 90-year-old father, Sabi Ibrahim, to dispossess him of his ATM card. Police spokesman in the state, SP Ajayi Okasanmi stated on Thursday in Ilorin that one Aishat Ibrahim reported to the police on Aug. 5 that the...
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 MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Kwara State Government has settled the N22.5 million outstanding Licence Fee to the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), which accumulated since 2006. Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq gave the approval for the immediate payment of the debt to the commission. The state Commissioner for Communications, Mr...
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 MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The police authority in Kwara State has confirmed the assassination of Kayode Akinyemi, the owner of ’16 HOUR hotel,’ Alomilaya in Ganmo, by gunmen. The state’s police spokesman, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, said the deceased’s manager, Emmanuel Olushila, who was seriously injured was receiving treatment...
The Chairman, Kwara Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), Mallam Bello Abubakar, has said that the recent BluePrint Governor of the Year 2022 Award given to Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq was a testimony of his unprecedented transformation in the state. The TESCOM chairman made this known in a statement issued by his...
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 LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – The Kwara State Police Command have rescued four out of six persons abducted by five armed hoodlums late Monday night along Obbo-Ile/Osi road in the Ekiti LGA of Kwara state It was gathered that the victims were coming from Egbe, Kogi state in a...
By LAKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ilorin Zonal Command on Saturday said it has arrested seven persons suspected to be internet fraudsters otherwise known as “ahoo-Yahoo” at a hotel close to a popular mall in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. Among...
The Police Command in Kwara has warned criminals and bandits to keep off as the state was not their base. The command’s Spokesman, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, served the warning in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday in Ilorin. It dismissed as fake intelligence report circulating on several...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – The Fire Service in Kwara has confirmed the death of a 37-year-old driver, one Emmanuel, who was burnt to death on Wednesday in Ilorin. The Spokesman of the state Fire Service, Mr Hassan Adekunle, said this in a statement that the motorist was burnt...
The Kwara Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it will hold a mega nationwide rally on Tuesday in solidarity with the striking workers in public universities. This is contain in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin on Monday. The statement...
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...
The Central Bank Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele will on July 21 inaugurate the multimillion naira Unilorin GgMAX Integrated Poultry Farm. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the farm is located at Amoyo in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara. Prof. Mikhail Buhari, the Chairman of the Farm...
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 National Population Commission (NPC) will conduct trial census in six Local Governments Areas (LGAs) of six states of the six geopolitical zones. Alhaji Nasir Kwarra, Executive Chairman National Population Commission (NPC) said this in a News Conference in Abuja on Monday. Kwarra said that the six local government...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kwara Command on Monday in Ilorin, said it had seized about 2,329.642kgs of drugs from July 2021 to date. Mr Ibrahim Saidu, its Commander, stated this during a news conference organised to commemorate the United Nations International Day Against Drug Abuse and...
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...