Tag: Kwara
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Man falls from Kwara bridge during rainfall, dies
One Mallam Babangida of Tunga Rijawa has died in the early hours of Sunday, after falling into Moshe Gada Bridge in Kaima, Ilorin due to a heavy downpour. Babawale Afolabi, the Spokesman of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Kwara State Command, confirmed this in a statement on Sunday in Ilorin. Afolabi said the…
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Alleged sale of Kwara assets: Saraki kicks as panel recommends trial of ex-govs
A former Kwara State governor and immediate past President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has dismissed the report of a committee set up by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to investigate sales of Kwara State’s assets, which recommended the prosecution of Saraki and former governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, as well as other former government officials. The committee’s…
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Unknown mother dumps baby at entrance of Kwara LG Secretariat
Hajia Ramat Seriki, the Chairman of llorin East Local Government Council of Kwara, has expressed readiness to adopt a baby abandoned at the entrance of the council secretariat in Okeoyi. The baby, a female, was abandoned by a yet to be identified person. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some residents of Okeoyi…
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EFCC arrests 30 suspected Yahoo-Yahoo students in Kwara
Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 30 suspected internet fraudsters, also known as Yahoo-Yahoo boys, in Ilorin. The arrest of the suspect who were mostly students picked from different locations within Ilorin followed “actionable intelligence received on their criminal activities”, the commission said. Items recovered…
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Police arrest 24-year-old man with fresh human head, hand in Kwara
The Police in Kwara have arrested a 24-year-old man, Kehinde Moses, with a bag allegedly containing a freshly severed human head and hand along Ajase-Ipo road during stop and search duty. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mohammed Bagega, made the disclosure in a statement in Ilorin on Monday. Bagega said that the suspect…
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Rainstorm destroys 50 houses, electric poles in Kwara
Rainstorm on Wednesday destroyed houses at Oro, Iludun Oro and Esie in Irepodun Local Government of Kwara State. The sad incident occurred barely 24 hours after fire gutted 30 shops in Oro. The rainstorm, it was gathered, also pulled down electric poles, thus throwing the communities into darkness. The rain, which began around 3pm, did…
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10 Kwara colleges shut over Hijab reopen today
Kwara Government has announced that the 10 colleges involved in a recent hijab controversy should resume for the third term session on Monday, 12 April. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, Kemi Adeosun, said on Sunday, said the decision was to bring students in the schools to meet up for the period…
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The Kwara I Knew, By Lola Akande
Lola Akande I was born into an Islamic family in Oke-Ode, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. I was raised as a Muslim. Throughout the period of my foundational education at the Local Education Authority (LEA) which metamorphosed into the Local Schools Management Board (LSMB) in the 1970s, I received Western education in the…
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JUST IN: Gunmen kidnap three doctors in Kwara
Gunmen have abducted three veterinary doctors at their commercial poultry farms in Pampo village of Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State. Speaking with newsmen on the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer, Ajayi Okasanmi said the incident happened around the Eyenkonrin area. While noting that the police operatives were on the trail of the…
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Kwara’s hijab crisis worsens as hoodlums attack schools, shopping centres
The disturbing hijab crisis in Kwara State was heightened yesterday as suspected hoodlums attacked schools and shopping centres in Ilorin, the state capital. The Christian community, the former owner of the 10 government grant- aided schools also mobilised its own forces to counter the attack in the bid to protect their people and property. The…