A popular man named Bayo Ajia was killed yesterday evening by group of suspected cultists in Ilorin, Kwara state. The man who owns a car wash outlet was killed inside his office. The suspected cultists about six of them stormed Ajia car wash outlet, went inside his office and use machetes to cut him allover his body till he died. His staff raised an alarm, alerting [...]
Woman Arrested For Kidnapping 3-Yr-Old-Girl in Kwara; Uses Her For Begging
ILORIN—It was drama in Ilorin, yesterday, as Kwara State Police Command arrested a 70-year-old woman (names withheld) for allegedly kidnapping a three-year-old girl (names withheld). Speaking in an interview with journalists, a relative of the girl’s mother, Mrs. Maryam Abdulganiyu, said the girl was found in a worship place, popularly called Ori-Oke at Basin area of Ilorin, [...]
Fire razes Ministry of Energy building In Kwara state
The building housing Kwara State Ministry of Energy, the Board of Internal Revenue and the State Ministry of Economic Planning has been gutted by fire. The fire which was put off about five hours after it started, was believed to been caused by an electrical fault. A guard on duty said he called the attention of the Police when he noticed the fire outbreak. He stressed that [...]
Gov. Ahmed retains seat in Kwara governorship race
Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara was on Sunday re-elected for a second term after defeating 15 other candidates at the just concluded House of Assembly and Governorship Election in the state. The Returning Officer, Prof. Musbau Akanji, Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Minna, announced the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate as winner, having fulfilled all [...]
Presidential Election Result In Kwara State – APC Wins
Kwara State Announced by Prof. Kaura RO of Kaduna AA:248 AD:520 ACPN:817 ADC:438 APA:1165 APC:302,146 CPP:910 HOPE:118 KOWA:214 NCP:394 PDP:132,602 PPN:325 UDP:81 UPP:102 APC wins in Kwara State with 302,146 [...]
One person dies, several injured in an auto-crash in Kwara state
An accident has occurred on Saturday at Eleyin Village on the Ilorin-Omu-Aran Highway in Kwara killing one, injured others. The truck involved was loaded with food and household items An eyewitness told NAN that the driver of the truck suddenly lost control and rammed into a PHCN pole before spilling its content in the bush. One of the passengers who sustained a minor injury, [...]