2005-10-03

When the King Got Angry
Mayhem in Ilorin as the Emir, Sulu Gambari sacks three kingmakers and replaces them with new appointees THE SCENE AT THE IDI-APE/Isale oja area of Ilorin, September 25, was that of complete mayhem. The convoy...

2005-09-29

Ilorin boils, two residents feared dead
SOME parts of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital came under heavy fighting yesterday as suspected loyalists of a traditional ruler recently dethroned by the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, resisted an atte...

Chieftaincy Dispute: Kwara Sate Government, Lawal Trade Blame
Three days into the crisis that has, according to official sources, claimed, three lives in Ilorin over chieftaincy disputes, the Kwara State Government and former governor of the state, Alhaji Mohammed Lawal, yeste...

2005-09-28

Violence rages in Ilorin , 1 killed, residents flee
At least one person was killed Monday, in a clash between anti-riot policemen and thugs as the crisis, which attended the installation of a new Mogaji Are in the Ilorin Emirate deepened. No fewer than 10 persons have...

2005-09-27

Ilorin emir, chiefs at war
THE nine-year-old crisis between the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari and his chiefs worsened over the weekend as the Emir announced the deposition of three high chiefs in the Ilorin Emirate Council and re...

OPC, Police clash in Ilorin. Two more killed, 10 arrested * Lawal's houses burnt
Two more people were feared killed on Monday in Idi-Ape area of Ilorin, Kwara State, following a clash between suspected members of the Oodua Peoples Congress and the Nigeria Police. Two houses belonging to a former g...