2022-03-21

2 Nabbed Over Attempt To Rob, Kill Hawker In Kwara
An Ilorin magistrate's court has ordered the remand of two suspects over an alleged attempt to murder a sugarcane seller, Habila Salisu, in Eiyenkorin, Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State. The suspects wer...

Transporters 'Divert' N17m Worth Of Iron Rod In Kwara
Two transporters, Hycienth Odinaka, and Sanusi Muhammed have been remanded by a magistrate's court sitting in Ilorin for allegedly diverting iron rods worth N17m. They were dragged to court for offenses borderi...

Lawan, AbdulRazaq, Sadiq Get Kaiama Emirate Titles
Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq was yesterday turbaned the Kaura Kaiama, the defender of Kaiama Emirate, in recognition of his administration's developmental strides in the area. The governor was t...

City FC beat ABS FC 2-1
City Football Club of Abuja on Sunday beat visiting ABS FC of Ilorin 2-1 in a Match Day 6 fixture in Group A1 of the 2021/2022 Nigeria National League (NNL). In the match played at the Area 10 pitch in Abuja, A...

Kwara Lawmaker Empowers Constituents With POS Machines, Take-Off Grant, Others
A member representing Omupo state constituency in the Kwara State House of Assembly, Hon. Abdulganiyu Folabi Salahuddeen has presented Point of Sale(POS) machines with a take-off grant, among other items to 1,000 membe...

Vigilantes Rescue 5 APC Members, Kill Abductors In Kwara
Abductors of the six stalwarts of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Kwara State have been killed in a rescue operation conducted by local vigilante. LEADERSHIP gathered that the kidnappers were shot dead on...

Saraki's Associate, Scores Defect From PDP To APC In Kwara
A close associate and confidant of former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Alhaji Musa Yeketi, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State. ...

APC Women Leader Killed in Kwara
A woman leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was reportedly killed in Kwara state over the weekend during an exchange of gun fire in a rescue operation between the bandits and combined team of soldiers and hun...

I Will Personally Track N24bn Earmarked By FG For Road In Kwara - Lawan
Senate President Ahmed Lawan on Sunday promised to personally track the N24bn earmarked for the rehabilitation of the Kishi-Kaiama road in Kwara State. Lawan spoke in Kaiama Local Government Area of the state a...

2022-03-20

PDP suspends Kwara ex-commissioner, Musa Yeketi for alleged anti-party activities
A prominent member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara State, Engr Musa Ayinla Yeketi has been suspended for alleged anti-party activities. A statement by the ward Chairman and the Secretary, Malam S...

Authors meet in Ilorin, discuss developmental literature
Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, came alive for literature penultimate weekend. It was the gathering of members of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) where the national executive council and the state chapters c...

2022-03-19

Kaiama Emirate To Honour Lawan In Kwara Sunday
The Kaiama Emirate Council in Kwara State will on Sunday, March 20, 2022 honour the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, with a chieftaincy title. A statement issued by the media adviser to the Senate Presiden...

Emir of Ilorin turbans Dr Alimi AbdulRazaq as Mutawalle of Ilorin
Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, the Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara Council of Chiefs, has turbaned a legal icon, Dr Alimi AbdulRazaq, as the second Mutawalle of Ilorin emirate. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN...

2022-03-18

OPINION: Alimi AbdulRazaq: Unveiling The New Mutawali of Ilorin By By Abubakar Imam
All roads would, today, Friday, March 18, 2022, lead to the ancient palace of His Royal Highness, the Emir of Ilorin and Chairman, Kwara State Council of Emirs and Obas, Alhaji (Dr.) Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, CFR, where a ...

Eight Kwara APC leaders abducted; police not aware, says spokesman
No fewer than eight people have been kidnapped between Araromi Opin and Obbo Ile in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara. A relative of one of the victims, Adekunle Oluwole, disclosed on Thursday in Ilorin that...

OPINION: Dr Alimi AbdulRazaq: The Millenial Mutawali Of Ilorin By Raheem Adedoyin
He is the humble, quiet type. He has sartorial taste but imbued with incredible simplicity. Today, Dr. Alimi AbdulRazaq will not have his quiet way as he is turbaned the Mutawalli of Ilorin Emirate. Vice Presid...

Suspected female ritualist arrested in Kwara, cash recovered, male visitor flees
The Kwara State Police Command on Thursday said it arrested a suspected female ritualist who appeared to be mentally unstable in the Kulende area of Ilorin. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ajayi O...