2018-04-16

N4b Loan: Kwara LGs Share N1.15b, Teachers Get N2.150b
The 16 local government councils in Kwara State are to share the sum of N1.150billion while the State Universal Basic Education (SUBEB) is to get N2.150billion out of the N4b loan obtained by the councils to offset pa...

2019: Dismiss Obasanjo's warning at your peril - Yusuf Ali
Yusuf Ali is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), whose sojourn in legal practice spanned decades. He spoke to Journalists in Ilorin on the former President, Olusegun Obasanjo's frequent criticism of the Federal Government...

We're monitoring explosives distribution, say Police
The Explosives Ordnance Device unit of the police says it is closely monitoring the distribution of explosives devices by the producers in the country. The Commissioner of Police EOD Command in Ikeja, Lagos, DCP Ga...

Only 25% of medicines used in Nigeria are manufactured locally - Pharmacists
NIGERIAN industrial Pharmacists weekend, decried absence of medicine security in the country, saying "only 25 percent of the total medicines used in the country are indigenously manufactured despite government policy that...

Offa Robbery Challenges Us To Tighten Internal Security - Gov Aregbesola
Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Osun State governor, has hinted that the last week's Offa robbery incident has challenged the state to tighten internal security measures in the state. Aregbesola who spoke in Offa, Kwara St...

Unilorin holds special clinic on English Language 'maladies'
Spread the love Department of English, University of Ilorin, has outlined at least 21 sub-themes for discourse at its maiden national conference on "Dynamics of Language, Literature and Culture in the New Age." T...

Security: Buhari, APC Have Failed Nigerians - Reps
An All Progressives Congress (APC) House of Representatives member, Mr. Ahman Pategi, has lamented that his party and President Muhammadu Buhari have failed to achieve security of lives and properties of Nigerians which w...

Offa robbery: Forum lauds police for arresting suspects
The Omu-Aran Youth Forum (OYF) in Omu-Aran, Kwara, has lauded the police for the arrest of 20 suspects in connection with the April 5 robbery attack in Offa, describing it as a major breakthrough. The forum made this...

Kwara Express salary arrears: Amalgamated union gives state govt two weeks ultimatum
The Kwara state Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE) has given the state Government two weeks ultimatum to all salaries arrears of Kwara Express wo...

Kwara Deputy Speaker doles out N2m to Jebba fire victims
The Deputy Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Hon. Mathew Okedare at the weekend presented cash worth N2 million to victims of the recent fire disaster in Jebba, Moro Local Government Area. The beneficiaries...

Family of slain policeman beg for help
The family of ASP Julius Ayesanmi, one of the policemen slain by robber in Offa, Kwara state recently have called on the government to help them. On Thursday, April 5, 2018, robbers attacked Union Bank, Eco bank, Guarant...

Kwara South calls for review of existing political structure
PEOPLE of the Kwara South senatorial district, comprising Igbomina, Ibolo and Ekiti axis of Kwara state, under the aegis of Aaro Meta organisation, have called for a review of the political situation in the state over per...

Kwara United, Rangers Play Out Goalless Draw In Enugu
Rangers International Football Club failed to climb up the table on Sunday after a goalless draw with visiting Kwara United FC in a 2017/2018 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) fixture. The home side domin...

2019 governorship: Kwara youths endorse retired police superintendent
YOUTHS across the 193 wards in Kwara state, under the aegis of Kwara Youth Stakeholders Forum, have endorsed a retired superintendent of Police, Alhaji Muhammad Ajia Ibrahim, as a preferred governorship choice ahead of 20...

Medical personnel solicits inclusion of school eye health services in school curriculum
An Ophthalmic Nurse and Chief Executive Officer for C-Well Eye Care Center , Ilorin, Mrs Oluwatoyin Opawoye has appealed to government to include School Eye Health Services as part of school curriculum or in our educati...

NUJ boss , Odusile cautions journalists against publishing , broadcasting hate speech
Nigerian Journalists have again been cautioned against allowing the political class, traditional institution or spiritual leaders to use their platform or their medium to publish, broadcast or propagate any hate speech...

2018-04-15

Offa bank robbery a terrorist attack, says Ekhomu
President of Association of Industrial Security and Safety Operators of Nigeria (AISSON), Dr. Ona Ekhomu has described the deadly attack on five banks in Otta, Kwara State as a terrorist attack. "The attac...

Anguish as NNPC bulldozes buildings in Ilorin
After series of notifications and warnings, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) began massive demolition of residential buildings and shops erected on corporation's pipeline route in some parts of Ilorin. A...

Kwara SWAN congratulates Olarinoye over appointment as FIFA Doping Control Officer
The Kwara State Council of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has congratulated the erstwhile team doctor of Nigeria's national U-17 team, Dr Ayodeji Olarinoye, over his appointment as a Doping Control Offic...

Herald NUJ hails Saraki over Olesin's appointment
The Herald Chapel of Kwara State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has applauded the President of the Senate, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, for the appointment of Alhaji Abdullahi Olesin as his Senior Legislati...

Offa robbery: First Bank management visits Kwara governor, monarch
The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of FirstBank, Dr Adesola Adeduntan, on Friday led some members of the bank's executive management team on a courtesy visit to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State at the...

Pray for Nigeria's Peace, Good Governance, Saraki Urges Christian Leaders
The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki on Saturday in Ilorin urged churches and Christian leaders in the country to keep praying for Nigeria's peace and sustainable development at all times. He said such prayers a...

National Assembly'll ensure autonomy for LGs, says Saraki
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has restated his support for local government autonomy in Nigeria. He said the National Assembly appreciated the importance of autonomous governance at the third tier of gove...

PDP chieftain tasks Kwara Govt on Youth empowerment
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Kwara, Alhaji Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim has urged Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed to pay greater attention to youth empowerment to reduce crime in the state. Ajia-Ibrahim...

Offa's day of horror: It is unthinkable that, at 72, I am burying my daughter - Oyeyemi
Offa, Kwara State is not new to bank robbery. On December 23, 2013, some armed robbers, in a commando style, attacked a bank in the town and killed two members of staff, about five police officers and some residents. ...

Robbery attack: Alaafin commiserates with Kwara Gov, Offa monarch, harps on sanctity of lives
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Asetemi 111, has called on Nigerians to stand together against blood guzzlers and enemies of the country, nature, and sound reasoning, who take solace in mindless killings of innoc...

Kwara library board urges govt. repair dilapidated buildings
The Director, Kwara State Library Board, Mrs Roseline Abidoye, has appealed to the state government to come to the aid of the board by re-fixing its dilapidated structures. The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports ...

N250m Road Intervention Fund in Omu-Aran, Kwara, captured in 2018 budget - Saraki
The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, on Saturday, said N250 million for the rehabilitation of township roads in Omu-Aran, Kwara, has been captured in the 2018 budget. Saraki made the disclosure during th...

Kwara residents avoid banks, embrace electronic banking
More residents of major towns in Kwara State have embraced the use of various electronic banking platforms for their financial transactions following the bloody robbery attacks on some banks in Offa town penultimate Thurs...

2019: Multiple headaches for Saraki in Kwara
As the 2019 elections draw closer, Senate President Bukola Saraki is fighting many political battles both at the centre and in his state, reports Assistant Editor, Dare Odufowokan For Senate President Bukola Saraki...

2018-04-14

UPDATE ON POLICE INVESTIGATIONS AND TRAIL OF PERPETRATORS OF THE OFFA BANKS ROBBERY IN KWARA STATE ON 5th APRIL, 2018
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Kwara South re-strategises ahead of 2019 elections
A group of Kwara South politicians held a political summit to sensitize their constituents in the Senatorial District on how to be more relevant in the state's politics. The group appealed to the people to be indep...

Stephen Alfred: Kwara United will turn things around in second round
Your goal against Enyimba on Wednesday rescued a point for your team. How satisfied were you with the outcome of the match? To be honest with you, I wasn't completely satisfied because that was not what we planned fo...

Offa: A Community On Edge Over Armed Robberies. By Abiodun Fagbemi
THURSDAY, April 5, this year, would remain indelible in the minds of the people of Offa in Offa Council of Kwara State. It was a day of sudden bloodbath in which vampires, in a commando manner, stormed the ancient Yoruba ...

NPFL: Rangers vow to beat Kwara United
Norbert Okolie, the Enugu Rangers spokesperson says the club is not taking its forthcoming Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) match against Kwara United for granted. Rangers will on Sunday, April 15 at the...

How we're coping, by families of Offa bloodbath victims
The Head of Operations of Stockcrop Microfinance Bank Offa, Mr Jamiu Adekunle Alawode was of the victims of the recent Offa armed robbery attack which led to the death of over 20 people and left scores injured. On Thursda...

100 women benefits from entrepreneurship training
About 100 women have benefited from the second edition of an entrepreneurship empowerment training organised by a young female journalist, Sadat Bibire in Ilorin, Kwara state. Speaking at the event, Sadat ca...

My sister went to report a peeping Tom to the police when she was killed -Brother of Offa robbery victim
The event of last Thursday in Offa, Kwara State, will perhaps remain unforgettable in many months to come. That day, mothers lost their children; children lost their mothers; husbands lost their wives; and wives lost thei...

Drug abuse, danger to national development - NAIP
The Association of Industrial Pharmacists of Nigeria has said that the rising wave of drug abuse in the country, especially among youths, is dangerous to national development. Making the statement in Lagos on Frida...

Offa bank robbery: Police arrest 12 more suspects
THE Nigeria Police have arrested additional 12 suspects in connection with last week's banks raid by armed robbers in Offa, Kwara State. Offa robbery The suspects were arrested by the high-powered Police Investiga...

2018-04-13

Offa killings: Senate probes robbery attack
THE Senate has begun a probe into the deadly armed robbery attack on several banks in Offa, Kwara State, which led to the death of nine policemen and several others. It, however, mandated its Committees on Police Affa...

Ahmed warns against politicising Offa robbery
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has vowed to procure additional Armoured Personnel Carriers, APC, to beef up security in Offa and other strategic locations across the state, urging citizens of the state to resist...

NPFL:Kwara United's Afred thumbs up Enyimba performance in Ilorin
The Harmony Boys attacker has showered encomiums on the performance of the People's Elephant who held them to a draw Kwara United striker Stephen Afred has praised Enyimba for giving them a good fight in the reschedu...

Enyimba Secures Away Point In Kwara
Enyimba weathered an injury tsunami in Ilorin to claim a deserved point, drawing 1-1 against Kwara United. The People's Elephant might, in fact, have claimed all three, in a tempestuous, end-to-end encounter that saw...

Vigilante group pledges to support crime fighting
The Kwara Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN), has pledged to join forces with other security agents in the efforts to fight crime in the state. The VGN Commandant, Alhaji Abdulraheem Jimoh, spoke with the News Agency o...

Robbery attack: Commercial activities resume in Offa
THE traditional ruler of Offa town, Olofa of Offa, Oba Mufutau Gbadamosi, has said that banking operations will recommence in Offa town in the next two months. This is just as commercial activities have resumed in ...

House of Representatives to investigate bank robbery in Kwara state
The House of Representatives is to investigate the recent bank robbery in Offa, Kwara State Central Nigeria. This was contained in a motion under matters of urgent public importance presented before the House of Re...

Offa robbery: Nigeria's security system sick, say Reps
* Students, youths march round Offa community Members of the House of Representatives on Thursday condemned the recent robbery attacks on commercial banks in Offa, Kwara State, saying the incidents were signs that ...

Kwara to partner with FG on Chinkada International Border Market
The Kwara Government says it will partner with the Federal Government to open an international border market in Chinkada, Baruteen Local Government Area of the state. Alhaji Bayo Onimago, the Permanent Secretary in...

8 Corps Members Served With Extension In Kwara State
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), in Kwara, has sanctioned eight corps members serving in the state for various offences they committed during the service year. NYSC State Coordinator, Mr Amafuele Remigius,...

Relieved: Police recover 57 illegal arms in Kwara
The Police Command in Kwara on Thursday said it had recovered 57 illegal weapons across the state. The Spokesman of the command, Mr Ajayi Okasanmi, disclosed this at a public lecture on security sensitization campa...

Offa robbery: Kwara Govt. to procure more Armored Personnel Carriers
Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara said the State Government would procure additional Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) to beef up security in Offa and strategic locations across the state. Ahmed disclosed this during the s...

Herdsman allegedly hacks man to death in Ilorin
An Ilorin Magistrates' Court on Thursday ordered the remand of a herdsman, Ashiru Mati, for allegedly hacking one Karimu Alabi to death. Mati, who address was not given, is standing trial on a one-count charge of cul...

Olesin's appointment: A New Ray of Hope. By Tunde Akanbi
In recent times, no appointment made by the President of the Senate, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has attracted and commandeered huge public attention as the appointment of Alhaji Abdullahi Olesin as Senior Legislative Aide...

Toyin Saraki launches campaign to combat maternal, child mortality
Wife of Senate President, Mrs. Toyin Saraki has launched a campaign to combat maternal and child mortality in Nigeria. Mrs. Saraki, who is also the President, Wellbeing Foundation Africa launched the "What Women Wa...

Ali Ahmad's cowardly games of denial. By Nasrudeen Ishola Oniwiridi
As the 2019 electioneering process is gradually taking shape with number of aspirants daily on the increase, Kwarans are daily treated with denials and half-truths. It'll be foolhardy to at this material pen...