News Update
Kwara State Government officials and experts have gone to the Mandate Market in Ilorin, the state capital, to activate measures to protect the public amid rumours of poisoned cow meat. On the team were the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Toyosi Thomas-Adebayo; Commissioner for Health Dr. Amina Ahmed El-Imam; officials from the Ministry…
Following the colossus destruction and wreckages of properties and farmlands in Isanlu and other neighbouring communities in Yagba East Local Government Area of Kogi State, Hon. Emmanuel Obaro representing Yagba East Constituency in Kogi State House of Assembly has appealed for urgent support and intervention from Kogi State Government and the State Emergency Management…
Nigerians on Wednesday woke up to the sordid spectacle of a large contingent of heavily armed operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission swooping on an entire street in the nation’s capital, Abuja, and surrounding the home of former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello ostensibly to arrest him to face trial on charges…
Hon. (Barr.) Cosmas Ilemona Atabor, Transition Chairman of Igalamela/Odolu Local Government Speaks on suspected drug kingpin, Sumaila Ata (AKA Summy), Killed in Ajaka It’s unfortunate news that a suspected drug kingpin, Sumaila Ata (AKA Summy), was fatally shot on April 19, 2024, in the peaceful town of Ajaka within Igalamela/Odolu Local Government. This incident…
Hon. (Barr.) Cosmas Ilemona Atabor, Transition Chairman of Igalamela/Odolu Local Government Speaks on suspected drug kingpin, Sumaila Ata (AKA Summy), Killed in Ajaka It’s unfortunate news that a suspected drug kingpin, Sumaila Ata (AKA Summy), was fatally shot on April 19, 2024, in the peaceful town of Ajaka within Igalamela/Odolu Local Government. This incident…
Kwara State Government on Friday flagged off another round of the Polio Immunization campaign for children under the age of five in the state. The exercise, which is second in series in the year, is expected to cover all the nooks and crannies of the state, beginning from Saturday 20th to Tuesday, 23rd April,…
Kwara state Police Command has paraded a suspected one-man notorious interstate phone thief, as well as kidnappers, armed robbers, among others, in Ilorin, the state capital. Speaking with journalists during the parade, the state commissioner of police, Victor Olaiya, said that the suspect, Shola Adigun Samuel, confessed to be a lone operator with modus…
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has received a three-pronged report from the Prof. Shuaib Oba Abdulraheem-led Planning and Implementation Committee for the Establishment of Kwara State University of Education. The report included an academic brief; a draft (establishment) bill; and the proposed master plan for the university. Receiving the documents at the Government House…
The Kogi State Government has demolished shanties and illegal structures harbouring hoodlums and criminals around Ganaja flyover bridge in Lokoja the state capital. The State’s Commissioner for Environment and Ecological Management, Engr. Oluwasegun Joseph, led other officials of the ministry on the demolition exercise on Thursday in Lokoja. The commissioner told newsmen after the…
The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a 19-year-old boy, Jamiu Akande, for allegedly raping a 9-year-old girl at Pakata Area in Ilorin. A statement by the spokesperson of the NSCDC, ASC Ayoola Michael Shola, said: “On Tuesday, April 16th, 2024, at approximately 20:30hrs, the case…
