• Ex–presidential candidate consoles Kebbi, Kwara victims • Says terrorists now dictate life across northern states Former presidential candidate, Gbenga -Hashim, has raised fresh alarm over what he described as the Federal Government’s “loss of operational control” of security in Northern Nigeria, following renewed terrorist attacks in Kwara and Kebbi States. Hashim, in a strongly […]
A former Executive Chairman of Ekiti Local Government Area in Kwara State, Mr. Akintoba Fatigun, has strongly condemned the latest bandit attack on Eruku community, describing it as a painful tragedy that further exposes the alarming insecurity in parts of the state. Fatigun, visibly disturbed by the incident which left two killed, many injured and […]
In a harrowing attack that has sent shockwaves through Osun State’s security circles, the Commander of the Osun Amotekun Corps, High Chief Dr. Hon. Adekunle Isaac Omoyele, narrowly escaped an assassination attempt late Monday night after being ambushed by heavily armed unknown gunmen. The violent ambush occurred at approximately 10:05 PM on Monday, shortly after […]
It was Justice at last for 82 year old, Chief Olowofela Oyebanji, as the High Court sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, discharged and acquitted him of alleged criminal offences related to kidnapping and murder. The trial judge, Umar Zikki Jubril, upheld a no case submission preferred before it […]
• Punctures FG, military’s security strategy The leading pro-democracy and human rights advocacy group, Kwara Must Change (KMC) has warned that the recent killings in Oke-Ode, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, must not be treated in isolation, stressing that insecurity in the state could easily spill over into neighboring Osun, Ekiti and Oyo […]
A tragic incident unfolded on the evening of Saturday, July 26, when an operative of the Osun State Amotekun Corps, Peter Samuel Tope, aged 35, was fatally attacked by a soldier in Ijeda, Ijesa land. According to an official statement released by the Corps Commander, Dr. Hon. Isaac Adekunle Omoyele, the incident occurred around 5:45 […]
The Kwara State High Court has convicted the former Special Assistant on Community Intervention to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of fraud and criminal diversion of public funds. Justice Haleema Saleeman delivered the ruling on Thursday, ordering the final forfeiture of two tractors and two tricycles said to have been illegally acquired by the former aide to […]
Two young ladies identified as Bukola Adisa and Helen Temitope, have been accused of defrauding a man of #20,000 under false pretence. The ladies, based in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state reportedly promised to visit the men in Ilesa, Osun State, but cut all communication channels immediately after receiving money from them to cover transportation cost from […]
The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security And Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a 51-year-old man, Idowu Mahmud for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl at Gbaagba- Airport Road in ilorin West Local Government Area of the state. On Monday, February 19, 2024, at about 13:35hrs, the complainant (Name Withheld) filed a complaint at […]
The duo suspects of Adama Joseph and Oreoluwa Davies, arrested by the Nigeria Police for killing a club owner in Kwara State, Adeniyi Ojo, have narrated how they killed the socialite. The ladies paraded by the police in Abuja on Wednesday evening confessed to the crime, attributing the causes of their action to the late […]
