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Five-Year-Old Boy Sets DUplex On Fire In Ilorin

Five-Year-Old Boy Sets DUplex On Fire In Ilorin

Tragedy struck on Monday evening in Ilorin, Kwara State Capital when a five-year-old boy set a five-bedroom duplex residence on fire. New Telegraph reports that the incident occurred at Abiodun Adebiyi Close, off Yidi Road, Irewolede…

Gunmen Kidnap Five Farmers In Kwara

Gunmen Kidnap Five Farmers In Kwara

The Kwara State Police Command on Thursday confirmed the abduction of five farmers in the Odo-Eku community in the Isin Local Government Area of the State. New Telegraph gathered that among those kidnapped were two…

Court Approves Saraki’s Plea To Amend Suits Against EFCC, ICPC, Others

Court Approves Saraki’s Plea To Amend Suits Against EFCC, ICPC, Others

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has approved a motion filed by former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, which sought to amend his two distinct lawsuits against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and…

19 Killed In Kwara Road Accident – FRSC

19 Killed In Kwara Road Accident – FRSC

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed that no fewer than 19 people were killed in a road accident in Kwara State Shehu Mohammed, the Corps Marshal confirmed the development at a press conference…

Property Worth Millions Destroyed As Fire Guts Shops In Ilorin

Property Worth Millions Destroyed As Fire Guts Shops In Ilorin

A fire which occured in the early hour of Tuesday reportedly ravaged a building and destroyed five shops housing a multi-millions of naira in property in Ilorin, Kwara State. It was reliably gathered that the…

2024 Hajj: Be Good Ambassadors Of Nigeria, Abdulrazaq Charges Kwara Pilgrims

2024 Hajj: Be Good Ambassadors Of Nigeria, Abdulrazaq Charges Kwara Pilgrims

The Governor of Kwara State,  AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Thursday visited the Tunde Idiagbon International Airport in Ilorin to bid farewell to the fifth batch of the state’s pilgrims to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Governor Abdulrasaq while…

EFCC Detains Seven Illegal Miners In Ilorin

EFCC Detains Seven Illegal Miners In Ilorin

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ilorin Zonal Command, Kwara State, has detained seven people for unlawful mining activities. In a statement issued on Wednesday by the Commission’s spokesman, Dele Oyewale; two others were…

Filling Stations Hike Fuel Price As Queues Resurfaces In Kwara

Filling Stations Hike Fuel Price As Queues Resurfaces In Kwara

Some petrol filling stations situated at Ilorin, Kwara State capital and some other part of the state are currently selling petrol between N580 and N720 per litre as queues for petrol resurfaced in the state.…

Fire Razes Down Building In Kwara

Fire Razes Down Building In Kwara

In the early hours of Friday, a fire reportedly broke out in a compound with 40 rooms in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State. The fire broke out around 02.40 a.m. at No E143, Ile…

Kwara: Daughter Drags Father To Court Over Sexual Assault

Kwara: Daughter Drags Father To Court Over Sexual Assault

A resident of the Olorunsogo area, Bode Saadu in the Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State, identified as Simbiat Moshood has accused her father, Alhaji Mashood of sexual abuse. Simbiat Moshood dragged his father…