Kwara State Fire Service, on Thursday, recovered the body of a 49-year-old man and also rescued a 17-year-old boy from a domestic well in Offa town. The man identified as Fasasi Afeez, and his son Kaleed Afeez from Offa local government area Kwara State, fell into a well. However, while the man was recovered dead,…
The Kwara State Government on Friday alerted residents of the state of the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, also known as bird flu. The alert is sequel to a reported case of the bird flu in Kebbi State, Northwestern region of the country. The warning was contained in a public health advisory issued on…
The deputy bursar of Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, Alh. Ayuba Abdullahi, on Wednesday night, died while watching the semi-final match between Nigeria and South Africa in the ongoing 2023 AFCON tournament. Sources said that Abdullahi died while watching the match at a viewing center in the Sango area of Ilorin metropolis. “Ayuba watched the…
Gunmen, who killed a traditional ruler in Kwara state, Oba Olusegun Aremu-Cole, Olukoro of Koro-Ekiti in the Ekiti Local Government Area and kidnapped his wife and one other person last Thursday night have reduce the ransom placed on the abducted victims. It was gathered that the gunmen had reached out to the monarch’s family over…
Kwara State Government has issued a three-month ultimatum to all substandard and unregistered private schools in the state. The State Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Hajia Sa’adatu Modibbo Kawu, gave the ultimatum Wednesday in Ilorin, during a meeting with the owners of unregistered private schools across the state. Hajia Modibbo frowned at the…
Kwara State‘s Baboko market, recognized as Oja-tuntun in the Ilorin West local government area fell into dilemma following the unexplained passing of a trader simply identified as Medinat. Medinat’s death occurred two days after reportedly engaging in altercations with a fellow trader identified as Alhaja Mariam Babatunde Arolahun. On Friday, January 12th, 2024, the duo…
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday inspected the new medical facilities being put in place at the state General Hospital Ilorin and expressed satisfaction with the standards of the work done so far. The Governor was conducted on a tour of the facilities by the Executive Secretary State Hospital Management Board Dr AbdulRaheem Malik…
The wife and two children of Hon Lawal Ayanshola Soliu, the lawmaker representing Ipaiye/Malete/Olooru of Moro Local Government in the Kwara State House of Assembly has been abducted. It was gathered that the abductors stormed the residence of the lawmaker Monday evening around 1:00 am armed with AK-47 rifles and shot sporadically into the air,…
