Tag: ILORIN, KWARA STATE, News, Nigeria, NNL, POLICE
Police rescue man from attempted suicide in Ilorin
Operatives of the Kwara State Police Command, on Thursday, rescued a man identified as Olayinka Segun Owolabi, from a suicide attempt as a result of the economic...
Fire razes storey-building in Ilorin
A residential storey-building of three flats was Tuesday razed by fire in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The fire disaster occurred at Igbala close, Stadium Road...
Fire guts 12-room storey-building in Ilorin
Fire razed a 12-room residential storey-building in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, on Wednesday, destroying valuables worth millions of naira. The fire disaster...
Court jails dog seller two years for cyber fraud
A 23-year-old dog seller, Omoteji Tomiwa, on Wednesday bagged two years jail term for impersonation. He was convicted and sentenced by Justice Muhammed Sani of...
Police, PDP react to arrest, release of Gov AbdulRazaq’s aide in Ilorin
The Kwara State Police Command and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state have reacted to the arrest and release of Governor Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq’s Special...
Police nab suspected woman ritualist with N166,700 cash, schoolchildren items
A suspected ritualist who disguised as a ‘mad woman’ simply identified as Ebun Oluwa, was arrested by police operatives in Ilorin, Kwara State on...
Twelve burnt beyond recognition on Ilorin-Ogbomoso Expressway
Twelve persons were burnt to death on Saturday in a fatal auto crash on Ilorin-Ogbomoso expressway. This is coming few weeks after another fatal auto crash...
Court remands student for allegedly killing colleague over missing plates
A student of the Kinsey College of Education in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, Yakubu Ahmed has been remanded at the correctional service centre for...
Tank technician recovered dead from petrol tank in Ilorin
A 29-year-old tank installer/maintainer, simply identified as Ahmed was, on Saturday, recovered dead from a petrol tank at a popular filling station in...
UNILORIN pre-degree student found dead in hotel swimming pool in Ilorin
The dead body of a pre-degree student of the University of Ilorin has been found in the swimming pool of a hotel in the state. The body according to...
Fire guts 8-bedroom apartment in Ilorin
Fire ravaged a building of about eight bedrooms on Monday, in Ilorin, destroying valuables worth millions of naira. The incident occurred at about...
Guber election petition tribunal begins sitting in Ilorin
The Anambra Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Monday commenced sitting in Ilorin. The tribunal, chaired by Justice Balikisu Mohammed, has Justices...
Phone repairer gets 12 months jail term in Ilorin for cybercrime
A 25-year-old phone repairer, Abdulkazeem Ridwan, on Monday bagged 12 months jail term from cybercrime offences and possession of fraudulent funds. ...
Fire razes properties worth millions of Naira at Shopping Complex in Ilorin
An early morning inferno on Saturday gutted a shopping complex at number one, Folusho Hall Kulende junction, Sango Area of , Ilorin destroying property and...
APC reconciliation suffers setback, Kwara, Osun factions, others adamant
Efforts by the National Reconciliation Committee set up by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress to resolve the internal crisis in some state...
Kwara: NSCDC averts bloody clash between Hausa, Yoruba in Ilorin
The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, on Tuesday averted what could have resulted into a bloody ethnic showdown...
Ekiti water corporation staff, four others bag jail terms for cybercrime in Ilorin
A 25-year-old employee of Ekiti State Water Corporation, Oyeyemi Akinluyi, has been jailed by a Federal high Court in Ilorin for alleged cybercrime...
Reps call for construction of Ibadan–Osogbo–Ilorin segment of Lagos–Kano standard gauge railway line
House of Representatives yesterday urged the Federal Ministry of Transportation to commence construction of the Ibadan-Osogbo-Ilorin segment of the...
Dead body with hands tied found floating on Ilorin river
A dead human body was found in Asa River, along Emir’s Road in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital on Monday. Spokesman of the state Fire Brigade, Hakeem...
17-year-old Girl drowns in well in Ilorin
The Kwara Fire Service on Wednesday recovered the lifeless body of a 17-year-old Girl, Aminat Abdulkadir, who drowned in a well since four days ago. The...
