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Miyetti Allah demands probe into killing of Fulani, seeks compensation in Kwara

Kehinde Akinpelu 25 October 2025 0

The Kwara State chapter of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has called on the state government and security agencies to investigate the alleged killing of Fulani residents in Edu Local Government Area. In a statement issued in Ilorin, the state chairman of

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Notorious kidnapper Maidawa, gang members killed in Kwara

Andrew Orolua 3 October 2025 0

A notorious kidnapper known as Maidawa and several members of his gang have reportedly been killed during a security operation in Kwara State. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert, the gang members were neutralised on September 30, 2025, in a fierce encounter with security forces in Isanlu, Isin Local Government Area. Security sources said […]

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Abductors of ex-Kwara Perm Sec demand N60m

Ihesiulo Grace 13 December 2021 0

*Erubu spends fourth day in den KEHINDE AKINPELU, ILORIN Abductors of the retired Permanent Secretary in Kwara State, Dr Zubair Oba Erubu, have reportedly reached out to his family, demanding N60million as ransom. It was learnt yesterday evening that the men of the underworld did not give room for negotiation but insisted that the money […]

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KWSG engages Kwara North Youth, promises more infrastructural devt

Ihesiulo Grace 21 November 2021 0

KEHINDE AKINPELU ILORIN The Legislative Chambers of Mooro Local Government Secretariat was agog yesterday as youth from across four Local Government Areas gathered to have meaningful conversations with Government officials at the town hall meeting organized solely to deepen government’s citizens’ engagement. The Meeting, which was put together by the Senior Special

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Kwara doctors commence 7 days warning strike action

Ihesiulo Grace 1 November 2021 0

KEHINDE AKINPELU, ILORIN Members of the National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP), Kwara branch on Monday embark on seven days warning strike action across the 16 local Government area of the state. Dr. Saka Agboola, Chairman of the association stated this during a press conference at the sidelines of an emergency […]

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Kwara govt commissions ICT lab donated by Huawei

Ihesiulo Grace 26 October 2021 0

Philip Clement, Abuja Government Secondary School (GSS) Ilorin, founded in 1914, has received a major boost in e-learning following the commissioning of an ICT Lab and other internet facilities by the Kwara state governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq. The Lab and other facilities were donated by leading global ICT company, Huawei Technologies. The project was facilitated by

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Police repels cult attack on Kwara command

Ihesiulo Grace 28 May 2021 0

The Police in Kwara on Friday repelled attack on its command in Ilorin when some cultists invaded the formation. The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the command, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that it was a reprisal attack on the command after it had put a situation under control earlier […]

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Hijab controversy: Kwara grant-aided schools flouts government’s order on reopening

Ihesiulo Grace 17 March 2021 0

The 10 grant-aided schools ordered by the Kwara Government to reopen on Wednesday allowing students to use Hijab have remained closed. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that all the schools remained locked with the presence of security men around. NAN gathered that there was resistance from both parties involved as each wants their […]

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Hijab controversy: Kwara Govt orders immediate reopening of 10 schools

Ihesiulo Grace 17 March 2021 0

The Kwara State Government has announced the immediate reopening, on Wednesday, of the 10 schools recently shut down over hijab controversy even as the government’s peace-building efforts continue. This is contained in a statement from the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun. According to the statement, ”The closure

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Kwara Constituents Set to Recall Law Maker

Ihesiulo Grace 9 March 2021 0

The political space within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State seems to be facing more crisis, as some Concerned youth of the party in Ifelodun local government area and other stakeholders in Omupo/Igbaja constituency have commenced recalling the process of their constituency lawmaker at the Kwara State House of Assembly, Ganiyu Salahudeen also […]

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Kwara Government impose curfew on Offa and Erin-Ile Communities

Ihesiulo Grace 5 March 2021 0

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has imposed a curfew on Offa and Erin-Ile neighbouring communities over renewed hostilities. Our reporters gathered that the reported hostilities between members of transport unions in the area, which started on Wednesday got escalated as one person is feared dead. There was a report of gunshots and use of dangerous […]

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Kwara Hijab Controversy: CAN faults Govt vow to prevent usage in mission grant-aide schools

Ihesiulo Grace 27 February 2021 0

The Christians Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kwara State Chapter has rejected and condemned the recent approval of the use of Hijab in grant-aided mission schools in the State by the State Government. Addressing a news conference in Ilorin the State capital, State Director, Legal and Publicity of CAN & President, Kwara Baptist Conference, Reverend Victor […]

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Kwara government approves hijab wearing in mission schools

Ihesiulo Grace 26 February 2021 0

The use of hijab (veil) by pupils of government grant-aided mission secondary schools in the state was finally approved by the Kwara State Government. Over the past week, the wearing of hijab in mission schools has created a lot of controversy among Muslim stakeholders and the authorities of some state grant-aided schools. Accordingly, the state […]

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Kwara begins medical screening of 4,500 food vendors for school feeding programme

Ihesiulo Grace 27 January 2021 0

Kehinde Akinpelu, Ilorin The Kwara State Government on Monday began a week long medical screening exercise for 4,500 food vendors ahead of official take off of its Home Grown School Feeding Programme. “We are screening 4,500 food vendors across the 16 local government areas for students of primary 1-6. The Federal Government will take care […]

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Kwara APC crisis to be resolved at zonal level – Niger Gov

Ihesiulo Grace 18 January 2021 0

Tunde Opalana, Abuja Leadership crisis rocking the Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will be resolved at the North Central caucus level. This was disclosed to newsmen on Monday by the governor of Niger State, Mohammed Sanni Bello after almost two hours meeting of stakeholders in Kwara APC. held at the APC […]

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Kwara Gov lauds, reimburses women who built schools with own funds

Ihesiulo Grace 15 January 2021 0

Patrick Okohue Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday visited the Nomadic LGEA Nursery and Primary School, Agindigbi, and St. Luke LGEA Primary School, Onila, near Agbamu, Irepodun Local Government, where he refunded the money so far spent on the ongoing construction of their communities’ schools, The visit, according to a release by the Chief […]

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Kwara governor calls for calm, restraint over Baruten killings

Ihesiulo Grace 11 January 2021 0

Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has called for calm and restraint against activities that can trigger new tension in Ilesha-Baruba, Baruten Local Government Area of the state. Gov. AbdulRazaq made the call in reaction to the clash between soldiers at a military check-point on the border route and commercial drivers plying the area. Five […]

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#EndSARS: petitioners narrate how officers threaten them to implicate Saraki

Ihesiulo Grace 6 January 2021 0

KEHINDE AKINPELU, ILORIN Two petitioners before the Kwara state judicial panel of inquiry on #endSARS protest, in Ilorin on Wednesday, narrated how they were tortured and humiliated by men of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The petitioners, Alhaji Kehinde Gobir and Alhaji Shuaib Jawando, who accused the SARS officers of alleged high depth of […]

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Kwara assembly disobeys court order, refuses to swear-in lone PDP lawmaker

Ihesiulo Grace 11 October 2020 0

The continued refusal of the Kwara State House of Assembly to swear-in a lone PDP lawmaker even after two court judgements in his favour is quite worrisome. Mr Jimoh Agboola, who served in the previous assembly, was the candidate of the PDP for the House of Assembly election in Ilorin South Constituency in 2019. After […]

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Yorubas in Kogi, Kwara seek merger with south-west

Ihesiulo Grace 27 September 2020 0

Yorubas in Kwara and Kogi states are clamouring for a merger with Southwest states through boundary adjustment. They also want to be independent within the proposed region, Daily Times gathered. This statement was made by the people of Kwara South Senatorial District, through the Kwara South Consultative Forum (KSCF). The forum lamented the Yoruba of […]