Tag: Ilorin
Banker remanded in prison for allegedly defrauding customers of N2.9m
An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded a 32-year-old banker, Oyeyemi Mashood, in prison for allegedly defrauding customers of N2,972,000.
Rainstorm wreaks havoc in Ilorin
Rainstorm has destroyed more than 40 electricity poles and other property worth millions of naira in some parts of the…
Fire destroys 25 rooms, 12 shops in llorin
No less than 25 rooms belonging to different family members of Ola-Oti Compound and 12 shops were razed in a…
‘Buhari’s administration is investor friendly’
Mr Ayo Olajiga, Chief Executive Officer, FoodPro Nigeria Ltd, a cashew processing company in Ilorin has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s…
Photos: Saraki vs Omoyele: Police attack SaharaReporters observers, journalist, activists in Ilorin
Policemen have attacked SaharaReporters observers, journalists and activists who came to cover and monitor the ongoing case between Senate President,…
Ilorin West APC Disassociates Self From Saraki’s Recall
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara on Sunday dissociated itself from those calling…
Airline begins operations to Ilorin July 10
Medview Airline says it will begin flight operations to Ilorin, the Kwara capital, on July 10.
Heavy Rain Renders Many Homeless
Heavy rain destroyed property worth millions of naira and rendered many residents homeless in Ilorin on Monday.
Cleric advises Nigerians to shun material wealth
The Chief Imam, University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaneey Oladosu, has urged Nigerians to de-emphasise their desire for to acquire material…
Ilorin LGC to offset 9 months salary arrears
Alhaji Abdulhameed Alli, the chairman, Transitional Implementation Committee for Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara on Saturday pledged to…
Lawyer seeks nationwide ban on hawking
An Ilorin based lawyer, Mr Tunde Jimoh has called on the Federal Government to impose a ban on hawking by…
Smoking hastens menopause -medical practitioner
An Ilorin-based medical doctor, Dr Tajudeen Olawepo, of Safe Kids Hospital, Ilorin, has said that cigarette smoking hastens the commencement…
FG to renovate Police Children School, Ilorin
DCP Rabiu Ladodo, Nigeria Police Force Education Officer, on Thursday expressed displeasure over infrastructural decay at Police Children’s School, Ilorin.…
Students cry out over high price of garri
Some students in Ilorin have decried the sudden increase in price of garri, commonly referred to as “students’ food’’. Some…
Ilorin residents differ on tribal marks
Residents of Ilorin on Tuesday expressed mixed feelings on tribal marks as a way of preserving culture. Some of them…
65-year old woman found dead in well in llorin
A 65-year old woman, who was in charge of ensuring proper sanitary condition of a mosque in llorin, Kwara was…
Train crushes 2 to death in llorin
A Kano to Lagos passenger train on Sunday crushed a commercial motorcyclist and his passenger to death in llorin. NAN…
Okoli, popular Ilorin hotelier, again kidnapped
The owner of the popular Bovina Hotel in Ilorin, Chief Ifeanyi Okoli, has again been kidnapped. The News Agency of…
Four dead as cult members clash in Ilorin
Four persons were killed at the weekend in Ilorin, during a fight that broke out between members of the two…
Petrol: DPR arrests five persons in Ilorin
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Kwara on Saturday arrested five persons in Ilorin metropolis for selling petrol in…
Fire razes Ilorin market
A midnight inferno on Sunday consumed goods worth millions of naira at Baboko market in Ilorin, the Kwara capital. The…
Civil servant disappears
An atmosphere of fear is pervading Oluseyi Area in Omu-Aran, Kwara, following alleged disappearance of a 30-year-old civil servant, Olaniyi…
Saraki donates N3.5m to victims of mayhem in Ilorin
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Ecology and Environment, Dr Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday donated N3.5 million to heads of seven…
Overland Plane Crash Lands In Ilorin
About 40 passengers and crew of a Lagos bound Overland aircraft escaped death in Ilorin when the plane crash landed…
Mixed reactions trail Dangote cement price cut in Ilorin
Distributors of Cement and block makers in Ilorin on Thursday expressed mixed feelings about the new prices of Dangote cement…
IIorin Aviation College produces 18 pilots
The International Aviation College, Ilorin, on Thursday, said it had achieved another milestone in the aviation industry in Nigeria by…
Suspected cultist arraigned over attack on policewoman
A 54-year old suspected cultist, Abiola Tailor, who allegedly threatened a policewoman’s life, was on Friday docked at an Osogbo…
Ebola: Nigerians advised to spread facts, not rumours
A pharmacist at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Kwara, Mr Lanre Alege, has charged Nigerians to spread facts…
Police uncover human parts market in llorin
The Police in Kwara on Monday said it had discovered human parts market in an uncompleted building in the outskirts…
No sacrifice is too much for Chibok girls, says Baraje
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Kawu Baraje, said on Sunday that no sacrifice would be too…