Tag: Ilorin
‘llegal arrest’ sparks tension in Al-Hikmah varsity
Stephen Oni/Ilorin Pandemonium broke out at the Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara state on Wednesday when three unidentified fully armed men…
Haliru Idris, Kwara lawmaker is dead
The Kwara State House of Assembly on Saturday announced the death of one of its legislators and Chairman, House Committee…
My husband is heartless, wicked; wife tells Judge
A housewife, Sherifat Akeem, on Friday told an Ilorin Area Court that her husband, Shuaibu Akeem, was allegedly wicked and…
We’ll deliver Kwara totally to APC – Bukola Saraki
Stephen Oni/ Ilorin For the umpteenth time, leader of the Kwara State All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Bukola Saraki, has…
Nigerian mob set female kidnapper ablaze
Stephen Oni,Ilorin A middle-aged woman suspected to be a kidnapper was on Friday, 11 April lynched by an irate mob…
One dead in film shooting fracas in Ilorin
At least one person was killed and many others injured in a fracas that broke out during a film shooting…
Large crowd receives Saraki in Ilorin
Stephen Oni/ Ilorin An unprecedented crowd of members and supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kwara state, weekend…
Ex-ICPC boss, Wali lament deepening corruption in Nigeria
Stephen Oni/ilorin The pioneer Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, Justice Mustapha Akanbi, has…
Nigerian church set ablaze
Stephen Oni/Ilorin The Prayer, Faith and Miracle Ministry, a church located at Asa Dam area in Ilorin, capital of the…
Court Dissolves Marriage Over Hubby’s Laziness
An Ilorin Area Court on Thursday dissolved a four-year-old marriage between Amuda Wasiu and Babalati on grounds of laziness of…
Man wants divorce over wife’s lies, late nights
A 30-year-old Nigerian, Suleman Mohammed of Ojagboro area, Ilorin,i n Kwara state on Thursday urged an Area Court to dissolve…
School Curriculum Blamed For Unemployment
The Secretary General, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ilorin branch, Mr Sulyman Abaya, says the present education curriculum is responsible for…
Working For Industrial Harmony
The 8th National Labour Relations Summit holds in Ilorin with a promise of better prospects for Nigerian workers Public functions…
Man kills wife for rejecting sex demand
A man, Musa Yusuf, who allegedly killed his wife for refusing to submit to his sexual demand, has been remanded…
Community On Rampage Over Dead Man Found In Well
Hell was let loose recently in Abayawo, Ilorin, Kwara State capital, Southwest Nigeria after a middle aged man’s corpse was…
Fire Guts Sulu Gambari’s Palace
A section of the palace of the Emir of Ilorin, Alh. Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, has been gutted by fire. The…
Groom Kidnapped, Tortured To Death On Wedding Day
A groom, Zubairu Balogun, who was abducted on his wedding day in Ilorin, Kwara State, northcentral Nigeria, and held incommunicado…
Flying Eagles qualify for AYC
Nigeria’s U-20 team, Flying Eagles on Sunday qualified for next year’s African Youth Championship, AYC after they defeated South Africa…
Governor Ajimobi, others bag honorary doctorate
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi has attributed the current multi-faceted crises bedeviling the country to the…
Offa Poly student charged with cultism
A 21-year-old student of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara state, Emeke Nwokobia has been charged before an Ilorin Magistrates’ Court…
Okada operators run riot in Kwara
Scores of commercial motorcyclists have staged a protest in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, against the decision of the government…
Ilorin to host Nigeria-Tanzania AYC match
Ilorin will host the return leg match of the 2013 African Youth Championship (AYC) qualifier between Nigeria and Tanzania on…
Nigerian abductors free Italian engineer
Italian officials say that an Italian engineer kidnapped in central Nigerian town of Ilorin in Kwara state has been freed.…
Nigerian driver commits suicide
A 45-year-old Nigerian has committed suicide by hanging. The man, identified as Dare Amoo lived at Idigba Compound in Oke-Ose,…
Yoruba, Hausa Butchers Clash
Protests against the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government continued in Ilorin Thursday but limited to two areas…
Mass Protest Continues In Ilorin
Protest over the removal of fuel subsidy continued Wednesday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, as hoodlums hijacked it, setting…
Tribunal Upholds Senator Bukola Saraki’s Election
The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ilorin has upheld the election of Senator Bukola Saraki representing Kwara Central…
Swimming: Chief Of Naval Staff Tourney For Ilorin
The Nigeria Swimming Federation is set for the Chief of Naval Staff Swimming Open Championship slated for next month in…
Pasuma’s Reality Show Begins
Top Nigerian Fuji Music star Wasiu Alabi Pasuma is set to storm the Southwest with his reality show to discover…
ACN to PDP: We Will Dislodge You, With Or Without Alliance
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has warned the PDP not to gloat over the truncated alliance between the ACN…