Tag: Ilorin
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…