The Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Thursday convicted a 21-year-old graduate of the Kwara State University, KWASU, Ahmed Bolaji, over offences bordering on love scam. The conviction followed his arraignment by the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on one-count charge of internet fraud contrary to Section…
A building of ten rooms has been gutted by fire in Alore area in Ilorin. The cause of the fire outbreak, which occurred on Thursday morning, was attributed to spontaneous ignition. The spokesperson for Kwara State Fire Service, Hassan Hakeem Adekunle, said the incident happened at 123, Gungunmi Compound, Alore Area of Ilorin, Kwara State….
The Nigerian Government on Friday pointed out it is considering a fresh lockdown in parts of Lagos, Abuja, Plateau and other high density areas over rising COVID-19 cases. The Presidential Taskforce (PTF) on COVID-19 National Incident Manager, Mukhtar Muhammed, disclosed this when he appeared as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily. Describing the rising…
A building was on Wednesday gutted by fire in Oke-Onigbin, Isin Local Government Area, Kwara State, Kwara State. The spokesperson for Kwara State Fire Service, Hassan Hakeem Adekunle, said the inferno, which destroyed two rooms, was put out by the efforts of the fire service, thereby preventing it from spreading to other buildings. He said,…
The total number of coronavirus cases recorded in Kwara State has reached 1,952, THE INFORMANT247 reports. This is as no fewer than 41 patients have died of coronavirus-related complications in the state. The state currently has 299 active cases while 1,610 patients have recovered. Meanwhile, it however awaits the result of 358 more samples taken…
The forum of former honourable members of Kwara State House of Assembly (KWHA) from 1979-2019 has called on the Speaker of the Assembly, Hon. Yakubu Salihu- Danladi to inaugurate Hon. Jimoh Raheem Agboola of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as ordered by the Supreme Court. This was contained in a communiqué issued at the end…
Hoodlums loaded in a bus and taxi came to set ablaze the house of Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Igboho, the Police in Oyo State said. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr. Olugbenga Fadeyi, made this known in a statement issued on Tuesday. Fadeyi disclosed the Police received reports that the arsonists…
Four persons died in a crash that occurred on the outskirt of Ilorin, the Kwara State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said on Sunday. The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Jonathan Owoade, disclosed that the accident occurred as a result of speeding and dangerous driving, adding that 18 persons were involved…
Kwara State received a total of N3,576,113,211:84 as its federal allocation for the month of February, the INFORMANT247 reports. Press Secretary, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Daibu Abubakar, made this known in a statement issued during the weekend in Ilorin, the state capital. According the release, the allocation comprises statutory revenue allocation SRA (Gross) of N2,255,681,423:03;…
Popular Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, on Friday, stormed Igangan, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State. It was gathered that Igboho came to the town and was received by hundreds of youths at the Igangan Town Hall. He vowed that Fulani herdsmen will be chased away from the town…
…urges schools to obey COVID-19 guidelines The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has appealed to Kwarans not to be hesitant to take the COVID-19 vaccine when it gets to Nigeria. Dr. Baba Issa, the NMA Chairman in the state, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Ilorin….
An All Progressive Congress Chieftain in Kwara State, Barr. Kunle Sulyman has hinted at the possibility of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq recalling most of his ‘sacked’ commissioners. “My view is that if not all, many of them are coming back to help the governor achieve success and a second term in office,” the governor’s key loyalist…
The Police in Kwara State have arrested two suspected kidnappers, Umaru Mohammed Tambaya, 29 and Muhammed Tambaya Bell, 26 for their alleged involvement in the abduction of four Turkish expatriates kidnapped at Gwugwu in Edu local government area of the state in July 2019. Though all the Turkish nationals were rescued alive, the then commissioner…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC), on Wednesday, approved a bill seeking to extend the retirement age for teachers in the country from 60 years to 65 years. The FEC, during its first meeting of the year 2021, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari approved the bill; Harmonized Retirement Age for Teachers Bill, 2021, to be…
The Kwara State Government has announced another 46 new COVID- 19 cases in the state This was contained in a data released by the state government on Tuesday. In the figure released, of the 14,714 tests done so far, 1,748 cases have been confirmed, 1,424 recoveries, 286 active cases, 38 death and 888 pending as…
Some hours ago, THE INFORMANT247 reported the reinstatement of the former chairman of Kwara APC, Bashir Bolarinwa Omolaja, as the State caretaker chairman. But according new Information reaching this platform, it could no longer confirm the earlier report as the zonal chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC is set to resolve the leadership…
Sir, it is with great concern that I write you this open letter. It is troubling that the core principle of democracy upon which the APC-led administration stands is being threatened because of the indifference of the Assembly under your leadership to take a worthy position regarding the domestication of the Freedom of Information, FOI…
Deputy Speaker Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Raphael Adetiba on Saturday, 16th January, 2021 celebrated his 45th birthday with his 5th empowerment programme for the people of his constituency, Oke Ero Constituency. The empowerment which was tagged “Trade and Investment” had beneficiaries from the ten wards that make up Oke Ero local government….
The N100 million bursary fraud trial of the former chairperson of Kwara State Scholarship Board, Hajia Fatima Yusuf and two other officials of the board scheduled to continue on Thursday before the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin was stalled due to the absence of one of the defence counsels, Y. O Ahmed. The immediate…
The Kwara State chapter of the Young Progressives Party, YPP on Friday said that the crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Party in the State is a clear indication that the Party is confused and has lost the original intent and purpose of the progressive movement. Mr. Charles Folayan, the State Chairman of the Party,…
