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Kwarapoly corruption investigation: Court grants The Informant247’s Editor-in-chief, Managing Director bail

Abdulrahaman Taye DamilolaFebruary 7, 2024February 7, 202404 mins

A magistrate court sitting in Ilorin on Wednesday granted The Informant247’s Editor-in-chief; Salihu Ayatullahi and Managing Director; Adisa-Jaji Azeez. The two senior staff of the investigative medium were docked following the petition of the Rector, Kwara State Polytechnic, Engineer Abdul Jimoh Muhammed. The defendants were dragged before Magistrate Monisola Kamson on Wednesday on the alleged…

Investigative Report: Kwara poly rector orders detention of The Informant247’s Editor, Managing Director

Yemi SodeeqFebruary 6, 2024February 6, 202402 mins

The rector of Kwara State Polytechnic, Engr. Abdul Jimoh Muhammed, has ordered the detention of the Informant247’s Editor-in-chief; Salihu Ayatullahi and Managing Editor, Adisa-Jaji Azeez, in Ilorin on Monday They were both detained when they honored a police invitation.Salihu Ayatullahi and Adisa-Jaji Azeez were invited around 2:30 PM on Tuesday, February 6, 2024. The detention…

Security operatives storm kidnappers’ den, rescue slain Kwara monarch’s wife, daughter

Abdulrahaman Taye DamilolaFebruary 6, 2024February 6, 202404 mins

Olori Iyabo Aremu, the abducted wife of the slain Olukoro of Koro in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, has regained freedom. Olori Aremu, alongside her adopted daughter, Feranmi, was reported to have been freed on Monday and arrived in Koro town around 10:45 pm. According to reports, a team of combined security operatives…

64th birthday: Gadaff commends Gov AbdulRazaq’s transformative leadership

Abdulrahaman Taye DamilolaFebruary 5, 2024February 5, 202402 mins

Hon. Sulaiman Lekan Gadaff extends warmest congratulations to Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq on the occasion of his 64th birthday. According to a statement made available to The Informant247, Gadaff, while congratulating the governor, disclosed that the auspicious day provides an opportunity for reflection on the remarkable strides and unwavering commitment to public service demonstrated by the…

Over 500 constituents benefit from Hon. Arinola Lawal free medical outreach

Yemi SodeeqFebruary 4, 2024February 4, 202403 mins

No fewer than 500 constituents benefited from the free medical outreach sponsored byHonourable Arinola Fatimoh Lawal, lawmaker representing Ilorin east vonstituency at the Kwara State house of Assembly. The medical outreach which was held on Sunday, February 4, 2024 at Idi-ape,Ilorin provided free eye test, eye glasses, surgery, and medication to about 500 participants. Over…

Constituents hail Senator Saliu Mustapha for distribution of JAMB, NECO, WAEC forms for over 2000 students

Yemi SodeeqFebruary 4, 2024February 4, 202416 mins

Stakeholders in the education sector and indigent students of Kwara Central Senatorial District, who benefitted from West Africa Examination Council (WAEC), National Examination Council (NECO) and Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) forms procured and distributed by Senator Saliu Mustapha have hailed the legislator for the gesture, describing it as timely. In separate interviews with reporters…

How kidnappers who killed Kwara monarch set me free – 83-year-old victim

Abdulrahaman Taye DamilolaFebruary 4, 2024February 4, 202404 mins

Pa Adeyemi Simon Aremu, an 83-year-old man, has revealed why the kidnappers who killed the Olukoro of Koro in Ekiti Local Government of Kwara State, General Segun Aremu (rtd), set him free. It was earlier gathered that the Olukoro of Koro in Ekiti Local Government of Kwara State, General Segun Aremu (rtd), was on Thursday…

Saliu Mustapha condemns killing of Ekiti monarch by kidnappers, calls for end to insecurity

Abdulrahaman Taye DamilolaFebruary 2, 2024February 2, 202403 mins

Mallam Saliu Mustapha, the Senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, has condemned the brutal and senseless murder of HRH Oba Peter Olusegun Aremu-Cole, the revered traditional ruler of Koro in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara state. Mustapha, in a statement released and made available to our correspondent, described Segun Aremu…

Kwara Gov AbdulRazaq fulfils N6m promise to school debate champions

Abdulrahaman Taye DamilolaJanuary 31, 2024January 31, 202405 mins

The Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Wednesday, presented N6m cheques to the six public school students who recently won the presidential debate competition in Abuja. The governor, while presenting the cheque, noted that the gesture was a fulfilment of his administration’s pledge to give the great six one million naira each alongside a full…

Kwara lawmaker Rukayat Shittu donates boreholes, generators to constituents

Abdulrahaman Taye DamilolaJanuary 30, 2024January 30, 202402 mins

Hon. Rukayat Motunrayo Shittu, a member representing Owode/Onire constituency at the Kwara State House of Assembly, has donated two water-pumping systems and power generators to Aloba Babakudu village in Owode/Gbogun ward and Aluseke village in Agbonna/Elebue/Fata ward, Kwara State, as part of an effort to ensure clean water in her constituency. The member, who happens…

Kwara Gov signs N292.7bn 2024 budget into law

Abdulrahaman Taye DamilolaJanuary 27, 2024January 27, 202406 mins

….assent to LG amendment bills Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday signed the 2024 Appropriation Bill into law, following its passage by the Kwara State House of Assembly, saying it is another bold step to expand infrastructure and grow the economic base of the state on a sustainable basis. The Informant247 had earlier reported…

NPFL:Godwin Oshagbemi helps Kwara United secure draw against Heartland in Owerri

Yemi SodeeqJanuary 25, 2024January 25, 202402 mins

Kwara United would have their youngster sensation, Godwin Oshagbemithanked for helping the team secure an important away draw against Heartland FC in the NPFL Matchday 18 rescheduled game played at Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri. Godwin, who is a graduate of Kwara Football Academy scored a fantastic equaliser goal in the 60th minute of the game…

Kwara Gov. AbdulRazaq visits Al-Kadriyar family, says killers of Nabeeha won’t go unpunished

Abdulrahaman Taye DamilolaJanuary 24, 2024January 24, 2024012 mins

AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the Kwara State Governor and chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum on Wednesday, paid a courtesy visit to the family of Alhaji Mansoor Al-Kadriyar The Informant247 reports that the family of six were abducted on January 2 along with their father, Alhaji Mansoor Al-Kadriyar, from their home located in the Zuma 1 area,…

Kwara LG elections to kick-off in February after law amendment by state assembly

Yemi SodeeqJanuary 24, 2024January 24, 202403 mins

Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWSIEC) has disclosed that it will flag-off the activities leading to the conduct of local government elections next month, February 2024. In a statement on Wednesday, the commission applauded the Kwara State House of Assembly for the passage of new amendments to the law governing the conduct of the local…

Police to arraign Kwara lawmaker over alleged forgery of certificate

Yemi SodeeqJanuary 24, 2024January 24, 202408 mins

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Apo has fixed March 21 for the arraignment of Saba Adamu, a lawmaker representing Edu/Moro/Patigi federal constituency, Kwara north-central, in the House of Representatives. The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) had instituted a five-count charge marked CR/97/2022, bordering on alleged falsification of results. According to the charge dated 21st…

High chief, three others abducted as gunmen attack Kwara community

Abdulrahaman Taye DamilolaJanuary 18, 2024January 18, 202402 mins

A local chief and three other teenagers were on Tuesday night, abducted after suspected gunmen invaded the Afin community, Ile-Ire district of Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State According to a report, the state police command confirmed the arrest of three suspects in connection with the abduction. DSP Toun Ejire-Adeyemi, the state Police Public…

Kwara Poly student killed as truck loses control

Abdulrahaman Taye DamilolaJanuary 16, 2024January 16, 202403 mins

A yet-to-be-identified student of the Institute of Technology (IOT) Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, on Tuesday, was killed after a truck conveying laterite at the Sango roundabout area crushed him to death, leaving two others with severe injuries. According to a report, three students were on a motorcycle to receive lectures when the tragedy occurred. It…

One burnt to death as petrol-laden tanker explodes in Ogun The Informant247

Four killed in Kwara tanker fire accident

Abdulrahaman Taye DamilolaJanuary 15, 2024January 15, 202402 mins

At least four persons were, on Monday, burnt to death while several others were injured in a multiple accident along Okolowo expressway in Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State. According to a report, the incident happened when the truck carrying 45,000 litres of petrol lost control after a tyre burst and had a…

How fire from refuse dump destroys 44 rooms, renders 120 homeless in Kwara

Abdulrahaman Taye DamilolaJanuary 15, 2024January 15, 202404 mins

No fewer than 44 rooms were destroyed while at least 120 people were rendered homeless on Monday in Megida Onikahun compound, Edun Isale in Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State, as fire gut the ancient compound and the market in the area. It was learned that some good Samaritans evacuated four aged people…

Armed Forces Remembrance Day: Kwara Gov AbdulRazaq lays wreath in honour of fallen heroes, salutes gallant security officers

Abdulrahaman Taye DamilolaJanuary 15, 2024January 15, 202403 mins

As Nigeria celebrate this year’s Armed Forces Remembrance Day, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the Kwara State Governor and Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), on Monday joined other prominent Kwarans, heads of security agencies, and the Nigeria Legion to lay the wreath in honour of the fallen and serving men of the Armed Forces for their tremendous…