A former Kwara State Governor, Chief Cornelius Olatunji Adebayo, has died. He was 84 years old last 24 February. Adebayo was a Senator in the Second Republic, serving from 1979 to 1983 on the platform of the Unity Party of Nigeria, the same platform he used to contest — and win —  election as governorship candidate in 1983. He governed …

Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 17 suspected internet fraudsters in coordinated sting operations in Ilorin, the state capital, and Ifelodun Local Government Area (LGA). In a statement in Ilorin on Wednesday, the agency ‘s Head of Media and Publicity, Mr. Dele Oyewole said that the suspects were rounded up …

The remains of the final year student of Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin, Hafsoh Lawal, who was allegedly murdered in cold blood by her Facebook boyfriend, AbdulRahman Bello, have finally been laid to rest. According to PUNCH Metro, the remains of Hafsoh were on Monday interred at a Muslim cemetery in the Sango area of Ilorin, the state capital, according …

The Nigerian Army have announced the arrest of 12 individuals linked to acts of terrorism allegedly carried out by a breakaway faction of the Boko Haram insurgents, known as ‘Mahmuda’, which reportedly occupied the Kainji Lake National Park in the northern part of Kwara State. The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 2 Division, Major General Obinna Onubogu, disclosed this during a …

Following grossly inadequate number of medical doctors in Kwara State’s medical facilities occasioned by brain drain, the state government has cried out over its inability to recruit new doctors. During the 2025 first quarter inter-ministerial press briefing in Ilorin, the state capital, the Executive Secretary of the state Hospital Management Board, Dr. Abdulraheem Abdulmalik regretted that the board could not …

Gunmen on Saturday ambushed a Toyota Sienna passenger vehicle on Obbo-Aiyegunle/Osi Road in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State and abducted seven passengers travelling from Abuja to Offa in Kwara State. It was gathered that the suspected kidnappers, however, spared three children who were travelling with their abducted parents. It was gathered that it was the eldest of …

The Kwara State Teaching Service Commission has shorlisted 1,800 applicants for teaching appointments in the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the commission’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Sam Onile, made available to newsmen in Ilorin. Onile said that the shortlisted applicants emerged from a screening, which included computer-based test, and interviews spanning over three months. ‘The shortlisted …

Businessman, Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has commissioned a newly constructed one-kilometre asphalt road in Ifedolapo community, located in the Pipeline area of Ilorin, Kwara State. The commissioning ceremony was performed by former Akwa Ibom State Governor, Obong Victor Attah, and was attended by a distinguished gathering of political and business leaders from across the country. Among the dignitaries present were former …

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, and his Kwara State counterpart, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, have declared Monday a work-free day for teachers in both public and private schools across the states in commemoration of this year’s World Teachers’ Day. In a statement by the Osun State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr. Kolapo Alimi, Governor Adeleke said the gesture was meant …

Six years after the bloody bank robbery operation in the ancient town of Offa, Kwara state which claimed the lives of several residents of the community, Justice Haleema Salman of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin on Thursday sentenced five suspects in the case to death by hanging. The court held that the convicts robbed and killed innocent citizens including …