Bandits kill 10, assault women, burn houses in Kwara
Armed bandits, on Tuesday evening, struck Woro and Nuku communities in Kaiama Local Government in Kwara State, killing about 10 people. They also burnt several houses to ashes. According to…
EFCC arrests ten illegal miners across Kwara, Oyo
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ilorin Zonal Directorate, have arrested ten suspected illegal miners along the Ilorin–Ogbomosho axis of Kwara State. The anti-graft agency disclosed this in a statement…
Court sentences three to death for robbery, kidnapping in Kwara
The Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin, on Tuesday convicted three persons and sentenced them to death by hanging for the offences of armed robbery, rape, and kidnapping, among…
Seven arraigned in court for alleged arson in Kwara
Seven suspects, on Friday, appeared before a Kwara State high court in Ilorin charged with alleged arson on the house of a traditional worshipper, Toyin Asabi Olorisa. The suspects were…
Group flays Kwara over failure to publish 2026 budget
A civil society group, The Brain Builder’s Youth Development Initiative, has criticised the Kwara State Government and the Kwara State House of Assembly over their failure to make the proposed…
Insecurity: Kebbi, Kwara reopen schools
Kebbi and Kwara state governments have announced the reopening of schools in selected areas, signaling a gradual return to normal academic activities after months of closures due to rising bandit…
Kwara police arrest three suspects for burning idol worshipper’s house
Kwara State Police Command has arrested three suspected arsonists for burning the property of a traditional worshipper in Ilorin, the state capital. Before the eventual arrest of the suspects, there…
Kwara Succession Battle
By Abdullahi Shaba Since Nigeria’s return to constitutional democracy in 1999, gubernatorial contests in Kwara State have been fair in terms of participation across the three senatorial districts, Kwara Central,…