Tag Archives: Ilorin

A fire outbreak in Ilorin on Friday destroyed properties worth N14.6m. The incident occurred at about 7 pm, at No 11 Gobir Compound, Awodi, Sobi Road, Ilorin, Kwara State capital. According to the spokesman of the state fire service, Hassan Adekunle, the fire gutted a storey-building of ten flats as …

The Kwara State Fire Service, on Wednesday, saved a building of 15 shops from disaster in Ilorin, the state capital. The incident occurred at about 10:49 pm at the Old NYSC Secretariat along Tanke Road, Ilorin. According to the spokesman of the state fire service, Hassan Adekunle, one “Mr Muhammad …

A businessman, Kingsley Ogala, on Tuesday, bagged twelve months imprisonment without option of fine for purchasing minerals without lawful authority. Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin sentenced the convict following his guilty plea before the court. Ogala and one Isah Musa were prosecuted by the …

There was panic in Ilorin, Kwara State capital early hours of Friday over the rumoured abduction of an Ilorin-based Muslim Cleric, identified as Mohammadu Buhari Jamiu. A video clip with the inscription of ‘Buhari Omo Musa in the background, now viral reportedly claimed he was abducted at his residence in …

23-year-old Computer Science student of the National Open University, Ilorin, Kwara State, Mohammed Isiaka, has been shot dead by suspected cultists. The State Police spokesperson, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, who disclosed this in a statement said the command received information at about 4.30pm on Tuesday, July 12 that a group of …

25-year-old herder, Hassan Namusa , has been arraigned before a magistrates’ court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, for robbing, abducting and raping a married woman at gun point. Namusa was charged on a two count charge of rape and abduction before Magistrate Agbetola Aminat Issa. According to the First Information Report …

One Habeeb Abdulganiyu, has been remanded in Oke-Kura Correctional Centre, Ilorin, for allegedly stabbing two persons to death. Police arraigned the defendant on a one-count charge of Culpable Homicide Contrary to Section 221 of Penal Code Law. The victims were simply identified as Lukman and Kudus. Earlier, the prosecuting police, …

The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has assured that the 2016 admissions into the country’s tertiary institutions will be smooth and that no candidate must emanate from any other source outside the list prepared and recommended by the institution. This is contained in …

Dr Alatishe Muhammad, an expert in Dentistry in Ilorin, has warned that using toothpick to remove food remnant from teeth could harm the teeth and gums. Muhammad told newsmen on Thursday in Ilorin that what was medically recommended was cleaning between the teeth at least once a day, using an …

A 25-year-old farmer, Mohammed Tanko, was on Tuesday ordered to be remanded in prison for allegedly killing his wife’s lover. Tanko of Gorobani village in Kaiama, Kwara, was charged before an Ilorin Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stabbing to death one Boka who he suspected to be having extramarital affairs with his …