Tag: Kwara State

Kwara Attack: Death toll hits 162, as terrorists overrun Kaima LGA village

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Kwara death toll

At least 162 people have been confirmed dead after suspected terrorists launched a deadly assault on Woro village in Kaiama LGA of Kwara State, in what humanitarian officials say ranks among the most lethal attacks recorded in Nigeria in recent months. The State’s Secretary of the Red Cross, Babaomo Ayodeji, disclosed that rescue teams and volunteers were still recovering bodies days after the Tuesday evening attack. “Reports said that the death toll now stands at 162, as the search for more bodies continues”, Ayodeji said, revising an earlier figure of…

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11 abducted in Kwara, as Tinubu orders massive forest cordon, air–land raids on bandits

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Kwara fresh attack

Bandits have launched yet another deadly raid in Kwara State, abducting 11 residents – including a pregnant woman, two nursing mothers and several children – in a fresh attack that has deepened national anxiety over escalating rural insecurity. The attackers, reportedly more than 20 and moving with a large herd of cattle, stormed Isapa community in Ekiti local government area on Monday, firing sporadically. An elderly woman was said to have been struck by a stray bullet while houses and doors were riddled with gunshots. Dozens of expended AK-47 shells…

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‘All 38 worshippers kidnapped in Kwara church rescued’

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Kwara church rescue

Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has announced the release of 38 abducted worshippers of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Eruku, in the Ekiti Local Government Area of the state. The victims, who were kidnapped during a recent attack on the church, regained their freedom on Sunday after days of what the Governor described as intense collaboration among security agencies and government authorities. Governor AbdulRazaq attributed the successful rescue operation to what he called President Bola Tinubu’s “hands-on approach,” saying the President personally led efforts to secure the release of the…

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Kwara: Workers without residency number won’t get Nov. salary, bonus – Govt.

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Kwara workers

Kwara State Government has said public sector workers without valid Kwara State Residents Registration Agency, (KWSRRA), numbers will not receive salary or bonuses for November 2024.  In an issued statement yesterday, signed by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Babatunde AbdulRasheed, the government said the  KWSRRA is empowered by law to have relevant data of every resident in the State and allocate unique identities to each person for effective planning, resource management, service delivery, and public safety, among others. The statement said, In line with the administrations commitment to accountability…

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Kwara Gov. flags-off $500m agriculture project

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Kwara agric

Kwara State Governor AbdulRazaq, has flagged-off the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project, a six-year $500m food security programme supported by the World Bank and the Federal Government. Both the Federal Government and the World Bank commended the State governor for providing quality leadership and platforms for livestock value chain production and commercialisation in the State. The Governor said his administration had invested in the development of the livestock sector to maximise its potential, particularly in beef and dairy production. Kwara has a comparative advantage in all areas of livestock…

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Hoodlums hijack FG’s palliative in Kwara

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Hoodlums have hijacked trucks loaded with bags of 10 kilograms of rice meant to be delivered to yet-to-be-ascertained communities as their shares of palliative to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal. It was gathered that the incident occurred at around 6:30 p.m., along the Oja-Oba/Idi-Ape/Isale-Oja axis of Ilorin-East and West local government areas, when three Toyota Dynas fully loaded with rice and was passing through the site attracted the attention of the people, who then attacked the trucks. The attackers reportedly emptied the three trucks, fully loaded with the…

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Kwara: Hungry, angry mob besiege fully loaded lorries of palliatives in Ilorin

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Three lorries, fully loaded with 10 kilograms of rice bags meant as palliatives to cushion subsidy removal, were on Friday hijacked by irate mobs at the Oja-Oba/Idi-Ape/Isale-Oja axis of Ilorin-East, and West local government areas of Kwara State. According to a video footage, which went viral on social media platforms, the incident happened at around 6:30 p.m. when three Toyota Dyna lorries fully loaded with rice passing through the area, attracted the attention of people, who attacked the trucks. It was gathered that the consignment of rice in the three…

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2023: Massive crowd as Kwara stands still for Tinubu

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A massive crowd trooped out yesterday to welcome the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Aswj Bola Tinubu to Ilorin, Kwara State. Tinubu had gone to the State for the mega presidential rally to drum support for his presidential ambition. Tens of thousands of Kwara residents waved ecstatically on the streets of Ilorin to usher in the Aswj and other dignitaries to the State for the campaign flag-off. The candidate, his running mate Kashim Shettima, and Party chairman, Abdullahi Adamu arrived in the city, in the company of several APC…

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Kwara: APC reaffirms todays Tinubu/Shettima presidential rally

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The All Progressive Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has given approval for the Tinubu/ Shettima Presidential Campaign rally scheduled for today, January 17, 2023, in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. Recall that it had earlier reported that the party initially postponed the event due to President Buharis absence. However, in a new swift, the Presidential Campaign Council has given a go-ahead for the rally to hold as scheduled at 10 am today, following reports that majority of APC members and supporters across the country have arrived in the State capital.…

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2023: Atiku promises to set up $10bn to tackle youth unemployment in Kwara if elected president

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the forthcoming general elections Atiku Abubakar, has promised to set up 10Billion US Dollars, which will be used to tackle youth unemployment, if he wins the presidential election in February 2023. The former Vice-President made this pledge in Kwara, while addressing a mammoth crowd of party faithful, stakeholders and supporters, who trooped out in their numbers to receive him and his campaign train in Ilorin today. In his welcome address, the Kwara State PDP Chairman, Babatunde Muhammed, joyfully expressed happiness for the…

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