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Kwara: APC reaffirms today�s Tinubu/Shettima presidential rally

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 Aminu Imam

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 Buhari�s 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.…

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

November 25, 2022November 25, 2022 Aminu Imam

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…

Kwara: Suspected terrorists kill policeman, abduct Chinese man, 10 bus passengers

July 6, 2022July 6, 2022 Aminu Imam

Suspected terrorists have reportedly killed a police officer and kidnapped a Chinese man during an attack on a quarry site in Shao town, in Moro local government area of Kwara State. According to reports, the terrorists burnt the car allegedly used for the operation before fleeing. A police officer injured in the attack is said to be receiving medical attention at an undisclosed hospital. The Spokesman for the State’s Police Command, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, who confirmed the incident, said �the Command is working round the clock to get the victim…

Police to investigate as its orderly carries VIP�s food tray in Kwara

March 3, 2022March 3, 2022 Aminu Imam

The Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, yesterday, warned its operatives attached to Very Important Persons (VIPs) all over the country to stop serving purposes other than protecting prominent individuals from security threats. The Police authorities in Abuja also said it was probing the viral video showing a policeman carrying the food tray of a VIP at an event in Kwara State. The Acting Force Public Relations Officer, (FPRO), Muyiwa Adejobi, in a chat with newsmen yesterday, said the unnamed police officer had been identified and summoned to Abuja. Adejobi said, �He…

One killed, 4 others injured as Hijab protest turns bloody in Kwara

February 5, 2022February 5, 2022 Aminu Imam

One person was feared killed and 4 others sustained varying degrees of injuries, yesterday, after a protest by Christian and Muslim parents of students of the Oyun Baptist High School in Ijagbo, Oyun local government area of Kwara State, over the use of Hajib, turned violent. It was gathered that the violence was triggered by the decision of the management of Oyun Baptist High School, on January 17, 2022, that Muslim students should not wear Hijab to the school again. Meanwhile, the State government, through the Commissioner for Education and…

Gunmen attack Kwara villages, kidnap ex-Customs boss, 4 others

January 9, 2022January 9, 2022 Aminu Imam

Gunmen, suspected to be bandits have abducted five persons in separate attacks on two different local government areas of Kwara State. In one of the attacks which occurred at Egbejila, along Obate village, in Asa local government area, a fish farmer, said to be a retired Deputy Comptroller of Nigeria Customs Service, identified as Mohammed Zarma, was kidnapped on Thursday evening. The other attack occurred along Obo Ayegunle/Osi road, in the Ekiti local government area of the State. The attackers, according to locals, invaded the fish farm of the former…

Kwara: Governor AbdulRazaq demolishes library named after Saraki�s father

September 29, 2021September 29, 2021 Aminu Imam

…Bukola, Gbemisola kick The Kwara State government has destroyed a major learning centre in Ilorin yesterday, marking what many political commentators say is yet another move capable of escalating the already tense political climate in Kwara politics.� The learning centre, Sola A. Saraki Library Complex, erected in honour of Olusola Saraki, a former Senate Majority Leader and strongman of Kwara politics, was torn down in Ilorin-West local government area yesterday afternoon. According to locals, the library has been used for years as a learning and resource centre for people around the local…

Air Peace debunks reported plane crash in Kwara

July 25, 2021July 25, 2021 Aminu Imam

The management of Air Peace has denied online reports purporting that its Ilorin-bound B737-500 aircraft with registration number 5N-BQR from Abuja, was involved in a crash in Ilorin yesterday, calling it misleading. According to a press statement its management issued yesterday, said, “For the records, no such thing happened. The reports misrepresented and exaggerated the facts. We can confirm that the aircraft in question landed safely, but had a minimal tyre burst while taxiing. This debunks all the mischievously headlined reports circulating online, which should be disregarded”. It further said,…

“AbdulRazaq is a �one chance� governor” – Lai Mohammed

July 4, 2021July 4, 2021 Aminu Imam

�Says they were warned not to support him The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed on Saturday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, took a swipe at Governor Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq and his supporters over the recent leadership crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State. The minister literarily drew the battle line with the governor when he openly criticised him and lamented that �We were warned about his choice then but failed to listen�. Lai Mohammed, who was in Ilorin to commission the new party secretariat of…

Gunmen kill hunters, herders, others in Kwara, Plateau, Zamfara

June 11, 2021June 11, 2021 Aminu Imam

Hunters and herders have come under attack in Kwara and Plateau states. On Tuesday, four local hunters, who were also vigilantes, were gunned down in Kwara by suspected herdsmen. On the same day, three herders were also declared missing, believed killed, in Plateau. In Zamfara, four persons were confirmed dead, while as many as 60 women were reportedly abducted as bandits swooped on two communities. A source said five hunters on two motorcycles were returning from Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, to the Fage community when they fell into the…