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Police Confirm Two Killed, One Injured in Kwara Church Attack

19 November 2025

The assault targeted multiple locations, including a parish of the Christ Apostolic Church, where one worshipper was shot dead. Another victim’s body was later discovered in the nearby bush. The attack occurred around 6:00 PM on November 18, 2025. In a statement, the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, confirmed that police and […]

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Tragedy Strikes as 12-Year-Old Girl Drowns After Falling into Well in Kwara

16 November 2025

The incident occurred at approximately 10:35 AM on Saturday when Nabilat went to fetch water from the well. According to reports, she slipped and fell into the well while attempting to retrieve water. The Kwara State Fire Service responded to the scene after receiving a distress call from a witness named Mayowa, who had observed […]

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Kwara Police Launch Investigation into Alleged Extortion by Officers

4 November 2025

This development comes after a video surfaced on social media, allegedly showing officers from the Kwara State Police Command engaging in extortion activities along the busy Osi-Eruku road, located in Ekiti Local Government Area. The video went viral and depicts officers stopping motorists and demanding money for passage, with some drivers reportedly facing threats of […]

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Gunmen attack Fulani camp, kidnap two in Kwara

7 August 2025

According to a post shared by security analyst Zagazola Makama on social media, the incident happened around 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, when the attackers stormed the camp, shooting into the air before taking two residents, Ibrahim Nuhu and Musa Umar away. “One person, Opeyemi Ibrahim, was shot in the right thigh during the attack. He […]

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Court sentences Hafsoh Lawal’s killer, Bello, to death

31 July 2025

The court, however, discharged and acquitted four other suspects, Ahmed Abdulwasiu, years; Suleiman Muyideen, Jamiu Uthman and Abdulrahmon Jamiu. Recall that AbdulRahman Bello, the killer of the final-year student of Kwara State College of Education Ilorin, Hafsoh Lawal, at the commencement of the trial confessed before the court to killing his Facebook lover for money […]

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Arms supplier to Kwara-Kogi kidnap syndicate arrested

18 July 2025

It was gathered that the suspect, identified as Buba Lawal, was arrested by local vigilante operatives while attempting to deliver ammunition to members of the kidnapping syndicate. Lawal, a native of Okoloke Village in Egbe, Kogi State, was arrested in Oko, a community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. Sources disclosed that he […]

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NDLEA office set ablaze as protest rocks Kwara

30 June 2025

The protesters, mostly youths from the area, voiced frustration over the government’s inaction in the face of continued violence. The irate youths set fire to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, office in Lafiagi.They vandalised the palace of the Emir of Lafiagi, smashing windows and damaging parts of the building. “We have been crying […]

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Kwara launches investigation into pilgrims defrauded in Saudi Arabia

15 June 2025

The Kwara State Muslim Pilgrims’ Welfare Board says it is investigating a recent incident involving some state pilgrims who were reportedly defrauded of their Basic Travel Allowance (BTA). A statement by the Executive Secretary of the board, Abdul Salam Abdulkadir, on Sunday, said further investigations were ongoing to expose the criminals behind the act which […]

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Fire destroys 15 rooms in Kwara

8 March 2025

Not less than 15 rooms have been reportedly destroyed by a fire outbreak that occurred yesterday at Ejiba Street, off Stadium Road, Ilorin, Kwara state capital. The fire, caused by negligence in the handling of a gas cooker, was the second incident recorded by the state fire service in Ilorin, in one week. A statement […]

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Early morning fire outbreak kills teenager in Kwara

9 December 2024

A fire outbreak has killed an 18-year-old boy in Sayi area of Alore in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.

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