Tag: #KwaraState
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SPECIALISTS LINK AIRWAY CRISES IN NIGERIAN HOSPITALS TO EQUIPMENT SHORTAGE, FUNDING, MANPOWER
Airway management specialists in Nigeria have identified inadequate medical equipment, shortages of trained personnel, and funding constraints as major factors contributing to airway-related emergencies in hospitals across the country. The experts raised the concerns at the 4th Annual Scientific Conference of the Society of Specialists in Airway Management (SSAM) held in Ilorin, the Kwara State…
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NSCDC ARREST ILORIN SCHOOL WORKER OVER ALLEGED DEFILEMENT OF 14 YEAR OLD PUPIL
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara State Command, has arrested a 43-year-old non-teaching staff member of a public primary school in Ilorin over the alleged defilement of a 14-year-old Primary 4 pupil. The suspect, identified as Amuda Kamaldeen Olubukola, was apprehended following a complaint lodged with the Gender Unit of the Command.…
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NSCDC UNCOVERS CROSS-STATE ROBBERY SYNDICATE, RECOVERS STOLEN ITEMS
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Kwara State has busted an inter-state robbery syndicate allegedly responsible for a series of burglary and robbery operations across Kwara and other parts of the country. The breakthrough followed months of intelligence gathering, surveillance and coordinated tracking operations by the Command’s Tracking Unit, after receiving multiple…
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KWARA POLY SUSPENDS LECTURER OVER VIRAL ASSAULT VIDEO INVOLVING IJMB CANDIDATES
The management of Kwara State Polytechnic has suspended a lecturer captured in a viral video physically reprimanding students, pending the outcome of an investigation into the incident. The institution announced the suspension in a statement issued by its Public Relations Officer, Halimat Garba, following widespread public reactions to the footage circulating on social media. According…
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8 SUSPECTED CULTISTS NABBED IN ILORIN, FIREARMS RECOVERED
The Kwara State Police Command has arrested eight suspected cultists and recovered firearms and other dangerous weapons. This was revealed on Friday June 19 in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi. The suspects were apprehended during a targeted raid carried out by operatives of the Command’s Anti-Cultism Unit in…
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EFCC ARRESTS NIGERIAN-AMERICAN OVER ALLEGED $320,000 VEHICLE IMPORTATION FRAUD EFCC
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Directorate, have arrested a Nigerian-American, Adegoke Oluwatobi Adams, over an alleged cross-border vehicle import fraud involving more than $320,000, approximately ₦434.88 million. Adams, who holds dual citizenship in Nigeria and the United States of America, is being investigated for alleged criminal breach of trust…
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KWARA POLICE ARREST SUSPECTED BANDIT LOGISTICS SUPPLIER
The Kwara State Police Command has arrested a suspect believed to be involved in suppling food items and other materials to bandits operating in parts of the state. The arrest, carried out by operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU), followed intelligence gathering and covert surveillance. According to a statement issued on Thursday June…
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N5.78bn SUBEB FUNDS: COURT ADJOURNS EX-KWARA GOVERNOR AHMED’S TRIAL TO JULY 27
The Kwara State High Court in Ilorin has adjourned the trial of former Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed and his former Commissioner for Finance, Ademola Banu, to July 27, 2026, for the continuation of the cross-examination of the sixth prosecution witness, Stanley Ujilibo. Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar granted the adjournment after counsel to the second defendant informed the…
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NSCDC IN KWARA RESCUES MISSING 14-YEAR OLD GIRL, ARRESTS FATHER OVER ALLEGED INCEST, FORCED ABORTION
The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a 40-year-old man, AbdulRauf Ambali, over allegations of incest, sexual abuse of his 14-year-old biological daughter, and involvement in a suspected abortion arrangement. The arrest followed credible information from residents of Alapa in Asa Local Government Area, with the matter…
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TROOPS KILL NOTORIOUS TERROR KINGPIN, FOIL PLANNED SCHOOL ABDUCTION
The Nigerian Army, working alongside the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) Tactical Team, has neutralised a notorious terrorist leader, Kachalla Ibrahim Battijo, and more than 15 members of his gang during a coordinated intelligence-led operation in Kogi State. Military authorities said Battijo, who was linked to the recent attack on a church in…
