Tag: #KwaraState
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POLICE ARREST 3 SUSPECTED CULTISTS OVER ABDUCTION, KILLING OF KWARA POLYTECHNIC STUDENT
The Kwara State Police Command has arrested 3 suspected members of the Eiye Confraternity over the alleged abduction and murder of 29-year old Sodiq Durodola Olaniyi, a student of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, following weeks of investigation into the victim’s disappearance. The suspects, identified as Adeoye Babatunde Alimi, 23, Bernard Kayode, 25, and Owoyemi Bashiru,…
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SECURITY AGENCIES UNITE AGAINST CULTISM, SOCIAL VICES IN KWARA SCHOOLS
The Kwara State Police Command through the Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV) Security Awareness programme has intensified efforts to curb cultism and other social vices among students. The programme was held at the Police Officers’ Mess in Ilorin, where security agencies, legal practitioners, educators, and community leaders converged to sensitise students on…
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KWARA TAXPAYERS DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY AS NIGERIA’S TAX REFORMS GATHER MOMENTUM
As Nigeria intensifies efforts to build a stronger tax culture, a clear message is emerging from traders, artisans and business owners in Kwara State: citizens are willing to pay their taxes, but government must be more transparent about how the money is spent. That demand for accountability echoed across markets, streets and public spaces in…
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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…
