Author: Kwara Reporters

The Turaki of Ilorin Emirate and lawmaker representing Kwara Central in the National Assembly, Senator Saliu Mustapha, has called for collective support and cooperation for Alhaji Yakubu Garba Gobir, the newly turbaned Sarkin Gobir of Ilorin Emirate.In a congratulatory message, Senator Mustapha felicitated Alhaji Gobir on his turbaning and commended His Royal Highness, the Emir of Ilorin and Chairman of Kwara State Traditional Rulers Council, Mai-Martaba Alhaji (Dr) Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari CFR, for selecting a distinguished and capable personality for the revered traditional title.He described the new Sarkin Gobir as a man of integrity, whose leadership and commitment to community service…

It was a day of cultural pride and royal splendor at the Palace of the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji (Dr.) Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, as Alhaji Yakubu Olayiwola Gobir was officially turbaned as the 10th Sarkin Gobir of Ilorin Emirate.The Emir, while performing the turbaning ceremony on Friday, February 21, 2025, urged the new titleholder to uphold the virtues of selflessness, integrity, and community service that earned him the prestigious title.Speaking at the event, the Emir of Ilorin described Alhaji Yakubu Gobir, who also holds the title of Madawaki of Ilorin, as a man dedicated to the welfare of his people.“Alhaji Yakubu…

The Igbomina Traditional Rulers Forum has followed with rapt attention the varying opinions on the smart city project of the Kwara State Government. Of particular interest to the Forum is how this concerns Ifelodun Local Government Area and the entire Igbomina land.The Forum has had varying interactions with different Ifelodun stakeholders in particular and Igbomina at large, and there are pending meetings scheduled with many other leaders of thoughts on the subject. For this reason, the Igbomina Traditional Rulers Forum hereby cautions all stakeholders against making further media statements or commentaries on the issue until the traditional rulers forum has concluded…

There is no end in sight for the tit-for-tat between key players in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, and Dangote Refinery, owned by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote.This comes as a report by the Nigeria Voice alleged that Dangote is behind the campaign of calumny against NNPCL and its Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari.According to the report, in a latest move to smear NNPCL, the Dangote Media team sponsored a story titled, ‘NNPCL imports over 200 million litres of petrol in February despite the refinery overhaul’.Although NNPCL spokesperson Olufemi Soneye has not…

The Police Service Commission (PSC) on Tuesday approved the promotion of Commissioner of Police (CP) Garba Ahmed, CP Yobe State Command; Nemi Edwin Osigoboka Iwo, CP Border Patrol and CP Salman Garba Dogo, CP Kwara State Command to their next rank of Assistant Inspectors General (AIG) of Police.CP Ahmed from Katsina State was former Deputy Commissioner, Operations, Enugu State Command and Oyo State respectively.CP Iwo was formerly CP CTU, Force Headquarters, CP Force Intelligence and CP Edo state Command.CP Dogo was former CP General Intelligence, Force CID, CP Armament and CP Kano State. According to a statement issued by the PSC…

The Kwara State magistrates’ court sitting in Ilorin, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of a 29-year-old self-acclaimed Islamic cleric, Abdulrahman Mohammed Bello, for the gruesome murder of a final year student, Lawal Hafsah Yetunde.Yetunde, 24, a final year student at the Kwara State College of Education, was allegedly killed and her body dismembered by the suspect.Abdulrahman was charged alongside four accomplices and others at large, with criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide, armed robbery, and being in possession of human parts.Arraigned alongside with him are Ahmed Abulwasiu, Sulaiman Muhydeen, Jamiu Uthman and AbdulRahman Jamiu from Ilọrin and Malete. According to the police First…

Two suspected one-chance operators were killed by a mob in the Lugbe area of the Federal Capital Territory on Saturday.Our correspondent gathered that the mob set ablaze the vehicle allegedly used to perpetrate their crimes.A commercial driver, who identified himself as Ahmed, told our correspondent that the suspects had thrown a victim out of the moving vehicle.He said the mob pursued the vehicle and caught up with it after Dunamis church.“What happened was that after a victim of one chance was thrown out of a moving vehicle, some people chased the vehicle and caught up with them after Dunamis church.…

The Apetu of Ipetumodu, Oba Joseph Oloyede, who went missing in March 2024, has been discovered in FBI custody, facing allegations of defrauding the U.S. government of $4.2 million in COVID-19 relief funds.The Nigerian monarch, who also holds American citizenship, is battling a 13-count fraud indictment at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.His prolonged absence has left the royal stool of Ipetumodu vacant for nearly a year, stirring serious concerns among indigenes, especially as he missed three major traditional festivals, including the annual Odun Egungun and Odun Edi.Mr Oloyede, based in Cleveland, was arrested on May…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps on Sunday warned the Nigeria Labour Congress against its planned March 1 shutdown of telecommunication services in response to the recent 50 per cent tariff hike.The Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria similarly pushed back against the NLC’s planned boycott of telecom services and shutdown of telecom infrastructure, arguing that such actions are misguided and could harm the industry.The spokesman for the NSCDC, Babawale Afolabi, in a chat with The PUNCH on Sunday, said the agency had deployed operatives to the base…

Residents of Tudun Murtala Tagarji community in Kano State woke up to a distressing discovery of a newborn baby abandoned in a carton near the Kaura drainage.According to Commander Sulaiman Rabiu, leader of the Operation Zaman Lafiya vigilante group, his team came across the heartbreaking scene during a routine patrol around 2 a.m. on Saturday.“Yesterday around 2 a.m., while we were out on patrol, we came across a shocking incident inside a pit very close to us. Upon close observation, we noticed a disposed carton, but we had no idea what was inside it,” he recounted.Determined to investigate, the team…