Author: Kwara Reporters

Forest guards deployed to tackle insecurity in Kwara State have lamented alleged unpaid allowances, inadequate weapons and poor welfare, raising concerns about their safety while operating in vulnerable communities. The guards, who said they had been deployed to high-risk areas since December 2025, accused the state government of failing to meet its welfare obligations despite expecting them to confront armed criminals. Their complaints have renewed concerns about the welfare and operational readiness of security personnel deployed to combat banditry, kidnapping and other criminal activities in parts of Kwara State. “We have been deployed since December 2025, but our allowances remain…

The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Kwara State Chapter, has raised concerns over the poor remuneration of doctors in the state, describing them as among the least paid in Nigeria. The chairman of NMA in Kwara, Dr Suleiman Rotimi, disclosed this on Monday in Ilorin during a news conference organised as part of activities marking the 2026 Physicians’ Week. The week, themed “Securing the Future of Medicine in Nigeria,” focused on challenges confronting medical professionals and the need to strengthen the country’s healthcare system. Rotimi highlighted manpower shortages, poor welfare, excessive workloads and alleged unauthorised salary deductions as some of the…

Former Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, has died in Abuja at the age of 71, according to a statement issued by his family on Monday, October 19, 2026. Uduaghan, who was scheduled to celebrate his 72nd birthday on Thursday, was announced dead by his family in a statement signed by Toju Andre Uduaghan. The family expressed deep sorrow over his death, describing him as a beloved father, brother, uncle and family patriarch whose life and service touched many people in Delta State and across Nigeria. In the statement, the family said Uduaghan died on the morning of October…

Troops of the Nigerian military have rescued 18 kidnapped victims in Kwara State following an operation in the Eruku-Egbe-Koro Forest in Ekiti Local Government Area. The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) disclosed this in a statement issued by the Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Michael Onoja, covering military operations conducted between October 9 and 15. According to Onoja, the victims were rescued on October 10 after troops of Operation Savannah Shield, working with local security groups, responded to a distress call over the abduction of residents from their farmlands. He said the troops pursued the kidnappers, forcing them to abandon their…

The Kwara State Fire Service has continued its search and rescue operation at Asa Bridge, along Emir’s Road, Ilorin, following an incident in which a 42-year-old man was reported missing in the river after an altercation. The incident occurred on Saturday, October 17, 2026, after a disagreement reportedly broke out between two adults, leaving one person injured. According to a press release issued by the Kwara State Fire Service Public Relations Officer, PFO Hassan Hakeem Adekunle, firefighters received a distress call and arrived at the scene at about 10:15 a.m. Information gathered at the scene indicated that a man identified…

Medical services at government-owned hospitals in Kwara State have been severely disrupted following a seven-day warning strike by doctors over unresolved welfare concerns and deductions from their salaries for the Kwara Health Insurance Scheme (KHIS). The strike has forced hospital managements to refer patients requiring urgent medical attention to other facilities, while some stable patients have been discharged to continue their medication at home. At the Kwara State University Teaching Hospital (KWASUTH), Ilorin, nurses were seen providing skeletal services when our reporter visited the facility over the weekend. The hospital appeared largely deserted, with only a few patients seen accessing…

The Chief Executive Officer of KASMAG, Alhaji Abdulganiy Omolola, has died in Egypt, where he travelled for treatment of a leg-related ailment, Kwara Reporters has confirmed. Alhaji Tajudeen OmoAlujana, a worker at KASMAG, confirmed the development in a conversation with Kwara Reporters, disclosing that the businessman died on Saturday morning after a brief illness. “Alhaji died yesterday morning in Egypt after a brief illness,” OmoAlujana said. He added that arrangements were ongoing to repatriate the deceased’s remains to Ilorin, Kwara State, for burial. “Currently, all the paperwork is ongoing for the repatriation of his remains back to Ilorin. He will…

The community initiative questions how rehabilitation funds, government intervention and contractor mobilisation have failed to restore water supply to four Kwara LGAs, calling for an independent investigation into the project’s execution. Nearly two years after rehabilitation efforts reportedly began at Oyun Water Works, residents of Offa, Oyun, Ifelodun and Irepodun Local Government Areas are still waiting for potable water, raising fresh questions about the implementation of a government-backed project and the management of public resources. The Ibolo Community Welfare Initiative (ICWI) has now called on the Kwara State Governor to establish an independent investigative committee to determine why both the…

As Kwara State prepares for another fiercely contested election, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has stirred fresh controversy with a reported ₦30 million cash largesse at a religious gathering in Ilorin, amid growing concerns that financial giveaways could become a defining feature of the ruling APC’s 2027 campaign. The development, which some political commentators have described as the beginning of a “cash-and-carry” campaign, occurred on Friday at the weekly sermon organised by Ansarul Islam Society at Oke-Kere in Ilorin West Local Government Area. The Governor attended the gathering alongside the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Hon. Salihu Yakubu-Danladi, in what observers…

A senior state counsel has reportedly been indefinitely suspended after withdrawing charges against eight men accused of kidnapping, murder and armed robbery, despite allegedly acting on the Attorney-General’s instructions, raising questions about accountability, prosecutorial independence and the handling of serious criminal cases in Kwara State. The Kwara State Government has reportedly indefinitely suspended Senior State Counsel Cyril N. Kolo after he withdrew a criminal case against eight men accused of kidnapping, murder, armed robbery and illegal possession of firearms, sources within the state Ministry of Justice have told SaharaReporters. The sources alleged that Kolo withdrew the charges on the instructions…