Author: Kwara Reporters

The Ambassador Abdulfatai Yahaya Seriki Gambari Global Youth Movement, ALOGYM, has extended its commiseration message to the family of the victims of terrorist attacks in Kwara South and Kwara North Senatorial of the state.The Movement extended deepest condolences to families of those who lost their lives during this period of immense grief.The loss of loved ones to such senseless acts of violence is truly devastating, and our hearts go out to each of you. May you find solace in the memories of your loved ones and the support of your community.ALOGYM equally use this medium to charge all the communities in…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a total of 2,289.49 kilograms of skunk, a strain of cannabis, in three separate interdiction operations across Kwara State.According to a statement by the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, the seizures were made between Wednesday 20th and Thursday 21st August 2025.The first operation, carried out on Wednesday 20th August, led to the recovery of 1,232.86kg of skunk from a Mitsubishi Canter truck with registration number ZUR 66 XT at Ajase-Ipo, where one suspect, Kabiru Abdullahi, was arrested. On the same day, another consignment weighing 328.42kg was…

As political permutations intensify ahead of the 2027 general elections in Kwara State, a stakeholder from Moro Local Government Area, Kwara North Senatorial District, Dr. Abolaji Afolabi, has raised concerns over what he described as the continued marginalisation of Moro people in power-sharing arrangements within the zone.Dr. Afolabi, a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine with a postgraduate certificate in Public Health and President/CEO of Bolaniks Consult Nigeria Limited, expressed his views in an interview while speaking on the unfolding political alignments in Kwara North.According to him, while there have been speculations that Kwara North has unanimously agreed to produce the next…

Taribo West made headlines on Friday.The 51-year-old lamented the poor treatment of sports heroes in Nigeria, pointing fingers at the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, and the government.West’s comments came at the burial of the late Nigeria goalkeeper, Peter Rufai.Rufai, fondly called “Dodo Mayana” was Nigeria’s first-choice goalkeeper during the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, triumph and the country’s debut at the FIFA World Cup in the same year.He died in July 2025.West himself was capped 42 times for Nigeria between 1994 and 2005, playing in two World Cups and two AFCONs. He also represented his country at the 1996…

A political stalwart of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State, identified as Ogbeni Adewara, has raised a distress call over an alleged attempt to arrest him at his Omu-Aran residence.According to reports, Adewara alleged that Hon. Alaka Mashood, Senior Special Assistant to the Kwara State Governor on Inter-Party Affairs, in collaboration with Hon. Ganiyat, Vice Chairman of Isin LGA, stormed his residence on Friday with armed policemen in a bid to effect his arrest.The APC chieftain, however, reportedly resisted the move by refusing to grant them access into his apartment.Unconfirmed sources claim that…

A Former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt General Yusuf Tukur Buratai (Retd)A Former Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, on Friday advised the federal government to consider a nationwide lockdown as a strategy to decisively tackle banditry, terrorism, kidnapping, and other criminal activities.Buratai, a retired Lieutenant-General, who stated this on Friday when he appeared in Channels Television, compared COVID-19 scourge with present insecurity in the country.The former Ambassador argued that if the same mobilization of resources and people deployed during the pandemic were also deployed to tackle insecurity, it would have ended.He also referenced collective efforts during the Maiduguri…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has provided more insights into the reason it declared Abdullahi Bashir Haske, a businessman and son-in-law of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar wanted.The anti-graft agency specifically dismissed insinuations in some quarters that Haske was declared wanted because of his tie with the former vice president, who is a presidential hopeful in the coming 2027 presidential election.In a telephone interview with Weekend Trust on Friday, the spokesman of the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, described the insinuation as “rubbish,” saying the commission has been investigating Haske for so many years, and that he was on an…

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) yesterday shared a record N2.001 trillion from the July 2025 Federation Account Revenue to the three tiers of government, making it the highest monthly allocation so far this year.The allocation was confirmed at the August 2025 FAAC meeting held in Abuja, where officials disclosed that the revenue pool for the month was drawn from multiple statutory sources including Value Added Tax (VAT), the Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL), and exchange gains.According to a statement issued by the Director of Press and Public Relations in the Office of the Accountant General (OAGF), Mr. Bawa Mokwa,…

A pregnant woman has been allegedly murdered for ritual purposes in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital.The incident happened at Temidire 4, a quiet rural community in Egbejila, Ilorin, on Thursday.The victim was found gruesomely murdered and dismembered in a manner that has sent shivers through the area.The unsettling incident, according to eyewitness accounts, bears chilling similarities to a recent ritual case in Ilorin involving a self-styled cleric, Abdulrahaman Bello, who murdered Yetunde Lawal, a final year Kwara College Of Education, Ilorin student for body parts.Residents of the community said the victim, whose husband is a trader in agricultural chemicals and…

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thunderstorms and rain from Friday to Sunday across the country.NiMet’s weather outlook, released on Thursday in Abuja, envisaged thunderstorms with moderate rain over parts of Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Taraba, Zamfara, Sokoto, and Kaduna States during the morning hours on Friday.It predicted thunderstorms with moderate rains over most parts of the region during the afternoon to evening hours.”For the central region, there are prospects of light rains over Niger, Nasarawa, the Federal Capital Territory, Benue, Kogi, Kwara, and Plateau States,”Thunderstorms with moderate rains are expected over Nasarawa, Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Niger, Plateau, and the…