An attempt by an Ilorin-based businessman, Chukudubem Ezenwa, and one Adeleke Damilola, to frustrate a $10,000 alleged fraud trial has suffered a setback at a Federal High Court in Ilorin. Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court in Ilorin on Wednesday struck out the objection challenging the admissibility of the extra-judicial statements tendered by […]
NSCDC arrests 45-year-old suspected serial rapist in Kwara
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara State Command, has nabbed a 45-year-old Prophet Olayinka Ajiboye, for allegedly defiling three minors. All the minors who fall within the age bracket of 13–17 years are residents of Agah Village, Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State. It was gathered that the suspect, who specializes […]
2024 UTME: Kwara teenage student scores 362
A student of a public secondary school, Government Secondary School, Omu Aran, Kwara State, Olukayode Victor Olusola, scored 362 marks in this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, to be among the contenders for the highest scorers in the examination. Though the Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof. Isaq Oloyede, had […]
Constitute minimum wage committee now – Organised Labour to Kwara Govt
The Organized Labour in Kwara State has called on the state government to quickly constitute a committee towards implementation of a new minimum wage for workers. Speaking at the May Day celebration in Ilorin on Wednesday, the state NLC chairman, Comrade Muritala Saheed Olayinka and his TUC counterpart, Comrade Olufemi, said that the committee when […]
Kwara: New minimum wage soon – Gov Abdulrazaq to workers
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State, on Wednesday said another minimum wage is in the works for workers in the state. He disclosed this in his fraternal message to workers on 2024 May Day celebration in Ilorin. Enumerating the efforts of the state government to cushion the effects of the current economic travails triggered by […]
Two buildings razed as groups clash in Kwara community
Two buildings were reduced to ashes in Eyenkorin, Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State, on Tuesday, in a violent clash by some groups in the area. According to the spokesman of the state fire service, Hassan Adekunle, in Ilorin on Tuesday, firefighters “responded promptly to a distress call at approximately 4:50 hours, only to […]
Many feared dead as unknown groups clash in Kwara community
A clash by some groups at Ballah junction in Eyenkorin, Asa Local Government Area in Kwara State has left an unconfirmed number of persons dead. A source told DAILY POST that “boys have been killing each other since Monday night and the same has continued this Tuesday morning.” The Commissioner of Police, Victor Olaiya, reacting […]
Fuel crisis: Kwara govt task force raids filling stations in Ilorin
Kwara State Government task force on Monday raided some filling stations within the Ilorin metropolis, in the bid to tackle the lingering fuel scarcity in the state. The government cautioned the filling stations against hoarding of fuel which it declared imposes needless hardship on the masses. Leader of the team, and Chief of Staff, Government […]
Fuel scarcity bites harder in Kwara
The lingering fuel crisis across Nigeria is biting harder in Kwara State, DAILYPOST reports. A credible source at TotalEnegies outlet in Ilorin, the state capital, who requested anonymity, said: “We have been in Lagos now since last week and there is no supply of petrol. The depot in Lagos is empty and several petrol tankers […]
Long queues resurfaces in Kwara fuel stations
Acute fuel scarcity has hit Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. A survey by DAILY POST in Ilorin on Saturday showed that only few filling stations sold petrol to motorists. Consequently, long queues of vehicles have resurfaced in the state capital. The development is coming with outrageous arbitrary fuel pump prices by the few filling stations […]