Ilorin
We Spend N30,000 Daily To Feed Our 9 New Babies — Father
Yahaya Imam Nafiu is from the Gambari family of Onikeke compound, Popo Giwa area, Ilorin, Kwara State. In this telephone interview conducted while he was returning to his base in Port Novo, Benin Republic after his visit to the Emir of Ilọrin, Dr Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, the Arabic teacher and Imam tells Daily Trust the genesis […]
Kwara arrests police inspector, waste collector for violating environmental laws
Kwara State Ministry of Environment and Forestry said that it has effected the arrest of a Police Inspector and a Waste collector over alleged operation of illegal dumping site discovered last Thursday in Ilorin, the state capital. The Ministry in a statement signed by it press secretary, Yakub Aliagan on Friday said that it discovered […]
Queues resurface in Ilorin as petrol scarcity worsens
Queues have resurfaced in fuel stations in Ilorin, as petrol scarcity spreads across the country. It was reports that a litre of petrol sells for between N640, N645, N670 and N680 in major marketers filling stations, while the price has gone up to N900, N950 or N1,000 in some fuel stations owned by Independent fuel […]
UNILORIN student dies, others injured in campus crash
Tragedy hit the University of Ilorin as some yet-to-be-identified students and a shuttle driver got involved in a fatal auto crash at the school’s main gate, which led to the death of a student. It was gathered on Thursday that it was a lone accident and the victims were passengers of the campus shuttle. In […]
Court dissolves 23-year-old marriage over lack of interest
AN Area Court at Centre-Igboro in Ilorin, Kwara State has dissolved a 23-year-old Islamic marriage between Latifat Ismaila and Adebayo Ismaila following the wife’s request. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the presiding judge, Abdulkadir Ahmed, granted the divorce application and ordered that the petitioner must observe three months of Iddah period before […]
Fuel Scarcity Grips Ilorin as Pump Prices Soar
Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State, is grappling with acute fuel scarcity, with only a few filling stations supplying petrol to motorists, according to a survey conducted on Saturday. This scarcity has led to the resurgence of long queues of vehicles across the state capital. The situation is compounded by exorbitant and arbitrary fuel pump […]
UNILORIN expels five students, rusticates 14
The University of Ilorin, Kwara State, has taken disciplinary action by expelling five students and rusticating 14 others due to various malpractices. Among those affected were six final-year students. Kunle Akogun, the university’s Director of Corporate Affairs, disclosed in a statement on Monday that the expulsion and rustication stemmed from offenses such as misconduct, theft, […]