‘Abubakar had reportedly fortified his brother with the newly prepared bulletproof charm’ Tragedy struck in Dutse Gogo community on Sunday, when a 12-year old Yusuf Abubakar, was shot dead by his elder brother Abubakar Abubakar, while testing the efficacy of a newly prepared ‘bulletproof’ charm. THE DAILY VENDOR learnt that the sad incident occurred on Sunday
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‘While Chukwugozie was appointed as Special Assistant (Igbo), Abdullahi was named as Special Assistant (Fulani)’ Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has appointed an Igbo man, Chukwugozie Igwebuike, and Mohammed Abdullahi, a Fulani as Special Assistants on Inter-community relations respectively. A statement signed by Chief Press Secretary(CPS) to the governor, Rafiu Ajakaye said that while Chukwugozie
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Ravaging fire engulfed a block of seven flats at Olorunsogo area in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State in the early hours of Sunday and left household property estimated at about N8.5million destroyed. The fire incident which was reported to the state Fire Service at about 02:58am on Sunday by a resident destroyed the building
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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, and other aggrieved members of the Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, on Monday, called for the cancellation of the registration/revalidation exercise in Kwara State. They also demanded that the Senator John Danboyi-led panel sent to the state be disbanded and, in its place,
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A group under the aegis of Concerned Youths Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State has rejected the composition of the registration committee. The seven-man committee is headed by Senator John Danboyi. The group’s spokesman, John Adegboye, who spoke at a press conference in Ilorin, said the committee members left no one
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At least 20 persons were confirmed dead on Saturday morning in an auto crash along the Bode Saadu-Ilorin Road in Kwara State. The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, Jonathan Owoade, told journalists that the crash was caused by reckless driving. He said: “The multiple road traffic crash occurred
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The Kwara State Government, on Friday, announced the resumption of tertiary institutions on January 11, 2021, directing that institutions in the State should put in place appropriate Covid-19 safety protocols to prevent the spread of the virus on campuses. This announcement was made in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Rafiu
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At least 10 persons died in an auto crash along the Idofian-Ilorin Road in Kwara State on Friday. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander in the state, Jonathan Owoade, confirmed the accident to journalists in Ilorin, the state capital. He said the crash was caused by speed limit violation and wrong overtaking by
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No fewer than 16 persons reportedly lost their lives on Wednesday when a fuel-laden tanker lost control and exploded in Gaika area of Jebba in Moro Local Government Area of Kwara state. About 30 houses were also razed while other properties worth several millions of naira were gutted by the inferno. Investigations revealed that the
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144 suspected hoodlums who disguised as #ENDSARS protesters and looting government and private property in the state, has been nabbed by Kwara policemen. The state Commissioner of Police Mr Kayode Egbetokun, said this while briefing newsmen at the police headquartres in Ilorin on Monday. Egbetokun said all the suspects were arrested with looted items in
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A wedding guest was killed while the groom’s legs were crushed by a truck in an accident in Kwara state on Sunday, October 11. The incident which occurred along Ibrahim Taiwo Road, in IIorin, the state capital, at about 1 pm involved a motorcycle, a truck and a Toyota Jeep. It was gathered that the
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Kwara State Government has received a bank draft for another N148,049,580:81 looted funds which the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) recently recovered from some officials of the past administration. According to the statement issued by governor’s Chief press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye to journalists in Ilorin on Friday morning, the money was received on Thursday
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Kwara Government says it will train 10,000 youths in virtual digital as part of its ongoing efforts to drive innovation and give young people the skills of the future. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Rafiu Ajakaye on Monday in Ilorin, said the three-month training would commence with the sales of
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Aisha Ahman Pategi, the Kwara State Commissioner for Special Duties and the key whistleblower in the alleged N300 million local government funds said to have been illegally vired by some individuals in Gov Abdulraham Abdulrazak’s cabinet has resigned. In an earlier release made available to newsmen in Ilorin, Pategi said she was ready to pursue
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As businesses struggle to stage a comeback after the COVID-19-induced lull, 15 more artisans in Ogun and Kwara states, at the weekend, joined the millionaires club in the Dangote Cement Bag of Goodies Promo Season 2. The star prize winners, mostly artisans and building material dealers, whose businesses have suffered the downside in the wake
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