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N5.78BN FRAUD TRIAL: COURT ADJOURNS CASE AGAINST EX-KWARA GOVERNOR TO FEB 16 By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban A Kwara State High Court in Ilorin has adjourned the N5.78 billion alleged fraud trial of former Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed and his ex-Commissioner for Finance, Ademola
KWARA TO INAUGURATE 2,000 FOREST GUARDS By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Kwara State Government is set to inaugurate 2,000 forest guards to strengthen security across the state and curb criminal activities in forested areas. Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq disclosed this at the 60th
GOV ABDULRAZAQ PRESENTS ₦644BN 2026 BUDGET FOCUSING ON PROJECTS & SECURITY By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has presented a ₦644 billion budget for 2026 to the State House of Assembly, prioritizing project completion, security, and workers’ welfare. About
600 WOMEN, WIDOWS AND YOUTHS EMPOWERED IN KWARA By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban No fewer than 600 women, widows and youths in Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State have benefited from an empowerment programme that provided working tools, food items and
BANDITS GIVE KWARA COMMUNITY ONE WEEK TO PAY N300M RANSOM By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban Armed bandits who abducted 10 people in Isapa, Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State on November 25, 2025, have given the community one week to pay ₦300
SENATE ORDERS PROBE INTO TROOP WITHDRAWAL, GENERAL’S KILLING By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Senate has directed its security committees to investigate why troops were withdrawn from Maga, Kebbi State shortly before terrorists abducted 25 female students, and to probe the killing of
PRESIDENT TINUBU SUSPENDS TRIP FOR SECURITY BRIEFINGS By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has postponed his planned trip to the G20 Summit in South Africa and the AU-EU Summit in Angola to receive updated security reports on the kidnapped Kebbi
POLICE PROBE EXTORTION ALLEGATION IN KWARA By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Kwara State Police Command has launched an investigation into alleged extortion by some officers on the Osi-Eruku road in Ekiti Local Government Area. Police spokesperson SP Adetoun Ejinre-Adeyemi said the Command
KWARA COURT FREES TWO WOMEN, INCLUDING PREGNANT MOTHER By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has discharged and acquitted two women, including a pregnant mother, of all criminal charges. Justice M. Folorunso ruled that the prosecution failed
GOV ABDULRAZAQ RECEIVES 23 FREED ABDUCTEES, WARNS KIDNAPPERS HAVE NO PLACE IN KWARA By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban Kwara State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has welcomed twenty-three rescued abductees, reaffirming that kidnappers and criminals have no refuge in the state. Speaking at the