The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has expressed concern over the surge in kidnapping incidents in Ondo, Kwara, Ogun, Osun, Niger and Plateau States, just as it condemns the reported attack on women who were at the gate of the Kwara State Government House on a Save Our Soul (SOS) mission. A press statement yesterday by [&h...
•An explosion Reports have it that an explosion went off around Yidi Road in Offa, a major town in Kwara State with police reportedly cordoning off the area. Details are however unclear as to casualties or scale of destruction as at press time, reports Daily Independent. But speaking to the media few minutes ago, police […]
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party(PDP)in Kwara State has expressed concern that, no fewer than 507 persons were killed by suspected bandits between January and November 2025 in the state. Besides, the party said that, at least 377 people were abducted across major flashpoints in the state, reports Vanguard. The state chairman of the part...
•Governor AbdulRasaq of Kwara State In a joyous reunion, 38 worshippers abducted by gunmen have returned to their hometown of Eruku, Kwara State. In a press statement released by the Chief Press Secretary, CPS, to the Ekiti Local Government Council Chairman, Prince Dada Sunday, the abductees returned after a successful rescue operation led by ...
•Terrorists At least 11 residents of Isapa, a community close to Eruku in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, have been abducted. The attack happened barely 24 hours after victims abducted during a church service were released, reports Daily Trust. A Christ Apostolic Church in Ekuru was holding a thanksgiving service to celebrate the [...
•Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State The Kwara State government has ordered the closure of more than fifty schools across five local government areas of the state. The affected LGAs are Ifelodun, Ekiti, Irepodun, Isin and Oke Ero, reports Daily Trust. The decision follows a renewed surge in bandit attacks in parts of the state. [&he...
•Bandits ‎Suspected bandits have launched another attack in Kwara State, abducting four rice farmers in Bokungi Village, Edu Local Government Area. This came barely 24 hours after gunmen attacked a church in Eruku, Ekiti LGA, killed two people and abducted some others, reports Channels TV. ‎Sources said that the latest incident occurred yester...
•Youths protest Tension escalated in Eruku, Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State today as angry youths blocked the Ilorin–Kabba highway to protest a deadly bandit attack on their community. Armed attackers had stormed Christ Apostolic Church, Oke-Isegun, during an evening service yesterday, killing three persons and abducting at least te...
•Bukola Saraki Kwara State’s political scene has been shaken by the defection of 24 prominent leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The wave of departures, which includes former governors, legislators and grassroots organisers, is seen as one of the bigge...
•‎Scene of the protest today Residents of Lafiagi in the Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State took to the streets today in protest against what they described as the worsening insecurity in their communities. They lamented that they had been faced with repeated cases of kidnapping and killings, reports Channels TV. ‎‎‎The protesters, predo...
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