Kwara State

November 23, (THEWILL) — Thirty-eight members of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Oke-Isegun, Eruku, in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, who were abducted during a Thanksgiving service last week, have regained their freedom after five days in...

November 23, (THEWILL) — The Police Command in Kwara has arrested a man from Makurdi accused of repairing and supplying guns to bandits operating in the state. The command also confirmed the arrest of several suspects alleged to be...

November 20, (THEWILL) — Bandits who abducted 38 worshippers from the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Oke Isegun, Eruku, in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, have demanded ₦100 million per victim — a total ransom of ₦3.8 billion. The...

November 19, (THEWILL) — Two people were killed and another injured on Tuesday when armed bandits launched coordinated attacks in Eruku, Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, striking both motorists and a church along the Ilorin–Kabba Road. The Kwara...

September 15, (THEWILL) — Kwara State in recent times has witnessed a rising wave of insecurity, driven by unending  bandit attacks from the northern to southern parts of the state. Hundreds of bandits armed with sophisticated weapons have relentlessly...

May 24, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has launched an investigation into the crash-landing of a Diamond training aircraft operated by the Aviation Training School in Ilorin. The incident, which occurred at 5:28 pm local time on...

April 22, (THEWILL) – A notorious bandit group has reportedly imposed a N60 million levy on 12 communities in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. A traditional leader in one of the communities, Sani Usman, told BBC Hausa...

April 14, (THEWILL) – Controversial street-hop artist, Habeeb Okikiola, widely known as Portable, has been arrested by operatives of the Kwara State Police Command over a string of allegations bordering on criminal defamation, threat to life, and conduct likely...

November 01, (THEWILL) – A former Deputy Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Christopher Tunji Ayeni, has died on Thursday, October 31, following a fatal road accident near Igbaja Junction, in Ajase-Ipo, Irepodun Local Government Area...

September 26, (THEWILL) – The five accused persons involved in the deadly 2018 bank robbery incident in Offa Community have been sentenced to death by a High Court in Kwara state. The accused, Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibikunle Ogunleye, Adeola Abraham, Salahudeen...