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Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Presidency yesterday said the suspension of Twitter operation in Nigeria was

Daily Post Nigeria Published The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, on Wednesday, confirmed the alleged assassination of a prominent Fulani herder, Abdullahi Guruku of Lamba village in Asa Local Government Area of the state. The spokesman of the Command, Babawale Zaid Afolabi in a statement in Ilorin, said the incident occurred at about 12am on Wednesday. He said following a report on the incident intelligence officers were sent to the village to ascertain the ...

A sixty-year-old Jerimiah Oyedokun has been arrested by the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in connection with

Daily Post Nigeria Published Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested a 31-year-old man, Yusuf Abdullahi, over alleged unlawful canal knowledge of an 11-year-old minor, Memunat Saheed, of Popo Giwa area of Ilorin, the state capital. A statement by the spokesman of the command, Babawale Zaid Afolabi, in ilorin, on Monday, said Abdullahi was caught in the act by one of corps personnel at about 10.30hours. The statement said Abdullahi of Atako compou...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 29 April 2021 A rainstorm has killed two women in a church at Kajola, in the Oke-Ero Local Government Area of Kwara State. The storm which struck the community on Sunday, according to officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, killed a pregnant woman, identified simply as Funmi, and another woman known as Iya Isanlu in Boluwarin Church. The Public Relations Officer of NSCDC, Kwara State Command, Babawale Afolabi, explained that the building of...

No fewer than 10 other people reportedly sustained varying degrees of injuries during the incident. It was gathered the corpses of the deceased had been deposited in a mortuary while the injured have been taken to various hospitals within the community for treatment. Speaking with Daily Trust on Wednesday, the spokesman of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara State Command, Babawale Afolabi, confirmed the incident and death of the two women. Afolabi said: “At about 4.4...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The command’s spokesman, ASP Muhammad Jalige, confirmed the arrest on Saturday via a statement. According to the PPRO, the command was informed on the activities of the ritualists through the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Kakuri. The police spokesman said the DPO informed the command on suspicious movement of some persons at the Muslim cemetery located at Kudenden which led to the arrest of the suspects. “On getting the report, operatives were immediately d...

The Kwara State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said eleven people were killed on Saturday in a dawn accident on the outskirts of

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara State Command, has announced the arrest of a suspected rapist, Muhammadu Mailemu. The Public Relations Officer, Babawale Afolabi, in a statement on Tuesday, said the report was received from its Outpost office in Banni, Asa Local Government Area. Usman Mojana complained on behalf of his daughter who was allegedly raped. The victim was on the farm, with her younger sister plucking locust beans, when the suspect ordered her down from the...

The Area Controller of Nigeria Custom Services (NCS), Kwara State Command, Hussaini Bello, yesterday, said despite the devastating effects of COVID-19 pandemic across the globe, the command was able to hit 86 per cent of its target for the year 2020. Presenting the scorecard of the command’s activities from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020, to reporters in Ilorin, Bello, while describing revenue generation as the core mandate of the NCS, said the command generated N6. 91bn in the year un...