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The Nigerian police force has released a video confession of one of the Offa Robbery Suspects called AY admitting that he works for the Senate President, Bukola Saraki. READ MORE HERE

Leader of the gang behind Offa robbery, in which 34 people were killed in shootings, explains his link to Senate President Bukola Saraki and Kwara governor Abdulfatah Ahmed. READ MORE HERE

Two more suspects have been arrested in the deadly armed robbery attack in Offa, Kwara State, last month. This comes three weeks after the police circulated pictures of four suspects who were captured by closed-circuit camera of the banks that they attacked. They were arrested by the police...

One of the offa’s robbers is a former police officer identified as “Michael Adikwu” he was dismissed by police in Ilorin for misconduct in 2012. Read more via Nairaland – https://ift.tt/2rtJNae Get More Nigeria Metro News

The police have distributed pictures of some of the suspects of the deadly armed robbery in Offa, which occurred in Kwara State, last month. The announcement was made by Jimoh Moshood, the police spokesperson, on Friday afternoon. Read more via Premium Times Nigeria –...

Abdulfatah Ahmed, governor of Kwara state, has appointed Abdul-Azeez Muhammad as his special assistant on Fulani affairs. Isiaka Gold, secretary to the state government (SSG), made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Ilorin, the state capital. Read more via TheCable –...

A group, Kwara Must Change, says it has compiled the names of at least 14 persons murdered in the deadly armed robbery attack on banks in Offa Community, Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State. Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2HD26DH Get More Nigeria Metro News

CCTV footage from last Thursday April 5th bank robbery in Offa, Kwara state has surfaced online. The video shows the robbers attacking the security post of one of the banks. READ MORE HERE

Senate President Bukola Saraki has taken to Twitter to mourn his late father on the 5th anniversary of his death. See what he wrote Dear Father: Today makes it five years since you left us. Although the years may pass, we still celebrate the legacy of your greatness, goodness, and...

A building under construction around Sulu Gambari way in Ilorin, Kwara state, allegedly belonging to Moshood Mustapha, Senior Special Assistant to Senator Saraki on Legislative Matters, has collapsed. SaharaReporters learnt that the building was an extension of Crystal House International...

An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Thursday has ordered an Islamic cleric, Babatunde Suleiman of Oloje area, Ilorin, for allegedly possessing human parts Magistrate Bio Saliu ordered that the defendant be remanded at Oke-kura Prison, Ilorin and adjourned the case until August 31 for further...

A widow, Mrs. Florence Ede, has been strangled by suspected robbers on her farm in Chikanda, a border community in the Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State. The deceased, popularly known as Mama do good, hailed from Enugu State and was a food seller when she came to the community in...

The Committee of Unions of Tertiary Institutions (CUTI) comprising of COLAASU, SSUCOEN and NASU Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies (CAILS) chapter has condemned the neglect by the state government of workers of its institutions. A statement from the group signed by its...