An Area Court sitting at Centre-Igboro, Ilorin, has dissolved the seven years Islamic marriage between Mukaila Zainab and AbdulJelil Suleiman over lack of love and care. The presiding Judge, Mr Toyin Aluko while delivering ruling said that there was no need to prolong the case as the two parties had agreed to divorce. Aluko ordered …
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The Court of Appeal sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Friday upheld the death sentences imposed on five men convicted over the 2018 Offa bank robbery, dismissing their appeals as lacking merit. The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) in the state, Mohammed Akande, who witnessed the proceedings said that the three Appeal Court judges unanimously …
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The Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin on Monday sentenced three convicts to death for the offences of armed robbery and kidnapping. The offences were committed against one Mr Olubunmi Komolafe and his wife, Mrs Adeola Morenikeji at their farm, in Ilorin, Kwara State. Delivering his judgement on the matter, Justice Funsho Lawal said …
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The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, secured a landmark conviction in its crackdown on illegal mining activities, as a Kwara State High Court sentenced a 52-year-old man, Ilori Elicanah, to five years’ imprisonment for unlawful possession of solid minerals. Justice Abimbola Awogboro, who delivered …
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The trial of a former Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, and his Commissioner for Finance, Ademola Banu, resumed on Thursday, January 8, 2025, with the testimony of a key prosecution witness, Stanley Ujilibo. The duo is being prosecuted by the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over an alleged …
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An Area Court sitting at Centre-igboro, Ilorin on Thursday, dissolved the four-year-old Islamic marriage between Aminat Mustapha and Wahab Adeshina, following the petitioner’s insistence. The petitioner had told the court that she was no longer interested in her marriage with her husband (respondent), following claims of lack of love and care. While delivering ruling, the …
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An Area Court in Centre-igboro, Ilorin, on Friday, dissolved the Islamic marriage between a petitioner, one Mrs Mujidat Adepoju and her husband, one Mr AbdulRasheed Ibrahim, over claims of domestic violence and infidelity. Delivering judgement, the presiding Judge, Mr Idris Etsu, held that since the respondent has agreed with the dissolution, there is no need …
An Area Court at Centre-igboro, Ilorin on Friday, dissolved a nine-year-old the Islamic marriage between one Mrs Bilikis Abake and Mr Kehinde Bintin, over claims of domestic violence. Delivering judgement, the presiding Judge, Mr Idris Etsu, held that the respondent, had sent a letter to the court through the bailiff, releasing his wife. Etsu, consequently, …
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A housewife , Kafilat Adegbenro, on Thursday, prayed an Area Court in Illorin to grant her application for divorce after nine months of marriage to her husband, Saheed, over lack of love. The woman told the court that she was no longer interested in the relationship and insisted on divorce. “I got married in December …
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A housewife, Rofiat AbdulRofiu, has begged an Area Court in Ilorin to dissolve her marriage to Anafi AbdulLateef on grounds that he only shows affection to his three other wives . ”My husband has neglected me and shows love to my three co-wives and his seven children. ”I am no longer interested in the marriage,” …
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