Segun Ayinde, Abeokuta Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senator Olamilekan Adeola popularly called Yayi, has expressed appreciation to President Bola Tinubu, Vice President, Kashim Shettima and leaders of the National Assembly on his 55th birthday. Adeola expressed his appreciation in a press release made available to news men in Abeokuta, the state capital. The Senator, while thanking the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, Speaker, Tajudeen Abass, members of the National Assembly, governors, ministers heads of industries, captains of industry, traditional rulers, among other dignitaries, said he was deeply honoured with their congratulatory messages, facilitation and gifts. He also appreciated people of…
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Segun Ayinde, Abeokuta Police in Ogun State have discovered an unidentified lifeless body of a member of the Aiye confraternity, popularly called ‘Mosquito’, along Ijagun Road, Ijebu-Ode. Mosquito’s hand was severed by the rival cult group before they absconded with it. The victims corpse was discovered following the information received by the police over a cult clash in the area for supremacy battle. Police Public Relations Officer, SP Omolola Odutola, confirmed this to newsmen in a statement on Monday in Abeokuta, the state capital. Odutola said upon the information, the DPO of Ijebu-Ode Division with his men, swung into action…
Segun Ayinde, Abeokuta Two persons have died in an auto crash that occurred on Monday when a Mazda bus collided with a truck around the long bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway corridor of Ogun State. One person also sustained serious injuries in the accident. Involved in the crash was a Mazda bus with registration number: EDE217XB and A MAN DIESEL Truck with registration number: AJL715XA. Spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corp, FRSC, Ogun State, Florence Okpe confirmed this to newsmen in a statement on Monday in Abeokuta, the state capital. Okpe said that the cause of the accident wad…
…says his representation is people-driven The incumbent House of Representatives (HoR) member representing the Federal Constituency of Maiha, Mubi South and Mubi North, Rt Hon Jafar Abubakar Magaji (Haske), has received high praises from the All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders of his constituency. The Stakeholders passed a vote of confidence in him because of the People’s -driven representation he has been offering since he took over the mantle of leadership to represent them. The stakeholders who are critical to the existence of the APC since its formation and growth, said Jafar has been up and doing in the core area…
The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, on Monday, said the police are on the trial of a man who was actively involved in the Sudan crisis but is now in Nigeria. Egbetokun, although he did not disclose his name, said the suspect was mobilising to destabilise the country. The IG stated that the suspect was traced to a shop he was using as a decoy, which is located within the Nigeria Labour Congress building. He denied that the raid was targeted at the NLC leadership. Egbetokun spoke while responding to a question on why the police were against the…
Police in Taraba have confirmed that a lecturer at the Federal University Wukari and deputy registrar of Taraba State School of Health Technology, Takum were among the passengers killed by gunmen along Takum-Wukari road early Monday morning. Acting Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kwache Gambo, confirmed the killings on the phone. No fewer than six passengers and a driver were killed at a boundary area between Taraba and Benue states along Takum-Wukari road. It was gathered that among the victims was a secondary school principal transferred from a secondary school in Takum to another secondary school in Wukari Local Government…
Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe, on Monday, outlawed the various traders’ associations in markets in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, with the intention to stop their undue control of prices and give farmers direct access to traders. Oba Adejugbe also ordered traders in the markets not to sell their foodstuff beyond stipulated prices. He said the steps were necessary to regulate the high prices of foodstuff in the state capital. Oba Adejugbe while leading the Ewi-in-Council, gave the directive in Ado Ekiti on Monday during a meeting with the leadership and some members of the market women…
President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, inaugurated the first set of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The 20 buses were said to be the first batch produced locally by Innoson Motors. Some of the CNG buses were driven to the forecourt of the Presidential Villa, where the President took a break from the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting to inaugurate them. The provision of the CNG buses were part of the Federal government efforts to reduce the pains caused by the removal of the fuel subsidy by the Federal Government. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of…
Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Akinloye Olakulehin (Ige Olakulehin 1), on Monday, crowned the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja. The event marked Oba Olakulehin’s first official duty as the Olubadan of Ibadanland. It took place at the new Olubadan palace located at Oke Aremo in the Ibadan North Local Government Area of Oyo State. Acting Governor of the state, Barrister Abdul-Raheem Adebayo Lawal, presented the staff of office and certificate to the newly crowned monarch on behalf of the Oyo State Government. Members of the Olubadan-in-Council, family heads, political office holders and well wishers also attended the event.…
Ben Ogbemudia, Abuja Edo State Deputy Governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu, on Monday, called on the people of the state and Nigerians to ignore the statement issued by Mr. Chris Nehikhare, Edo State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation against his resumption of office as ordered by a court. Shaibu said ordinarily, he wouldn’t have responded to Nehikhare and his co-travelers, but for the unsuspecting members of the public who may have been misled by the said statement. He said for the benefit of doubt, the issue of the purported impeachment had since been laid to rest by the Federal High Court,…