The leadership and entire youths of Ibadan land under the umbrella of Ibadan Prime Youths Forum on Tuesday, congratulate Ashiwaju Seun Fakorede on his re-appointment as the Commissioner for Youth and Sports Oyo State.
In a statement signed by the National Coordinator of the Forum, Dr. Oluwatunmise Adeagbo, reads in part “We see this re-appointment as a result of his contribution to the Ministry in the last two years of his appointment, and we have no doubt that his return will add more value to the Ministry and impact the youths of the State in general”
The National Coordinator also express the readiness of the Forum in working with the Office of the Honourable Commissioner for the greater good of the youths in Ibadan and the State at large.
Governor Seyi Makinde has sworn in newly and re-appointed commissioners in the state.
The ceremony took place on Monday at the Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Ibadan.
The commissioners include Alhaja Kafilat Olayiwola; Dr Taiwo Ladipo; Mr Olusegun Olayiwola; Prof Musibau Babatunde; Mr Segun Oni; Barr. Abiodun Abdul-Raheem; Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun; Barr. Olasunkanmi Olaleye; Mr Adeniyi Adebisi and Seun Fakorede.
The chairman of Oorelope Local Government, Hon. Akeem Raheem on Monday donated relief materials to Widow, Police and Schools.
In a statement released by the chairman in the early hours of Monday, he said the relief materials/empowerment is part of the fulfillment of his electoral promises, and promise to always but the security and welfare of the people first.
A motor vehicle (Golf Volkswagen) was donated to the Vigilantes and Hunters while Operation Burst vehicle was refurbished to make their movement east to the nook and cranny of the community boundaries in other to curb the activities of the criminals within the area.
In addition, Five Bajaj Motorcycle also added to the first five previously given to the Vigilantes and local Hunters, while a generating set each was donated to NCDC,POLLICE and AMOTEKUN.
School Registers , Chalks were also distributed to the Primary schools within the local Government through the LGUBEA.
In addition to these, cash gift was given to widows in the local Government as to reduce the rate of hardships been faced by them.
The chairman in his closing remark, promised that such empowerment will continue, as he will continue to prioritize the welfare of his people.
The Registrar, National Board for Technical Education, Prof. Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe, says no fewer than 74,069 candidates, representing 92.68 per cent of candidates that sat the 2021 School National Business Certificate, and National Technical Certificate, failed English and Mathematics but still scored above five credits.
She added that these candidates fall under the categories of those who scored above five credits but with or without English and Mathematics.
The Registrar, who disclosed this on Friday in Benin at a Press conference held to announce the release of the 2021 NBC/NTC examinations, however, said that 58,307 candidates, representing 72.96 per cent of the candidates who sat both exams, scored five credits including English and Mathematics.
Isiugo-Abanihe, who said that a total of 83,504 registered for the examinations in 1,614 centres across the country, noted that only 79,915 candidates showed up to sit for the examinations, which represents 95.70 per cent.
She noted that these candidates’ performance in the 2021 examinations was a significant improvement compared to 2020.
Read Also Full list: Buhari makes fresh appointment, reappointments in education agencies NABTEB releases results for 2020 exams NABTEB releases 2020 exam results She added, “Furthermore, a total of 74,069 candidates obtained 5 credits and above with or without English Language and Mathematics; this represents 92.68 per cent of the candidates that sat for the examinations. Comparatively, this performance is higher than the previous year’s 2020 in-school NBC/NTC examinations results where 36,202 candidates representing 63.99 per cent obtained five credits and above including English and Mathematics.”
Speaking on effort made to curb examination malpractice in the system, the Registrar said the Board has countinously apply strategies to reduce such act in the system, just as she added that the effort yeilded desirable results with the record of 0.54 examination malpractice of the total number of candidates that sat for the exams.
“These efforts yielded desirable results in the last NBC/NTC examinations. For instance, 455 candidates representing 0.54% of the total number of candidates that sat for the 2021 NBC/NTC examinations were involved in examination malpractice. Comparatively, a total of 453 candidates, representing 0.79 of the total number of candidates that sat for the 2020 in-school certificate examinations were involved in examination malpractice which implies a decrease in malpractice incidences,” she said.
While noting that the Board has continue to record significant increase in enrollment, the Registrar noted that the Federal Government Recognises the importance of technical and vocational education and training, along with technology science and Mathematics as tools for national technological development.
The police in Oyo State have vowed to probe a robbery allegation levelled against some policemen purportedly attached to the command by a 20-year-old artiste, Emmanuel Jesugbemi.
Jesugbemi had claimed in a viral social media post that the sum N150,000 given to him by his grandmother to pay her rent was snatched by some policemen attached to the command at Apata area while he was on his way to deposit the money in the bank.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, in a statement on Friday, said: “The attention of the Oyo State police command was on Thursday, October 7, drawn to a one minute, 50 seconds video made by one Emmanuel Jesugbemi, alleging that he was, at gunpoint, robbed of his handset and cash to the tune of N150,000 by rogue police operatives, purportedly attached to the command around Apata area, under Ido LGA in Ibadan.
“It is worthy to note that the command frowns at this serious misconduct and wishes to intimate members of public that the matter was immediately escalated through an investigative inquiry set up by the Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Police Command, CP Ngozi Onadeko, upon its receipt.
“Preliminary investigations have revealed that the alleged culprit identified by the victim does not serve under Oyo State Command but was rather in the jurisdiction on other yet-to-be specified duties.
“Furthermore, investigations are in top gear to apprehend all the officers involved in the unpleasant actions of Thursday, October 7, for their various involvements, with the assurances of adequate sanctions meted out on all guilty parties upon recommendations from the Investigation panel.
“> “The command sues for calm while appealing to members of the public that no offender(s) would on any account be indulged to evade deserved Justice regardless of status or affiliations.”
Jesugbemi had, through an Instagram post that went viral on Wednesday, claimed that the policemen led by one Badru Samson waylaid the motorcyclist conveying him to the bank and ordered him to get down.
He said the policemen slapped him repeatedly and labelled him a fraudster. Jesugbemi, who recounted the incident in a video clip posted on his Instagram page, @official_babyjez, said the incident happened on Wednesday.
However, as of Friday morning, the page was no longer online. In the post, Jesugbemi said: “Grandma’s house rent was due, so she went to the Apata area to collect money from somebody to join [add to] what she had for the rent. After collecting the money, she called me to meet her at Apata, where she gave me the N150,000 to deposit into our landlord’s bank account.
“I boarded a motorcycle and while on my way to deposit the money in the bank, the policemen blocked my motorcyclist with a black car with no number plate and ordered me to get down. I saw four policemen in the car when I got down and one of them slapped and kicked me. He even used his gun to hit my head and called me a Yahoo Boy.
“The policemen asked for my phone and told me to unlock it; but they did not find anything [incriminating] after they checked it. They wanted to search me, but I stopped them because policemen had searched one of my friends before and in the process, they put hard drugs in his pocket. So, I willingly brought my pockets out and they saw the N150,000.”
He claimed that the policemen drove him from the Apata area to Iwo Road, where he was dropped off after he had been dispossessed of the money.
“They asked who owned it and I told them that it was for my grandma and that I was on my way to pay her house rent. The policemen said I was lying. One of them kicked my stomach and forcefully collected it from me.
“They told me to format my phone and took it; they put me inside the car and drove me from Apata to under the bridge in Iwo Road, where they dropped me off.
“I had to plead with them to give me my SIM card. They also took the extra N2,000 with me and I had to trek from Iwo Road to our house in Dugbe,” Jesugbemi added.
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Adedibu Ojerinde to pay N100,000 witness’ expenses to the prosecution for stalling proceedings in his trial for alleged diversion of over N5.2billion public funds.
According to the Nation Newspaper, Justice Obiora Egwuatu handed out the order while ruling on Friday on an application for adjournment made by Ojerinde’s new lawyer, Doyin Awoyale.
At the mention of the case, lead prosecuting lawyer, Ebenezer Shogunle, said the case was set down for the commencement of trial, and that the prosecution as three witnesses in court.
Awoyale said himself and others were just briefed by the defendant to represent him. He sid since the previous defence lawyer left, the defendant’s new legal team requires time to familiarise itself with the case.
Awoyale then prayed the court to shelve the business of the court for the day, a request Sogunle objected to, arguing that it was unfair to abort the planned commencement of trial after the prosecution has taken the pain to assemble its witnesses.
Shogunle said one of the witnesses travelled at great risk from Ibadan the previous day.
He noted that the last three adjournment have been at the instance of the defence.
He however added that should the court chose to grant the defence lawyer’s request, it should be on the condition that the defendant pays the prosecution witness’ expenses as provided in Section 251 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA).
Although Awoyale initially objected to the prosecution’s request that his client pays the cost of bringing its witnesses to court, he later changed his mind upon the judge’s intervention.
In a ruling, Justice Egwuatu granted the defence’s prayer for an adjournment and proceeded to order it to pay N100,000 to the prosecution, as witness’ expenses, on or before October 11.
The judge then adjourned till February 8 next year for the commencement of trial. Ojerinde was arraigned on July 6 on an 18-count charge, marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/97/2021, in which he was accused among others, of complicity in the diversion of public funds estimated at over N5.2billion.
The prosecuting agency – Independent Corrupt Practices & other related offences Commission (ICPC) – claimed Ojerinde committed the alleged offences contained in the charge, from when he served as the Registrar of the National Examination Council (NECO), through his days in JAMB till 2021.
He maintained that the government is standardizing the selection and recruitment process in the judiciary to sanitize the sector, adding that Oyo State House of Assembly has already approved the appointment of Justice Moshood Abass as the President of the Customary Court of Appeal.
He explained that judiciary will be getting unprecedented capital budget inflow in the 2022 Budget, as an additional N6 billion capital projects has been included in the budget.
He said: “It, indeed, gives me great pleasure to be here with you today to kickstart the 2021/2022 Legal Year. The beginning of a new Legal Year, which comes after the usual annual vacation in the judiciary is a refreshing time that affords Your Lordships and all stakeholders in the sector to re-calibrate and pitch for higher heights of service delivery for our people.
“Let me start by commending the Judiciary in Oyo State for standing firmly with us in the actualization of the judiciary sector version of the Roadmap for Accelerated Development of Oyo State, 2019-2023, our governance template, which encapsulates welfare for serving and retired judicial officers and workers, and a reform agenda that seeks to place the sector in position of excellence in the service of the people of Oyo State.
“I am therefore pleased to inform this gathering that this administration has approved and started implementing welfare packages for justices both serving and retired, through the revised pension and gratuities scheme meant to take care of all justices.
“Equally, I am pleased to intimate this gathering that the state has secured the approval for the appointment of five judicial officers, four of whom are for the High Court, while one is for the Customary Court of Appeal. They all came through a meritorious process of examination and interviews supervised by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) of Oyo State.
“Let me reiterate that this process will not only be sustained, I affirm that it has come to stay as this will ensure that every qualified person of Oyo State origin can aspire to the highest position in the judiciary, while helping to maintain the independence of judiciary.
“We are standardizing the selection and recruitment process in this arm of the judiciary as part of our reforms aimed at taking out the rot in the sector.”
He also disclosed that that judiciary sector will be getting unprecedented capital budget inflow in the 2022 budget, adding that an additional N6 billion in capital project funding has been included in the budget.
He said :”With that, we will be completing the New Court in Ring Road; the Iyaganku Customary Court, other JSC structures and the Olomi Prisons.
“This administration is not about to drop the ball in its avowed commitment to the welfare of judges and stakeholders in the judiciary sector in general. The government has been buying vehicles for judicial officers of the High Court, it also intends to buy vehicles for the new judges and members of the Judicial Service Commission.”
The governor stated that the state will continue to initiate reform policies that would enhance e- governance procedures in the state.
He added: “Just as we are doing that, we are also not losing sight of the need to reform the sector and bequeath to our state a judiciary worthy of the dreams of our forefathers.
“In that light, we are putting measures in place to accommodate e-filing and enhance online/virtual processes in the Judiciary.
“I cannot end this address without acknowledging the harmonious relationship between the judiciary and the Government of Oyo State. We have your Lordships to praise for this. We are especially thankful that the judiciary maintained its usual calm even in the face of the challenges that plagued the selection of judges that have now been approved by the National Judicial Council (NJC).”
In his sermon, the Lord Bishop of Ibadan Diocese, the Most Rev’d Dr. Joseph Akinfenwa, admonished Nigerians to always put hope in God at all times despite the prevailing challenges of economic hardship, security tension and experiences of hopelessness across the country.
He equally appealed to the Oyo State Government to reaffirm its stance of nobility and justice by returning missionary schools to their original owners.
On the governor’s entourage were the Deputy Chief of Staff, Abdulmojeed Mogbonjubola, DG, Due Process, Ms Tara Adefope, Special Adviser on Media, Jide AJANI, Chief Press Secretary, Taiwo Adisa,S. A (Legal Matters),Barr. Ifedolapo,Ologburo among others.
The Amotekun Corps in Osun State on Thursday said it apprehended a suspected kidnapper, Ridwan Kasali, who allegedly abducted five children in Osogbo, the state capital.
According to PUNCH Metro Kasali was accosted and queried by some residents in Zone 6, Capitol area of Osogbo on Wednesday after they noticed his suspicious movements in the area.
After he could not give a satisfactory response, he was reportedly handed over to men of the Amotekun Corps.
The Field Commander, Osun Amotekun Corps, Amitolu Shittu, said during interrogation, the suspect confessed to abducting five children, whom he took to Ibadan, Oyo State.
Shittu said the suspect was subsequently handed over to the Department of State Services, Osun State, for further action.
He said, “The residents of the area informed us of the presence of the suspect in the neighborhood and we immediately went there.
“He told us that he came from an area in Ibadan. He also confessed that about five children had been successfully abducted and taken to Ibadan, where they were killed. We found Indian hemp on him and handed him over to the DSS for further investigation.”
The era of political blackout is gone in Oyo State,this statement was made by a political group in Oyo State named team 4+4 founded by Hon. Gbenga Adewusi Ayinde a.k.a Arole when investigating the sack rumour of Adeyemi Abubakar the son of Oyo state PDP chieftain Alhaji Adebisi Olopoeyan which was levelled against the personality of our working governor Engr. Seyi Makinde and shooting stars sport club’ (3SC).
The management of the club ‘(3SC ) debunked this sack rumour during the investigation by team 4+4, they made it clear to us that no member of the club was sacked and we were made to understand that the player in question collected his september salary and all other benefits alongside his football team mate.
The management of the club ‘3SC’, further enlighten this issue by saying that Adeyemi Abubakar did not play a single match in the last NNL but still he was not penalized but given his monthly benefit.
The management of 3SC lamented over this sack rumour, asked that when has WhatsApp platform or social media platforms becomes a medium to sack players in 3SC.
Team 4+4 after a worthy and fruitful investigation of the sack rumour found out that it’s the work from the Aggrieved members neither a political game by the opposition who are enemies of good governance, yes enemies of good governance they are’ because the rumour is so cheap that the ever working GSM who is busy restructuring Oyo state will order instant sack of just a 3SC’ player.
Team 4+4 says governor Seyi Makinde doesn’t play a bitter politics,he cannot because of the differences between him and his leader Alhaji Adebisi Olopoeyan sack his innocent son Adeyemi Abubakar.
Team 4+4 now uses this medium to warn all rumours carrier to desist from unprofitable job like this as it will take them nowhere.
Conclusively team 4+4 admonished every citizen of Oyo state to stay positive and focus with the working government in Oyo State as he Engr. Seyi Makinde will always deliver to us as he promised.
The Federal Government has approved the sum of N75,000 as a stipend per semester for students undergoing degree programmes in Education in public universities in Nigeria.
Also, the Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) students will get N50,000 as a stipend per semester as part of the deliberate effort of the goverment to attract the best brains into the teaching profession as promised by President Muhammadu Buhari last year.
Minister of Education, Malam Adamu announced this, on Tuesday, at the World Teachers’ Day celebration held at Eagle Square, Abuja.
Adamu whose speech was read by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Arc. Sonny Echono said his ministry would collaborate with the states’ government to ensure automatic employment for the students on graduation.
He said: “Undergraduate students of B.Ed / B.A. Ed/ BSc. Ed in Public institutions are to receive stipends of N75,000.00 per semester while NCE students will get N50,000.00 as stipends per semester.
