Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on have arrested thirty-seven (37) suspected internet fraudsters in Ibadan, Oyo State.
The suspects are Ibrahim Adewale Adegoke, Echeta Chidi Oluwabe, Adeyinka Oladaide Monsuru, Adedeji Mojeed Adewusi, Uzuh Samuel Friday, Ibrahim Aliu Olaide, Babatunde Ayomide Yinus, Rahaman Idris, Adeniji Eniade Ebelizer, Segun Bamidele, Ifemade Haruna, Adeyinka Kola Michael, Adewusi Taiwo Femi, Oyewo Ayomide Solomon, Adebayo Okikioluwa Adeoye, Abiodun Olamijulo Kayode, Collin Ayomide Oyelakin, Babatunde Oluwasegun and Mathew Emmanuel Ogina.
Others include Echeta Chinedu Junior, Babatunde Abdulmajeed, Badejo Adefemi Emmanuel, Musa Ayinde Olorunisola, Olumoroti Ayobami Segun, Adebayo Isiaka Olajide, Omobolaji Abiola Quwam, Ademola Qodir Alabi, Akinbode Adedolapo Joshua, Evwiekpoamare Tivere Jackson, Oparinde Sheriff Funso, Olatunbosun Stephen, Samuel Ayodeji Mayokun, Wemimo Adebare Sodiq, Oluwole David Dare, Segun Ajewole Abraham, Ajayi Elijah Oladimeji and Gbadegesin Nurudeen Opeyemi.
They were arrested at Ologolo Estate and Omi-ado areas of Ibadan, Oyo State.
Items recovered from the suspects include seven exotic cars, one motorcycle, several mobile phones and laptops, among others.
They will be charged to court once investigations are concluded.
Osun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) to return to school of political party management before dreaming of returning to Osun government house anytime soon adding the door is permanently shut to darkness.
The PDP congratulated the embattled APC for at least summoning courage to confront the returning of their leader now turned enemy, former Governor Rauf Aregbesola with an acrimonious stakeholders meeting which is the first they could muster since the good people of Osun State retired them from the government house.
In a statement by the Chairman of the party, Sunday Bisi, PDP warned the Osun APC to stay clear of using PDP’s name to keep their party’s name in the media space and face the internal war that has bedeviled it.
He stated that the PDP has come to stay in Osun, adding that the administration of the people’s Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke will succeed because it’s mantra “Imole” is an indication of it’s target to illuminate the entire Osun State.
Hon Sunday Bisi maintained that the PDP is aware that the APC is using the avenue to flood the media space with different narration, hiding under PDP’s name to spite Rauf Aregbesola who decided to return to the state and celebrate his homecoming adding that the APC should learn to mend its own fence.
He said, ” Osun APC needs to return to school of political party management before dreaming of returning to Osun government house anytime soon because the door is permanently shut to darkness for ever.
“We will congratulate them for at least summoning courage to confront the returning of their leader now turned enemy, former Governor Rauf Aregbesola with an acrimonious stakeholders meeting which is the first they could muster since the good people of Osun State retired them from the government house.
“Let me warn the Osun APC to stay clear of using our party’s name to keep the APC name in the media space and face the internal war that has bedeviled them.
“PDP has come to stay in Osun and the administration of the people’s Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke will succeed because it’s mantra “Imole” is an indication of it’s target to illuminate the entire Osun State.
“PDP is aware that the APC is using the avenue to flood the media space with different narration hiding under our party’s name to spite Rauf Aregbesola who decided to return to the state and celebrate his homecoming, APC should learn to mend their own fence and leave us out of their quagmire.
“As a democratic party, we sympathize with the APC, for boxing themselves aground out of their own arrogance and deliberate disdain for development of Osun State”
It is not the making of our great party for APC to abscond from responsive governance and instead chose to dump the state in the gutters of hopelessness to the consternation of stakeholders in the state.
The erstwhile ruling party should accept to sink in their fate, brought about by their own negligence, lackadaisical approach to governance and wicked corruption while they held sway.
While we will not ask APC not to fight or fund periodic acrimony against themselves, the defeated party should however leave our great party out of their troubles or use the good name of our party to mitigate their pains, Sunday Bisi concluded.
Nigerians have rallied to the aid of veteran Yoruba actress, Margaret Bandele Olayinka, popularly known as Iya Gbonkan, after she cried out for help. Last month, the actress revealed that despite acting for decades, she did not own a car and had to rely on buses to get around. She called on her fans to celebrate her while she was still alive and not wait until after her death. Following her plea, Iya Gbonkan has received over N5 million from kind-hearted Nigerians, .
Pastor Gabriel leads fundraising efforts According to reports, Pastor Gabriel watched Iya Gbonkan’s video and immediately put a call through to her. He then visited her in Osogbo and began sourcing funds from people all over the world to help make her dream of owning a car and a house a reality. So far, over N5 million has been donated to the veteran actress’s cause.
Iya Gbonkan moved to tears by outpouring of support In a video that has since gone viral, Iya Gbonkan can be seen shedding tears of joy as she receives the donations. The veteran actress expressed her gratitude to all those who contributed to her cause, saying that she was overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from Nigerians.
Iya Gbonkan’s story is a testament to the power of social media and the kindness of Nigerians. Thanks to the efforts of Pastor Gabriel and others, she can now look forward to owning a car and a new house.
Femi Gbajabiamila, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, is currently delivering his final speech as the Speaker of the House.
Mr Gbajabiamila is delivering the speech at the ongoing valedictory session of the 9th House.
Former speaker, Ghali Na’Abbas and Patricia Etteh are in attendance at the chamber for the valedictory session.
Mr Gbajabiamila, in his speech, commended the lawmakers for their efforts in the last four years, which include passage of important legislations like PIA, Electoral Act and others.
He expressed regret with the inability of the 9th House to pass several women related bills that the House rejected in 2022.
Mr Gbajabiamila urged the next administration to take on the mantle of passing gender bills in the House.
It would be recalled that Gbajabiamila was appointed as the Chief Staff to President Bola Tinubu.
President Bola Tinubu has sworn in Senator George Akume as the new Secretary to the Government of the Federation on Wednesday.
Akume took his Oath of Allegiance and Oath of Office in the presence of government officials at the council chamber.
Among those present at the swearing-in are Vice President Kashim Shettima; President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan; Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr FolasadeYemi-Esan; and the wife of the new SGF, Regina Akume.
“Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people. Poor Leaders sacrifice the people to save the number.” Simon Sinek.
I was on a tricycle on Sunday going to my usual pun in my hometown, Iseyin when one of the other two passengers was dragging the issue of change from the driver. The driver insisted on collecting #200 for a journey he used to collect #100 for before the May 29th Presidential Inauguration ceremony announcement and the woman would not have any of that. I had to wade in to pay the balance, because it was already becoming a dangerous scene in which the woman was clutching the handle of the tricycle alongside the driver, even while we were on motion. That is one situation that Nigerians have found themselves in since the new government heralded a new price regime of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS).
Since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (PBAT) announced on the podium during his inauguration as the 16th Executive President of Nigeria, that ‘Petroleum Subsidy is gone’, a fact that has been in existence before the ouster of his predecessor, most Nigerians’ lives have become a situation of jumping from frying pan into the fire.
Analysts have taken time since the moment he spoke this and the immediacy of the actions of petroleum marketers in hoarding the product and outright sale at as much as the amount being sold now that the regime of price from June 1st, 2023 took effect. As at the morning of Tuesday 30th June, 2023, I bought a litre of fuel at Iseyin for #300 and on getting to Ibadan that same morning, it was being sold by all independent oil marketers, except BOVAS at #500.
The new government should have gone ahead with the subsidy removal approach without adding more burden to the already impoverished Nigerians by not playing to the gallery, which the announcement by the new President actually was. If I were PBAT, I would have just omitted that particular line in my speech, wait till after inauguration and call all the stakeholders in the oil industry, labour unions, Governors’ Forum among others to an emergency meeting where the issue of palliatives or cushioning effects of the removal would be discussed and on the second day, the announcement on the cushioning approaches and not bland recourse to what has been discussed before Buhari’s exit in the form of inauguration announcement, which if carefully looked at, has caused many people so much troubles till date.
Yoruba people will say ‘when a bigger hardship weighs one down, the smaller ones will be trampling on somebody.’ Is there any institution overseeing the activities of breweries companies in Nigeria?
Imagine the International Breweries Ltd. (IBL), shortchanging their customers by tampering with the composition of the once-upon-a-time darling beer of mine, which now makes it taste like burnt sugar. Why did I even forget that bodies like Consumer Protection Right bodies have become a department in these major companies, where those that are supposed to be fighting for the welfare of consumers are being treated like partners-in-crime by the companies.
Late last year, the International Breweries introduced the once-forgotten Eagle Lager Beer and since I encountered it at a party through a brother that realized that I was no more happy with Trophy Lager Beer, I thought I have seen the saviour. The taste of Eagle is like that of the beer of old, adoring bitterness that leaves an aftertaste coolness down the throat. But wait, before you can say ‘give me another chilled bottle’, this wicked company has started playing games with us drinkers of cheap beer.
Eagle Lager Beer is predominantly sold at Iseyin, Oke-Ogun area of Oyo State, but since my people have rebelled against the chicanery noticed in the production and taste of Trophy Lager Beer, it has become another dear brewed content they could not do away with, one because it is cheaper, compared to drinks from the stable of Nigerian Breweries, that are as costly as two litters of petroleum and the fact that two bottles are enough to give you a restful night.
Trouble started recently when the IBL started making this particular product scarce and its price rising. My mates with incomes that can only afford cheap beer like Eagle have been looking up to God, not Jesus, because the latter only turned water to wine and not beer. No government to fight for us, no human right body or regulatory agency that will fight our cause.
My resolution is that if IBL is intentionally forcing Trophy Lager Beer on me by hoarding and dropping production quantities of Eagle Lager Beer, I may be forced to kukuma stop drinking before December this year. Lobatan!
Alhazan Abiodun Rilwan is a civil servant, working with Oyo State government.
The Federal Government of Nigeria has charged the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State during the 2023 elections, Oladipupo Adebutu, for allegedly buying votes during the 18 March elections in the state.
In a suit brought by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice before an Ogun State High Court in Abeokuta, nine other persons associated with the PDP were also charged.
In a separate suit it filed at the Federal High Court in Abeokuta, the government also charged Zenith Bank and two of its top officials for allegedly aiding Mr Adebutu to commit the alleged offence.
The two suits were filed on Thursday, 2 June, by the Director , Public Prosecution of the Federation , M. B. Abubakar; Aderonke Imana, an assistant chief state counsel, and Sani Bagudu, a senior counsel at the Department of Public Prosecution of the Federation, on behalf of the AGF and Minister of Justice.
Charged alongside Mr Adebutu before the state high court in Abeokuta are Ogunbona Hammed, Tiamiyu Waliu, Egunsola Owolabi and Sanni Adejoke.
The other defendants are Dare Ogunleye, Dare Adeoye, Dayo Fashina, Wasiu Enololobo, and Malik Akawo.
According to the notice filed by the prosecution, Mr Adebutu and four of the other defendants are currently at large.
The University of Lagos on Tuesday morning confirmed the killing of a 200-level student of the Department of Metallurgical and Material Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Adekunle Agboola, who was shot outside the University premises on Saturday while trying to retrieve his mate’s phone from robbers.
In a condolence message to the bereaved signed by the UNILAG Principal Assistant Registrar, Communication Unit, Adejoke Alaga-Ibraheem, the institution expressed sadness over the incident, stating that the police are investigating the case.
The release read, “It was with heavy heart, that the Management of the University of Lagos, received the sad news of the death of Mr Al Ameen Adekunle Agboola, a 200-level student of the Department of Metallurgical and Material Engineering, Faculty of Engineering who died outside the University premises on Saturday, June 3, 2023.
“The unfortunate incident surrounding his death is being investigated by the Nigerian Police Force, with the full cooperation of the University.
“The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Folasade T. Ogunsola, OON, on behalf of the entire University community, commiserates with the family of Mr Agboola, and prays that God grants the bereaved family the strength and fortitude to bear the irreplaceable loss. VOA News had reported on Tuesday that the deceased and his colleague identified simply as Opeyemi boarded a shuttle bus from Yaba to UNILAG and while in the vehicle, a man, who was hanging at the back of the bus, dispossessed Opeyemi of her iPhone 7 plus.
Aggrieved by the development, Opeyemi raised the alarm and Adekunle, in a desperate attempt to retrieve the phone from the robber who jumped down from the bus and fled, chased after him.
Upon observing that Adekunle was closing in on the suspect, it was learnt that one of the hoodlums suspected to be working with the fleeing suspect came out of nowhere and shot the 23-year-old.
38-year-old Entrepreneur and Member-elect representing Odo-Otin State Constituency, Hon Adewale Egbedun has emerged as Speaker Osun State House of Assembly.
Egbedun was elected during the inauguration of 8th Osun Assembly on Tuesday at the Chamber in Osogbo.
He graduated from University of East London. He is an entrepreneur with interest in Agribusiness
ODUDUWA NEWS reports that Governor Ademola Adeleke, his deputy, Prince Adewusi, Osun PDP Chairman and dignitaries attended the inauguration.
