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Delegation of the Ooni of Ife, Arole Oduduwa Olofin Adimula Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II on Tuesday visited Fábrica do Samba to learn a little about Unidos de Vila Maria for Carnival 2022 in Brazil and to meet Afro Brazilian stakeholders ahead of his trip to unveil a Back-To-Home Project themed the “Precious of Our Ancestors”

The team had on Monday arrived Sao Paolo for the purpose of establishing more connections between Brazil and the African continent and to fulfill a ten-day schedule organized by Oduduwa heritage home brasil, a cultural institute based in Rio de Janeiro, whose purpose is to strengthen ties and build bridges that facilitate cultural exchange between these two countries connected by fraternal ties for centuries.

The Ooni’s team
formed by tow kings; Oba Joseph Adewole the Ajero of the Kingdom of Ijero (Ekiti) and Oba Kayode Adenekan Afolabi the Alapomu of Apomu (Osun), the coordinator of the team is Comrade Moses Olafare, the Ooni’s Director of Media & Public Affairs while the Saagba of Ogbagi Akoko in Ondo State Highchief
Adekunle Sumbo and Prince Fagoroye Olokoba as members had earlier same day Tuesday visited the Afro Brasil Museum in Ibirapuera Park, where they had the opportunity to inspect the place where the schools in São Paulo develop their artistic projects to produce the parade of samba schools, a spectacle internationally known for its grandeur and luxury.

Received by Mr. Adilson de Souza, president of Unidos de Vila Maria, where the “Treasures of Our Ancestors” project will also be presented and the pre-launch of the “Back to Home” program. the Ooni’s team was able to know part of the project that is being developed by the school for the 2022 parade, when the theme “The World Needs Each One of Us”, will be presented by the carnival artist Cristiano Bara, who will perform his third job at the school.
According to the manager, receiving Ooni’s entourage opens up a range of exchange opportunities for partnerships, especially at a social level. “For us who represent Brazilian culture, it is very important, an honor to feel the presence of the Ooni here with us. We are happy because we can have the opportunity to know more about the Nigerian culture and open space for new partnerships, carrying out joint actions, with exchange of culture and actions that can serve as a mutual example between the two countries. Vila Maria School has a very strong social work and is available so that we can increasingly strengthen these ties with training between professionals, everything possible to enhance the carnival and the culture we defend”, said Adilson.

For Ajoyemi Osunleye, president of Oduduwa Heritage Home in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil said the visit of the Ooni’s team is another step towards consolidating the link between Brazil and Ile-Ife which is the source of the Oduduwa race strengthening the ties between Nigeria and Brazil “Carnival is the largest open-air cultural festival in the world and we observe that, every year, black representation is present in the plots. Through this festival, we revisit history, our ties with Africa, our cultural and religious memories of Yoruba origin. Establishing this connection between Brazil and the African continent, more precisely Nigeria, has been a constant challenge and there, during the parades, it is when we feel totally connected, through the orixás, as children of Oduduwa”, says Ajoyemi. .

In the same vein, Moses Olafare, Director of Media at the Palace of the Ooni of Ifé, defended a greater cultural connection between the sister nations, so that the Brazilian people can better know their identity.

“We are on an important mission here as assigned by the Arole Oduduwa Olofin Adimula Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, the Ooni of Ife, which is to reconnect with true history. We are all children of Oduduwa and now, knowing the scale of this responsibility, be rest assured that the Ooni and all traditional rulers of Oduduwa Race worldwide will work together with you to strengthen these cultural, diplomatic, tourist and economic ties.”
Olafare said.

Timothy Adegoke, the MBA student at Obafemii Awololowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, who was declared missing on November 7, is dead, ODUDUWA NEWS can report.

According to a statement signed and made available to FIJ by Opalola Yemisi Olawoyin, the spokesperson for the Osun State Police Command, the police said it was working to unravel the circumstances surrounding Adegoke’s death.

“The Commissioner of Police, CP Olawale Olokode, psc, wishes to assure the general public, especially the family of the deceased, students and management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, that the police command is working assiduously to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr Timothy Adegoke, a master’s degree student of OAU who came from Abuja to sit for his examination at the OAU distance learning centre, Moro, Osun State,” the statement reads.

“It would be recalled that, a case of missing person was reported on 7th November, 2021 at about 1630hrs, at Edun Abon police station and later transferred to State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for discreet investigation on 9th November, 2021. Immediately the case was received, detectives from SCID of the command swung into action and have arrested six (6) suspects in connection with the case while investigation is ongoing.

“Consequently, the Commissioner of Police is using this medium to appeal to the family, the sympathizers, students and management of the university to remain calm and be rest assured that, the police will do all within its constitutional responsibility to unravel the mystery behind his death.”

The police however did not state how he died or where his body was found.

Adegoke, was an Abuja-based student who travelled to Ife on November 5 to sit for an examination at the school’s distance learning centre in Moro, Osun State.

He was declared missing two days later when friends and family members could neither reach his phone line nor find him at the exam venue.

Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State on Tuesday, November 16, 2021 convicted seven internet fraudsters for fraudulent impersonation, an offence which contravenes section 22(2)(b)(i) and punishable under section 22(2)(b) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc.)Act, 2015.

The convicts are: Jimoh Fatai Abiodun, Atewojaye Oluwadamilare Anogehna, Segun Jolaoso Mayowa a.k.a Prince Maxloun, Babatunde Segun Adeyinka, Aroyehun Mohammed, Onipede Toheed Adekunle and Opeloyeru Kehinde Abdulwaheed a.k.a Agent Collins DHHS. They were all convicted after pleading guilty to one count separate charges of fraudulently impersonation.

Details later.

Osun Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola has commiserated with the Founder and Chairman of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote over the demise of his younger brother, Sani Dangote.

Untill his death, Sani was the Vice President of the Dangote Group.

Oyetola in a condolence message he personally signed, said he shared in the pain and grief of the entire Dangote family and prayed Allah to grant the deceased Aljanah Firdaus.

The Governor wrote: “I write on behalf of my family, the Government and the People of Osun, to commiserate with you on the unfortunate passing of your brother, Sani.

“We share in your pain and grief. We stand by you and our prayers and thoughts are with you in this critical period of huge loss of a brother whose life typified Godliness, love and service to humanity.

“Sani was a chapter in the Service-oriented Culture of the Dangote Family, an indication that he lives on not only in the memories of the people he touched but also in the family he left behind to carry on his good works.

“We urge you to be comforted by his good works and the admonition in our Holy Book- Al-Qur’an that we submit to the will of Almighty Allah, the Giver of life.

“We pray Almighty Allah to grant him Aljanah Firdaus, and his beloved family and you, peace and the fortitude to bear the irreplaceable loss.”