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2023: Sanwo-Olu Flags Off SWAGA ‘23 in Lagos, Drums Support For Pro-Tinubu Movement

The political unit of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu – literally stood still on Thursday for the formal launch of Southwest Agenda 2023 (SWAGA ‘23) in Lagos State.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu joined full political machinery in the State to host the carnival-like event held at 10 Degree Event Centre in Oregun and attended by political leaders from all divisions of Lagos.

SWAGA, a group being led by Senator Dayo Adeyeye, is a political movement building support base for the former Lagos State Governor in anticipation of his interest to contest for president in the 2023 general elections.

Sanwo-Olu was accompanied by all members of the State Executive Council, lawmakers in the State House of Assembly, and members of Conference 57 to formally unveil the political group.

Declaring total support for the group’s agenda, Sanwo-Olu said SWAGA was formed based on the belief in Tinubu’s vision and political philosophy that prioritise development of human capital and economy.

The Governor described the APC National Leader as a “core political thinker” of the contemporary generation, noting that Tinubu’s constituency in progressive politics stood him out as a beacon and rallying figure capable of delivering directional leadership to the country in the next dispensation.

He said: “Asiwaju Tinubu’s story has been a legend in vision, passion and action. These three values stand him out among his contemporaries in national politics today. It is no wonder the man stretches his arm of fellowship beyond Lagos, the State he led for eight years as a Governor and in which he bequeathed the legacy we are building on. He is nationalist in thinking and progressive in action.

“The SWAGA we are launching in Lagos today is a demonstration of Tinubu’s enduring political principles and strong vision. Those behind the movement took the three values and push them with passion. What we are witnessing today is the action from the vision and passion; this is what SWAGA represents. By the grace of God, we will drive this agenda to logical end and we will all witness the inauguration of our political icon come 2023.”

Sanwo-Olu assured the proponents of the movement of his continued support, promising to mobilise more political support for the group. He said he would join hands with SWAGA coordinators to take the agenda beyond the Southwest region and make it a national movement.

Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, said Tinubu personified the progress the Nigerians had been yearning for, drumming support for the APC National Leader.

“If we want true progress, employment, security and development, we all know who is capable of creating these opportunities for us. He is Asiwaju,” Dr. Hamzat said.

Senator Adeyeye said Lagos was the last State to be visited since the movement started last December, noting that all political and traditional rulers across the State have been carried along.

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Amotekun Arrest Suspected Kidnappers, Kill One, Rescue Victim In Ondo

Amotekun Corps in Ondo State have arrested suspected kidnappers and killed one during a gun battle.

The suspect identified as Funmi Adenuoye was said to have been killed while trying to escape from men of Amotekun Corps.

The deceased was part of the trio gang kidnappers that kidnapped a businessman Shakirudeen from his resident in Waterside of Ogun state on Wednesday.

The suspects were nabbed following their heedless car driving belonging to the victim, into Ondo State which made Amotekun to chase them and they were intercepted at Okitipupa Axis of the State.

One of the kidnappers, identified as Ibrahim who was arrested after gun battle confessed that he had negotiated with the victim to pay ransom of N2m.

The Amotekun Commander, Chief Adetunji Adeleye confirmed the incident to newsmen and stated that his intelligence network also aided the operation.

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Council of Elders Ask Gov Makinde to Establish Development Corporation in Oke-Ogun

The Oke-Ogun Council of Elders held its meeting yesterday at the residence of the President, former Minister of Agriculture, Otunba Bamidele Dada, OON to deliberate on various issues affecting Oke-Ogun specifically on the areas of economy, security and social issues.

The meeting played host to Prof. Tunji Akande, former Director General of Nigerian institute of Social and Economic Research NISER briefing the Council on economic development of the region and Hon. Dele Adeola, member representing Iseyin/Itesiwaju State Constituency who also briefed the Council about the efforts the Oke-Ogun caucus of lawmakers at the State Assembly are making to ensure that the region gets its own fair share of development activities.

The president, Otunba Bamidele Dada, OON while giving his remark admonished all sons and daughters of Oke-Ogun to ensure that they contribute their own quotas towards the development of the region.

In his words, Prof. Tunji Akande, spoke on the solutions to economic development of Oke-Ogun, and implored the people of the region to join hands together towards the development of the region. He averred that Oke-Ogun can only be developed if both natural and human resources endowed to the region are well utilized for meaningful development.

He however frowned at some economic saboteurs who continually aid illegal miners to rip off the region of its endowed natural resources.

Comrade Jare Ajayi, the Spokesman of the Council while speaking to the correspondent of ODUDUWA NEWS, said the essence of the meeting was to agree on proactive steps that could be taken to harness both human and natural resources endowed to Oke-Ogun towards its development.

He used the ocassion to appreciate the Executive Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde on his efforts at ensuring that development comes to Oke-Ogun.

The Council commended Gov Makinde for siting LAUTECH Satellite Campus in Iseyin, the ongoing construction of township road in Saki and his concerted efforts at ensuring that the projects that have Federal Government input are speedily done for the benefit of the populace.

The elders however alerted the State and Federal Governments as well as all stakeholders to be security conscious and prevent the region from being used as safe haven or refuge camp of the remnant of bandits currently being dislodged from their various hideouts in the Northern region.

The Council further used the ocassion to unanimously request the establishment of Oke-Ogun Development Corporation in order to speed up development and also implored the State Government to ensure that the Local Government councils are fully operational so as to be holding them accountable for the development lacuna in the State.

The meeting had in attendance some eminent personalities from the region included Prof. Tunji Akande, former Director General of NISER; Prof. YK Yusuf, OAU, Ile-Ife; Comrade Jare Ajayi, Elders Council/Afenifere Spokesman; Alh. Abu Gbadamosi Olododo, former TESCOM Chairman, Elder Olalere among several others.

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Apologize within 48hrs or face lawsuit for defamation – 2Face threatens Brymo

Nigerian singer, Olawale known as Brymo has been slammed with threat to be sued if he doesn’t apologize to 2face for making defamatory statements in his recent tweet.

The former has taken to his twitter page to share the letter he received from the latter’s lawyer today, October 7, 2021.

Brymo tweeted along with photo of the document;

“I have received this from Innocent Idibia’s lawyers, or so it reads.. I’ll advice they go on to court, as I insist on all my tweets asserted… they are not “nonesense”…

The document was seen to have read in part; “The baseless and false accusation has caused unspeakable distress to our client and his family. You have also caused estimation to be lowered in the estimation of his friends, business associates and wilder members of the public and further caused him a significant loss of business.”

It also stated that Brymo had been given 48hrs to retract the statement he made about 2face, also to tender an unreserved apology.

In the letter, it was stated that if he failed to do as asked, he was be slammed with a billion naira damage fee.

Recall that the brouhaha has started when Brymo called out 2Face Idibia for physically assaulted and accused him of sleeping with his wife, Annie Idibia.

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Gunmen Kidnap Two People In Ekiti

Gunmen have abducted a minor and three other persons in the early hours of Wednesday at Ilasa-Ekiti, Ekiti-East Local Government Area, a local source said.

However, the Police in the state said only two persons were abducted.

The source who pleaded anonymity said that the gunmen stormed the community at about 1:30 a.m. and ransacked entire households.

The minor and three farmers abducted were taken to an unknown destination, the source added.

The source confirmed that the gunmen started shooting in different directions as they ransacked each household.

“The shooting became intense and some of the villagers had to rush out of their homes and scampered into the bush.

“It was in the process of ransacking the households that a child and three farmers were abducted,” the source said.

Contrary to the witness’ account, the police spokesman in Ekiti State, Sunday Abutu, said that only two persons were abducted.

He said police already rescued one of the captives and arrested a suspect in connection with the raid.

“Our men are on the trail of the kidnappers for the rescue of the other person in their custody,” he stressed.

Mr Abutu assured that the police would do everything possible to get the second victim rescued and that the culprits would be made to face justice.

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Nigerians Below 18 Years Of Age Ban From Using SIM Card

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has plane ban on citizens below 18 years from registering and owning a SIM card in Nigeria.

This was contained in a draft copy of the modified Registration of Telephone Subscribers Regulations published on the commission’s website, recently.

In the modified regulations, NCC required telecoms operators to only include anyone above the age of 18.

The new regulations reads in part; “Subscriber means a person not below the age of 18 years who subscribes to communications services by purchasing a subscription medium or entering into a subscription contract with a licensee.

The Licensee refers to ‘a provider of communications services that utilises a subscription medium in the Federal Republic of Nigeria”

The event, tagged Public Inquiry on the Registration of Telephone Subscribers Regulations, alongside the draft SIM Replacement Guidelines and the draft Spectrum Trading Guideline, was held at the NCC head office in Abuja on Tuesday.

According to reports, during the public inquiry which was held physically and virtually, key stakeholders including MTN, asked the commission to revise the age limit.

MTN asked the commission to make the age limit 14 years and above.

The NCC, however, insisted on 18 years and above for anyone who wants to own and register a SIM in Nigeria.

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NLC, Ogun Protests Against Deplorable Condition of Sango Ota Road

Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress and residents of Ogun State on Wednesday blocked the Sango Ota section of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway in protest against the deplorable condition of the road.

The protesters blocked the Sango-Ota road in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state from Joju Bus-Stop to the Garage area of the area during the protest.

The protesters demanded that the federal and state governments should find a lasting solution to the deplorable state of the road.

The protesters carried placards with various inscriptions such as “Repair our road with immediate effect or face the wrath of the masses; “400% hike in transport fare due to bad road”; “Our roads are death traps fix our roads”; “No good roads, No payment of tax”; “Our taxes are meant for fixing road so what happened”; and “Industries in Ota are relocating and closing down due to bad roads”.

Leading the protesters, the state NLC chairman, Emmanuel Bankole said the union decided to protest to show its displeasure over the continued nonchalant attitude of the government after the visit of the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola to the road and did not do anything about the road.

The protesters, however, threatened to shut down Ogun State if construction doesn’t start in 21 days

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Gov Oyetola Announces Scholarship For Winners Of Independence Day Essay Competition

The Governor of Osun, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola, on Monday, said Osun’s choice to celebrate the nation’s Independence with an essay competition for youths in secondary schools and tertiary institutions was to demonstrate his administration’s commitment to building the teeming youth population for future leadership.

He described the essay competition as a wake-up call to youths in the State to embrace intellectually-engaging activities and to have a taste of good life, rather than indulging in criminal activities.

This is as Oyetola announced the award of scholarship to Miss Adegboyega Abisola Faith up to the university level in any public institution of her choice within the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Oyetola described the emergence of Faith as winner of the secondary school category as a signpost of his Administration’s commitment to the provision of adequate, quality, equitable, functional and affordable education for Osun youths.

Oyetola, while receiving the winners of the 2021 edition of the essay competition at the State Secretariat, Abere, urged teachers to continue to discharge their responsibilities to students with utmost fear of God and total commitment to the teaching profession.

He added that on the part of government, the welfare of teachers and other categories of workers will continue to remain priority.

Oyetola, who also commended the event’s sponsors for their show of interest in developing youths, called on other stakeholders to join hands with the government in its resolve to propel Osun to greater heights by investing in the future of the youths.

In his remarks, the Commissioner for Regional Integration and Special Duties, Lekan Badmus, expressed satisfaction with the successes recorded so far since the introduction of the future-focused and leadership-oriented essay competition.

According to Badmus, the programme has no doubt become a veritable tool towards building future leaders through academic development and entrepreneurship advancement.

On behalf of the sponsors, the Managing Director of Omoluabi Holdings, Dr. Tunde Faleye, lauded the Administration of Governor Oyetola for the pace-setting effort of Osun, adding that his organisation had resolved to continue to support not just the essay competition, but other good initiatives of the government.

According to Faleye, “Supporting the Administration of Oyetola shouldn’t be a difficult decision for any reasonable stakeholder in Osun. He has shown commitment to the development of the State across different sectors”.

In his remarks, the Chief Executive Officer of Rave FM, Osogbo, Mr. Femi Adefila, lauded Governor Oyetola for the initiative which he described as a product of integrity-oriented process.

He particularly lauded Oyetola’s social engineering which has rid the state of tension and controversies, adding that he has consistently delivered good governance in the State in ways that impact the common man.

“Pensioners no longer march to our station to lament non-payment of entitlements. Osun is no longer in the news for the wrong reasons. There are no longer controversies in the public space to feast on. These are derivatives of Governor Oyetola’s calm disposition and exceptional approach to governance”, Adefila said.

Also speaking on behalf of the examiners, Dr. Mrs. Akintunde said “we are happy that this initiative is thriving at a period negative things have been happening among the youth. Osun has become a good example of good things. I must commend your support on this. It shows your deep love for educational development.”

Speaking on behalf of the parents of the winners, Dr. Femi Adeyemo applauded the Governor for putting in place an initiative capable of revamping the lost glory of the education system in the State in particular and Nigeria as a whole.

He said: “With this initiative, Governor Oyetola has shown us that he is focused, determined, resolute and committed to turning around the State for better and particularly revive the education sector. Sincerely, we are enjoying you. You have given us the hope that, truly, youths are leaders of tomorrow. As far as this initiative is concerned, it is clear that Osun is the pacesetter in education development. I congratulate the organisers, winners, the parents for believing in this initiative.

The winner of the secondary school category, Adegboyega Abisola Faith, appreciated the governor and government of Osun for the investment of strategic efforts at revamping public education in the States.

Adeyemo Victor Ayodeji, the winner of the tertiary institution category, in his remark, lauded the Oyetola Administration for the premium it has placed on quality education, adding that hope has been revived in him as a result of the quality of leadership Osun is enjoying under Oyetola.

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Why I Called Tinubu ‘Mr President’ During London Visit – Niger Rep

A member of the House of Representatives, Abubakar Lado Suleja (APC,Niger) has explained the viral video, in which he referred to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as ‘Mr President’ during the visit to him in London last week.

Leaders of the Northern caucuses of the APC, led by deputy speaker Ahmed Wase, visited Tinubu in London on 1 October.

In the video, Suleja told Tinubu as he made to enter his car: “Mr President, see you soon.” Tinubu responded by saying “Thank you.”

Suleja confirmed to Daily Trust that he addressed Tinubu as Mr President.

When asked if the country now has two presidents, he said: “No, we don’t have two presidents, maybe you didn’t listen to the video very well because when I said Mr President, Insha Allah followed it, which means by God’s grace.

“We are praying for him to become the future president of Nigeria. We have only one president who is President Muhammadu Buhari, who is the leader of our party and our mentor but we are praying for Asiwaju to be the next …..READ MORE https://lagosreporters9ja.com/2021/10/05/why-i-called-tinubu-mr-president-niger-rep/

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