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The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, Others hosted reception to welcome the National Leader of All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu back to Nigeria today at State House, Marina, Lagos.
Tinubu had returned to Nigeria on Friday night after his over three months medical trip to London, United Kingdom where he had a knee surgery.
The Governor of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola, has described as unfounded and untrue, the report linking him to the purchase of a property in London, United Kingdom.
He said that he resigned from the company, ‘Aranda Overseas Corporation’, that was allegedly used to buy the said property in 2011 upon his appointment as the Chief of Staff to the then Osun Governor, Rauf Aregbesola.
The Governor also said that he had no relationship whatsoever with Kolawole Aluko, the alleged owner of the said property let alone have any business transaction with him.
In a statement issued in Osogbo on Saturday and signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Ismail Omipidan, Oyetola revealed that he had not broken any law of the land as he also resigned his Directorship of Global Investments Offshore Limited upon his appointment, in 2011.
He thanked family, friends and associates who have shown concern through phone calls, visits and text messages over the development, assuring them that there is nothing to worry about on the matter.
The statement reads in parts: “We have seen reports in some online media platforms concerning the PANDORA PAPERS’ allegations.This is, therefore, to set the record straight.
“Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola, Governor of Osun State, resigned his directorship of Aranda Overseas Corporation in 2011, when he took up political appointment. He also surrendered his shareholding of the same company.
“Since 2011 till date, he has had no association, dealings and business transactions with the said company, as he is neither a director nor shareholder of the said company.
“He, therefore, could not have acquired the said property in 2017 either directly or through the said company as being alleged.
“As a matter of fact, Oyetola has no relationship or link with the alleged owner of the property, Mr Kolawole Aluko, let alone go into a business dealing or transaction with him.
“He also complied fully with the law of the land by exiting Global Investments Offshore Limited, as a Director in 2011, upon his appointment as the Chief of Staff to the immediate past governor of Osun, Rauf Aregbesola.
“While we appreciate family members, friends, associates and well-wishers for their show of concern over the development, we assure them that there is nothing to worry about. Mr. Oyetola has always shown that he is a man who knows and respects the law in his corporate and political endeavours.
“The God that has brought us thus far will never forsake us.”
Many passengers are said to have died on Saturday as two commercial buses collided on the Moniya-Iseyin Highway in Ibadan.
It was gathered that the two vehicles collided at a very sharp bend of the road on Saturday evening and many of the passengers on board died on the spot.
The accident was reportedly caused by overspeeding after the Kraal Market at Iseyin.
Details of the auto crash were scanty as at the time of filing this report and the identities of the victims were not known.
Another source said the injured and the dead victims were taken to a private hospital at Iseyin.
However, the Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps in Oyo State, Uche Chukwurah, when contacted said she could not reach the FRSC in Saki which is in charge of the area due to a poor communication network.
She said she would reach out to our correspondent after finding out but was yet to do so as at the time of filing this report.
A federal lawmaker, Shina Peller has disclosed that the next president of Nigeria should not be chosen based on personality cult or subjective feelings.
Reacting to a question on whether former Lagos governor, Bola Tinubu should be president of Nigeria in 2023, Mr Peller says that the president’s office should be based on strong institution rather than individuals. He said criteria should be set, leaving whoever meets the criteria to occupy the office.
“We need to build an institution now, we do not need to take any single person and be saying we want to now rally around that person. I think let us form an institution, let us identify a criteria and let us see who meets up with the criteria.
“There is no institution that has set up the criteria yet, if the criteria says the next president should be christian, is Asiwaju a christian?,”
The House of Representatives member further stated that relying on personalities to save Nigeria was a mistake, and that the next president should be elected through institutions capable of ensuring the competency of the individuals.
“We have made the mistake two times. There was a time in Nigeria when President Obasanjo was brought from prison and everybody was saying he is the best person that could do this and we started to run around him. The Same thing happened to President Buhari, everybody was saying Mohammadu Buhari is a saint, he is not corrupt and then everyone starts to run around him, I believe this must stop,” Mr Peller said.
A retailer on Felicia Oke Street in the Olowora area of Lagos State, Olabisi Opeyemi, is smarting from the loss inflicted on her by a suspected thief who disguised as a customer to steal two bags of rice from her shop.
A suspect, still at large, went to the shop on Thursday afternoon in company with two boys said to be about 15-year-old to buy two 50-kilogramme bags of rice.
It was gathered that he made Opeyemi’s younger sister, Alima, who was in the shop at the time, believe that the boys were his brothers and that their mother also had a shop nearby.
Leaving the boys behind, he reportedly went away with the staple on a commercial motorcycle, promising that he would return soon to pay.
When he didn’t return several minutes later, one of the boys was said to have gone to search for him. It was learnt that Alima raised the alarm as the other boy, who is a resident of the area, wanted to leave.
She realised she had been defrauded when the teenager told her that he didn’t know the man and that he was only asked to assist him in carrying a load at the shop.
It could not be ascertained whether the boy who went in search for the suspect was also used as ‘collateral’ as he didn’t return to the shop.
The shop had yet to open when our correspondent visited the neighbourhood around 11am on Friday.
Opeyemi said she was devastated by the loss of the goods, adding that the theft had taken a toll on her capital.
She said she did not report the incident to the police because she knew the boy’s poor mother who begged her to let go of the matter.
She stated, “I was not at the shop when the incident occurred. I took ill and decided to rest at home. It was my sister who was at the shop. She called me on the phone and asked for the price of a bag of rice and I told her. She said it was a customer who requested the price.
“She didn’t get back to me to inform me that the person wanted to go with the goods. It was later when she realised she had been defrauded that she called me. She said the man went away with two bags of rice and told her that the man said she should give him some minutes to collect money from his mother at a nearby shop.
“She was deceived that those boys were the man’s brothers. He asked them to wait for him and left with two 50kgs of foreign rice worth N60,000. We later realised that he met one of the boys on the street and asked him to assist him to carry a load at our shop. The boy’s mother came yesterday (Thursday) and she was begging. I had to let go even though it is a huge loss to me.”
Alima explained that the man initially came with the unknown boy on a bicycle to find out the price of a bag of rice.
She said he left after getting the price and returned shortly afterwards with the boy who resides in the community.
Alima said, “The man sat inside the shop and called a woman on the phone in my presence. I could hear the woman’s voice. She asked him if the two bags were long-grain rice. He told her one was short grain while the other was long grain.
“The woman told him to buy it. He then called an okada rider and asked the two boys to bring out the bags of rice. While he was going away with the rice, he said, ‘my brothers, wait let me collect money from our mum’s shop.’
“After a while, I began to wonder why it was taking him too long to return. I asked the boys where their brother was but they said they didn’t know him. The boy he first came with mounted the bicycle and went to look for him. The other boy, who I later knew lives around here, was about to leave when I dragged him back. He said the man met him on the street and asked that he help him to carry something in the shop.”
Our correspondent overheard residents discussing the incident, with some insinuating that the man probably hypnotised Alima
ODUDUWA NEWS has just gathered that Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has dragged a PDP chieftain to Court over a defamatory post he posted on his Facebook account.
It was learnt that Ismaila Ashipa, had on the 5th of October posted on his Facebook account allegedly accusing the Governor of wrongfully sacking a member of the Shooting Stars Sports Club, Mr Abubakar Adeyemi and tagged him “vindictive GSM”.
Mr Ashipa was quoted in his words, “one of the skillful footballers who got 3SC promoted to the Premier Division recently, Mr Abubakre Adeyemi, defensive midfielder with jersey number 4, has been sacked by Governor Seyi Makinde.”
Meanwhile, the 3SC management, swiftly debunked the rumour, stressing that no player of the club has been sacked, even as the club confirmed that the player in question collected his September salary, alongside other players on Tuesday, the same day the story of his purported sack was peddled.
One of the Commissioner-designates in Oyo State, Hon. Abiodun Oni has lauded the Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde over successes recorded in several areas of development in the State.
He also commended the people of his hometown for peaceful conduct of Local Government Congress while calling on the people of Igbeti to continually support Makinde-led administration in his bid to ensure that dividends of democracy trickled down to the grassroots.
This was contained in a statement sent to Oduduwa News today by his Media Aide as read in part:
“Hon. Abiodun Oni, the commissioner-designate and former Chairman Oyo State Solid Minerals Development Agency has commended Engr. Seyi Makinde for the successes he has recorded within 2 years of his administration and pledged and vouched his support for him in his bid to take Oyo State to the Promised Land.
Abiodun Oni made this known at the Local Government Congress of Peoples Democratic Party which was held in Igbeti at the Olorunsogo Local government Secretariat on October 5, 2021.
At the congress Abiodun Oni was given a rousing welcome as people trooped out and the shout of Ooo Seyi, as Seyi leekansi rented the air.
The people of Igbeti appreciated Seyi Makinde for the choice of Abiodun Oni as Honourable Commissioner-designate, saying he’s a right choice, while they vouched and re-affirmed their unalloyed loyalty and support to his administration.
Abiodun Oni congratulated the newly elected Olorunsogo Local Government party executives for the peaceful conduct of the congress and urged them to foster peace and unity in the party.
The commissioner-designate also called for more support from the party members for His Excellency, Engr Seyi Makinde, saying his administration truly reflects the hope and aspirations of the people.
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has described as alarming the level of cybercrime activities in the country.
Speaking during a conference organized by the Cyber Security Experts of Nigeria (CSEAN) with the theme: “The Future of Cyber Security in Nigeria’s Digital Transformation” on Wednesday, October 6, 2021, he said the conference was not only timely but necessary, considering the rise in the trends of cybercrimes across the globe and Nigeria in particular.
Bawa, who was represented by the acting Head of Cyber Crimes Section, CCS, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Command, Suleiman Jijiwa, stated that the Commission, as at September 2021, had recorded about 978 (Nine Hundred and Seventy-eight) convictions, out of which 80% was connected to cybercrimes and cybercrime-related offences.
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, leader of APC is back in the country, his flight landed the Muritala Muhammad International Airport, Lagos from London, United Kingdom on Friday, October 8 after spending months abroad.
Popular Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage, says she is being blackmailed over a s*x tape she did with her current partner.
The singer disclosed this in an interview with power105.1 host, Angie Martins in NewYork.
According to her, her road manager sent her the sex tape which the supposed blackmailer sent to him.
Savage stated that both her and her present lover panicked about the development.
However, she stated that after some thoughts, she decided that she won’t be paying a penny to whoever it was as nobody can defraud her for doing something that’s natural.
She said: “So I got into my car after an interview and my road manager calls me and be like Tiwa check your WhatsApp messages.
“I opened them and saw a s*x tape of me and the guy am currently dating calls me back to say someone sent it to him and the person is threatening to release it if a ransom isn’t paid.
“At first I panicked, even the guy I’m dating panicked too. But then after some careful deliberations I said I won’t pay.
“What if they release it even after I have paid or even come back two months later to request for another ransom?
“That’s what I asked myself. I was like they should go ahead and release it, nobody will make me pay for doing something that’s natural.”
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