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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, visited the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, at his palace in Ile Ife, Osun State.

This was disclosed by the Tinubu Support Group on Facebook with a photo from the meeting.

According to the caption that accompanied the photo, Tinubu visited the Ooni of Ife to seek his blessings for his presidential ambition.

The former Lagos State governor was accompanied on the trip by the Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola.

He had earlier visited the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, at his palace in Oyo, and the Olubadan designate, Lanre Balogun, at his residence in Ibadan.

A Chief Magistrate’s Court in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, has ordered Audu Dare, 28, to be held in a detention center for the death of his six-year-old daughter, Ayomide.

According to the charge, the defendant, on February 19, 2022, in Ilawe Ekiti, “reasonably suspected to have murdered his six-year-old daughter, Ayomide, contrary to and punishable under Section 319 (1) of the Criminal Code Cap. C16 Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.”

The mother, Eniola Aina, said she got married to the defendant some years ago, adding that the marriage was blessed with a child.

She noted that she left Dare’s house four years ago due to his “nonchalant and carefree attitude.”

Aina said, “On the fateful day, he came to my house in Ilawe Ekiti and requested to take out the deceased, which I obliged. He returned the girl around 12am and left. Shortly after that, the deceased began to complain of headache and ache in her private parts. She was taken to a nearby hospital, where she told me ‘my father.

Inspector Oriyomi Akinwale, the police prosecutor, who urged the court to remand the defendant, said, “Granting the order will allow the police to complete their investigation and forward the duplicate case file to the Directorate of Public Prosecutions for legal advice.”

The Chief Magistrate, Bankole Oluwasanmi, in his ruling, said the defendant “is hereby ordered to be remanded in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Services, Ado Ekiti, while the case is adjourned till March 23, 2022, for mention.”

President Muhammadu Buhari has claimed that Nigerians would have been trekking from Lagos to Ibadan if he didn’t intervene with rail and road projects.

Speaking on Tuesday February 22 at the presidential villa while receiving a delegation from Kaduna state, the President said that by prioritising infrastructure projects, particularly the Lagos-Ibadan expressway and rail line, hardship was reduced.

Buhari said;

“My objective was very clear, despite the dwindling resources, I wanted to deal with infrastructure across the country.

We should look at advancement in terms of Infrastructure. No country can advance without infrastructure.

“The people from south-west can tell better because between Lagos and Ibadan by now, if we hadn’t done what we did, people would have been trekking because the road was not there, the rail was not there and there was so much insecurity.

“But we thank the international community. We thank China and Chinese investors, who came along to support the Lagos-Ibadan transport projects.”

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has called on the older generation to step down for the younger ones to take over as the 2023 Presidential elections draw closer.

Obasanjo said the older generation should support the younger generation with the needed knowledge and experience to transform Nigeria.

The former President spoke yesterday at the 2022 annual lecture of the Murtala Muhammed Foundation.

He faulted old politicians still contesting for the Presidency in 2023.

According to Obasanjo: “We need to have an intergenerational collaboration. Fayemi said he was in primary school when Murtala and Obasanjo were there.

“So, if people of the Murtala/Obasanjo era are competing with you as Governor, then, something is wrong.

“The Murtala/Obasanjo group should be stepping aside.

“Whatever experience and knowledge we have, we should be able to give it to you and you should be able to give it to those coming after you.”