A mid aged man known as Pastor Benjamin Gbóyèga Babárìndé of Technical l road, Èjìòkú, via Lálúpọn in ìbàdàn, Oyo State, and who is also a Pastor in St. Paul Anglican Church located at Ọlọ́ṣundé, Lágelú Local Government Area, Ibadan, Oyo State has been arrested for spiritual scamming activities using Ifá Divinatory objects (Ọ̀pẹ̀lẹ̀ and Odù Ifá book) to dupe people that seek for his spiritual assistance.
The Babaláwos in the area noticed his criminal activities and set him up with two persons that disguised as clients who needed the pastor’s spiritual assistance. On getting there ,he prayed for them and afterward took them inside to consult for them using Ọ̀pẹ̀lẹ̀ Ifá and Ifá book titled “Ìwé Mímọ́ Ifá: Ẹ̀sìn Àkọ́dá Olódùmarè” written by Chief Ifalere Odegbola, the Àràbà of Ìbàdànland to give them messages.
He was reported to the Police at Ìyànà Offa, Lágelú Local Government Area and he was arrested on Tuesday, 21st of June, 2022.
He was latter arraigned in the Magistrate Court, Èjìòkú on Thursday 23rd of June, 2022 for trial, and the court remanded him (Pastor Benjamin) in the Agodi Prison in Ibadan and adjourned the case to Thursday, 14th of July, 2022 for the continuation of the trial.
The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Friday visited the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike in Port Harcourt.
Also present at the meeting was former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose.
Though details of the meeting was however sketchy but feelers around claimed the meeting was connected to having a coalition among several parties to defeat the ruling APC government in the 2023 general elections.
The Awofenwa family of Adefenwa, Elenusonso area of Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State have staged a peaceful protest at the palace of Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, accusing the owner of ADRON Homes and Properties Limited, Adetola Emmanuel King of using thugs to drive them out of their ancestral land.
The family led by Chief Sunday Olayori, Soji Oladosu Olayori, Adebayo Abbas and Suleiman Badmus thronged the palace of the Ibadan monarch, carrying placards with various inscriptions such as ‘Save Us From ADRON, ‘ADRON Is Using Thugs To Take Over Our Lands, appealed to Olubadan to intervene and call ADRON to order.
The family said that it has obtained a favourable judgment, even from the Court of Appeal on the 150 hectares of land situated at Elenusonso area of Ido Local Government Area of Oyo state.
The Family also accused the owner of ADRON of using thugs led by one Muri Ido to harass and intimidate members of the family.
“We got a warrant of possession from High Court and to our greatest surprise when we visited our land, we were attacked by thugs. Some members of our family were seriously injured in the process.”
While addressing the protesters, the Personal Assistant to Olubadan, Ahmed Rufai assured the protesters that the monarch will look into the issue with a view to finding a peaceful resolution.
The Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has condemned the fees allegedly being charged public school teachers by the state government for a training programme.
The PDP said the government charged a sum of N130,000 per teacher for the mandatory training at the Public Service Training Institute, Ilara-Mokin, in the Ifedore Local Government Area of the state.
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The training was said to be a requirement for the promotion of the teachers.
This was contained in a statement issued by the state PDP Public Secretary, Mr Kennedy Peretei.
According to the opposition party, the amount being charged for the mandatory teachers’ training programme was outrageous.
It described the action of the government as insensitive when those concerned had not been paid salaries as and when due.
The statement read, “Teachers in Ondo State who just received January, 2022 salaries on the 7th of June have been put on notice that, effective from July 2022, it will be mandatory to have a master’s degree in education or a six months training at Public Service Training Institute, Ilara-Mokin to qualify for promotion.
“For those without M.Ed, the six months training comes with a sum of N130,000 financial requirement.
“For this category of workers who are already in a very bad shape, what a very ingenious way of creating hardship for the people. In what other ways can a government fail the people?
“Training and re-training are key requirements for every organization desirous of efficiency and growth. But there are always safety nets and welfare packages that make such training sought after. This one being proposed by Akeredolu is ill-timed and the height of insensitivity to the plight of the people.”
51-year-old man, Usman Madaki, who has been trekking from Bauchi to Lagos in support of the presidential ambition of Bola Ahmed, arrived in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State on Wednesday.
In a chat with the News Agency of Nigeria, Madaki, said he commenced the trekking on June 10 and planned to arrive in Lagos on Saturday (June 25).
He said, “I want to meet Tinubu in Lagos to celebrate with him on his victory as the presidential candidate of the APC.
“I share the belief that he will be Nigeria’s next President. I like Tinubu, he is my godfather even though he doesn’t know me.”
The Lagos Government has today launched clinic boat for medical emergency in Inland Waterways. This disclosure was made known by Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu via his official Twitter handle as read in part:
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“Today, we launched a Floating Clinic Boat for inland waterways medical emergency and riverine communities medical services.
“This is part of our efforts to increase access to qualitative and efficient health care services on the waterways and riverine communities across Lagos.
“It is part of the initiative by the Lagos State Ministry of Health to ensure that we extend our medical and ambulance services to the waterways, remote riverine communities and areas that can only be accessed by water.
“We celebrate this partnership between Lagos State Waterways Authority and the Lagos State Ministry of Health”.
Chairman of the South-West Governors’ Forum and Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, on Wednesday attended the 40th Annual General Meeting of Odu’a Investment Company Limited, held at Lagos Airport Hotel, Lagos State.
Governor Akeredolu charged the board to strive more towards repositioning the company for the economic prosperity of the South-West region and its people.
The Governor also enjoined the company to accommodate the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) Commission in the interest of the region and for efficient service delivery.
He called on the company to do more in Ondo State by inaugurating life changing projects especially in Agriculture.
Governor Akeredolu commended the board under the leadership of the immediate past Chairman, Dr Segun Aina, for changing the narratives of the company and shareholders, adding that a lot of strategies have been put in place.
He expressed delight that the outgone chairman was able to carry out those fundamental changes that the owner-States directed him to effect.
Other Governors present at the meeting are, Ogun state Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun: Ekiti state Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi represented by his deputy, Bisi Egbeyemi and Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde who was represented by his Chief of Staff, Segun Ogunwuyi.
Also in attendance are the Secretary to the Ondo State Government, Princess Oladunni Odu; Commissioner for Finance, Wale Akinterinwa; shareholders and other Odu’a sons and daughters.
The AGM approved a total of N418.40m as dividends to shareholders. This is an improvement over the N364m dividends paid to shareholders in the previous year.
Mr Bimbo Ashiru from Ogun state was also unveiled as the company’s new chairman following the expiration of the tenure of outgone chairman, Dr Segun Aina.
Earlier, the outgone chairman of the company, Dr Segun Aina, revealed that Odu’a Investment grew revenue from N3.84 billion in 2020 to N4.01 billion in 2021, which represented a 4.4% growth in revenue.
According to him, Profit Before Tax grew significantly by 149.8% from N3.75 billion achieved in 2020 to N9.37 billion, driven by the increased focus on the different areas of the business and gains in investment properties.
“Our earnings per share also improved to N15.9 for 2021 compared to N15.1 in 2020”, he added.
The Group Managing Director of the company, Adewale Raji, promised not to relent in their efforts towards transforming the agricultural sector of the South-West geo-political zone through South-West Agricultural Company Limited (SWAGCO Ltd), among other various initiatives.
Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has approved the reconstruction and redevelopment of Oyo State High Court complex at Ring Road and Magistrate Court at Iyaganku, Ibadan.
The decision was made on Wednesday at the State Executive Council meeting held at the Governor’s Office, Agodi Ibadan which was presided over by Governor Seyi Makinde.
Briefing newsmen shortly after the council meeting, the Honourable Commissioner for Public Works and Transport, Professor Kehinde Sangodoyin said the reconstruction of the two complexes has been awarded to a construction company at the sum of N6.1billion on Alternative Project Funding Approach.
The duration for the completion of the two complexes is 18 months, phase is expected to be completed by February 2023 while the phase 2 will commence immediately.
Also, the Executive Council also approved new waste management initiative to help in proffering lasting solution to the issue of waste management in the state.
The Honourable Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Honourable Abiodun Oni said Monttanai Company has been licensed to take care of waste management in the state following his zero money – zero waste proposal which was approved.
The Oyo State has commenced the distribution and activation of debit cards to Conditional Cash Transfer Program (CCTP) beneficiaries.
This, it said is in order to make life easier for the poorest of the poor in the society.
This was disclosed by the Head of Oyo State Cash Transfer Unit, Mr. Oladipo Ezekiel, while monitoring the ongoing exercise in some of the Local Government Areas in the State Capital.
According to Mr. Oladipo, CCTP is a federal government program that is directed at making life better for the poor in all the States of the Federation by giving five thousand naira (#5,000) monthly to identified poor persons.
“This will improve on the household dietary consumption, prevent vulnerable from falling further down poverty line, build resilience to withstand shocks and risks while improving human capital development”, he said.
The Head of Oyo State Cash Transfer Unit stated further that the Federal Government assigned payment service provider to all the States in the Federation and Oyo was assigned to Unified Payment (UP) who printed the debit cards on behalf of the National Cash Transfer Office (NCTO) and distribution has now started.
Mr. Oladipo said, the Federal Government deemed it fit to switch from old mode of payment to digitization to ease the stress beneficiaries pass through and reduce the risk of robbery attack .
He explained further that in Oyo State there are about sixteen thousand, four hundred and sixty- one beneficiaries from four hundred and fifty eight wards and one thousand eight hundred and eighty five communities.
He therefore enjoined the beneficiaries to keep their debit cards safe, join community cash contribution in order to boost their capital development which will reduce the manance of poverty among citizens of Nigerian society.
E-signed:
Hon. Wasiu Olatubosun, Ph.D., Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism.
David Adeleke, better known as Davido, an award-winning superstar, is currently looking for a young boy who dropped out of secondary school due to a lack of funds.
According to reports, despite scoring A1 parallel in his WAEC examinations, the boy has been at home since 2021.
He went viral yesterday after a kindhearted man shared his outstanding performance on the internet.
“Happy Birthday, @thenanaaba,” read the caption that accompanied the boy’s WAEC result. God bless you abundantly. I would like you to use this opportunity to shower this brilliant boy with the many blessings God has bestowed upon you. He was the best stdt at Sunyani SHS in 2021, but he is still at home due to financial constraints.”
As a result of the touching story, Davido appealed to Nigerians to assist him in finding the boy.
