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.
The chairman of the Social Democratic Party in Ekiti State, Dele Ekunola, has assured the people of the state that the gubernatorial candidate of the party in the just-concluded election, Segun Oni, will reclaim his “stolen” mandate in the court.
Ekunola stated this on Monday while addressing newsmen at the party secretariat, in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, assuring that the party has concluded that it would go to court to reclaim its mandate as expressed by the people of Ekiti State over the weekend.
“I can assure you that we have concluded our plans to take the injustice meted on Ekiti people to the tribunal based on the weighty evidence before us. We are in the vantage position to reclaim our mandate because it was full of irregularities; ranging from vote buying and selling, intimidation, harassment of voters and destruction of electoral materials openly in the presence of the security officials.”
He continued, “What manner of adding salt into the inflicted injury on Ekiti people by refusing to pay them their entitlement ranging from salary, pension and gratuity, leave bonus arrears and welfare packages and such a government shared money ranging from five thousand naira to twenty-five thousand naira to buy votes?
“What kind of situation did we find ourselves in this part of the world?A non-performing sitting government buying votes with the money that belongs to everyone of us from the electorate, capitalizing on their situation due to the harsh and impoverish policies and programs of the government. Where did we get it wrong for God’s sake? Ekunola queried.
The soft-spoken chairman used the occasion to thank the good people of Ekiti State for their unrelenting efforts and steadfastness through their votes against the alleged misrule of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State and assured them that they should keep the hope alive and informed that the mandate would be retrieved back to Segun Oni in no distant time.
Ekunola demanded cooperation of party members and the good people of Ekiti State in the course of prosecuting the court case as victory, according to him, is assured.
Six suspected members of the dreaded Eiye Confraternity that had overtime held Sagamu in Ogun State restive, have been nabbed.
The group, said to have been terrorizing the area with their characteristic incessant clashes, leading to the death of no fewer than four persons since the beginning of this year, were rounded up last week during a nocturnal meeting by the Ogun State Anti-cultist Unit of the police.
Stating this in a press release, the police spokesman (PPRO) in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said that the CSP Shobiyi Oluwatoshin-led Anti-cultist team acted on a credible information that the group had converged at a spot on Ayepe-Odogbolu Road for another round of onslaught, and swooped on them, where the six suspects were apprehended.
Oyeyemi gave the identities of the suspects as Rafiu Osokoya, (a.k.a Osama); Azeez Abiola (a k.a Scofield); Ogunsanwo Waheed (a.k.a 50cent); Toheeb Ayodele (a.k.a Emir); Kolawole Adegbenro and Azeez Taiwo.
According to him, “On interrogation, the suspects confessed being members of the dreaded Eiye cult group, and have been unleashing terror in Sagamu since the beginning of this year”.
“They confessed to the killing of one Animashaun in Sagamu and another person, simply identified as Ekwe, in Sabo area, also in Sagamu”, the PPRO said.
The police spokesman stated further that in their confessions, the suspects owned up to the effect that their group was responsible for the death of one Adigun and Elewure, both killed at Isote area of Sagamu early this year, during one of their nefarious operations.
Meanwhile, according to him, the state Commissioner of police, CP Lanre Bankole, commended the team for a job well done, and had ordered a massive manhunt for the remaining members of the gang.
“The CP also directed that the arrested suspects be arraigned in court as soon as possible”, the statement added.
A radio host, @Mrbhadoosky, has taken to Twitter to decry the rising insecurity in Nigeria after a Point-of-Sale (POS) business owner died after he was shot severally and robbed of N800,000
According to him, the POS owner, Adebayo Adekunle, was attacked on June 14 in Ibadan.
He tweeted: “We just lost another young guy whose only crime is fending for himself by doing POS business. On 14th of June, he was attacked, shot severely, & robbed of N800,000. Hospital operated him but didn’t complete it because of fund. I got info yesterday, & was told he’s dead today.”
Sharing a screenshot of a Whatsapp message and some voice notes, @Mrbhadoosky alleged that the man died after the hospital stopped his treatment for lack of funds.
In one of the voice notes, a lady who identified herself as the junior sister narrated what happened to Adekunle.
According to her, her brother was returning from the bank where he went to withdraw N800,000 when he was attacked and shot several times.
She explained, “He was on the bike when it happened so some of the shots missed. However, he was hit in the stomach and on the head. He was rushed to the hospital at Ibadan Central on Tuesday, and the doctor demanded N1.7m for the surgery.
“We begged them and they (doctor) performed the surgery and the bullet was removed from his stomach. The doctor said some internal organs had been affected and his chances of survival were 10 per cent but we thank God that went well.
“We now asked about the bullet in his head and we were told to deposit at least N1.2m.”
ODUDUWA NEWS has just gathered that people of Oyingbo area of Lagos are in palpable fear as hoodlums said to have engaged in free-for-all in Oyingbo, around Total Filing Sation.
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It was reported that one person has been feared dead while others injured. As at the time of filing this report, what led to the fracas is yet to be unravelled. Details later.
Popular Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho has urged traditional rulers in a video trending online, to keep the Yoruba tradition sacred and respect it, while seeking out those to be conferred with chieftaincy titles.
While congratulating the Olugbon of Orile-Igbon, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Francis Olushola Alao on Sunday for his 59th birthday, Igboho bemoaned how some traditional rulers in Yoruba land are conferring titles on those, according to him, who do not deserve it.
Recall, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Mohood Olalekan Ishola (Alli Okunmade ll) on Saturday at Mapo Hall, Ibadan, conferred the titles of Aare Fiwajoye of Ibadanland and Yeye Aare Fiwajoye Of Ibadanland on Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and his wife, Prof. Hafsat Abdullahi Ganduje, respectively.
Igboho in the video pleaded with the Olugbon to advise such traditional rulers against continuation of such trend.
On Yoruba nation, Igboho insists there’s no going back on his agitation, adding that the Yoruba land has all that it needs to flourish as a nation.
