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The Oyo State government has raised alarm and warned residents of Ijaye, Ido, Olowo-Igbo, Iseyin and Ibarapa against drinking water from contaminated streams in their communities.

Abiodun Oni, commissioner for environment and natural resources, issued the warning on Wednesday in Ibadan. He claimed that a truck carrying chemicals dumped its load into a drainage system, which was then flushed into the streams that run through the five communities.

According to Oni, the truck was transporting materials thought to be chemicals for creating soap when it was involved in a collision on the Iroko-Oyo expressway.

The chemicals said to be used for soap making got leaked into the drainage which eventually contaminated the streams that flow through the five settlements, lowering the water’s quality and making it dangerous to both humans and the ecosystem as a whole.

The Statement further revealed that farmers who planted their cash crops within the affected areas as well as fishermen should suspend every activity within the vicinity until the waters have been tested and considered safe for consumption.

The statement further added that the government is on top of the situation as the Ministry has dispatched some of their staff to the affected areas to continue to monitor the situation while also conducting a water sampling until the water can be ascertained safe for consumption.

“The State government will continue to ensure that the ecosystem is protected in the state” he added

Consequently, the statement charged citizens to also take responsibility by properly handling and disposing of chemical substances and other biodegradable items and ensuring that they do not end up in the streams.

“Furthermore, they should jettison the bad culture of dumping wastes into drainages as they eventually find their ways into streams and rivers and eventually make up their way in the food chain process as such posing threats to all humans”, the statement concluded.

The Ogun State House of Assembly Speaker, Olakunle Oluomo and two others were on Tuesday remanded in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s custody by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State over alleged N2.475 billion money laundering.

Justice Daniel Osiagor ordered that they should be remanded for one week in the EFCC’s custody, adding that if they failed to meet up with the bail condition, they would be remanded at the Nigerian Correctional Service.

The EFCC on Tuesday arraigned the Speaker over alleged N2.475bn money laundering.

Oluomo was arraigned alongside three others who are Oladayo Samuel, Adeyemo Adedeji Taiwo and Adeyanju Amoke (now at large) on 11 counts of conspiracy, forgery, stealing and money laundering preferred against them by the EFCC.

Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the EFCC have arrested 40 suspected internet fraudsters in some parts of Lagos State.

The suspects are: Doroye Olumide Joseph, Ajayi Oluwaseyi Emmanuel, Olalekan Olaniyi Akonji , Oluwadare Samuel Olawale, Oloyede Olakunle, Okon Ayomide Cornelius, Omokaro Ailele Jeffery, Oyedokun Opeyemi Abdulrazaq, Olowofela Temidayo, Mosess Ossai, Dada Samuel Abiodun, Francis Victor Oluwatobi, Ayobami Akanji, Osun Gbenga, Ajayi Femi, Adewara Oluwadamilola, Anthony Okun, Olusegun Ibukunoluwa, Boluwatife Adewale, Jerry Agoh, Oluseye Ayomipo, Anthony Adedolapo Dada, John Adamso Tobi, Asagba James Oluwaseun and Ideh Rukeme Oghenetega.

Others are: Peter Nwaneri, Egbe David Morgan, Abu Mathew, Anjola Emmanuel, Olashile Gabriel, Omobolaji Solomon, Allen Ayoola, Odenike Sodiq, Oluwasina Temitope, Kareem Hassan, Fagbemiro Ayomide, Olaegbe Hammed, Ejede Victor, Allen Abimbola and Confidence Atipko.

They were arrested at Awoyaya and Oral Estate areas of Lekki, Lagos State on August 29, and September 1, 2022, following credible intelligence received by the Commission about their alleged involvement in computer-related fraud, identity theft and obtaining money under false pretence.

At the points of arrest, laptop computers, mobile devices containing false documents as well as luxury cars were recovered from the suspects.

The Special Adviser to Gov Seyi Makinde on Students’ Affairs, Hon. Victor Olojede has today given back to his community by embarking on rehabilitation of some dillapidated community roads within Goodness Estate, Ward 8, Akinyele Local Government.

Olojede while speaking to ODUDUWA NEWS during the supervision of the grading of the affected roads in the said community, said, he had embarked on such decision to complement the efforts of the Governor of the State in ameliorating the sufferings of the people at the grassroots.

“We have begun the first phase of rehabilitation of roads in Ward 8 Akinyele Local Government and that is how we would be doing as part of our efforts at ensuring the dividends of democracy trickling down to the people at grass root”, said Olojede.

He therefore used the medium to assure Oyo State citizens that Engr. Seyi Makinde-led administration would not relent in spreading development to all nooks and crannies of the State.

He further used the ocassion to solicit for the support of the community in re-electing Gov Makinde come 2023.

24 hours after a seven-story building collapsed close to the Sand Field Bus Stop in the Lekki area of Lagos State, the state’s Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako has resigned.

Already, the State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has accepted Salako’s resignation, saying it is a prelude to the restructuring of the Ministry and its agencies.

In a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, the State Government warned developers to strictly adhere to building laws in the state.

“Governor Sanwo-Olu thanks the Commissioner for his services to the State and wishes him success in his future endeavours.

“The Governor warns all players in the sector to respect the law or face the consequences of any indiscretion, no matter who the perpetrators are,” Omotoso said.

The collapsed building was under construction when it caved in, killing people in the process.

The state government had ordered the arrest of the developer and other professionals working on the building.

They were said to be liable for their disregard for the planning laws of the state, having embarked on construction without a laid planning permit and ignoring official warnings against continuing the building works.

An officer of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ekiti State, Segun Ayebulu, has been killed by gunmen along Oke-Ako/Ajowa Road in the Ikole Local Government Area of the state.

The NSCDC Public Relations Officer in Ekiti, Mr Tolu Afolabi, who confirmed the incident on Sunday, said investigations were ongoing to arrest the perpetrators of the evil act.

He said, “One of our officers was shot dead yesterday on his way from Ado-Ekiti to his home town while others were kidnapped by gunmen.

“The officer who was travelling from Ado-Ekiti to his hometown wasattacked in his vehicle and shot dead while the gunmen kidnapped his younger brother and two children with him in the car. A source said hunters in the neighbouring communities had started combing the bush for possible arrest of the gunmen.

The Regent of Oke Ako, Princess Tinuade Ogunbiyi, said she got the information that somebody was shot dead on the road while others were kidnapped, saying it was the same thing repeating itself on a daily basis.

Condemning the killing, the lawmaker representing Ikole Constituency 2 inEkiti State House of Assembly, Adeoye Aribasoye, said the attack was callous and wicked.

Aribasoye called on the federal government to accede to the request of Nigerians for the creation of state police to tackle all manners of senseless killings being perpetrated by criminalsat the grassroots level.

Security operatives in Ondo state are on the trail of some bandits who reportedly kidnapped some 32 persons in a coastal bus returning from Benin City, Edo State on Saturday evening.

The 32 victims who were kidnapped were returning to Akure, after attending the burial ceremony and were stopped by the hoodlums along Benin-Ifon road.

The victims were said to be travelling with others in two other vehicles when their coastal bus was stopped but the drivers of the other vehicles stopped while the occupants in the two vehicles jumped out and fled into the bushes.

It was gathered that the kidnappers marched the victims out of the vehicles and whisked all occupants including the driver of the vehicle to an unknown destination in the forest.

It was further learnt that some of the occupants escaped while being taken to the kidnappers’ den but the source disclosed many of the victims are still with the kidnappers.

However, security operatives in the state including, the state security outfit, Amotekun are on the trail of the kidnappers, combing the Benin-Ifon to Owo forest in the state in search of the 32 persons reportedly kidnapped in a coastal bus.
The State Police command confirmed the development while the Commander of Amotekun in the state, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, also confirmed the abduction.

Adeleye, in a telephone chat, said the command would do all within its power to rescue the victims and rid the state of criminals.

Adeleye explained that men of the Amokekun corp and other security agencies had been briefed and had since commenced search for the victims.

Meanwhile, it was gathered that security operatives have rescued two people out of the kidnapped victims, while it was discovered that the kidnappers abducted only 11 people during the raid.
A source who disclosed that most of the victims were photographers who attended a burial ceremony in Edo State, said most of the kidnapped victims escaped while they were being moved to the forest.

He said the kidnappers succeeded in abducting 11 persons while others escaped but said security operatives combing the bush rescued two of the victims.

Security operatives coming to the area were said to have rescued two of the victims while search was still on for other victims.

Ondo State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Funmi Odunlami, said a combined team of security operatives were still in the forest.

“It was 11 persons that were kidnapped. We have rescued some of them and our men are still in the bush.”

The Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered), on Friday, September 2, 2022, has expressed condolence over the loss of her President and Chairman of Council, Major General Abdullahi Muraina (Rtd.).

He died in a private hospital in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He was aged 64.

According to NIM, Muraina, who joined the Institute in 2003 as Member and elevated to the prestigious and highest professional membership grade of Fellow in 2011, served the Institute in various capacities at different times. He was elected to the Institute’s Council in 2014 and became the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Institute between 2015 and 2017.

Due to his consistent support of the Institute’s programmes over the years, he was conferred the Institute’s Presidential Award in 2014. He became the National Treasurer in 2017, Deputy President in 2020 before being elected the 23rd President and Chairman of Council in 2021.

Apart from being a Fellow of The Institute, Major General Muraina was a Fellow, Certified National Accountants and Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, Member, Institute of Directors Nigeria and the National Institute being an alumnus of the prestigious National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru.

His pedigree as a thoroughbred, seasoned and tested professional manager and military officer was never in doubt as he distinguished himself creditably in every assignment he was saddled with. A devout Muslim, he was married and blessed with children.

The burial arrangement will be announced by the family.