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Suspected gang of hoodlums ambushed the wife of Osun State Governor, Mrs. Kafayat Oyetola’s convoy on Friday evening.

Oluwatunmise Iluyomade, the First Lady’s information officer, acknowledged the occurrence and said:

“The incident did not result in a death. A few members of the convoy’s security staff suffered varied degrees of injuries.

Other local sources in Owode, Ede, the scene of the incident, claimed that Mrs. Oyetola’s convoy was traveling to Osogbo and was near the Owode market when intermittent gunfire was heard on Friday night at 8:00pm.

A resident of the area who preferred to be simply identified as Alayande, said that a truck had created obstruction of traffic when the convoy arrived Owode market junction.

“It was while trying to make the truck driver to move that altercation ensued between security men attached to the convoy,” said an eyewitness.

“I heard several gunshots where I stood near the junction. It was dark but there was altercation between security men and some people suspected to be hoodlums,” he said.

The Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola has approved Monday, August 22, 2022, as a public holiday in commemoration of this year’s “Isese Day”.

The state government made this known via a press release issued and signed by Olalekan Badmus, the Commissioner for Special Duties.

The approval of the public holiday, it was stated, is in recognition of the month of August which is usually set aside annually by the traditional religion worshippers to celebrate Isese festival in the state.

According to the press release, “The Governor has directed that this year’s Isese Day with the theme: ‘Abalaye adulawo ati ipaniyan s’owo; nje ajosepo wa bi?’ be celebrated responsibly and with security consciousness.

“The Governor congratulated the traditional religion worshippers throughout the state just as he also appealed to them to be peaceful and law abiding in their conducts before, during and after the festival.

“He equally enjoined them to pray for the growth and development of the State in particular and Nigeria as a whole.”

While urging the traditionalists to continue to support the present administration, the governor also emphasised the need for the citizens of the state to continue to embrace Omoluabi ethos in their day-to-day activities.

The Isese Day celebration is usually held days after the annual Osun Osogbo festival.

Some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State have backed the factional governorship candidate of the party, Prince Dotun Babayemi, as the authentic standard-bearer in the 2022 election.

A communiqué signed by the Chairman, Tajudeen Adegoke, Secretary, Sunday Afolabi and 16 others hailed Babayemi for his contributions towards the emergence of the party before and after the July 16 governorship poll.

“The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Otun Balogun Ward 2, solemnly pass vote of confidence today in Omooba Dotun Babayemi. We stand firm with the leadership of Babayemi,” the members said.

The statement said the vote of confidence was passed in Babayemi in his resolve at getting justice at the court.

Among those in attendance at the event were PDP leaders in Gbongan like Chief Segun Odekunmi, the Secretary of PDP Elders Caucus in Osun, Adelani Ajanaku, former Special Adviser on Economic Development to ex- governor of the state, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, Kamorudeen Elegunmeje, a former PDP state officer, among others.

The National Broadcasting Commission has ordered the immediate closure of AIT, Silverbird and 52 other broadcast stations over debts they owe the commission.

This action was taken, Friday, in Abuja.

According to the directive, the affected stations have 24 hours to shut down their operations.

The NBC says the stations owe an accumulated amount of N2.6 billion.

It is also threatening to revoke the licenses of all broadcast stations that are yet to renew their licenses.

Details later.

Nigerian Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, in a press briefing today, has claimed that it is the responsibility of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to compensate students for the time wasted during the six-month strike, not the Federal Government.

Adamu Adamu boasted that members of the union should never expect salaries for the 6months they have stayed out from work.

The Minister also advised affected public university students to “take ASUU to court” if they are interested in returning back to campus.

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bode George, has described the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, as a “bundle of lies.”

George said everything Tinubu attributed to himself was a “bundle of lies”.

He said Tinubu did nothing to alleviate the pains of residents of Lagos State despite serving as a governor for two terms.

Speaking with Channels Television last night, George said: “I absolutely have no qualms, no quarrel with Tinubu, but all I know is that everything he has said he was or his name is this or his school is that it’s a bundle of lies.

“I’m a bonafide Lagosian, we knew what Lagos was like, and Lagos remains the commercial nerve centre, not only in Nigeria but in the whole of West Africa. What has this fellow done to us?”

The PDP chieftain charged Tinubu to open up on the ownership of Alpa Beta company.

He said the APC presidential candidate should tell Nigerians how much the company has allegedly stolen from the Lagos State Government.

“I have asked a very simple question and none of them has been able to answer it: who owns the Alpha Beta company? How much has the Alpha Beta company stolen from the coffers of our treasury in Lagos state?

“What has he done to alleviate the pains of the people of the state?” he asked.

Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has struck out a suit seeking nullification of submission of the name of Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last July 26 election.

The judge on Thursday struck down the suit on the ground that the plaintiff lacked locus standi to institute the case.

The plaintiff in the suit, Awoyemi Oluwatayo Lukman, had dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the PDP and Adeleke before the court seeking order to void and set aside the submission of Adeleke’s name to INEC on grounds of alleged unlawful action.

Justice Obiora Egwuatu struck out the suit on the ground that the said Awoyemi Oluwatayo Lukman lacked locus standi to have instituted the case.

The Judge held also that the suit was statute barred having been fixed outside the 14 days stipulated by Section 285 of the 1999 Constitution that all pre-election suits must be filed within 14 days whereas, the instant suit was filed after 28 days.

The Lagos State government has added four more Local Government Areas and five Local Council Development Areas to the list of councils where okada operations are banned.

They include,

1. Kosofe Local Government
   a. Ikosi-Isheri LCDA
   b. Agboyi-Ketu LCDA
2. Oshodi-Isolo Local Government
   a. Isolo LCDA
3. Shomolu Local Government
   a. Bariga LCDA.
4. Mushin Local Government
   a. Odi-Olowo LCDA

The ban goes into operation on September 1st, 2022.

ODUDUWA NEWS has just gathered that Electricity workers have just suspended strike for two weeks as, Labour Minister, Chris Ngige brokered truce.

At the end of the three-hour-long meeting, the workers agreed to suspend the industrial action which has thrown the country into a total blackout.

The workers express optimism that government will listen to the voice of reasoning and prioritise their welfare and wellbeing.