Popular Yoruba radio and television host Alhaji Abiodun Oropo, commonly known as “Oyinmomo joojo,” has passed away.
His untimely illness-related death occurred late last evening, according to source from relatives.
It was learnt that he became suddenly ill two days ago. He was rushed to various medical facilities for treatment, but nothing worked until yesterday, when he passed away.
He had well-known radio programmes on FaajiFm, Dux fm, and various other radio stations in the south west up to his death. He was an active participant in the Nigerian Association of Freelance and Independent Broadcasters.
Today at noon, the funeral starts at his Orile Agege home.
The Management of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, says it has reversed its earlier decision to add a N1,000 electricity fee to the service charge on every patient admitted in the hospital.
This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Ibadan by the hospital’s spokesperson, Mr Toye Akinrinlola.
The statement quoted the Director of Administration of the hospital, Stephen Oladejo, as saying that there was never a time the hospital charged such a fee.
It said that there was no time the hospital charged such fee and that it was more concerned with adequate healthcare delivery to Nigerians.
It said the memo being referred to was an internal document which was not implemented after a thorough review from internal mechanisms for such issues and had since been withdrawn.
The statement said at no point did the hospital charge electricity fee.
“We are assuring the public that we shall continue to deliver effective and efficient healthcare to Nigerians, irrespective of status,” he said.
Oladejo reiterated the commitment of the hospital to delivery of optimal healthcare services to the many patients who thronged the hospital daily.
According to him, the the hospital has been magnanimous on several occasions by writing off unpaid medical bills.
“It is also important to state that the University College Hospital does not turn back patients and that on several occasions, had written off bills incurred by indigent patients.
“Our doors are always open for people to cross check our activities,” he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the tertiary hospital had in an internal memo dated June 21, 2022, leaked to the media, proposed N1000 utility bill to be added to the service charge of patients seeking to access care in the hospital.
The Lagos State Government has announced the suspension of the implementation of the new policy guidelines on the provision of safe abortions for residents of the state.
It would be recalled that in June, the government, through the Ministry of Health, had unveiled the “State Guidelines on Safe Termination of Pregnancy for Legal Indications”.
Mixed reactions, however, trailed the move as prominent bodies such as the Catholic Church called on the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu to stop the implementation of the abortion guidelines.
In a statement on Thursday, the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi said the governor directed that the new guidelines should be suspended until adequate deliberations are made.
Sanwo-Olu said the suspension would allow for adequate public sensitisation and stakeholder engagement to reach a consensus required for a successful guideline development.
The statement reads in part, “These guidelines have generated immense public interest which has necessitated escalating it to Mr Governor, who has advised further sensitization of the public and key stakeholders to ensure a clearer understanding of the objectives of the guidelines.
“To this end, we are suspending the implementation of these guidelines in the meantime for the Executive Council to deliberate on this matter and ensure adequate public sensitization and stakeholder engagement to reach a consensus required for a successful guideline development.
“The Lagos State Ministry of Health remains committed to planning , devising and implementing policies that promote qualitative, affordable, and equitable healthcare services to the citizenry.”
Men of Ogun state police command on the 5th of July 2022, arrested the duo of Adetunji Alagbe and Opeyemi Ogunlokun for stealing a Salah ram belonging to one Sodiq Abolore.
The suspects were arrested following a report lodged at Ogijo divisional headquarters by Sodiq Abolore, who reported that while he was sleeping in his house at about 3 am, he heard an unusual noise in his compound which made him to peep through the window, only to discover that the iron gate he used to block the entrance where he kept his Salah ram has been pulled down.
This made him to come out and discovered that his Salah ram which he bought at the rate of #120,000 is no longer there. He stated further that when he searched around, he saw three men forcing his ram into a waiting Mazda car booth, which made him to raise alarm, and distress call was made to the police.
The three men were chased, and two amongst them were apprehended, while the other one escaped.
The ram was recovered, and the two suspects were taken to custody. Meanwhile, the commissioner of police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered an indepth investigation of the case, with the view of charging the suspects to court as soon as possible.
The Lagos State Government on Monday says it has fired a customary court judge, Mr Ishola Razaki Adeyemi, who allegedly dissolved a marriage between a couple and impregnated the wife of the complainant, Olayemi Ayeni.
Ayeni in a now-viral video was seen recounting his tumultuous ordeal in the hands of Adeyemi, whom he claimed made his life a living hell.
According to him, he had a major dispute with his wife and mother of his kids, Doyin Rukayat Okunnubi, in whose business he had invested N5 million.
The romance became sour when her business flourished and his wife allegedly became rebellious.
The man further accused his wife of infidelity which prompted him to sue to seek a resolution to the crisis.
He said the judge who presided over the marital fracas engineered their divorce and subsequently impregnated his wife.
“I had an issue with my wife, she moved out of the house, she rented an apartment very close to my house. I put five million naira into her business to establish a school, Greatest Kiddies Foundation. So, the success of the business caused a problem in the family, I could not control her again,” he had said in the video.
“So after 10 months, I took her to court, thinking that I’d able to resolve this matter through Alternative Dispute Resolution. The judge, Dr Ishola Azakiq Adeyeni, hurriedly dissolved my marriage and got that woman impregnated three months after the dissolution of the marriage.
“The woman, she’s now carrying nine months pregnancy for that man. What really pained me is that in the ruling, this man denied me access to my children. That I can only see the children at the school premises once a week. The same children now are under his custody; he took over the business I established for that woman. He denied me access from having access to my children, he impregnated the woman now and he still wants to send me to jail.”
Reacting in a statement issued on Monday, the Lagos State Government said the case was investigated by the State Judicial Service Commission.
According to the Executive Secretary, Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency, Titilola Vivour Adeniyi, the findings of the investigation subsequently led to the termination of the appointment of the judge.
She added that the incident happened between 2014 and 2015.
“The attention of the State Government has been drawn to a viral video circulating the social media space wherein one Mr. Olayemi Ayeni (the Complainant) alleged that a former Customary Court Member, Mr. Ishola Razaki Adeyemi, abused his office by exhibiting unprofessional conduct in a customary court case involving the Complainant and his wife and proceeded to snatch his wife and children from him.
“The matter which occurred between 2014/2015 was investigated by the Lagos State Judicial Service Commission. The findings of the investigation subsequently led to the termination of the appointment of the Member of the Customary Court.
“It was discovered that the viral video was posted by ‘Ogbonge friends’ sometime in 2016.
“Members of the public are informed that the Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency has attempted to reach out to Ogbongefriends on their various social media accounts, but unfortunately their accounts have not been active since 2018. All efforts to reach out to the complainant have been to no avail.
“We, therefore, use this medium to encourage anyone with useful information about the complainant to please reach out via our social media handles- @dsvrt on Twitter or @dsva on Instagram or on 0813-796-0048,” the statement read.
Taawun Security, Al-Jayshu Islam, in the early hour of Wednesday, 6th July, 2022, during their security patrol, caught a man with human head at Yemoja area, in Iwo Osun State.
The man, Afolabi Jacob who is the master in the act confessed to our security men that the head found in his possession was to be sold to his colleagues. During their security search and investigation to get his accomplice arrested, 8 men out of 9 were later arrested and hand over to police from State headquarters, Osogbo.
The criminal men narrated that it was not their first outing to be involved in the such crime. They said, they had sacrificed some human heads to better their own life.
In his reaction, the national president of the organization, Sheikh Daood Imran Molaasan, Grand Mufti of Yorubaland promised to rid the the community of crimes and all criminality as he encouraged Al-Jayshu Islamy not to relent in their efforts.
The suspected criminals are now in police custody for further investigations.
The Association of Master Bakers and Caterer of Nigeria has given a notice to embark on a nationwide strike due to the the unexpected increase in bakery materials and the ignore of the Federal Government in the matter.
The association made this known in a communiqué issued by its National Executive Council following a meeting of the council held in Abuja.
In the communique the bakers threatened to withdraw their services across the country from July 13, 2022.
They stated that the cost of flour, sugar and other materials used in bakery business has skyrocketed beyond the reach of many bakers.
A member of the bakers’ association who didn’t want to be identified by name, told Oduduwa News that the lowest bread’s could go for N1,000 should the bakers continue the production without the necessary government intervention.
Already, the smallest loaf of bread in Nigeria goes for N500 while the biggest costs as high as N1,200. This is against N350 and N750 each the cost before the increase in March 2022.
They also stated that efforts to get government’s intervention in the matter had been proved abortive, as there have not been a positive response from the concerned ministries, departments and agencies of government.
The National President, Mansur Umar, who signed the communique, stated that the council reviewed the “neglect of the Federal Government in addressing the challenges facing our sector as captured in our letters acknowledged by the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Federal Ministry of Finance, Central Bank of Nigeria and unproductive intervention of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
“Increase in prices of bakery materials especially flour and sugar having reached unprecedented levels, for example, flour is now between N25,000 and N27,500, so also other ingredients.
Popular Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele, popularly known and called ‘Jenifa’ has emerged is the Deputy Governorship Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State,
This was confirmed by multiple sources close to the party’s Governorship Candidate, Olajide Adediran aka Jandor and leadership of the party in the state.
According to an impeccable source, Akindele’s official presentation would be made public very soon, adding that four major reasons were responsible for her choice as for the position.
“She is from Ikorodu and Lagos East Senatorial District like the incumbent Deputy Governor.
“She is also from the royal family in the town, while her mother is the immediate younger sister of the current Ayangbunren of Ikorodu, His Royal Majesty Kabiru Shotobi, same parents,” the source said.
The actress was also picked because of her gender as well as her youthfulness.
“She’s a female, and she is very young. We’re both gender and youth sensitive in our party,” a party source said.
Finally, her popularity among her colleagues in the movie industry was also an added advantage.
The Chairman, Oyo State Pilgrim Welfare Board (Muslim Wing), Prof. Sayed Malik has regretted that not less than 150 intending pilgrims from Oyo State will not perform the 2022 Hajj, over visa denial by Saudi authorities. Oyo State governor approved refund.
He disclosed while addressing newsmen on Monday, in Ibadan.
According to him, the denial of visa to the affected intending pilgrims by the Saudi authority on the 11th hour, was based on recommendation of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON.
He explained that 629 out of 43,000 slots given to Nigeria was allocated to Oyo State to perform 2022 Hajj, despite that over 1,000 Muslims have already registered to perform the hajj.
“To take care of the shortfall, we in Oyo State Pilgrim Welfare Board requested for additional slots from NAHCON.
“And this was granted, as additional 150 slots were given to Oyo State, thereby increasing the State’s slots from 629 to 779.
“Based on its correspondence with NAHCON, Oyo State Pilgrim Welfare Board made preparation for 779 pilgrims.
“But the state’s slot was reduced to 629 few days before the pilgrims were scheduled to go to holy lands.
“The board hereby regret that about 150 intending pilgrims from the state could not perform this year’s hajj,” he said.
The chairman recalled that the holy exercise did not take place for two years as there was no pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina in 2020 and 2021 due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.
He explained that the resumption of Hajj in 2022 was characterised by a sharp increase in number of intending pilgrims, who wanted to embark on the Holy pilgrimage.
Malik, however, said that Governor ‘Seyi Makinde had approved the payment of full funds to whoever among the affected people, intended to collect back their money.
The Lagos State Ministry of Education has shut the Redeemers Nursery and Primary School, Ogba.
The school will remain closed, pending an administrative investigation of its operations and procedures as well as the conduct of its officials – in line with schools’ safety standards and guidelines.
The investigation is sequel to the death of a five-year-old pupil, who is suspected to have drowned during a swimming lesson while in the custody of the school. The police are investigating the matter.
A preliminary probe by the Office of Education Quality Assurance of the Ministry has shown that the Redeemers Nursery and Primary School, Ogba, is yet to conclude its registration and is, therefore, not yet an approved school.
The Ministry is concerned about the safety of the pupils, hence the need for intervention.
The school will remain closed until all the required approval processes are concluded. Parents are advised to note the closure and wait for the conclusion of the administrative investigation.
