Earlier today, Ekiti State House of Assembly commenced the screening of the Commissioner-nominees sent to the House by His Excellency, the Governor, Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji.
Recall that the House had earlier informed and invited the public to the screening exercise of all the Commissioner-Nominees sent to the House for ratification.
While the screening of Dr(Mrs) Kofoworoola Aderiye, Mr. Oyeniyi Adebayo, both from Ido Osi, and Mr. Seun Fakuade from Oye Local Government took place yesterday; the screening of Mr. Adebayo Gold Adesola, Dr. Kareem Makanjuola Akande, and Chief Folorunso Olabode will be taking place today, Tuesday, 4th, July 2023.
Igbeti youth hail Abiodun Oni appointment as Director-General of the Mineral Development Agency of Oyo State and Executive Chairman of the Pacesetter Mineral Development Company.
The Igbeti Youth under the ages of Igbeti Youth Progressive Movement (IYPM), has congratulated Hon. Abiodun Oni, on his appointment as the Director-General of the Mineral Development Agency of Oyo State and Executive Chairman of the Pacesetter Mineral Development Company.
The coordinator of the group Adesina Julius has expressed how delighted Igbeti Youth was when they hear the news of the appointment of the noble son of the soil Okunrin Jeje Abiodun Oni.
While commending the Governor, His Excellency Seyi Makinde for the appointment , Adesina Julius said the honor bestowed on Hon. Abiodun Oni goes beyond him as an individual and is for the entire community.
Adesina Julius affirm the confidence the Igbeti youth have in Abiodun Oni, as they had no doubt that he would bring his wealth of experience, extensive contacts in the public and private sectors as well as managerial skills to bear on the new assignment as he had always done.
“On behalf of Igbeti youth and good people of Igbeti community, we say a big congratulation to our very own man of honour Abiodun Oni and we wish him a successful tenure as Director General and as a strategic player in collective efforts at taking our dear state to the next level of sustainable development.
The Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Oluseyi Makinde, has approved the appointment of the immediate past Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Abiodun Oni, as the Director-General of the Mineral Development Agency of Oyo State and Executive Chairman of the Pacesetter Mineral Development Company.
Similarly, the governor approved the appointment of four other aides.
The governor, through a letter signed by the Chief of Staff to the governor, Otunba Segun Ogunwuyi, indicated that Mr. Olorundare Olamide Wilson has been appointed as Senior Special Assistant on New Media, while Oluwadare Daniel Aleshinloye, has been reappointed as Special Assistant on Photography.
The duo of Mr. Timilehin Olubiyi and Miss Mobolaji Dada were announced as Special Assistant (New Media I) and Special Assistant (New Media II) respectively.
The unavailability of Chief Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun of the Yaba Magistrates’s court has further stalled the trial of Afrobeat Musician, Seun Kuti.
The registrar, Mr Babalola, in the absence of the chief Magistrate, Olatunbosun, adjourned the case till September 27, 2023, for the continuation of the proceeding.
Magistrate Olatunbosun was said to have resumed her administrative leave and was thus absent in court today.
According to Punch report, the Lagos State Police Command arraigned the Afrobeat musician, on May 16, 2023.
The defendant was charged with assault on a police officer, an offence contrary to Section 356 of the Nigerian Criminal Code Act.
Meanwhile, on May 24, Magistrate Olatunbosun in her ruling stated that the police cannot be the complainant and also the prosecutor of the case. She, therefore requested the DPP’s advice to continue the prosecution.
She said, “I need the advice of the DPP to know whether he should be prosecuted or not.”
She thus adjourned the case till July 3, 2023, for the DPP’s advice.
However, today the case was further adjourned for the continuation of proceeding following the absence of Magistrate Olatunbosun
Veteran Nollywood actress, Joke Silva has opened up on marital struggles with her husband, actor Olu Jacobs.
Silva, in an interview with popular media personality and actress, Nancy Isime, revealed that Olu Jacobs’ ailment has changed him.
Speaking on how her husband’s battle with dementia has affected their relationship, the actress reflected on their early years together.
She said: “It hasn’t been easy. There was a point of acceptance for me that everything happening is reality and it is like the person I married, 80 percent of the time is no longer there.
“But the thing is this, when he was there, he was an incredible father to his children and an amazing husband, he was practically my best friend.
“The husband I knew is no longer there for me, but this man that is here is someone I still love.”
As the take off of the Federal College of Education Ilawe Ekiti gathers momentum, the Alawe of Ilawe Ekiti,HRM Oba Adebanji Ajibade Alabi, AFUNTADE 1, has set up a high powered 12 -man committee headed by a renown University Don, Professor Bode Asubiojo with a directive that the committee should work at the speed of light in providing a seamless take off of the college.
This was contained in a statement signed by Alawe’s media Adviser, High Chief Ajibade Olubunmi and made available to Heritage News in Ado Ekiti on Monday.
The Alawe said that the committee should seek for suitable accommodation for the Provost and other Principal Officers of the college, and secure adequate and conducive permanent site for the college among other assignments.
The Alawe said the Provost had contacted him and made his intention known to swing into action immediately. The committee members are: Prof. Bode Asubiojo (Chairman)
In the meantime, the Alawe said that the Federal College of Education Ilawe Ekiti was approved and located or sited in Ilawe Ekiti and nowhere else as against claims being peddled by some people in Omuo Ekiti .
“You can not talk of relocation where there was never a location . Nothing was located in Omuo .You only talk of relocation when there was an earlier location.
The bill being mentioned by the Omuo Ekiti people did not go through third reading and never got the approval of the Senate.
Moreover, it never got to the House of Representatives for conccurrence talk less of coming before the President for assent whereas Alawe and his people made requests in writing and communicated with Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Education since 2016 and got an approval.
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have k!lled a pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Ogun State and abducted seven worshippers.
It was gathered that the gunmen stormed the RCCG parish at Abule-Ori in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of the state on Saturday, July 1, 2023.
The Ogun State So-Safe Corps Commander, Soji Ganzallo, who confirmed the incident to newsmen said his officers have since rescued the seven church members and ki!led one of the kidnappers during a rescue operation.
In a statement made available by the So-Safe Director of Information and Public Relations, Moruf Yusuf, Ganzallo was quoted as saying that the incident occurred at about 12 am.
“The special operation team of the Corps, Owode-Egba Zonal Command, under ACC Jimoh Rasaki Omoniyi, received a distress call that some of the members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Desires of Nations Parish, under Ogun Province 22, Abule-Ori in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area were attacked during a vigil; seven members of the church were k!dnapped and the pastor k!lled,” the statement read.
According to him, officers of the Corps were charged to go after the suspects to rescue the victims unhurt, stating that “the officers swung into action immediately.”
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, on Sunday, said it would withdraw the result of a certain Ejikeme Mmesoma for manually inflating her result and announcing herself as the top scorer for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
According to a statement issued by the board, Ejikeme used her manually inflated score to attract a N3 million scholarship from Innoson Motors and was set to be honoured by the Anambra State government before she was exposed.
“The attention of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has been drawn to several publications in both print and online media celebrating certain candidates for being high scorers in the 2023 UTME.
“The Board is constrained to set the records straight and wishes to state unequivocally that many of the results which many of these candidates are parading are fake. In many instances, some of these candidates had actually obtained far lower scores than they are claiming and had used some funny software packages to manipulate their results to deceive unsuspecting members of the public.
Governor of Oyo State, ‘Seyi Makinde, has declared that the Ibadan Dry Port Project may likely come on stream quicker than expected because the present leadership of the country under President Bola Tinubu, understands “the benefits of developing the economic value chain.”
He said that the dry port project will also benefit hugely because his administration will collaborate with the Federal Government more than ever before, stating that the recent change of government at the federal level would not affect the project negatively.
Governor Makinde stated this at the weekend, when he inspected several ongoing projects, including the Ibadan Inland Dry Port, the College of Agriculture and Renewable Energy, Iseyin, a campus of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso; the Engr. Lere Adigun Housing Estate, Basorun and the Ibadan Circular Road.
According to the governor, the state has made good progress with regards to the projects, though there is still a lot of work to be done.
He equally noted that his administration had been creating wonderful opportunities through infrastructure building and other key developments, which have begun to attract investors.
The governor, therefore, urged the youth to key into the opportunities by contributing and getting the rewards, rather than leaving the country for foreign lands in search of imaginary greener pastures.
Fielding questions from newsmen on the projects inspected shortly after inspecting the Ibadan Circular Road Interchange at Egbeda Local Government, the governor said regarding the inspected projects: “Well, I will say so far, so good, there is still a lot of work to be done but we are making a good progress. You have seen it as well.
“We were on that campus [LAUTECH Campus, Iseyin] before the election and we have seen between then and now that a lot of progress has been made. And even here [Ibadan Circular Road], we have interest-investors coming around to say, look, what exactly are we projecting in terms of the opportunities in Oyo State.
“To the people, we have many opportunities around here especially for our young folks. They should not japa because if they are hardworking, they can contribute and get their rewards.
“So, I will say we are creating opportunities across the spectrum and people are paying attention to what we are doing.”
Governor Makinde, while responding to a question on how the change of government at the federal level might stall the Ibadan Inland Dry Port project, reassured residents of the state the project would come on stream quicker than expected.
He said: “I think the change of government is even positive for Oyo State because we have a new administration at the federal level that understands what it is to develop the economic value chain. So, I think we will even cooperate more with the federal government and that project will come on stream quicker than we were expecting.”
Movements and commercial activities were on Saturday paralyzed in Omuo Ekiti for several hours by protesters who were protesting alleged relocation of the Federal College of Education meant for Omuo Ekiti to Ilawe Ekiti.
It could be recalled that the Bill seeking the establishment of the Federal College of Education Omuo Ekiti, was sponsored by the Senator Representing Ekiti South senatorial district, Senator Biodun Olujimi and was passed by both chambers of the 9th National Assembly.
The protesters including youths, women and traditional rulers from Omuo Ekiti, the headquarters of Ekiti East Local Government, trooped to the streets as early as 9 am, to protest alleged injustice meted to them by relocating the FCE meant for the town to another community.
Some of the placards displayed by the protesters read: “On Omuo FCE we stand! No more! No less, This injustice must be redressed Return Our FCE back to us, Don’t rub peter to pay Paul, FCE belong to Omuo Ekiti, among others.
Travellers going to Abuja and those passing through the major highway in the town to Lagos, Ado Ekiti and neighboring Ondo State, had a herculean time as the roads were barricaded.
Efforts by the Nigerian Police, the Directorate of State Service and the other security agencies drafted to maintain law and order to prevail on the angry protesters to allow free flow of traffic, were rebuffed.
Earlier in the morning, the paramount ruler of the community, His Royal Majesty, Oba Noah Omonigbehin had directed that all markets, shops and other businesses must not open as a mark of protests for the alleged injustice brought on the community.
Addressing the protesters, a leader in the community, Chief Segun Akanle Appealed to President Bola Tinubu and the Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Abiodun Oyebanji to come to the rescue of Omuo Ekiti by returning the Federal College of Education back to the town.
