It was gathered that the market gutted fire at about 04:30am, on Sunday.
When contacted on phone, the state General Manager of Fire Services, Yemi Akinyemi, confirmed the incident to our correspondent.
“The agency received the distress call at exactly 04:37hrs through Sunday Ogundele, Access Bank security that Agbeni market is on fire.
“Our men are still battling with the job, we are grateful to Central Bank of Nigeria that allows us to use their water supply. Everything is under control. They are still going to CBN to replenish”, he confirmed.
The Oke-Ogun Council of Elders OCE has called on all security operatives to form a synergy towards putting an end to the renewed form of criminal activities in Oke-Ogun.
This position was made known on Thursday 11th of May, 2023 during the first annual meeting of the Oke-Ogun Council of Elders held at the residence of the President, Otunba Bamidele Dada OON in Ibadan and monitored by ODUDUWA NEWS.
The call came following the renewed banditry attacks and ravaging kidnapping in some parts of Oke-Ogun area of Oyo State.
The meeting which played a host to the chairman of all Local Government chairmen in Oke-Ogun area of Oyo State, Mr. Jeleel Oyinloye had several dignitaries in attendance.
The President of the Council, Otunba Bamidele Dada OON, while giving his opening remark, admonished all members to prioritize the security of the people of Oke-Ogun by making sure that all hands are on deck towards mitigating the menace of banditry, kidnapping and other social vices.
He decried the high rate of unemployment, saying the root cause of criminal activities could be linked to the high rate of unemployed youths who take to criminal activities when they are not properly engaged.
The erstwhile Minister of State for Agriculture, Otunba Bamidele Dada OON established a strong nexus between socioeconomic problems and criminal activities and called on all stakeholders to brace up and confront the challenges headlong.
In his words, Prof. Layi Egunjobi while speaking, gave a report of the Committee on Education constituted to oversee the establishment of Community-based University in Oke-Ogun. He hinted on the challenges confronting the committee and proffered solutions to mitigate the challenges.
He also discussed the already-passed bill for the creation of Federal University of Agriculture in Oke-Ogun, saying the delay for the establishment rests on the table of the outgoing President of Nigeria, General Muhammadu Buhari who has refused to assent the bill since its passage by the National Assembly.
The meeting however resolved that there is need for drastic and urgent steps to be taken by all stakeholders in Oke-Ogun towards making sure that the bill is assented to before the lapse of tenure of the present administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Oke-Ogun Council of Elders also discussed road map for the development of Oke-Ogun.
In his words, Mr. Jeleel Oyinloye who is the incumbent Chairman of Iwajowa Local Government doubled as the Chairman of all Local Government Chairmen in Oke-Ogun while speaking at the event discussed some of the steps taken by council heads to ensure that menace of criminal activities is nipped at the bud.
He used the occasion to clarify erroneous belief by some people that the N10million security fund allocated to them is usually embezzled. He highlighted how various councils spend the money after the disbursement, claiming that the money is usually disbursed to all stakeholders in the community including traditional rulers, local hunters and others to maintain peace and tranquillity within their various communities.
Some members who also spoke at the gathering commended Governor Seyi Makinde for his development strides in Oke-Ogun, they highlighted some of his achievements in Oke-Ogun and also charged him not to relent in spreading development across Oyo State.
They also condemned renewed attacks by the criminal gangs and appealed to the local government chairmen in Oke-Ogun and other political functionaries to do everything possible to ensure collaborative efforts between local hunters, Amotekun and the conventional security apparatus.
Among those who graced the occasion were the President of the Council and ex-Minister of Agriculture, Otunba Bamidele Dada OON, Prof. Layi Egunjobi, ACP V.O. Ladigbolu, Iwajowa Council Chairman, Mr. Jeleel Oyinloye, among several others.
The Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde has today inspected the ongoing projects of the newly constructed bridge at the 34.85 km Oyo-Iseyin Road and Ladoke Akintola University of Technology LAUTECH.
According to statement made available by the Governor via his official Twitter account as read in part:
“The bridge is now open for use. However, we urged the contractor to increase the pace of work to ensure that the road reconstruction is completed before the end of this year.
“We also visited the LAUTECH Iseyin Campus for an on-the-spot assessment of the progress of the ongoing construction. The administrative building is complete. However, there is still some work to be done on the other buildings and the access road. The plan is for students to resume on this campus by September this year.
“Lastly, we visited the Akinyele Resettlement Centre to assess the project. Under Omituntun 2.0, we will ensure that the centre is properly utilised to serve as a holding place for beggars on our streets prior to their rehabilitation and relocation.~ Governor Seyi Makinde FNSE”.
Nigerian actor, Kunle Afod, confirmed his death on Saturday morning.
ODUDUWA NEWS reports that the actor’s demise was disclosed by his colleague, Kunle Afod in a post via his Instagram page on Saturday, May 13, 2023.
According to Afod, Alafin Oro died in the early hours of today (Saturday). The friend of the popular actor added that he would surely be missed.
Sharing the deceased photos, Kunle Afod wrote: “Another library is burnt down today. A great philosopher An icon with so much Yoruba knowledge A lover of God @alafinoro1 You departed this sinful world early hour of today May your gentle soul rest in peace
The factional National Chairman of the Labour Party, LP, Comrade Julius Abure, has apologized to the party faithful that the party inadvertently admitted those he referred to as charlatans and dubious persons into its fold in the hurry to grow its membership.
Abure tendered the apology while receiving a group of party supporters and civil soceity groups at the party’s National Secretariat, in Abuja, on Friday.
He expressed sadness that this set of people were the ones who have placed themselves in the service of enemies of the party to cause chaos.
Abure said, “The party was a small party and because we want to have numbers, we accommodated all form of charlatans and dubious people into the party.
“These are people who didn’t offer anything to the party. Apapa scored zero in Oyo state in the Presidential election. Arabambi who is claiming to be the Publicity Secretary scored zero in Ogun state in the presidential election.
“They even supported other candidates from other parties. In Edo, I scored 79 percent of the votes in the presidential election. I ensured that APC and PDP did not get 25 percent in that election.”
Explaining what transpired in court earlier in the day, the party chairman said, “We have obeyed the court restraining order and by today, the court gave a ruling, assuming jurisdiction.
“I need to make it abundantly clear that the substantive matter has not started. There was a preliminary objection to the jurisdiction of the court and the court today assumed jurisdiction.
“And for me, I am ready to go for an appeal. In the next few hours, we will be submitting our notice of appeal to the court and we will move all the matter from that court and take it to the court of Appeal.
Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to stop the inauguration of President-elect Bola Tinubu.
The residents represented by Anyaegbunam Ubaka Okoye, David Aondover Adzer, Jeffrey Oheobeh Ucheh, Osang Paul and Chibuke Nwachukwu, are seeking a court order restraining the Chief Justice of Nigeria and any judicial officer and/or any authority or persons from swearing in any candidate in the February 25 presidential election as president or vice president.
They said this is to judicially determine with finality in accordance with the provisions of Section 134(2)(b) of the Nigerian Constitution that such candidate fulfilled the requirements of the constitution.
They also want an order of the court “setting aside or suspending any declaration and/or issuance of a certificate of return to any candidate in the February 25th presidential election in the country or having been elected save and except it is judicially determined with finality that such candidate fulfilled the conditions stated at Section 134(2)(b) of the Constitution.”
The suit was filed before a Federal High Court in Abuja.
Our paths crossed between 2011 and 2012 when I served as the Faculty Officer, and Prof. Victor Olusegun Taiwo was the Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ibadan. This stint enabled me to identify the virtues of a high sense of responsibility and dedication to duty in Prof. Taiwo. He accorded the highest priority to meeting the demands of his teaching, research, and services at the University. He was and is still always seen in the Faculty mentoring his students and inspiring his colleagues.
Prof. Taiwo is thoughtful, kind, truthful, accommodating, a decent socialite, and a wonderful family man. Between 2009 and 2013, he was the Chairman of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Appointments and Promotion Panel (Parts I & II), and I was aware of the time and energy he invested in ensuring that the Faculty’s candidates were promoted at the Central Appointments and Promotion Committee, University of Ibadan. He was also a member of this Central Committee from 2006 to 2015. Prof. Taiwo will be remembered for the critical role he played in elevating a faculty member, whose name I will not mention in this birthday treatise, to the rank of Professor in 2012. He is perhaps, at present, the oldest academic staff in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and is the current Head of the Department of Veterinary Pathology of the same Faculty.
A proud native of Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State, he earned all his degrees at the University of Ibadan: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (with distinctions) in 1983, Master of Veterinary Science in 1987, and Doctor of Philosophy (Veterinary Medicine) in 1993.
An insatiable collector of awards and prizes, he received the Federal Government of Nigeria Merit Award (1979-1983) for undergraduate studies; Research Fellowship Award for Master in Veterinary Science (M.Vet.Sci.) degree studies by the International Laboratory for Research in Animal Diseases (ILRAD), Nairobi, Kenya (1986-1987); Research Fellowship Award for Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) research work by the International Laboratory for Research in Animal Diseases (ILRAD), Nairobi, Kenya (1988-1992); Veterinary Pathology Departmental Prize (1981); Veterinary Microbiology & Parasitology Departmental Prize (1982); Veterinary Public Health & Preventive Medicine Departmental Prize (1983); NUPEMECO Prize for the best all-round student in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (1983); University of Ibadan Senate Prize for the best final year student in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (1983); COOMASSIE Prize (endowed by Mallam Ahmadu Coomassie, O.B.E.) for the student with the highest marks in the DVM final degree examination (1983), among others.
Prof. Taiwo began his career as an Associate Lecturer at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria in 1985 and rose through the ranks to Professor on October 1, 2006. He has an extensive background in veterinary nutrition and toxicologic pathology. Indeed, he is among those who contributed to putting UI on the global academic map and has served the University in a variety of capacities.
He is a member or fellow of numerous learned societies and professional organisations, notably a Fellow of the College of Veterinary Surgeons of Nigeria (FCVSN).
Despite our age difference, he treats me as both a colleague and a friend. May God keep strengthening the bond.
This occasion of your birthday is an opportunity to thank God for creating a wonderful person like you. Over the years, you have shown that life itself is a duty, and doing good to fellow human beings is the greatest expression or practice of religion. Your life’s journey thus remains a shining example and a testimony to those who know you. Wishing you everything that is closest to your heart and the best of God’s love. Have a wonderful and fulfilling birthday, sir! Cheers!
Olatunji Oladejo Director, Ibadan University Press (Publishing House) Saturday, 13 May, 2023.
Apapa has directed the party’s legal representatives in the presidential election tribunal to meet with him within 48 hours.
He also maintained his stance that he is currently in charge of the Labour Party activities.
The ruling was made on Friday, May 12, 2023, granting Apapa recognition as the acting chairman of the party.
In response to the ruling, Apapa has directed the party’s legal representatives in the presidential election tribunal to meet with him within 48 hours.
Furthermore, Apapa has mandated that the party’s attorneys must appear before him in person within the given timeframe to discuss ongoing matters related to the presidential election tribunal.
The Governor of Ondo State has expressed his displeasure on the proposed zoning formula of the All Progressives Congress APC on the Senate President seat and the Speakership position.
This was contained in a statement personally signed and made available to newsmen by the Governor as read in part:
“It is with great concern, and indeed, with a huge burden that I read in the news of the purported zoning arrangement released by the National Working Committee of our Party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) as regards the leadership positions in the yet-to-be inuagurated National Assembly.
“Aside the unpretentious ambiguity in the purported Press Statement issued by the leadership of the APC, the contents, intentions and motives of the zoning formula represent early signs of steps aimed at attempts to cabin the hard-earned Presidency for our Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu by a few individuals with eyes on ASO ROCK POWER BUTTONS.
“It is trite to aver, that, it stands logic on the head that one geo-political zone, Northwest in this regard, will be favoured with two presiding officers positions out of four while North Central suffers the consequences for its innocence and shrewd loyalty by having none.
“It is an insidious permutation that North East will be deprived in the face of the unsavoury generosity dispensed through two slots to a particular geo-political zone. It is self-repudiating for one to argue, therefore, that the Speaker of the House of Representatives cannot also emerge from the North East.
“Therefore, the move to zone the National Assembly leadership positions on the behest of interested personalities with perceived closeness to the President-elect manifestingly, lays the dangerous foundation of distrust, needless suspicion even as it structures nothing but a combination of booby traps. We must avoid all these.
“Let the North play a stronger, more robust and all-inclusive roles in the emergence of the positions zoned to the region, especially the Speakership.
“Furthermore, it strikes a huge ingratitude that the role of the Progressive Governors Forum appears unimportant. As leaders of the Party in their respective States, there cannot be a greater disservice to them that a consensus was yet to be reached when the NWC hurriedly released a dangerous tool for the opposition in the guise of a zoning formula. To me, even on this note, it’s unacceptable.
“Does it not also exude a serious discomfort that the aspirants to the Speakership were not consulted, approached and effectively engaged before the purported zoning formula? It does, and clearly so.
“It is in this regard that I salute the courage of the Speakership aspirants for their show of solidarity, companionship and applaudable love for the Party in their rejection, resentment and objection to the brazenly teleguided zoning arrangement that is skewed and targeted against some zones and identified individuals. Their action is commendable just as they are urged to ensure they pursue this to a logical conclusion. This is an unworkable arrangement that reinforces injustice and enhances inequity; and I join them in rejecting this zoning formula.
“I call on the NWC of our great Party to follow the path of purity and Justice. It is perhaps expedient that Mr. President-elect interrogates this skewed arrangement and give direction that reflects our collective commitment to equality and fairness.
“In this particular case, and for the purpose of avoiding a repeat of untoward situations, it is advised that the APC NWC immediately summons the National Executive Committee (NEC)after robust National Caucus/Stakeholders parley to agree on terms that would strengthen our great Party”.
The police in Ekiti State have dragged a 32-year-old man, Uche George, to an Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged theft and assault.
George was accused of beating one Ajayi Kolawole as well as stealing his Infinix phone.
The police prosecutor, Inspector Celeb Leramo, alleged in court on Wednesday that “on May 4, around 3pm at the Ijigbo area, Ado Ekiti, the defendant did assault one Ajayi Kolawole, by beating him all over his body with blows.
“Also, the defendant did steal an Infinix Hot 12i valued at N80,000 property of Kolawole.
“The offences committed are punishable under Sections 185 and 302 Laws of Ekiti State of Nigeria 2021.”
Counsel for the defendant, Luke Mbam, urged the court to grant his client bail in liberal terms, promising to provide credible surety.
The Chief Magistrate, Saka Afunso, granted him bail in the sum of N25,000 with one surety and adjourned the case to June 29 for hearing.
