It was a dramatic moment with Ibadan Road Safety at Iwo Road yesterday, 23rd of April, 2023 when a driver was stopped for a checkup.
According to the reports, the Road Safety Officer requested the car papers which were given to them, including the driver’s license, but surprisingly, they insisted on payment before they can release the driver’s documents, which the driver declined since his paper and driving license are valid.
It was reported that the moment they realized the driver was not ready to give them money, they started inspecting the interior and exterior of the car, which included the fire extinguisher and tire expiration date. Unfortunately, the tire expiration date is still far away, in 2023, while the fire extinguisher is intact.
At this point, they felt disappointed but insisted that the driver won’t escape without paying them, even though everything they checked is valid. They proceeded to ask why the driver failed to have a first aid box inside his car and a rope in case the motor stopped working on the highway.
The driver said, “I’m tired of this drama and time-wasting and need to leave Ibadan for an important assignment, so I’ve no choice since they insisted that I have to pay for the offense of not having a first aid box and rope, which they said was five thousand naira (N5,000) but later agreed to (N3,000).”
“But at the moment of the transaction, I noticed the account the road safety officer called was his personal account, so I transferred money to his account, even though they hoped it was the amount they requested, but it was only N30 naira I transferred to him.” he concluded
The attached picture is the proof of the transaction and the name of the officer.
Six persons have been confirmed dead following an auto crash around the popular Kara Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway yesterday.
The incident happened in quick succession from the bus somersaulting, to it bursting into flames leading to the fatalities.
Eyewitnesses told newsmen that the dead victims include the bus driver, two children, and three women.
Lagos Deputy Corps Commander (Operations), Lucas Oguntade who also confirmed the incident said rescue efforts had commenced.
Oguntade added that while some casualties were recorded, some victims were rescued and have been taken to the hospital for medical attention. He said;
Oguntade who further revealed that they’ve launched a probe into the accident, blamed it on over-speeding. He said;
“From the look of things, we know that the vehicle somersaulted and resulted in this high level of casualties. Meanwhile, the investigation must be concluded before we can now give a holistic appraisal of the incident.”
A five storey building under construction has collapsed at 45, Ladipo Oluwole, GRA Apapa area of Lagos State.
The incident happened at about 2:30pm on Sunday.
ODUDUWA NEWS gathered that officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency have sealed the collapsed building.
The latest building collapse in Lagos comes barely 72 hours after a seven story building collapsed in Bananna Island area of the state.
It was learnt that the collpase of the building was due to thunder strike orchestrtated by heavy rains early today.
A Volunteer with the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp in Ajeromi Ifelodun LCDA, Asimiyu Tiamiyu who witnessed it, said no casualty was recorded in the incident.
According to him, all the workers at the site of the collapsed building had embarked on Sallah break, reason why no one was involved in the incident.
He noted that the state government must beam a search light on the recurring incident of collpase building which had claimed many lives and property worth billions of Naira destroyed.
A widower, Ariyibi Ahmed Olaseinde and a divorcee, Akanbi Silifat Tunrayo who were going for lesser hajj in Saudi Arabia have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos for attempting to export 14.4 kilograms of cocaine concealed in lace and ankara fabrics.
Ariyibi was intercepted on Thursday 20th April at the screening point of MMIA Terminal 2 during outward clearance of Qatar Airways passengers travelling from Lagos via Doha to Medina, Saudi Arabia. When his carry-on bag was checked, four sets of white lace material with linings of substance that tested positive to Cocaine weighing 11.50kg were discovered.
The suspect who claimed to be a widower and an advertising practitioner said his original plan was to ingest the drugs but had to change his mind after failed attempts to swallow bitter cola, which he was using to practice the process. He is expected to be paid One Million, Eight Hundred Thousand Naira (N1,800,000) upon successful delivery of the consignment in Medina, Saudi Arabia.
The previous day, Wednesday 19th April, NDLEA officers at the Terminal 2 of the airport also arrested Mrs. Silifat Tunrayo Akanbi with 2.90kg cocaine during outward clearance of Qatar Airways passengers from Lagos via Doha to Jedda, Saudi Arabia. A search of her hand luggage led to the discovery of six sheets of cocaine weighing 2.90kg concealed in ankara fabrics.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect is a divorcee and a trader who used to hawk cloths around Awoyaya area of Ajah, Lagos. Based on information in her statement, a follow up operation that lasted through the night into the early hours of Thursday 20th April was carried out, during which the person who recruited her, Alhaji Adebayo Adeola Wasiu was arrested at No 28, Olateju Street, Mushin, Lagos. Adebayo is the managing director of B&T Travel Agency.
In the same vein, NDLEA officers attached to courier companies have intercepted two drug consignments consisting of ecstasy and skunk going to United Arab Emirate. While the pills of ecstasy were concealed in a gold colour wedding gown, the skunk was hidden in a micro controller.
This is even as a 400-level Marine Engineering student at the Niger Delta University, Amassoma, Bayelsa state, Kelvin Ogenedoro has been arrested for dealing in 600grams of skunk. He was nabbed at the universitys gate in a follow up operation following the interception of the consignment in a commercial bus along Tombia-Amassoma road.
In Adamawa state, a notorious drug dealer, Sunday Ishaku Emzor (aka Lalas) who was convicted and sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in 2010 for drug offences, was on Thursday 20th April arrested for drug dealing. He was arrested at Hayin Gada, Imburu Numan LGA where he went to supply 1.650kg cannabis to an undercover operative. His Yellow Press Cub motorcycle used for supplying illicit drugs and a cash of N78,120 suspected to be proceed of the illegal business were recovered from him at the point of arrest.
On the same day in Kaduna, operatives acting on credible intelligence intercepted a truck conveying 110 bags and 200 compressed blocks of cannabis sativa weighing 1.223 tons (1,223kg) in Zaria while the truck driver, Adekunle Olanrewaju, 32, and his assistant, Tunde Jamiu, 20, were arrested.
In Edo State, a 42-year-old cripple, Lucky Aigberenmolen trading in illicit drugs on his wheelchair was arrested in a raid of drug joints in parts of the state. While Lucky was nabbed at Ekpoma, Esan West LGA with 1.3kg of Cannabis Sativa and 10 litres of Monkey Tail, another suspect, Mary David,46, was arrested at Ugbegun, Esan Central LGA with four litres of Monkey Tail and Osagiede Stephanie, 19, at Ekpoma, with various quantities of Colorado, Methamphetamine, and Molly. A 50kg cannabis stored in a bush ready for distribution was also recovered in Irrua area of the state.
While two suspects: Adeshina Olalekan and Christopher Joel, were arrested at Lektop hotel, Igbeba, Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, with 39 litres of Skuchies, as well as various quantities of tramadol, and rophynol, operatives in Imo State intercepted a female suspect, Ijeoma Anyiam Loreza, 40, at Orogwe, Owerri North with 70 blocks of Cannabis Sativa weighing 30kg.
A notorious drug dealer in Okitipupa area of Ondo state, Mathew Obateru, 42, has also been taken into custody after different quantities of Cocaine, Heroin, Methamphetamine, Colorado and Loud were recovered from him. In Taraba, a suspect, Mohammed Usman was arrested on Monday 17th April in connection with the seizure of 10,009 pills of tramadol.
While commending the officers and men of the MMIA, Directorate of Operations and General Investigation, DOGI, Bayelsa, Adamawa, Kaduna, Edo, Ogun, Imo, Ondo and Taraba Commands of the Agency for the excellent job done in the past week, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) charged them and their compatriots across the country to continue to raise the bar of professionalism in the daily discharge of their responsibilities.
ODUDUWA NEWS has gathered that a 16-year-old boy identified as Ismail Adeagbo has on Friday, day of Eidel-Fitri been detained at a Divisional Police Command, Tede, Atisbo Local Government for allegedly killing his father.
The lifeless body of the deceased, Jimoh Adeagbo who before his death was a worker at the Atisbo Local Government Council was found in a pool of blood by the community residents.
According to a confessional statement made to the Police by the arrested killer boy who committed the homicide, he said to have belonged to a member of notorious cult group, Alora.
According to the boy, on the 20th of April, 2023, he was mandated by the leaders of his cult group to kill his father before the midnight of that day, which he eventually carried out without hesitation.
He said, the cult leaders warned him not disobey the order and that doing so would have great consequences on him which may eventually cost his own life too.
According to the community people who spoke to ODUDUWA NEWS under the condition of anonymity, they said, the boy who killed his father by hitting his head with car engine shaft had gone out to announce the death of his father by shedding crocodile tears only to realize later that he killed his father by himself.
It was learnt that the boy confessed to his mother that he killed his father. In complicit, the mother asked the boy to go on hibernation by hiding himself somewhere until the matter gets resolved.
The Police having received complaints of the incident by the family of the deceased swung into action and in the course of investigation got the culprit who was hiding arrested as well as his mother who connived to shield him away from being arrest.
As at the time of filing this report, we await the official statement on the incident from the Oyo State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Adewale Osifeso as all calls put through him by our correspondent could not be answered.
Leke, son of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said he made his first one million selling rubber.
Speaking in a recent interview, Leke reveals that everyone wants to hit it big but forget the essence of little profit.
According to Tribune, he said: ”I made my first million selling wristband, rubber to be precise.
Everybody else is always trying to hit the guy on the top, but they forget the little things, so you need to focus on the little things.
We use a lot of toothpicks in Nigeria; for example, who is supplying the toothpicks?
Promotional gift items for those that are doing branding wristbands are just rubber. But if I sell enough of those rubbers with a very tiny margin profit of N50 or N100 at a big Christian event, it adds up.”
The marriage between Pastor Joshua Ajagunigbala and his wife, Rita Ajagunigbala has been dissolved. The 22-year marriage collapsed in Ekiti State after a herbalist died on top of the pastor’s wife during s3x romp in a hotel.
According to ODUDUWA NEWS, Pastor Joshua stated that his marriage was dissolved at the Ekiti State Customary Court after he filed a divorce suit seeking for the dissolution of the marriage with Rita on the grounds of adultery.
The petitioner, Pastor Ajagunigbala, during the hearing prayed the Court to dissolve the union on the ground of adultery and the custody of his children be given to him.
In evidence, he told the Court that he had not paid the dowry of the respondent and they had lived together for more than 22 years and had children.
He also informed the Court that it was the third time he had taken her to Court on the ground of adultery, stating that the respondent in 2017 started having an illicit affair with a herbalist called Ifidayomi a.k.a Ejiogbe, who is now late.
He narrated that the Herbalist died on top of the respondent while having sexual intercourse in a hotel at Ikere-Ekiti on 2nd January, 2023, which led to a commotion and made thugs to destroy his house and his church at Ikere.
He lamented that her action led to his suspension by his Church authority and because of this, he is no longer interested in the union and pleaded with the Court to dissolve the union and give him custody of his children.
Mrs. Ajagunigbala, in response, admitted having sexual relationship with the late herbalist. She stated that her relationship with the Herbalist was because of lack of care from the petitioner. She said that she had been the one responsible for the feeding of the children and their school fees. She claimed that she had incurred so much debt, which the late Ejiogbe helped her to offset.
Twitter’s co-founder and ex-CEO, Jack Dorsey has launched a version of another social media app “Bluesky” as an alternative to Twitter for Android users and the platform reportedly has about 20,000 users currently.
The app is poised to offer a refreshing take on social media, and many are already speculating that it could become the next big thing.
This follows after Elon Musk caused a stir by removing Dorsey verification badge on Twitter.
Whether it will be able to dethrone Twitter remains to be seen, but for now, it’s worth keeping an eye on.
ODUDUWA NEWS has gathered that a storey building situated at Sango Police Barracks, Ibadan has just collapsed.
The building consists of two blocks of flat said to have collapsed on Saturday evening.
According to our correspondent who visited the scene reported, “this block just collapsed at Sango Police Barracks, Ibadan, Oyo State, the collapsed structure is in front of a residential three-storey building
“All attempts to reach the officials of the National Emergency Management Agency, Ibadan and the Oyo State Police Command for comments on the incident were futile as of the time of filing this report
“Meanwhile, the residents and onlookers are intensifying efforts to evacuate the rubble as the number of trapped persons or commodities remains unknown”.
The Oke-Ogun youths under the aegis of Progressive Movement of Oke-Ogun has appreciated the Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde for the establishment of a satellite campus of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology in Iseyin.
The Movement had earlier this morning staged an appreciation walk across the suburbs of Iseyin before converging at the University Campus for Media Briefing.
The highlight of the Press Briefing is reproduced below:
Progressive Movement of Oke-Ogun Press Conference and appreciation Walk for HE Dr. Oluwaseyi Abiodun Makinde over the ongoing issue on Lautech Campus, Iseyin delivered by the National President, Comr. Hammed Saheed Oloro
The Association appreciates the Executive Governor and The House of Assembly for the role played in ensuring that the Institution became a success.
The group calls on those calling for cancellation of the Institution to have a rethink because the Institution is expected to entrench peaceful coexistence and foster unity in Oyo State.
The group made it known that the Institution is not the first to operate multicampus system and urge whoever calls for such to have a rethink inorder to avoid actions that may lead to communal crises and enmity now and in future.
The group appreciates the Governor onbehalf of Oke-Ogun and plead with the Governor to please fastrack student’s resumption to the Institution.
The group assures the Government of the indigines’ maximum support towards achieving the desired goals for the Institution.
The President in his speech also pleaded with the people to help in providing accomodation for the staff and students of the Institution anytime they resume.
After the Press Conference at the Institution, the group delivered a piece of appreciation to the Governor through the Executive Chairman of Iseyin Local Government, Hon. Mufutau Abilawon.
