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ODUDUWA NEWS has obtained a video clip of a suspected phone thief arrested yesterday at a shopping mall in Dugbe.
According to our correspondent who visited the scene, the suspect, before his arrest was a serial phone thief whose identity has been sent to all phone dealers via a CCTV footage and had been on the trail in connection with several stolen phones worth Millions of Naira.
Details later.
Eruwa Youth Movement (EYM) which is the apex youth organization in Eruwa, Ibarapa East Local Government of Oyo State, paid a courtesy call to the Management of Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Eruwa on Wednesday, 4th January 2023.
The occasion had in attendance the leadership of Eruwa Youth Movement, led by Com. Kunle Adebola, the entire Management of the Institution, led by the Ag. Rector, Dr. Gbade Akinteye.
Speaking at the meeting, the President of Eruwa Youth Movement appreciated the Management for the warm reception accorded them, despite their tight schedule. He also commended the Management for the passion and unrelenting efforts toward the development of the Institution and, by extension, the Eruwa community.
Speaking further, Com. Adebola bemoaned the security situation in the country and urged the Management to join hands with the community in mapping out ways by which crime can be curtailed in the community.
According to him, “It’s important to discuss the second site of the Institution (Okolo site) which has been neglected for long. The Management should find a way to execute meaningful projects on the site. Obviously, the economy of the community and its environ will improve if something is done on that site”.
The Vice President of the association, Com. Olawoore Adefemi, also charged the Management of the Institution to float more programs for the Institution, even if it requires partnership with private sectors and other degree-awarding Institutions.
Responding, the Ag. Rector, Dr. Gbade Akinteye, appreciated the leadership of Eruwa Youth Movement for their familiarisation visit. According to him, “your presence is a sign of peace, unity, and progress of the Institution and Ibarapa at large.” He acknowledged the association as a socio-cultural, progressive and indigeneous group of all youths in Eruwa community.
Dr. Akinteye also commended the representatives of EYM for not being driven by personal interests but by collective interest, aimed at the development of Eruwa community, and Ibarapa at large.
“We commend your efforts for putting sentiments aside because of your passion for growth and development of the region. Let me update you on happenings in and around us of recent. Our Institution was first approved two years ago as centre for UTME. Unfortunately, it was deregistered due to technical issues. Since then, the Governing Council, Management, and other concerned bodies have been working assiduously to re-enlist the school. In fact, it was one of the issues discussed at the last Governing Council meeting. To the glory of God, our CBT Center has been approved again for UTME examination and registration.
“On the issue of insecurity, it is one of the issues raised during the last visitation of the Executive Governor of Oyo State to our Institution and the Management are also looking inward to improve the security apparatus of the institution.”
Responding to the call for establishment of additional programs, the Ag. Rector explained that enrollment of students is being determined by the regulatory body for polytechnics across the country, and it was one of the reasons for the establishment of part-time programs.
“When I came onboard as the Ag. Rector of this Institution, students’ population then was about 3,000. Presently, we have about 5,000 students in this campus. It is my belief that students’ population will increase after the proposed graduation ceremony of the Institution. The Okolo site has been used for preliminary programs before but the situation of the site now is not suitable for academic activities until more funds are injected. That’s why we are using the place for agricultural activities for now. The institution is spending more on accreditation, salary augmentation, and other developmental programs.”
The Ag. Registrar, Mr. Dele Oladipo, commended the leadership of EYM for taking productive steps. He added that lack of peace in the community often times contributed to insecurity. He then urged EYM excos to serve as agent of peace, unity, and progress between the iynstitution and the community at large.
Similarly, the Deputy Rector, Mr Asimiyu Oladeji, admonished EYM representatives to remain passionate about community development.
The Ondo State Government has approved the payment of 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) fees for students in public schools in the state.
A total sum of N523,948,400 was approved by the governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, CON.
This followed a memo sent to the governor by the State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and signed by the Commissioner, Pastor Femi Agagu. The memo was dated December 29th, 2022.
In approving the memo, Governor Akeredolu instructed that the sum be “paid directly to WAEC to be receipted for”.
According to the memo, a total number of 28,946 students in Public Secondary Schools across the state will benefit from the gesture.
The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Richard Olatunde said the gesture was part of the determination of the Akeredolu led administration to encourage education and ease the financial burden on parents.
“The Akeredolu led administration has continued to prioritise functional education in the state. Aside the reconstruction of public Primary Schools in the State, this administration has been committed to payment of WASSCE fees.
“This gesture will surely bring a great relief to Parents and Guardians across the state. Governor Akeredolu has unwavering belief that education is the key to a secured future.
“Again, this is a promise kept. It is in line with the REDEEMED Agenda of the Akeredolu led administration under which we have Educational Advancement and Human Development.” Olatunde said.
ODUDUWA NEWS has just gathered that the recently kidnapped Iseyin hotelier has regained his freedom.
The hotelier identified as Mr. Dejo Ajuwon, the owner of Nice Hotel was kidnapped on Wednesday while working in his farm situated along Moniya-Iseyin road.
A source said he was released on Friday after spending about two days in the hands of the abductors.
According to the report, undisclosed amount of money said to have been paid to the kidnappers before he was finally freed.
JAMB Registration will commence on 14th January 2023 while the UTME (examination) will start on 24th April 2023. See everything you need to know before the registration starts.
Below is a summary of everything you need to know before the registration commence:
1. NIN Is Mandatory
According to the JAMB, candidates interested in registering for the 2023 UTME must supply their National Identity Number (NIN) to complete the process.
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2. Registration Date And Centres
The JAMB 2023 UTME registration portal will open from 14th January to 14th February 2023. There may not be an extension for the sales of the registration form, buy it as soon as you can.
JAMB Registration must be at the Approved JAMB CBT Centers.
3. Optional Mock And UTME Exam Dates
The mock examination which is optional for candidates will be conducted on the 16th of March 2023. While the 2023 UTME (main exam) is billed to hold from Saturday, 29th April to Saturday, 12th May, 2023.
“The venue of the examination will be at any of the centres in the candidate’s chosen examination town,” the examination body, added.
4. Registration Fee
The registration fee for the 2023 application documents is N3,500 and N500 for the recommended Reading Text (novel). Budget atleast 5,000 for other charges and transport fare
5. JAMB Recommended Novel
As of the time of updating this page, the JAMB Recommended Novel hasn’t been announced yet. If they should use that of 2022, then it will be “The Life Changer” by Khadija Abubakar Jali.
6. Generating JAMB Profile Codes
All JAMB candidate MUST use their phone number to get their JAMB Profile Code for the UTME registration.
The phone number can be used by one candidate only. CANDIDATES SHOULD NOTE AND ALWAYS REMEMBER THE NUMBER USED, IT IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE FOR SUBSEQUENT COMMUNICATION WITH THE BOARD.
The 2023 JAMB Candidates can now start generating their profile codes through the procedure below.
Candidate should send his/her National Identification Number (NIN) by text (SMS) to 55019 or 66019 from his/her phone number e.g write the word “NIN” then space and add your 11-digit NIN Number and send to 55019 or 66019 in this format (NIN 00123456789).
There should be a space between the word “NIN” and your 11-digit NIN (Note that the number must not have been used by another person to register for UTME/DE in the past).
A Profile Code of 10 characters will be sent to the candidate on the same phone number
The phone number used for the text message is automatically tied to the candidate’s 2023 application, Examination, and Admission.
After getting the profile code, what next?
Candidate will present the profile code at the point of obtaining the JAMB form (Banks, MMOs, MFBs, Switches, USSD Partners).
An ePIN will then be sent as a text message to the candidate’s Phone number
The candidate will present the ePIN and profile code at any JAMB-accredited CBT Centre for registration
Other Things To Note
The application cannot be completed until the candidate’s biometric (all ten fingers) are captured and photograph taken physically (No submission of passport photograph). Successful capture of biometrics and photograph will authorize a candidate to print his/her e-registration slip. The finger print shall be required for any further transaction with JAMB on the candidates’ profile.
NOTE:
Only candidates whose biometrics verification is successful on examination day will be permitted to sit the UTME. No parent or any proxy is allowed to make any transaction on the candidates’ profile.
Candidates with biometric challenges can only register at JAMB headquarters Abuja. The arrangement will be made for this through JAMB state offices
If you still have any questions, please feel free to ask us using the comment box below and we will be very pleased to answer you.
The Kwara State Police Command has arrested one Issa Naigheti for allegedly kidnapping his father and collecting a ransom of N2.5m.
Ajayi Okasanmi, spokesman of the command, who disclosed this said the suspect was arrested around Kambi area of Ilorin.
He said officers attached to the anti-kidnapping team of the Kwara police command arrested the suspect while on the trail of suspected kidnappers.
Okasanmi added that efforts were ongoing to arrest his other accomplices.
“The suspect confessed under interrogation to having conspired with two others to kidnap his father, Bature Naigboho in Igboho/Igbeti area of Oyo State and collected N2.5m ransom”, Okasanmi said.
He added that the case would be transferred to Oyo State, the venue of the crime.
A couple Taiwo Olutufese Ajalorun and Salawa Oyenusi Ajalorun were on Wednesday 4th of January 2023 arrested along with six others namely: Lukman Oladele, Kayode Ibrahim, Bello Akeem, Alebiosu Adebayo, Fatai Rasheed and Fatai Jimoh for kidnapping, killing and dismembering of a 26yrs old mother of two, Oyindamola Adeyemi.
The suspects were apprehended following a report lodged at Obalende divisional headquarters; Ijebu-Ode by one Ojo Omolara who reported that her neighbor, Oyindamola Adeyemi left home since morning of Wednesday 28th of December 2022 but didn’t return home and her phone has since then been switched off.
Since it is not 24hrs, she was advised to come back.
But the following day, been 29th of December 2022, while patrol team from Obalende division were on routine patrol, a dismembered body of a lady was discovered by the road side and the body was taken to a mortuary.
Fortunately, the mortuary is a stone thrown distance away from the house of the deceased and one of the mortuary workers who knew about the missing person called the attention of the deceased family to come and see the body brought by the police.
On getting there, the deceased friend, Ojo Omolara was able to identify it through the bra and underwear she put on since her head was already chopped off. Having recognised the body, the DPO Obanlende division, SP MURPHY SALAMI mobilized his crack detectives and embarked on a technical intelligence based investigation which led to one Taiwo Olutufese Ajalorun an herbalist whose possession the deceased Itel phone was recovered. He was promptly arrested, and a search warrant was duly executed in his house where a container full of human blood, later discovered to be that of the deceased was recovered. His arrest led to the apprehension of his friend, Lukman Oladele whose house the legs of the deceased were also recovered.
They both made confessional statements which led to the arrest of other suspects who are buyers of different parts of the deceased body, on interrogation, Taiwo Ajalorun and Lukman Oladele confessed that the deceased was lured to the house of Taiwo who happened to her man friend, but her soon as the victim entered, she was pinned down by both Taiwo Olutufese Ajalorun and Lukman Oladele and the subsequently strangled her to death.
After killing her, they cut of the head, legs, and the two hands, which they sold to thier standby buyers to be used for money making ritual. According them,the legs of the deceased were sold at the rate of #30,000, while the heart was sold for #50,000 to Hakeem Bello. The person who bought the head is still at large.
The suspects confessed further that the victim was the third persons they had killed in such gruesome manner.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre S. BANKOLE has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the Homicide section of the State criminal investigation department.
ODUDUWA NEWS has gathered that an hotelier identified as Dr. Dejo Ajuwon who is the founder of Nice Hotel in Iseyin has been kidnapped on Wednesday while working on his farm along Serafu, Moniya-Iseyin road.
Recall, Iseyin and other towns in Oke-Ogun region of Oyo State have been in the news for sometime over incessant spate of kidnapping and banditry attacks usually recorded in that axis.
It was learnt that the recent incident of kidnapping was the second of its kind to occur in the Serafu village in the past few weeks. In early December, a friend of a local farm owner was also reportedly abducted, and the ransom of Two Million Naira said to have been paid to regain his freedom.
After retiring from active civil service, Mr. Ajuwon moved back to his hometown in Iseyin to start his agricultural and hospitality businesses, which he has been operating for about ten years.
ODUDUWA NEWS learnt that before the recent incident, the residents of Iseyin had earlier alerted the security agencies on the need to comb the forests nearby “Serafu” village and the farm settlements in that axis to gather intelligence on the operational tactics of some of the kidnappers who continuously terrorize the community.
As at the time of filing this report, the kidnappers have not reached out to the family of the abducted hotelier on any ransom.
Oduduwa News had put calls through the Spokesman of Oyo State Police Command, DSP Adewale Osifeso but yet to respond to his calls.
Alleged attack by the Minister of Interior and Former Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the February 2023 General Elections, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has been described as fake news and a creation of the imagination of jittery politicians who are bent on maligning the Minister in order to cause disaffection between the duo.
A statement signed by Sola Fasure, the media adviser to Aregbesola on Wednesday titled, ‘Jittery Politicians Scared of Full Reconciliation’, stated that there is a well coordinated sinister plot to frustrate the reconciliation efforts being championed by notable individuals and other key stakeholders.
“We are observing a sinister and coordinated effort to frustrate the reconciliatory moves being championed by notable stakeholders within and beyond our party to rally all necessary factors for the success of our Party at the February 2023 Presidential Election.
“Just last week, jittery politicians who are authors of this malicious manuscript, paid a handful of rent-a-crowd comedians to react to a non-existent ‘attack’ and regurgitate the storyline again, with the intention to frustrate a series of reconciliation steps for their selfish interest”, Fasure noted.
The Minister’s Adviser further stated that some known interest keeps promoting a narrative that he’s attacking or has once attacked Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, describing it as fake news and targeted at maligning his person.
“The social media news making the rounds is targeted at maligning the person of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola as concerns an alleged attack on the person of the presidential candidate of our Party, The All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. This is FAKE news and simply not True.
“We urge well-meaning Nigerians to be wary of the evil machinations of this cult of fifth columnists, whose sole business is to cause dissatisfaction, manufacture distractions and sow seeds of doubt”, Fasure revealed.
The statement further said the Minister is focused on his current ministerial duties and ensuring his party, the APC emerges victorious at the Presidential election in February 2023.
The immediate past Osun Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola on Monday inaugurated the Osun Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), in Osogbo.
Oyetola who is the State Coordinator, Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council tasked the newly-inaugurated members of the PCC to begin to intensify efforts towards ensuring all round victory for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate and his running mate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Alhaji Kashim Shettima and all APC candidates in the forthcoming general elections.
This is even as Oyetola reiterated that Osun would ensure the delivery of over a million votes for the party’s flag-bearer in the next presidential election saying APC has offered the best candidate to turn around Nigeria’s fortunes.
Inaugurating members of the Council, at the Tinubu/Shettima Campaign Office in Osogbo, Oyetola said no stone would be left unturned to ensure the emergence of Tinubu and Shettima as well as all the candidates of the party in the national and state assemblies elections.
Oyetola noted that the country is in dire need of a competent individual like Tinubu to build on the gains of the incumbent administration and drive the the nation’s potential for socioeconomic growth and development of the country.
According to him, there is no room for experiment on the choice of next president at this critical time in the history of Nigeria, hence the need to elect Tinubu whose political pedigree, good, responsible and responsive governance antecedents are second to none.
Oyetola who described Tinubu/Shettima ticket as divine, said it is worthy of note that the team is powered by tested and trusted hands as it offers a renewed hope for all in all sectors, ensures today and assures tomorrow for all and sundry.
“Asiwaju is a pathfinder and leader per excellence. Once he identifies a problem, he not only solves it, but also comes up with institutional framework to ensure such a problem does not occur again.
“For instance, to tackle perennial flooding, he dredged the Atlantic Ocean, reclaimed the land and created the Eko Atlantic City where you have various economic activities going on there today.
“Our Presidential candidate is not only a problem solver, he is a genius, a roadmap designer and an implementor who out of little or nothing, turned around the socioeconomic fortunes of Lagos State.
“Additionally, the team is the only one that has the required capacity and political wherewithal to reposition Nigeria by building on the gains of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration”, he said.
While tasking the members of the party to remain resolute, united and unperturbed, Oyetola expressed delight in the firmness of the party’s structure and commitment of the leadership and members of the APC in the State, saying it is signal to the fact that the party remains the party to beat anytime and any-day in Osun.
He commended the loyalists of the party for their unalloyed support, loyalty in the face of daunting challenges, and for continually remaining resolute to the cause of progressivism especially since after the July 16 governorship election in the State.
“Considering the love and support the people of Osun showed us and our party on July 16 and even afterwards, I have no doubt in my mind that our party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), remains a party to beat in Osun.
“As members and stakeholders who have resolved to work for the victory of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Alhaji Kashim Shettima and other candidates of our great party, the APC at the February and March polls, we must intensify our efforts and ensure no stone is left unturned.
“At this critical time in the history of Nigeria, there is no room for experiment on the choice of our next president.
“Considering Tinubu and Shettima political pedigree, good, responsible and responsive governance antecedents, there is no doubt that the cap fits them”, he added.
Earlier, the acting State APC Chairman, Tajudeen Lawal, urged the party’s loyalists to begin door-to-door campaign and mobilisation of people to troop out en masse to elect and ensure victory for the party.
Lawal who described the choice of Tinubu as a round peg in the round hole said the time has come for all lovers of good governance to get him elected.
Speaking in the same vein, Speaker, Osun House of Assembly, Hon. Timothy Owoeye expressed confidence in God that Oyetola would be victorious and returned as Osun Governor while Tinubu would also be elected the next president of the country.
Owoeye who described the outcome of the July 16, 2022 Osun governorship as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC as a temporary setback, said God would soon return Oyetola back to govern the State for a second term before July this year.
He urged the party’s loyalists to embark on unit-based campaigns across the State saying no effort must be spared to ensure victory for all the party’s candidates in the next general elections.
“In 2019, the Supreme Court gave its final verdict on July 5, affirming the victory of Oyetola as the governor. If you know them, go and tell them that before July 5, 2023 Oyetola will be returned as Osun Governor.
“They thought they could manipulate the results of the election in their favour, but we thank God that the results of the Bimodal Voter’s Accreditation System (BVAS) exposed them.
“So, Please, the presidential election is very important to us and we want you to begin to mobilize our people to vote massively for our presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima and all other candidates of our party.
In their separate remarks, the former Deputy Governor, Mrs Titilayo-Laoye Ponle; Former Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole; former Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Jelili Adesiyan among others urged the loyalists of the party to remain resolute in the collective quest to ensure all round victory for the party in the next general elections.
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