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An accident involving two (2) fuel tankers has occurred at Kara inwards along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
As a result of this, the section of the road leading to Mowe from New Garage (Ojodu-Berger) has been cordoned off to prevent a secondary accident while contra flow is in place to reduce delays.
As at the time of making this report, no casualty has been confirmed to have been recorded by the security agencies while efforts are ongoing to separate the collided tankers.
Today, in a statement released by Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde via his Twitter account read as thus:
Three confirmed COVID-19 cases received their second NEGATIVE test results and have been discharged. This brings the number of discharged cases in Oyo State to 1015.
Also, the COVID-19 confirmation tests for thirty-eight suspected cases came back POSITIVE. The cases are from Oluyole (13), Ido (5), Egbeda (4), Ibadan North (4), Ibadan South West (3), Ogbomosho North (3), Akinyele (3), Ibadan North East (1), Lagelu (1) and Ibadan South East (1) Local Government Areas. So, the total number of confirmed cases in Oyo State today is 1989.
Please call the Emergency Operations Centre on 08095394000 | 08095863000 | 08078288999 | 08078288800 or visit a community-based testing centre, if you have any COVID-19 symptoms: cough, fever, tiredness, body ache, loss of smell/taste and shortness of breath.
The Lagos NUT Chairman, Mr Adesina Adedoyin, while reacting to the decision of the South-West governors to commence the West African Senior Secondary Examinations in August said it was disheartening that the governors and the Federal Government could not take a uniform decision.
He said, “The Federal Government is saying no resumption and the South-West governors are saying pupils should resume. There should be a synergy between the federal and state governments. The task force members know the extent of the pandemic and if the curve has not been flattened, they will not advise schools to reopen.”
He explained that the teachers and pupils were ready to resume, but the health of every stakeholder should be considered.
“It is people who are alive that can write examinations and use certificates for further studies. What is paramount now are the children; they are the most vulnerable. You don’t know where they have branched or visited on their way home. If we are not careful, the cases we have might increase,” Adedoyin said.
Students give FG two weeks to announce schools resumption date
Following what they described as Federal Government’s poor handling of schools reopening, students of tertiary institutions have given the government two weeks within which to fix a date for resumption.
They threatened to protest against continued closure of schools if government failed to accede to their demands within 14 days.
The groups, comprising the National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS), National Association of University Students (NAUS) and National Association of Colleges of Education Students (NANCES), at a virtual meeting, decried Federal Government’s approach towards resumption of learning institutions in the country.
They also faulted government’s decision to pull out of the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASCCE).
Urging the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, to reconsider participation of Nigerian students in the terminal examination, they said WAEC could be taken, while observing social distancing and other safety protocols.
“It is hardly feasible that coronavirus may be eradicated in a fortnight and after months of observing several safety measures, there are little or no gains in the results so far recorded.
‘’Huge funds have been used to contain the spread of the virus, but we still have poorly equipped medical centres across the country,” they added.
They also charged the government to stop salaries of university teachers and other officials for advocating the continued closure of schools without proffering solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Meanwhile, Vice Chancellor of Chrisland University, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Professor Peace Chinedum Babalola, has advised the Federal Government to adopt ‘staggered’ reopening of schools.
Babalola spoke at the fifth matriculation ceremony of the institution, which was held online.
The Federal Government had on Monday released guidelines, actions, measures and requirements for safe reopening of schools in the country.
But in her reaction, she said the Federal Government could in the meantime reopen schools for final year students at all levels to enable them to finish their academic programmes on time.
“To achieve social distancing, one of the guidelines for reopening of schools is the need for government to ‘stagger’ resumption for the students,” she said.
She argued that while nobody knew when the COVID-19 pandemic would end, there was the need for gradual resumption of socio-economic activities and reopening of schools.
A suspected Ritualist who identified his name as Raheem Adesina was caught while trying to run away with an abducted teenager at Challenge Area of Saki.
OduduwaNews Reporter in Saki gathered that the suspected Ritualist while being interrogated claimed that he abducted the teenager only to have a carnal knowledge of her but not to take her away for ritual purpose.
The abductor was rescued from the irate youths who wanted to set him ablaze. Our Reporter gathered that the Ritualist was caught with charms and claimed that he usually used them for his personal protection.
It was learnt also that no fewer than three people were abducted in the city few weeks ago. The residents call on security agencies to beef up security in the area as inability to do so may push them to embark on jungle justice on anybody caught again.
Fahim Saleh, a 33-year-old venture capitalist and CEO of Nigeria-based startup Gokada, was discovered murdered on Tuesday in his apartment on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, according to New York Police Department officials.
As at the time of writing this report, no arrest has been made. The Police agents have beefed up security around the place and have vowed to nab the killers wherever they may be.
Meanwhile, Busola Ekundayo, the HR of Lagos Headquarters, while decrying the ugly incident that took the life of her Boss lamented on the looming loss of Jobs in Lagos and Nigeria at large owing to the recent demise of the Founder.
The Amnesty International has demanded justice for the raped Oke-Ogun Poly Student, Grace Oshiagwu, who was also murdered in Ibadan recently by her rapist.
A 21-year-old student of Oke Ogun Polytechnic, was allegedly raped and killed in a church mission building on the 13th of June. She was brutally assaulted and violently murdered. Grace is another horrific example of gender-based violence taking place in Nigeria.
The body in its Address today calls on relevant agencies, human right activists and other international organizations it its fight to end RAPE and demands #JusticeForGrace and many others.
A statement released by Oyo State Government read as thus:
Four confirmed COVID-19 cases received their second NEGATIVE test results and have been discharged. This brings the number of discharged cases in Oyo State to 1012. 2. Also, the COVID-19 confirmation tests for sixty-nine suspected cases came back POSITIVE. The cases are from Ibadan North (14), Ibadan South West (12), Akinyele (9), Egbeda (8), Iseyin (7), Ibadan South East (4), Oluyole (4), Orelope (3), Ibadan North East (2), Oyo East (1), Saki West (1), Lagelu (1), Ibadan North West (1), Ona Ara (1) and Ido (1) Local Government Areas.
So, the total number of confirmed cases in Oyo State today is 1951. 3. Please keep following the guidelines of the COVID-19 Task Force to ensure that we slow down the spread of coronavirus in our state. Wash your hands regularly with soap and water or use an alcohol-based hand sanitiser, wear face masks in public places and maintain proper social distancing.
Oyo TESCOM has opened portal for the Applicants to fill their bio data. The website link for the filling of bio data is jobportal.oyostate.gov.ng.
Appeal Court had raped Nigerian Constitution – Bayo Adelabu tells ALGON
Chief Bayo Adelabu, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2019 election in Oyo State has made it known today in Ibadan that the judgement gave against the ALGON in favour of the Oyo State Government is a total rape of Nigerian Constitution.
He however lends his support to the decision of the dissolved Oyo council Chairmen, Caretakers and Councillors to take their case to the Supreme Court after it was ruled out by an Appeal Court in Ibadan.
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