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  • Again,three storey building collapses in Ibadan

    Again,three storey building collapses in Ibadan

     

    Ibadan, the Oyo State capital has witnessed another building collapse.

    A three-story structure went down  in the early hours of Monday in the Ashi area of the state.

    The building is situated at Adabor Junction, in the Ashi area of Ibadan, Ward 5, Ibadan North local government area.

    It was gathered that property worth millions of naira went down the drain as a result of the building collapse but no lives were lost in the incident.

    Sources said the building housed a pharmacy, supermarket and a church.

    A resident, Tunde Abulesowo, who spoke with journalists explained that the land on which the building stands was used as a cemetery before it was sold.

    He said, “When the land was sold, all corpses in the cemetery were exhumed before the building was erected, the building was built during former Governor Akala’s administration.

    “The building has been giving a sign of cracking before it later came down, millions of goods and properties have been trapped in the rubbles.

    “We are making efforts to salvage the goods and prevent hoodlums from gaining access to it so that they won’t cart the goods away, we have called the Police and NEMA, no life was lost and nobody was injured”.

    Recall that another building collapsed few weeks ago in the Awosika area of Ibadan.

  • NASENI kicks off self-employment and job creation programme for youths in Ibadan, Oyo state

    NASENI kicks off self-employment and job creation programme for youths in Ibadan, Oyo state

    In Furtherance of the nationwide empowerment and job creation for youths by the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure(NASENI) (Presidency), about 100 youths selected from Ibadan, Oyo state are currently benefiting from the Federal Government’s Youths empowerment programme aimed at giving new skills and modernizing activities of artisans in the plumbing vocation.

    State-of-the-art plumbing equipment, tools and diagnostic kits worth several millions of naira were handed over to 100 youths around Ibadan today in continuation of President Buhari’s directive to NASENI to give Nigerian youths new skills, carry out retraining exercises in line with modern techniques in their different vocations.

    A similar exercise kicked off in Kebbi State recently( in August) where youths from the area were giving training, modern equipment and tools in modern farming.

    The Executive Vice Chairman/CE NASENI, Engr. Mohammed Sani Haruna while flagging off the training in Ibadan today said that NASENI was carrying out President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive saying “the time had come to put an end to the habit of giving out technical jobs meant for Nigerians to foreigners or migrants from neighbouring countries” hence President Buhari’s approval of the on-going special training for Plumbers operating in Ibadan, Oyo State.

    President Muhammadu Buhari is the Chairman, Governing Board of NASENI.

    With the training as a hands-on empowerment programme, Professor Haruna explained, “President Buhari’s intention is the prosperity of the youths and job satisfaction so they could take their plumbing work seriously and move to the highest level of efficiency and professionalism in plumbing”

    The training programme targets inputting in the trainees Modern Skills, Acquisition and training on modern methods of Plumbing and its applications. The youths selected from Oyo State are benefiting from the first phase of the programme targeted at those who are already in the profession of plumbing. The capacity building focuses on reskilling the plumbers to handle installations and maintenance of plumbing works with modern techniques, tools, diagnostics and equipment.

    According to the study carried out which led to the presidential directive; it was observed in Ibadan metropolis that delivery of plumbing works had become problematic because residents and house owners are experiencing poor jobs and finishing of plumbing works. The training programme is therefore targeted at addressing such challenges for professionals and also to make plumbing work become knowledge-based for youths and in tune with modern methods in plumbing and further upgrade of their skills.

    Speaking also at the event, the Chairman of the Occasion and Honourable member representing Ibadan North Federal Constituency who doubles as Chairman House of Representatives’ Committee on Science Research Institutes, Honourable Musiliudeen Olaide Akinremi (Jagaban) said the Ibadan citizens were grateful to President Buhari and NASENI for the intervention to upgrade the skills of plumbers in Ibadan and also giving new tools and technology for them to work with.

    He said the youths and their empowerment had become the most critical socio-economic programme for  sustenance of any modern economy and also a glimpse at “the idea of what the future of the country will looks like”

    Therefore empowering the youths, he said and especially a critical subsector like plumbing is critical to housing and general construction, he said. He also disclosed that youths empowerment programme was central to his legislative agenda, adding, that the Ibadan North Federal constituency zone was lucky for being the first beneficiary of the programme by the Federal Government in South west.

    He charged the trainees to use the equipment and tools to help themselves to increase their efficiency in the course of carrying out their tasks on site.

    The presidential mandate to NASENI in the on-going exercise is to move round the 36 States of the country to empower 100 youths in each location on such areas and skills where it is observed that critical vocational skill lacks efficiency and therefore needing upgrades, new skills acquisition, tools and equipment to advance such identified vocation.

    The list of new tools and equipment handed over to the plumbers include: PPR machine, Drilling Machine, Pressure Testing Machine, Plum, Plunger, Mechanical tools box, Sets of spanners, Pipe Wrench, Punch, Set of Chisels, Ratchet Socket Spanner Box and Gas Piler. Other safety kits given to the trainees include Safety shoes, Eye goggles, mechanical hand gloves amongst others.

  • ASUU Strike: Students block Ibadan-Ile-Ife Highway

    ASUU Strike: Students block Ibadan-Ile-Ife Highway

    The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Thursday blocked the major Ibadan – Ile-Ife-Ilesa Expressway, leaving motorists and commuters stranded for for several hours.

    Newsmen reports that this was in continuation of the association’s nationwide protest on major highways against the lingering face-off between the Federal Government and their lecturers.

    Newsmen recalls that the students started the protest on Tuesday at the Sagamu interchange, blocking all roads leading to Lagos, Abeokuta and the Southern part of the country.

    The agency recalls that ASUU had on Feb. 14, embarked on indefinite strike on the premise of inadequate funding of public universities, among other demands.

    Newsmen, also reports that the blockage, which started at about 12.30 p.m, left many motorists plying the road stranded with their passengers.

    All entreaties to the aggrieved students by motorists and commuters, especially those going for one ceremony or the other did not yield any result as they refused bluntly to open the road.

    Even, the presence of the security personnel, especially the police, Federal Road Safety Corps, could not help matter as the students insisted that they would not leave the road until their demands were met by the Federal Government.

    The protesting students, armed with placards of various inscriptions, were chanting solidarity songs, saying that they were tired of staying at home and demanded an end to the strike.

    Some of the protesting students chanting solidarity songs on highway.

    Commenting, Emmanuel Olatunji Adegboyega, the South-West Coordinator of NANS, said the government should brace up as the students were tired of sitting idle at home.

    Adegboyega said that the students would not relent until they go back to school.

    He said: “We insist that government must fund education and not look down on children of the masses, because their own children are schooling abroad.

    “We will continue to occupy the major roads live and better still, we will go to Abuja and ensure that we make our voices heard. But, we will not stop until ASUU strike is called off.”

    Also, Mr Abidemi Adeleke, the NANS Chairman in Oyo State, said that only the Minister of Works, Babatunde Fasola had responded to the students’ protest through the media.

    According to Adeleke, Fasola described our protest as illegal, but he didn’t see non payment of lecturers’ salaries as illegal.

    “We are not moved by whatever name our protest is tagged, all we want is to return back to the classrooms.

    “We are live now at Gbongan Expressway. Let them answer us and not tag our being on the highways as illegal, because we will not stop until we can go back to schools.

    However, the NANS leadership later agreed to open the highway at exactly 3.00 p.m, after pleadings from the stranded motorists and commuters.

  • Police takes over investigation of landlord’s decomposing body in Awotan

    Police takes over investigation of landlord’s decomposing body in Awotan

    The Police Command in Oyo State says the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is handling the investigation of the decomposing body of a landlord found in his bedroom at Awotan, Apete area of Ibadan.

    It would be recalled that skeleton of the landlord later identified as Aderemi Abiola was discovered in his bedroom by some residents of Awotan Community after long period of searching for him.

    The decayed body of the deceased was found glued to his beddings lying upward.

    Newsmen gathered from the residents of the community that the deceased was last seen four years ago.

    It also gathered that the late Abiola used to come to Ibadan occasionally from Abuja and does not relate with the neighbours.

    Commenting, the Police Public Relations Officer in Oyo State, SP Adewale Osifeso, said that the state Commissioner of Police, Adebowale William, has deployed a team of crime and forensic detectives to the resident of the deceased.

    Osifeso said that the Commissioner of Police has also directed the immediate transfer of the case to the command’s apex investigation body, the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), to ascertain the cause of his death.

    He said that the scene of the incident had since been cordoned in the interest of public health and safety to enable the detective to carry out comprehensive investigation aimed at identifying the possible cause of the death.

    Osifeso said that the command became aware of the incident when representatives from the Landlord Association of Idi-Orogbo, Adeosun, Life Forte Area, Awotan, Apete in Ibadan reported the case to the command.

    He said that preliminary findings from residents of the community and the deceased driver’s licence found in his wallet revealed identity of the deceased as Aderemi Abiola.

    The police spokesperson said that the investigation revealed that the deceased was last seen around 2018, four years ago, which was corroborated by his family members.

    According to Osifeso, the Commissioner of Police called on well-meaning members of the public for assistance regarding the provision of useful information about the incident.

    He said that case would be actively monitored, assuring the public that detailed updates would be provided accordingly.

    It would be recalled that the people of Awotan community became aware of the incident while clearing the bushy compound of the deceased, after seeking permission from the police to break into the house to clear it.

    It was the labourers employed to clear the compound who noticed that window of one of rooms was opened and they decided to peep into it, only to discover a totally decomposed body of the deceased.

  • [Video]: Man’s skeletal frame found four years after in his room

    [Video]: Man’s skeletal frame found four years after in his room

    The decomposed body of a man was found four years after his last seen in the Adeosun community in the Awotan area of Ibadan, Oyo state.

    The man’s skeletal frame was found in his room in Adeosun.

    It was gathered that a neighbor who got curious that no activity has taken place in the building for some time asked the Community Development Association (CDA) to force open the gate and the building to know what was happening there.

    The man’s decomposing body was found in his room after it was forcefully opened.

     

    The dead body of the deceased, who was later identified as John Aderemi Abiola, was found in his room at the weekend.

    The cause of his death has not been ascertained as of the time of filing this report.

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  • EFCC arrests club owner, 21 others in Ibadan

    EFCC arrests club owner, 21 others in Ibadan

    EFCC has arrested one Sunday Adepoju, owner of the popular De Rock Club in Ibadan and 21 others over alleged internet-related fraud.

    Its spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren stated in Ibadan on Monday that the suspects were arrested at the club located on the popular Ring Road in Ibadan during an intelligence-driven operation.

    Also arrested were a couple Aladenusi Ayodeji and Aladenusi Sadiat (a.k.a Bonnie and Clyde).

    Others, according to the EFCC spokesman were Ajuwon Ibrahim, Ogunniyi Stephen, Bolaji Quadri, Olajire Olamilekan, Ojo Kolapo, Kajero Sodiq, Kareem Abiodun, Bolaji Toheeb, Banjo Toyin and Clement Adeseye.

    Also arrested were Babalola Samuel, Opeyemi Omoyemi, Okesanya Matthew, Kareem Damilola, Aledegbe Qodir, Akindele Solomon, Adewopo John, Iyiola Ridwan and Olabosinde Adesola.

    Uwujaren added that one of the suspects, a graduate of Industrial Chemistry of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye in Ogun, runs Helpline Foundation and Special Service Global Trust Ltd., in Ibadan.

    He stated that the 36-year-old graduate was arrested with a 2020 model Range Rover HSE Sports Utility Vehicle.

    Uwujaren added that the suspects were arrested after series of surveillance and intelligence on their alleged criminal activities.

    He listed items recovered from them to include five cars, laptops, mobile phones, and incriminating documents suggesting false pretences.

    The suspects would be charged in court as soon as investigations are concluded, Uwujaren stated.

  • Gospel singer, Dunsin Oyekan survives terrible auto crash

    Gospel singer, Dunsin Oyekan survives terrible auto crash

    Gospel singer, Dunsin Oyekan and his crew were on Saturday involved in a terrible auto crash on their way to Oyo State.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the accident occurred on their way from Lagos State to a church ministration at Sword of the Spirit Ministries of Bishop Francis Wale Oke for the Holy Ghost Convention in Ibadan, Oyo State.

    It was gathered that a crew member suffered slight injuries, but everyone survived the terrible accident said to have happened on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

    Speaking on the incident while ministering at a church on Saturday night, Dunsin said he took a nap and woke up to realize that the jeep was under a trailer.

    “The devil tried everything not to make me come here today. If you saw the accident scene that I came out of you can never believe that I walked out alive.

    “To think we were coming here, and I said let me sleep a bit so that I can be refreshed for the meeting and the next thing. I just knew we were somewhere, and the jeep had gone under the trailer.

    “Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, If you are looking for a miracle, this is a miracle standing here,” he added.

  • SAD!: Muraina, Ibadan-born retired Major General, dies in Dubai

    SAD!: Muraina, Ibadan-born retired Major General, dies in Dubai

     

    Abdullah Muraina, Ibadan-born retired major general, is dead.

    Sources close to his family disclosed that he died in United Arab Emirates, Dubai.

    The Adeoyo, Ibadan North-born retired army top shot, owns the popular Mauve 21 Lounge.

    Details still sketchy about his passage.

  • Don’t forget good old day of NBA – 1st female Chairman

    Don’t forget good old day of NBA – 1st female Chairman

    Mrs. Folasade Aladeniyi, the Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ibadan branch, has urged Mr Yakubu Maikyau (SAN), the newly elected 31st President of the association, not to forget the good old beginnings of NBA.

    Aladeniyi made the plea in a congratulatory message to Maikyau on Tuesday in Ibadan.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Aladeniyi is the NBA Ibadan’s first female Chairman to be elected in the last 68 years.

    She advised the new president to be diplomatic and courageous in decision making process that would benefit the association as a whole.

    The chairman also enjoined him to make sure that the existing bar leaders/historians, who could tell the history of the the association, were not left out in his administration.

    Aladeniyi expressed gratitude to the national body for the honour and recognition bestowed by the immediate past administration of Olumide Akpata on two prominent members of the association- Chief Folake Solanke (SAN) and Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN).

    “Lots of our members have forgot that Ibadan bar also known as the ‘Premier Bar’ is the first ever of the NBA that have been in existence for 68 years now.

    “Thus, the branch and its prominent members duly deserve the honour of naming two different wings of the Institute of Continuing Legal Education after them.

    “We also facilitate with Prof. John Akintayo of Ibadan branch, having been elected and sworn in as NBA representative to the General Council of the Bar.

    “We wish the Maikyau’s administration divine success, breakthrough and grace to handle all tasks ahead in the interest of the NBA,” she said.

  • Koleoso Family celebrates exit of matriarch at 101 years

    Koleoso Family celebrates exit of matriarch at 101 years

    The family of Pa Emmanuel Koleoso of Labo Area, Ibadan in Oyo State, on Friday celebrated the glorious exit of its matriarch, Mama Comfort Koleoso, who died at the age of 101 in Ibadan.

    Mama Koleoso was a devout Christian of the Methodist denomination. She was the founder of a Christian Society at the Methodist Cathedral Church, Elekuro, Ibadan.

    In his sermon at the funeral service, Dr Babatunde Taiwo, the Bishop, Methodist Cathedral, Elekuro Diocese, Ibadan, described Mama Koleoso as a lover of children and the people around her.

    Taiwo said that the late matriarch had planted seed of good attitude by founding a Christian society, known as “Afurugbin Society” in the church.

    He said that Mama Koleoso, through her career as food seller at Wesley College, Elekuro, fed and nurtured many great people in the diocese.

    The Bishop urged Mama Koleoso’s children to always show love to people around them, urging them to dedicate themselves to the work of God as exhibited by mama during her lifetime.

    Commenting on his mother’s lifetime, Mr Remi Koleoso, a Senior Editor with the News Agency of Nigeria in Ado-Ekiti, said he would miss “the unparalleled mother’s care” he has been enjoying from his mother.

    Koleoso said that his mother’s care for children was not limited to her biological children alone. He said that his mother taught him and his siblings to respect people and fear God.

    “I will forever be grateful to God for giving me such mother. She teaches us to fear God in all our actions,” one of the late matriarch’s son said.