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  • Railways increase number of Lagos-Ibadan train trips for Yuletide

    Railways increase number of Lagos-Ibadan train trips for Yuletide

    The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has increased the number of train trips between Lagos and Ibadan to four times daily with effect from Monday.

    The increase will run for three weeks to accommodate expected upsurge in passenger traffic during the Yuletide.

    NRC’s Lagos District Manager, Mr Jerry Oche made this known in Lagos on Sunday, saying trains would operate from 8 a.m. from Dec. 20 to 4 p.m. on Jan. 9.

    He explained that the increase in the number of trips would further decongest road traffic.

    Oche pleaded with passengers to board the trains with maximum of 12kg luggage.

  • Popular Ibadan socialite arrested for allegedly stealing N25 million

    Popular Ibadan socialite arrested for allegedly stealing N25 million

    A popular Ibadan-based socialite known as Oluwabukola Temitope Ajayi has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Ajayi, popularly known as Madam Ajayi, was arrested by the Ibadan Zonal Command of the EFCC.

    Ajayi, 42, was arrested for allegedly obtaining the sum of N24,955,000 from her customers through fraudulent means.

    She was arrested in connection with petitions in which the woman, who claimed to be a registered dealer with soft drinks manufacturers in the city, promised to supply some products to the complainants but failed to do so despite having collected money from them.

    According to one of the petitions, Ajayi promised to supply a truck load of carbonated soft drinks worth N17,375,000 from Ibadan to Mabera Trading Company and Altine Musa in Sokoto but failed to do so.

    She also allegedly failed to supply soft drinks worth N7,580,000 to one Bashiru Musa, a businessman based in Sokoto and Ibadan contrary to their agreement.

    Wilson Uwujaren, Head, Media and Publicity of EFCC, said that the suspect would be charged to court as soon as investigation was concluded.

  • Atiku, Obaseki, others arrive Ibadan as Makinde unveils Lekan Salami Sports Complex

    Atiku, Obaseki, others arrive Ibadan as Makinde unveils Lekan Salami Sports Complex

    Former Vice-President Abubakar Atiku; Chairman of the South-West Governors’ Forum, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu and his Edo State counterpart, Governor Godwin Obaseki will join the Governor of Oyo State, ‘Seyi Makinde, to officially unveil the remodelled Lekan Salami Sports Complex, Adamasingba, Ibadan, on Wednesday.

    Also expected is the President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick.

    Other notable Nigerians expected at the event are a former Military Administrator of Oyo State during whose regime the Lekan Salami Stadium was initiated, General David Jemibewon (rtd), former governor of the state and the Osi Olubadan of Ibadanland, High Chief Rashidi Ladoja and a former Super Eagles coach, Chief Adegboye Onigbinde.

    A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, indicated that the event will feature a novelty match between ex-Shooting Stars players 94/98 set and former Super Eagles players 94/96 set as well as a friendly match between the Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) and NK Tabor Sezana, a top Slovenian league side.

    The statement maintained that Teni, Taye Currency and QDot will perform live at the unveiling ceremony, adding that the remodelled Lekan Salami Stadium is coming to life exactly one year after it was awarded to Peculiar Ultimate Concerns Limited through the Alternative Project Funding Approach (APFA).

    According to Adisa, the project included the remodelling of the mainbowl, construction of a state-of-the-art media centre and a FIFA-standard studio with equipment, construction of FIFA-standard mixed zone, including changing rooms, wet rooms, match officials’ rooms, referees’ rooms, doping control room, youth centre/ball boys’ room, clinic and others.

    The new Lekan Salami Stadium is completed with modern floodlights, a remodelled Squash Hall, a new 50 metres by 30 metres multipurpose hall for Basketball, Volleyball, Handball and gymnasium as well as a Centre Court.

    Speaking during the award of the project, Governor Makinde had maintained that the remodelling of the stadium is targeted at repositioning the state to attract investments, especially in the lucrative sports sector.

  • EFCC nab 37 alleged internet fraudsters in Ibadan

    EFCC nab 37 alleged internet fraudsters in Ibadan

    The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 37 suspected internet fraudsters.

    The suspects, according to the Commission’s Head, Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwajaren were arrested at Ibadan and Oyo towns, Oyo State following intelligence on their alleged involvement in internet fraud.

    The suspects include Kehinde Emmanuel Ayoola, Adewale Samson, Adeniran Ayobami, Abiodun Olamide, Olaoye Bolarinwa, Ajibade Ayodeji, Babalola David, Fatunbi Oludotun, Abdusalam Ololade, Taiwo Emmanuel Olaoluwa and Oyewole Oyewunmi Fred.

    Others are Akinboade Jimmy, Oyewole Samod, Ishola Labayo, Ayinde Ridwan, Oladokun Akolade, Adebayo Basit, Adebayo Kudus, Oladeji Joseph, Popoola Ayomide, Khalid Mohammed, Salimon Sodiq and Oparemi James.

    Uwajaren, however, said the suspects will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.

     

  • Protests rock Ibadan over alleged killing of 14-year-old apprentice

    Protests rock Ibadan over alleged killing of 14-year-old apprentice

    Following alleged incessant killings of youths in Ibadan area of Oyo State, by the Operatives of the State Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, hundreds of aggrieved youths took to the streets of the state capital on Wednesday protesting the killings.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that they were protesting against alleged killing of a 14-year-old boy, Peter Okafor, in the early hours of Wednesday around Uncle Joe area of Mokola in Ibadan.

    NAN gathered that the victim, an apprentice with a printing press in Mokola, was allegedly shot dead.

    Similar incident was recorded in Oke-Ado area of Ibadan on July 21 where two youths were allegedly killed by Amotekun corps, while celebrating the Eid-el Kabir festival.

    A witness, who pleaded anonymity, told NAN that immediately the boy sighted the Amotekun operatives in the early hours of Wednesday, patrolling the area, he started running to escape.

    “I don’t know what he did for them to warrant his running, but they shot him in the head and he died instantly,” the witness told NAN.

    NAN further reports that immediately the information got to youths in the area, they mobilised themselves and started making bonfires on the road, thus causing traffic gridlock around Mokola area.

    The protesters later moved to the state Secretariat with the corpse of the victim, and prevented both human and vehicular movements around the main gate.

    Though, Mr Sunday Odukoya, the Executive Assistant on Security to the Governor, made frantic efforts to appease the protesters, they insisted that they must see the Governor, Mr Seyi Makinde.

    When contacted, DSP Adewale Osifeso, the state Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, said he was at the scene of the incident.

    “I am at the scene of the incident at the moment now. I will reach out to you as soon as I get to the office, please,” Osifeso told NAN.

    The State Commander of Amotekun, Retired Col. Olayinka Olayanju, when contacted by NAN, declined to comment on the incident.

    Olayanju, who said he could not speak on the matter at the moment, simply told NAN, “we are on top of the incident”.

    NAN, however, reports that some anti-riot policemen had been deployed to the scene, and patrolling major roads in the town to prevent break down of law and order.

  • COVID-19: UI resumes online classes

    COVID-19: UI resumes online classes

    Following the series of deaths that have been recorded as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Ibadan (UI) has directed its faculties to begin online classes.

    The University which earlier suspended the online classes after physical classes were resumed, has requested that online classes should begin.

    In a statement released by the Registrar of the institution, Olubunmi Faluyi, an arrangement has been made to get vaccines for staff and students.

    The statement read, “This is to inform the University community that Management has requested the Faculties to identify the courses to be taught online and those to be taught physically en route to the commencement of the blended mode of teaching and learning for the remaining part of the second semester of the 2020/2021 session.

    “The Emergency Remote Teaching Committee (ERTC), in its proposal to the Committee of Provosts and Deans (COPD), in a meeting, held on the 11th August 2021, had noted and recommended as follows:

    “With the daily rising cases of the Delta variant of Covid-19, and with several cases within the main and the College of Medicine/UCH campuses, the ERTC considered a proposal of blended teaching for the second-semester lectures in the University.
    “Management should note the poor compliance with COVID-19 protocols by the entire University community and should ensure strict compliance through the University’s Covid- 19 Committee.

    “If the situation worsens on campus, full online engagement should be mounted for all courses as was done in the first semester, exempting only departments and units with special needs with the condition that evident strict compliance with the protocols will be observed.

    “Arrangements are ongoing to make vaccines available for all staff and students as soon as possible. Details will be provided as more progress is made.

    “In the meantime, we all need to take personal responsibility for our safety by obeying all COVID-19 safety protocols. If we do this, there will be no cause for panic on our campus,’’ the statement further stated.

  • APC Caretaker Committee chair Buni leads two governors, Ex-Speaker, others to meet Ladoja in Ibadan

    APC Caretaker Committee chair Buni leads two governors, Ex-Speaker, others to meet Ladoja in Ibadan

    Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe, Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa and Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi, on Sunday held closed-door meeting with former Gov. Rashidi Ladoja of Oyo State in Ibadan.

    The trio arrived the Ondo Street residence of the former governor in company of Rep. Dimeji Bankole, former Speaker, House of Representatives.

    Buni is the Chairman, APC National Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC).

    TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Ladoja of Zenith Labour Party, was the leader of the coalition, which supported Gov. Seyi Makinde in 2019 to win the election for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.

    The coalition brought together the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Zenith Labour Party (ZLP); Social Democratic Party (SDP); faction of Action Democratic Party (ADP) and a faction of Alliance of Democracy (AD).

    A source at the meeting, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the visitors, arrived in Ibadan in Oyo State Government vehicles.

    This, it was gathered, fuelled the suspicions that the meeting might have caught the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led government in the state unaware.

    Though, details of the meeting were sketchy, the source told News Agency of Nigeria that the governors were in Ladoja’s house to discuss issues of insecurity and the possibility of wooing him into the APC fold.

    According to reports, the visitors were received at Ladoja’s House by Sen. Abdulfatai Buhari (APC-Oyo North), Alhaji Sharafadeen Alli and Bimbo Adepoju.

    However, all efforts made to get Ladoja and the governors speak on outcomes of the meeting proved abortive as they declined comments.

  • BREAKING: Protesters shutdown Ibadan, demand release of Igboho [PHOTOS]

    BREAKING: Protesters shutdown Ibadan, demand release of Igboho [PHOTOS]

    Devotees of the Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho have invaded his residence in Ibadan the Oyo State capital to demand the release of the agitator who is currently at the custody of security officials in Cotonou, Benin Republic.

     

     

    TheNewsGuru recalls that Igboho was arrested on Monday night in Cotonou while allegedly making moves to escape to Germany with his German wife.

    TheNewsGuru had earlier reported that Olayomi Koiki, an aide to Sunday Igboho called for a protest against his principal’s arrest.

     

    Koiki in a statement disclosed that the protesters would stage the protest on Wednesday afternoon in Ibadan, at Igboho’s residence in Ibadan.

    He said, “Please we beg all agitators to converge at Chief Sunday Igboho’s house for a peaceful demonstration to show the world the kind of person he is as one of the conditions given for his release.

    “Please let’s all be at his house in Soka, Ibadan, before 12 o’clock today, thanks and God bless Yoruba nation now.”

     

    ..Details later

  • Sunday Igboho: Supporters take protest to Ibadan over DSS raid

    Sunday Igboho: Supporters take protest to Ibadan over DSS raid

    Devotees of wanted Yoruba activist Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho have taken to the streets of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to protest against last Thursday’s midnight raid by the Department of State Services on the residence of the Yoruba nation activist.

    The demonstrators gathered in front of Igboho’s house in the Sooka area of Ibadan from where they took to the streets around 12 noon on Wednesday.

    They were heard chanting “No retreat, no surrender!”, “Oodua Nation!”, “Sunday Igboho is not a criminal!” amongst other slogans. They also carried placards displaying similar phrases.

    The coordinator of the protesting youths, whose name was unidentified as of the time of filing this report, addressed the gathering before they took off.

    He said they would march to the palace of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji; and from there move to the Government House, amongst other places.

    “It is a peaceful demonstration; we are marching there to demand the release of the detained persons. We are not afraid of teargas, we are marching to demand the rights of our people.

    “We want them to bring the killers of Adogan and Alfa to book.

    “The government must pay the N500m damages as requested by Igboho’s lawyer for the destruction of his house and property during the invasion.

    “We want the Obas to make this happen within seven days,” he said.

     

  • BREAKING: Gunmen kidnap village head, wife in Ibadan

    BREAKING: Gunmen kidnap village head, wife in Ibadan

    The Baale of Araromi Village in Ibadan Chief Tafa Apanpa and his wife, have been abducted by some suspected kidnappers.

    The duo were reported to have been kidnapped by gunmen, who stormed the village located in Bakatari area of Ibadan, on Tuesday night.

    Bakatari in Ido Local Government Area of Ibadan is a border town between Oyo and Ogun, located on the Ibadan-Abeokuta road.

    A resident of the community, who pleaded anonymity, told newsmen on Wednesday in Ibadan, that the duo were kidnapped while it was raining on Tuesday night.

    The source said that their where about were still unknown as at the time of filing this report on Wednesday.

    When contacted, DSP Adewale Osifeso, the State Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed the incident, saying efforts had been put in place to secure release of the victims.

    “The incident happened very late on Tuesday 22nd of June, at Araromi Village.

    “Efforts are in top gear to rescue both victims and apprehend the abductors, please,” he said.