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  • President Tinubu set to meet traditional rulers in Ogun state on Thursday

    President Tinubu set to meet traditional rulers in Ogun state on Thursday

    In continuation of the Eid-el-Kabir celebration, , President Bola Tinubu will be visiting Ogun state today Thursday July 29th.

    Tinubu is expected to be in Abeokuta Ogun state capital to meet the Alake of Egba, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo and the Awujale of Ijebu, Oba Sikiru Adetona.

    An aide to Governor Dapo Abiodun, Babatunde Olaotan, confirmed the president’s visit in a notice he forwarded to members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State.

    While inviting them to welcome Tinubu to the Gateway State, Olaotan said, “You’re cordially invited by Governor Dapo Abiodun – CON to welcome His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu – GCFR who will be paying us a visit tomorrow, 29th of June, 2023 in Abeokuta and Ijebu-Ode.”

    According to him, APC supporters in Abeokuta and environs are to converge on the Ake Palace by 8am, while those in Ijebu-Ode should gather at the Awujale’s palace by 12pm.

    The President is probably on a thank-you visit to the paramount rulers for a successful election.

  • Soldier shoots bus driver over parking space in Ogun state

    Soldier shoots bus driver over parking space in Ogun state

    Magboro  town in Obafemi Owode Local government of Ogun state was on Saturday afternoon  thrown into pandemonium after  One of the soldiers attached to a truck terminal close to the Bus stop shot a bus driver twice on the back over an argument bothering on parking space.

    It was gathered that the bus driver had parked his bus somewhere close to the truck terminal where the soldiers were guarding when suddenly an argument broke out.

    According to a female eye witness who doesn’t want her name in print, she said that the soldiers shot his two tyres and when the bus  driver fumed, one of them chased him and fired shots at him at close range.

    Another  eye witness account said that the soldiers wanted the driver to part with some money but his refusal angered them, and one of them chased him and shot him twice on his back.

    The victim, soaked in blood, was reportedly taken to a hospital in Ibafo for medical treatment as sympathizers thronged the scene.

    Whilst people gathered round the areas where the soldiers gathered another set of  soldiers came around and ferried away their men from the scene.

    Few minutes after policemen from Warewa division in Ifo Local government arrived on the scene but the soldiers had already left.

    However, they scooped information and obtained videos and photos from those present on the scene.

  • Inauguration of Ogun assembly postponed

    Inauguration of Ogun assembly postponed

    There was heavy presence of security personnel at the entrance of Ogun State House of Assembly on Tuesday, as the planned inauguration of the 10th assembly was postponed.

    Speaking to journalists at the entrance of the assembly complex, a member-elect, Olalekan Adeleye (PDP- Odogbolu), expressed shock over the postponement of the inauguration.

    Armed police officers and personnel of the Department of State Security (DSS) were present at the entrance of the assembly, screening those allowed into the assembly complex.

    Adeleye lamented that no letter was issued to members on the postponement, rather a WhatsApp message was said to have been sent to members-elect.

    “What is happening here this morning is strange. We have been in high spirit, hoping that we will resume here at 9am for our inauguration.

    “To our dismay, we are locked out and when we asked questions, someone called my attention to a WhatsApp message purportedly sent by the Clerk of the House that the inauguration has been postponed to June 20.

    “If at all this is going to happen, there are appropriate ways of communication.

    “The notice of this inauguration was sent via a proclamation letter written by the governor that the 10th assembly would start by June 13.

    “And if there is going to be a postponement, such proclamation letter should be withdrawn and followed by another proclamation letter conveying the new date,” he said.

    The member-elect who spoke on behalf of other eight PDP members-elect, who were also on ground, added that the sudden postponement was not the best way to start the present legislature.

    He noted that no senior management staff of the Assembly was around to talk to them on the reason for the postponement.

    Reacting, the immediate past Speaker, Olakunle Oluomo, urged opposition party members-elect to keep calm over the postponement of the inauguration.

    Oluomo, who is representing Ifo-I, said that the news of the postponement was sent via the platform created for both the newly-elected members and the returning ones.

    The former speaker urged the members-elect not to be disturbed by the postponement, advising all members to wait for the new date.

    Currently, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has 17 members-elect while the PDP has 9 members-elect.

  • Ogun student, who lost school fees to gambling, commits suicide

    Ogun student, who lost school fees to gambling, commits suicide

    A student of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro (FPI), situated in Yewa South local government area of Ogun, Samuel Adegoke, has reportedly committed suicide after losing his school fees and that of his friend to gambling.

    It was gathered that Adegoke, a National Diploma II student of Electrical Electronic Engineering, reportedly took chemical substance, suspected to be snipper, on Monday when his colleagues were preparing for the first semester examination.

    The deceased reportedly lost his school fees and that of his friend on online betting on Friday.

    It was also gathered that the deceased swindled his friend who shared a room with him by getting his password and used his fee to play and also lost.

    It was further gathered that the school had warned that no student would be allowed to write examination without completing the registration.

    Adegoke was reported to have taken the snipper few minutes to the examination, scheduled for same Monday.

    He was reportedly rushed to the school clinic from where he was referred to a specialist hospital outside the school in Ilaro before he was pronounced dead, according to the Public Relations Officer of the school, Sola Abiala.

    “It was detected at the specialist hospital that the late student drank snipper.

    “His father told the school that his son had used his school fees to gamble last session but, he had to rescue him by making another payment,’ Abiala said.

    “We have a policy here that any student that does not pay school fees will not write exam.

    “He realised that he and his friend would not write the exam, that was why he committed suicide.

    “We sent for his parents and briefed them. His father told us that his late son did the same thing last session and he had to send money to him to pay the fees.

    “He said if he had known about the latest one, he would have paid for it.

    “But when we asked the father to take possession of the corpse, he rejected it and said he could not take his son’s corpse back home.

    “He asked us to bury him. The school paid part of the burial expenses, and had to pay the fee for the other student whose fee was used to gamble to avoid another calamity. We didn’t want him to also commit suicide.

    “We were surprised that he did not leave any suicide note behind. We did not see any note. We went to his house and checked for a note, but there was no note other than the bottle of the snipper he drank,” Abiala said.

  • Ogun state police parades 40 suspected cultists

    Ogun state police parades 40 suspected cultists

    40 suspected cultists were on Tuesday paraded by the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Olanrewaju Oladimeji.

    These 40 suspected cultists were said to be members of the Eiye and Aiye Confraternities were arrested for a series of crimes ranging from armed robbery to killings within the state.

    According to Oladimeji, the 40 suspects paraded at the state police headquarters in Abeokuta, the state capital,  had been terrorizing the state, especially, residents of the Sagamu Local Government Area.

    He said the suspects were arrested with weapons such as eight live cartridges, daggers and cutlasses, axes, short guns, pistol and jack knives among others.

    Oladimeji added that the police recovered Venza car with number plate KSF 935 HX and substances suspected to be Indian hemp from the suspects.

    He said, “In our continuing clamp down on cultists who have been causing mayhem in different parts of the state, the command has taken the battle to the doorsteps of all the known cultists in the state, most especially the Sagamu area where various cult groups have been unleashing reign of terror as a result of supremacy battle amongst them.

    “Having identified their various hideouts in Sagamu, Odogbolu, Ode-Remo and some other areas, the command’s Anti-Cultist Team in collaboration with other tactical teams and divisional police operatives launched an offensive against them and the result is what we are seeing here today.”

    He added, “The war against cultism and other crimes is a continuous one and the command will not leave any stone unturned in this onerous task.

    “Not less than 24 suspected cult members picked up in various parts of the state have been charged to court in the last one week.

    “We are determined to rid the state of cultism and other social vices as an organisation saddled with the responsibility of securing life and property.

    “Parents are hereby advised to warn their wards to desist from any act capable of undermining the security of the state as such act will be seriously resisted by security agencies.”

  • Ogun Corps member arrested over allegation of rape

    Ogun Corps member arrested over allegation of rape

    The police command in Ogun says it has arrested a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Adebola Sodiq, for allegedly raping a 20-year-old girl (name withheld).

    SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Police Spokesman in the state, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Saturday.

    Oyeyemi explained that the suspect
    was arrested following a report lodged at Owode Egba Divisional Headquarters in Obafemi Owode local government area of the state by the victim.

    According to the police spokesman, the victim reported that the suspect was a boyfriend to her very close friend.

    “She said he came to her apartment where she lives with her co-workers on May 9 and asked her to follow him to a junction to buy a gift for her in celebration of  her recent birthday.

    “She stated that as an intimate friend to the suspect’s girlfriend, she has no reason to suspect any foul play, hence she followed him.

    “But while they were going, the suspect asked her to follow him to the premises of the school where he is serving, in order to pick his wallet.

    “On getting to the school compound at Agbajege village, the suspect forcefully dragged her to his room where Sodiq had unlawful carnal knowledge of her despite her pleading and crying for mercy,” he said.

    Oyeyemi explained that upon receiving the report, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Owode Egba Division, Olasunkanmi Popoola ordered Sodiq’s arrest.

    He added that on interrogation, he confessed to the commission of the crime but claimed that he did not know what came over him.

    The police spokesman stated that the victim was taken to Owode Egba General Hospital by the police for medical treatment.

    Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police in Ogun, Olanrewaju Oladimeji, had directed that Sodiq be transferred to the State Criminal Investigative Department for further investigation and possible prosecution.

  • Bola Ajibola mentored me – Yemi Osinbajo

    Bola Ajibola mentored me – Yemi Osinbajo

    Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has described Bola Ajibola as a man who did his best while serving Nigeria.

    The VP said he worked under his tutelage for a while and it was a wonderful experience for him.

    The remains of a former Attorney General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Ajibola, were committed to mother earth on Sunday in Ogun state.

    The legal luminary who died in the early hours of Sunday was buried at the centre for Islamic Mission for Africa (IMA) located at Isale-Apata, along Abiola Way, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.

    Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, ex- President Olusegun Obasanjo, former Ogun State governor, Segun Osoba and other dignitaries were in attendance on Sunday to pay their last respect.

    Also in attendance were the Deputy Governor of Ogun State, Noimot Salako-Oyedele, the Chief Justice of Ogun State, Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu, the Chief Imam of Egbaland, Sa’dallah Bamgbola and others.

    Osinbajo, who attended the burial alongside his wife, Dolapo, expressed sadness over the death of the octogenarian.

    In his words, Osinbajo recalled working with Ajibola as his special adviser when he was the Attorney General.

    “I am sad that he is no more. I am actually his ‘firstborn’. It’s a great honour that I knew him and he mentored me,” Osinbajo stated.

    Also, Osoba on his part, described the late legal luminary as a passionate personality whose interest in education and law could not be rivalled.

    He recollected that the deceased sold all he had to set up a university in Abeokuta.

    Osoba described Ajibola as a bona fide prince of Egbaland “who believed in the legacies of our forefathers.”

  • Nigerian artiste Simi, showers encomiums on Portable

    Nigerian artiste Simi, showers encomiums on Portable

    Nigerian singer, Simi has showered encomiums on fellow artiste, Portable despite being enmeshed in many controversies in recent times.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that  Portable  was captured in a viral video resisting arrest by Ogun police operatives. He was later  arrested and detained for three days before being arraigned before an Ogun State Magistrate Court, sitting in Ifo, on a three-count charge bothering on assault and theft of musical equipment.

    He was later granted N800,000 bail; however, the Magistrate ordered that Portable be remanded at the correctional center in Ilaro pending the perfection of his bail conditions.

    Following his release, the Zazu crooner dropped a new song titled ‘Federal Government Liability’. He bragged in the song that he didn’t wear a prison uniform while at the correctional center in Ilaro.

    His new song elicited mixed reactions.

    Praising Portable’s resilience, Simi said, deserves accolades.

    She tweeted, “Gotta give Portable his flowers lol.”

  • Funeral rites for Diya released, to be laid to rest in July

    Funeral rites for Diya released, to be laid to rest in July

    The late former Chief of General Staff, Rtd  Lt.-Gen. Oladipo Diya, will be laid to rest on July 29, according to the funeral rites released on Wednesday.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Special Adviser on Media and Strategy to Diya, Mr Olawale Adekoya, disclosed the funeral rites in Lagos State.

    Recall Diya, a former Military Governor of Ogun, who also served as Vice-Chairman of the Provisional Ruling Council (PRC) in 1994, died on March 26 at the age of 78.

    According to Adekoya, the funeral rites would commence on July 26 with Night of Tribute, while Service of Songs and Christian Wake would hold on July 27 and July 28 respectively.

    “The final burial rites will hold on July 29 with the church service, interment, reception and final laying to rest, while the thanksgiving service will hold on July 30. Further details will be made available in due course,” Adekoya said.

    Meanwhile, a family member, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that the funeral rites would hold in the late Diya’s country home, Odogbolu, Ogun.

  • Portable to be arraigned in court today

    Portable to be arraigned in court today

    Barring any last-minute changes, singer, Habeeb Okikiola aka Portable, will be arraigned before a magistrate court in Ota, Ogun state on Monday, April 3.

    Recall that he was arrested by men of the state police command on Friday, March 31.

    The spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said that Portable will be facing at least a six-count charge, when he appears at the court following his unruly conduct and incitement against police officers last week Monday.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that Portable was eventually arrested by the Nigeria Police, after he had earlier resisted arrest.

    The Zazoo crooner was arrested on Friday after the 72-hour ultimatum given to him by the Ogun State police command expired.

    The Ogun State Police Command spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed on Friday that Portable was arrested and is currently being detained at the Command’s headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta.

    The PPRO disclosed that Portable was arrested after failing to honour five invitations.

    However, Portable had given reason he resisted arrest by operatives of the Nigeria Police on Tuesday.

    Recall that the Zazoo crooner was handed a 72-hour ultimatum by the Ogun State police command to report himself to the nearest police station after he was captured in a viral video resisting arrest by policemen.

    Following the expiration of the ultimatum on Friday, the singer was arrested by the police and detained at the State Police headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta.

    In a new video making the rounds on social media, Portable was seen trying to defend himself at the Police headquarters.

    According to him, he didn’t know that the men who stormed his bar in the Sango Ota area to arrest him on Tuesday were police officers.

    “I didn’t know the people that came to my bar were police officers,” he said while standing in front of a police chief.