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  • Send me to jail, don’t kill me – Man who killed ex-wife’s husband pleads

    Adebisi Akinrinmola a man who killed his ex-wife’s husband, Ashimiyu Ademola, is pleading for mercy for his life.

    The 43-year-old man who is a cocoa farmer killed his ex-wife’s husband last week at Ajebo village, Ijebu-Igbo area of Ogun state.

    Akinrinmola, who claimed his crime was the work of the devil, begged the authorities for mercy and asked that he should not be sentenced to death.

    He explained to journalists that he was married to his ex-wife for nine years but their marriage produced no child.

    He claimed he killed her husband because he chased him with a cutlass.

    Akinrinmola said: “When we were quarreling, he squeezed my cloth at my neck and I managed to escape from him. He now started chasing me with a cutlass. I ran inside my house, took a gun and shot him. It is the work of the devil.

    “The government should have mercy on me by not sentencing me to death, but send me to jail.”

     

  • Ogun govt to engage street soccer for talent hunt

    The Ogun Ministry of Youth and Sports has concluded plans to engage street soccer to hunt for talents. The Commissioner for Sports, Mr. Afolabi Afuape, in statement on Tuesday in Abeokuta, said the game would be played across the three senatorial districts of the state. Afuape said the aim was to select and train the talents to form formidable teams for the state. The idea behind the street soccer games is to scout for youths who have passion for soccer and other sports across the state, he said. According to the commissioner, the state government would soon begin a football academy where students would combine sports with academic activities in line with global practices. He urged individuals and corporate organisations to sponsor sporting activities adding that “government alone cannot do it’’.

  • Manufacturers want forex to boost production

    Manufacturers want forex to boost production

    The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Ogun Chapter, has urged the Federal Government to provide adequate foreign exchange for the real sector, to boost production in 2017.

    According to the MAN chairman, Mr. Wale Adegbite, the real sector is facing numerous challenges such like lack of sufficient dollar, higher interest rate and poor infrastructure that had hindered them from producing at the optimal level.

    Adegbite explained that instability of Naira and dollar was affecting most manufacturers from importing raw materials and machinery into the country.

    ”The ability of the Federal Government to provide adequate foreign exchange for manufacturers in 2017 would help the sector to produce at the optimal level,” he said.

    “This would create job opportunities for the unemployed youths and boost the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP),” he said.

    Adegbite, however, advised the Federal Government to also ensure lower interest rate as well as the provision of infrastructure, especially roads network to enhance the productivity of the real sector in 2017.

  • Ogun state set to convert Mapoly into a University

    Procedures are now officially on going for the conversion of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic to the Moshood Abiola University of Technology.

    The Ogun State House of Assembly, on Thursday, acknowledged receipt of the bills from governor Ibikunle Amosun. The bills also included the establishment, incorporation, constitution and functions of the Ogun State Polytechnic, Ipokia.

    The governor’s letter was read by the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Suraju Ishola Adekunbi.

    The letter read: ”I forward herewith bills for (i) Law to provide for the establishment of Moshood Abiola University of Technology and for matters of administration and discipline of students connected therewith;

    “(ii) Law to provide for the establishment, incorporation, constitution and functions of the Ogun State Polytechnic, Ipokia and for other matters incidental thereto or connected therewith, as approved at the 51 meeting of the State Executive Council held on 19th of December, 2016 for the kind consideration and passage of the House of Assembly.”

    It would be recalled that President Goodluck Jonathan had tried to change University of Lagos (UNILAG) to Moshood Abiola University, but had been met with stiff resistance.