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  • Gunmen storm hotel in Oyo, kidnap several persons

    Gunmen storm hotel in Oyo, kidnap several persons

    Some people have been kidnapped by gunmen in a hotel in Ajaawa, Ogbomoso, the headquarters of Ogo-Oluwa Local Government of Oyo State.

    The incident occurred 10:30 pm on Saturday, throwing residents of the sleepy community into panic.

    There were still conflicting figures of victims as at press time.

    Oyo Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Adewale Osifeso confirmed the incident.

    He said the Police Command had commenced investigation, adding that teams from the command were on the trail of the kidnappers.

    Osifeso also indicated that police would soon confirm the actual number of victims.

    The gunmen were said to have shot sporadically into the air to create fear among people immediately they invaded the hotel located at the back of CAC Primary School in the town before abducting the victims.

    Some residents said the police, Amotekun Corps and hunters had started combing the bushes in search of the kidnappers and their victims.

  • Sodomy: Oyo teacher caught molesting schoolboys pushes blame to devil [Photo]

    Sodomy: Oyo teacher caught molesting schoolboys pushes blame to devil [Photo]

    The Oyo State police command on Thursday paraded a primary school teacher, Ebenezer Olawuyi for defiling two of his male pupils.

    The 30-year-old, Olawuyi said he lured the pupils to his house to mark examination scripts for him and sodomised them.

    The state command also paraded 33 others for armed robbery, kidnapping and carjacking in the state.

    Speaking with journalists, Olawuyi said he didn’t know what led him to defile small boys instead of sex with women.

    He said, “I am doomed. I just slept with two boys. I had girlfriends while in school. I am not married yet. Both of the boys were my pupils. I invited the first one to help me mark my scripts at home with the consent of his parents while I slept with the second one in the classroom before school hours.”

    When asked how he convinced them not to tell their parents, Olawuyi said; “I told them that I want to have sex with them and they didn’t argue. Both of them are between the ages of 11 and 14. I told them not to tell their parents because it has health benefits for them.”

    He further said the situation was giving him concern before his arrest because he didn’t know what led him to it.

    “I think it is the devil. I don’t know what led me to this. I just lost my dad last week. I want the government to help me out of this,” he said.

  • Gunmen kill Amotekun corps in Oyo

    Gunmen kill Amotekun corps in Oyo

    Some gunmen has reportedly ambushed and killed Suleiman Qudril, an operative of Amotekun Corps, around Fiditi area of Oyo State.

    Qudril, 25, was killed in an ambush on Tuesday by gunmen numbering about 11 at Living Farms in Fiditi area of the state.

    The Commandant of the Corps, retired Col. Olayinka Olayanju, confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday in Ibadan.

    According to Olayanju, Quadir and his colleague, Amo Yisau, were escorting the staff of the farm to the farm when it was invaded by the gunmen.

    “Yisau too was caught by rounds of bullets but he survived and is receiving treatment at the General Hospital Owode, Oyo town.

    “The gallant Quadir left behind an aged father, a wife and a son.

    “He has since been buried according to Islamic rites,” Olayanju said.

  • Ex-Oyo, Ondo Military Administrator during Abacha’s regime, Ahmed Usman is dead

    Ex-Oyo, Ondo Military Administrator during Abacha’s regime, Ahmed Usman is dead

    A former Military Administrator of Oyo State, Colonel Ahmed Usman, is dead.

    TheNewsGuru.com, TNG gathered that Usman died around 3.00am on Wednesday in Jos, the Plateau State capital, during an illness.

    Usman was military administrator of Ondo State from August 1994 to August 1996.

    He governed Oyo from August 1996 to August 1998 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.

    As the chairman of MILADS of the Odu’a states, he had a running battle with persons who bought assets of Odu’a companies, some of which were retrieved.

    Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has described Usman’s death a great loss to the country.

    The President’s condolence message was contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, titled, ‘President Buhari mourns former military administrator, Colonel Ahmed Usman.’

    The statement reads partly, “President Buhari avers that as a military officer, the late Colonel Usman served the nation with courage and dedication, adding that his contributions to peace and unity, as well as his quest for public good, continued even in retirement.

    “As the President prays that Almighty Allah will repose the soul of the departed, his thoughts are with the government and people of Kogi State, where Usman hailed from, and with friends and colleagues, as they mourn this loss.”

  • Sports festival: Delta claims first gold; Oyo, Taraba readmitted

    Sports festival: Delta claims first gold; Oyo, Taraba readmitted

    Delta State picked their first gold medal at the ongoing 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) tagged “Edo 2020” on Sunday, after winning in the 80km road race for women.

    TheNewsGuru.com, TNG, reports that Ese Ukpeseraye of Delta prevailed over 12 other cyclists to pick the first gold medal at the 20th NSF.

    Two sisters, Comfort Ayuba and Grace Ayuba, settled for the silver and bronze medals respectively to win for Edo, after winning the second and third positions in the race.

    The competition in the cycling event will continue on Monday with the men and women 1000 metres individual pursuit for two gold medals.

    Meanwhile, Oyo state and Taraba have been readmitted into the festival.

    Teams from both states were barred from participating in the festival following their failure to adhere to the COVID-19 guidelines for the games.

    The games organisers rescinded the decision after the authorities from both states arrived with the certificates in line with the COVID-19 Protocols for the games

  • Fleeing notorious kidnap kingpin arrested by Police in Ogun state

    Fleeing notorious kidnap kingpin arrested by Police in Ogun state

    The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a notorious kidnap kingpin said to have escaped from Oyo State after killing a kidnapped victim.

    In a statement, the Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspect, Usman Hassan’s accomplices had earlier been arrested in Oyo State.

    He revealed that the suspect allegedly fled after kidnapping a farm owner at Solalu village and subsequently killing him after collecting ransom.

    “On getting to Ogun State, he started recruiting other Fulani men to form another kidnap gang in Ogun State, he ran out of luck when detectives of Ogun State Police Command got information about his activity from those Fulanis he had tried to recruit into his kidnap gang,” he said.

    To the police spokesman, the suspect was arrested at his hideout in the Imala area in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State.

    He added, “On interrogation, he confessed that he conspired with his biological brother one Tahiru Usman and others to kidnap their victim in Akinyele area of Ibadan and that they decided to kill the man after collecting ransom because the man can identify them.”

    Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, has directed that the suspect be transferred to the Anti-kidnapping Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for onward transfer to Oyo State Command where he will be prosecuted.

  • Oyo won’t provide land for ranching – Makinde

    Oyo won’t provide land for ranching – Makinde

    The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has said the state will not provide land for ranching as it believes it is a private business.

    Makinde said this to clarify a tweet in which he revealed that Oyo State will adopt the National Livestock Transformation Plan which is already being implemented in Kwara State.

    The Governor, after a meeting with his Kwara State counterpart, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, had said on Twitter, “We also agreed that the National Livestock Transformation Plan which is already being implemented in Kwara State would be implemented in Oyo State leading to further collaborations between both states on economy and security.”

    His tweet was taken by many to mean an implementation of Rural Grazing Area settlements which many Nigerians had in the past kicked against.

    One Twitter user, @olufunkeajibul1, said, “I hope the National Livestock Transformation Plan is not the same RUGA. If yes, Mr Governor please tread with caution. But no, please fire on all salvos.”

    @Itee_esq said, “Your Excellency Sir, hope you are not bringing RUGA to Oyo State through the back door.”

    @Carol-Ukoha said, “They changed RUGA to National Livestock Transformation Plan, can’t you read between the lines? I hope you have a rethink. You cannot afford to fail your people. This decision is unintelligent please.”

    The attention of the Governor was drawn to the reactions to his tweet, resulting in a clarification on his decision to implement the National Livestock Transformation Plan.

    According to him, the state will not implement the whole of the National Livestock Transformation Plan, only the aspects it finds beneficial.

    Makinde said, “My attention has been drawn to this tweet regarding the implementation of the National Livestock Transformation Plan during the joint security meeting, yesterday. For the avoidance of doubt, when I said we would implement the plan, I didn’t mean a wholesale implementation.

    “We will be taking aspects which are beneficial for our state. As I have stated on several occasions, our position in Oyo State is that ranching is a private business and should be carried out as such. Our admin won’t be providing land for free to private investors for ranching.”

  • Kidnapped farmer’s son regains freedom in Oyo

    Kidnapped farmer’s son regains freedom in Oyo

    Ayodeji Emmanuel, the 24-year-old son of a poultry farmer, who was kidnapped on Monday in his father’s farm at Oke Odan, Apete area of Ibadan, has regained freedom.

    The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), CSP Olugbenga Fadeyi confirmed the released of the victim to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Ibadan.

    NAN reports that unknown gunmen stormed the poultry farm of the victim’s father at Oke Odan, Apete area around 5.00 p.m., and fired gunshots sporadically into the air before abducting him.
    Fadeyi said the victim was released by his abductors on Thursday and had been reunited with his family.
    He further said the release of the victim would not stop the police investigation into the case, adding that they were still on the trail of the abductors.

    However, a member of the family, who declined to be mentioned because he is not authorised to do so, also confirmed the release of the victim, saying he was released around 7:15 p.m. on Thursday at Iseyin town, Oke-Ogun area of the state.

    The family source did not disclose whether ransom was paid to secure the release of the victim.
    NAN reports that the kidnappers had demanded for N100 million ransom for the release of the victim.

  • Yoruba, Hausa clash in Oyo unfortunate, tragic – Osinbajo

    Yoruba, Hausa clash in Oyo unfortunate, tragic – Osinbajo

    Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has described as unfortunate recent mayhem at Shaha, in Ibadan, Oyo State.

    While speaking with newsmen during a condolence visit to late Lateef Jakande’s residents, Ilupeju, the Vice President said the Shasha incident is unfortunate and tragic.

    “I have heard about the unfortunate mayhem and the tragic loss of lives at the Shasha market in the past few days.

    ”Shasha market has been a melting pot for traders bringing foodstuff from the North to the Southwest for decades.

    “For decades traders from the North have done business with their brothers from the Southwest and they have lived in peace and even inter-married. Shasha represents unity,” he said.

    He added: “So when a disagreement arises between individuals or a criminal act is committed by one against the other we must ensure that we see it for what it is, a criminal act, which must be punished according to law. Not an ethnic conflict.

    “Every Nigerian has a constitutional right to live, work and enjoy their lives in safety, peace under the law.”

    Osinbajo said it was the duty of government through the police and other law enforcement agencies to arrest and prosecute any person who commits a crime against a citizen of this nation.

    He said it is the role of the citizen to assist the police to identify the criminals.

    “We must never take the law into our own hands, if we do we will be promoting chaos, and a breakdown of law and order, and all of us especially the most vulnerable amongst us, will be at risk.

    ”I urge all community leaders to work together to preserve the brotherly co-existence that our people from different parts of the country have enjoyed in Shasha market for several decades.

    “I commend the governor for his swift and decisive action and all the law enforcement agencies for their prompt intervention,” he said.

  • Nigeria posts second highest COVID-19 deaths in single day

    Nigeria posts second highest COVID-19 deaths in single day

    Nigeria posted its second highest single day COVID-19 deaths on Friday, with Oyo State reporting the highest number of deaths.

    According to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, 24 deaths were recorded on Friday, the second highest in a single day since the pandemic broke in Nigeria in February 2020.

    The highest single day deaths was 27, which was reported on January 29, 2021.

    Oyo posted 10 COVID-19 deaths, the highest it has recorded in a day since the pandemic broke out. This takes Oyo’s total deaths to 104.

    Lagos, the epicentre, recorded five deaths, taking its total to 362 deaths, while the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja posted three deaths, with its total now 137.

    Taraba State recorded two deaths, taking its total to 17. Kaduna, Rivers, Ondo and Kwara reported one death each.

    Total COVID-19 deaths in Kaduna stand at 58, Rivers, 87, Ondo, 56 and Kwara,44.

    With Friday’s 24 new deaths, the nation’s total COVID-19 deaths now stand at 1,734. Today’s deaths also represent an increase from the eight deaths posted on Thursday.

    Also, the nation reports 1,005 fresh cases, a slight rise from the 938 cases reported the previous day, with Lagos topping the chat with 204 cases, down from the 236 cases it recorded on Thursday.

    Kwara came second with 155 cases. Kwara did not record any case the previous day.

    Oyo posted 124 new cases, up from the 50 cases it recorded the previous day, while Plateau raked in 80 cases, a fall from the 92 cases it recorded on Thursday.

    Others are: FCT (75), Edo (56), Osun (48), Ondo (41), Kaduna (40), Rivers (40), Taraba (35), Borno (32), Ekiti (21), Ogun (20), Kano (14), Bayelsa (8), Delta (7), Bauchi (3) and Jigawa (2).

    According to NCDC, till date, 144,521 cases have been confirmed, 118,871 cases have been discharged and 1,734 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

    New cases were reported in 18 States and the FCT.

    See figures below

    Lagos-204
    Kwara-155
    Oyo-124
    Plateau-80
    FCT-75
    Edo-56
    Osun-48
    Ondo-41
    Kaduna-40
    Rivers-40
    Taraba-35
    Borno-32
    Ekiti-21
    Ogun-20
    Kano-14
    Bayelsa-8
    Delta-7
    Bauchi-3
    Jigawa-2

    144,521 confirmed
    118,866 discharged
    1,734 deaths