Month: August 2020

Adejare Bello: Emerging Emancipator of Ede Land By Ismail Omipidan

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As a young man, who grew up in the North, I had thought that only notable northern politicians identify with the masses and the downtrodden by attending their functions and ceremonies, especially naming, house warming, marriages and the likes. But the stories I am hearing about Rt. Hon. Adejare Bello, former Osun Speaker and Ambassador-designate and the functions I have seen him attend so far, appear to have reshaped my thinking and perception about some of these things. As a political office holder, my wife, a bonafide Ede daughter, told…

Hate speech: DSS is better than NBC, by Tonnie Iredia

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History tell us that in most heterogenous societies, multiple centrifugal forces make it easy for the fragile fabric that binds society together to give way at the slightest provocation. To avoid the dismemberment of such societies, therefore, the remedy is to always pursue policies that can unite the different groups that make-up any such society. Nigeria is a good example of a nation whose constituents have for long been restive about what many see as basic inequality in the management of public affairs. This has over the years tended to…

OYSG fruitless effort to fight community of faith

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Oyo state Government has taken on the Muslim Community for challenging her bias, iniquity, injustice and open bigotry in her style of Governance. The Government just yesterday detached its worst Press Secretary ever in the history of the noble state to mount the moribund tank to attack the Muslim community for a legitimate demand on hijrah day cancellation on a private radio station in Ibadan. Certainly when the God want to strike a fellow hard, he takes away his character. The press Secretary in the name of Taiwo Adisa struggled…

Oyo Speaker, Ogundoyin lauds Police for rearresting serial killer, Sunday Sodipe

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In view of the recent re-arrest of the prime suspect in Akinyele Local Serial killing, Sunday Sodipe, the Speaker Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon Adebo Ogundoyin has commended the Oyo State Police Command for its all round surveillance and search which led to the capture of the fleeing suspect. The Speaker while reacting to the news of the re-arrest of the 19year old suspect, said that the Nigerian Police had put the minds of millions of residents of the state particularly Akinyele Local Government at rest. Hon Ogundoyin said…

How I Escaped From Custody —Oyo Serial Killer, Shodipe

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The suspect said a female Divisional Police Officer, who was recently deployed to the station ordered one officer (Funsho) to allow him to take his bath. Suspected serial killer, Sunday Shodipe, has narrated how he escaped from Mokola Police Station, Ibadan, Oyo State on Tuesday. The suspect said a female Divisional Police Officer, who was recently deployed to the station ordered one officer (Funsho) to allow him to take his bath. He said the officer had warned him not to make any attempt to escape while taking his bath, adding…

BREAKING: Police nab suspected Oyo serial killer,Sunday Shodipe

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Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, Oyo State Police Command, have re-arrested the notorious murder suspect, Sunday Shodipe who escaped from lawful custody on 11th August, 2020. He was re-arrested today, Sunday, 23rd August, 2020 by Police operatives at the Bodija area of Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital. It would be recalled that the erstwhile fugitive is a prime suspect in multiple murder of innocent citizens at Akinyele Local Government Area, Moniya, Ibadan, Oyo State. The Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, while commending the Commissioner of Police, Oyo…

BREAKING : Corps Member,Durodola invents T-Smart device to tackle COVID-19

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In response to the challenge thrown to their creative ingenuity by the NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, arising from COVID-19 pandemic, Corps Members have taken up the gauntlet, and continued to amaze Nigerians with so many inventions, tailored towards stemming the spread of the virus in the country. However, a serving Corps Member in Nasarawa ,Taiwo Durodola has taken the fight against the virus a notch higher through the invention of T-Smart, a body-temperature reading device which undoubtedly will give a big boost to the current efforts to contain…

HIJRAH 1442 AH: EMAN marks Islamic New Year, admonish Muslims to fear Allah

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El-Birru Muslim Association of Nigeria (EMAN) yesterday August 22nd, 2020 joined million of muslims all over the world to mark the entry into an Islamic New Year. In the welcome address delivered by the National Amir, Arc. Abdulyekeen Mamman, he appealed to muslims to harken to Allah’s commandments and to distance themselves from all forms of life style that is not in tandem with the teachings of the Holy Quran and the Sunnah of our beloved Prophet (May Peace be upon Him). The dignitaries at the event were the Chief…

Aisha Buhari grateful,back home after air turbulence in Nigeria Air Force jet

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Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has expressed gratitude for being back home after undergoing treatment for an undisclosed ailment in the United Arab Emirates. The First Lady said this in a statement she personally signed on Saturday. Hajia Buhari eulogised the crew of the Nigerian Air Force flight that took her on the journey for surviving what she described as “violent clear air turbulence”. She said: “I want to use this opportunity to thank all Nigerians for their prayers and well wishes while I was away for medical treatment in…

Thumbs Up, Ekiti Assembly By Olawale Olaleye

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The Ekiti State House of Assembly impressed me this afternoon by suspending the Chairman of Ikere Local Government, Hon. Femi Ayodele for printing and sharing posters of alleged presidential bid of Governor Kayode Fayemi without clearance from the concerned. How do you sit in your miserable corner, design a campaign poster of someone else and share same, when you and the individual never sat to talk about any such thing? What manner of favour is that? Do you shave a man’s hair in his absence? One thing is clear though:…