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Ecomium As Dr. Vanessa Idada Adds Another Year In Style




Encomium is pouring in for Vanessa Nosakhare Idada in recognition of her many years of humanitarian service, leadership, and enthusiastic contribution of her resources to charitable ventures, Vanessa Nosakhare Idada, founder of Vankol Homes and Support Services is so deserving of all the accolades in the world. Idada who is also the brain behind Safe Haven foundation, a non-profit charity organization has played a key role in the advancement of humanity. She has continued to shine her light on humanity. Idada has also been a tremendous asset to the philanthropy world. Through her Vankol Homes and Support Services, Idada has restored hope to humanity through her many acts of kindness. She is synonymous with kindness. A humanitarian of note who never hesitates to lend a helping hand, Idada is always looking for new ways to uplift the poor and helpless. Through Idada's hundreds have been empowered to live in a decent life. With a handful of people in the United Kingdom, UK, courtesy of Idada's Vankol Homes' generosity.

And epitome of beauty and brains, Idada boasts an enviable educational credentials. Idada earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSc) in July 2003. She later bagged a Bachelors of Law Degree, L.L.B (Jon's) from the University of East London in 2010. She stepped up her educational qualifications with a Masters Degree in International Law and World Economy (L.L.M) from the University of East London. She became a Barrister at Law (BL) in June 2019 after the successful completion of her programme at the Nigerian Law School in Abuja. A first class brain, Idada covered herself in glory during her stint at Sowers and King Legal Practice where she held the position of Associate Counsel/Due Diligence. Idada represented clients in litigation and drafted legal documents. She was also saddled with the responsibility of reviewing contract documents attending legal conferences and recording proceedings and so on. She also worked directly with attorney to track and follow up on projects, prepared confidential and complex documents and handled data entry. She carried out her duties credibly at Sowers and King Legal Practice.

At Almond Media London, Idada brought her spirit of excellence to bear in her role as Project Manager/Business Analyst between November 2017 to March 2019. She exceeded stakeholders' expectations by designing innovative strategies and plans. She was also in the thick of action where she conducted needs and risks assessment to identify support that needed to promote independence. She also developed and executed appropriate communications plans for employee communication, engagement team, and external communications teams. Idada built a solid relationship with clients internal teams to examine client's business requirements and processes. She also developed easy-to-understand data and process models for attaining client's business requirements. In her current role as Case Manager/Personal Advisor at Kent County Council, Kent, Idada has continued her giant strides. She is saddled with the responsibility to deliver pro-active support to the children that are taken into care and reached the age of 18 to increase abilities regarding employment, education, training, and apprenticeship. Her job include executing overall functions of legal status hearing to facilitate the young persons to attend Tribunals, and participate in the appeal process, by ensuring that information is sufficiently gathered and working closely with the Barristers representing the case for a desirable outcome of the matter. Her highlight include established pathway plan in accordance with Care Leavers Act 2000 Legislation ss. 19 - 24 to identify interim goals and longer-term future needs of the young people while realizing the ambitions. Idada's accomplishments amongst others include providing solid reasons behind high-cost placement of young person needs by plotting detailed research, for instance, accommodation needs costing the Local Authority more than 100,000 pounds per annum. Idada also played a key role at Hestia Housing Project London, a mental health services as Project Manager between 2010 to 2013. Her contributions include assessed client mental health issues by conducting general assessment and risk assessment of clients. Her role also include minimizing the risks by identifying and drawing risk assessment support plan and so much more.

No doubt, Idada has carved an enviable niche for herself both in her calling and philanthropy. A thoroughbred professional, Idada is a team player with strong reputation for excellence, integrity, dependability and the rare gift to multi-task under intense pressure. Her foray include expertise in building and managing teams internationally including the transformation of the roles and responsibilities keen in understanding of business priorities. Idada's skills set include strategic planning and monitoring, business intelligence and development, project management, sales planning and marketing, strategic planning and forecasting, budget planning and monitoring and configuration management and risk management, data model diagrams, work flow diagrams and agile methodologies.

PBAT is Working, No growth without Pain !
Sen. Rilwan Adesoji Akanbi

It must be emphasized that the PBAT met a cancerous like Treasury and multidimensional problems. A courageous, dedicated and purposely determined administration of PBAT tackles all the problems gradually and head-on

The part payment of our foreign loans which shall raise our financial rating in the international capital market.

The much advertised release of food grains from the strategic national silo into our food chain shows that PBAT cares and is showing much concern.

The Policy formulation of PBAT is working indeed considering the above-mentioned parameters. Although it may not be possible for a quick approach and turnaround,there will surely be light at the end of the dark tunnel.

Carrying the State Governors in a synergy improves and capable of reducing the widespread impoverishment. Some Governors must be mentioned for the good work : Kwara State Governor who doubles as Chairman Governors forum , Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Prof Zulum of Borno, Kano State Governor and few others are doing their best although more need to be done to put smile on the faces of the citizens and some other Governors need to step up their actions.Our Governors should role out more palliatives programs to cushion effect on the present hardship

The ongoing regulation of our financial institutions shows the ability of our current leadership.

It is worthy to mention the head-on tackle by the present administration on the insurgency and kidnapping that is becoming rampant.

At this juncture, we citizens must remember the fight back of political and economic saboteurs who wants instability and old order of feeding fat. We must not play into their hands, we must control our anger although, a hungry man is an angry man. We have no other country, we must watch our utterances and be guided. Support and Prayers for the administration success must be our priority. May the Lord Almighty continue to strengthen PBAT for the task ahead.

PBAT is Working, No growth without Pain !
Sen. Rilwan Adesoji Akanbi

It must be emphasized that the PBAT met a cancerous like Treasury and multidimensional problems. A courageous, dedicated and purposely determined administration of PBAT tackles all the problems gradually and head-on

The part payment of our foreign loans which shall raise our financial rating in the international capital market.

The much advertised release of food grains from the strategic national silo into our food chain shows that PBAT cares and is showing much concern.

The Policy formulation of PBAT is working indeed considering the above-mentioned parameters. Although it may not be possible for a quick approach and turnaround,there will surely be light at the end of the dark tunnel.

Carrying the State Governors in a synergy improves and capable of reducing the widespread impoverishment. Some Governors must be mentioned for the good work : Kwara State Governor who doubles as Chairman Governors forum , Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Prof Zulum of Borno, Kano State Governor and few others are doing their best although more need to be done to put smile on the faces of the citizens and some other Governors need to step up their actions.Our Governors should role out more palliatives programs to cushion effect on the present hardship

The ongoing regulation of our financial institutions shows the ability of our current leadership.

It is worthy to mention the head-on tackle by the present administration on the insurgency and kidnapping that is becoming rampant.

At this juncture, we citizens must remember the fight back of political and economic saboteurs who wants instability and old order of feeding fat. We must not play into their hands, we must control our anger although, a hungry man is an angry man. We have no other country, we must watch our utterances and be guided. Support and Prayers for the administration success must be our priority. May the Lord Almighty continue to strengthen PBAT for the task ahead.

Attacker's PAM Unveils Multimillion Naira Scholarship Scheme for Indigent Students



Solanke Ayomideji Taiwo


In continuation of his efforts towards making education accessible to the less privileged, the Deputy Chief Whip at the 9th Legislative Assembly, House of Reps, Rt. Hon. Adesegun Abdel-Majid Adekoya (Attacker), through his Foundation, has unveiled new sets of scholarship schemes for Indigent students in the Constituency.



The multimillion naira scholarship awards cover a variety of expenses from Primary, secondary, and tertiary institution levels, which include tuition and acceptance fees support, coaching and Jamb forms support, and all sundry students' bills.

Beneficiaries cut across the three local government council areas in the Federal Constituency.



The Prince Abdel-Majid Foundation (PAM), for many years, has been supporting indigent students and no fewer than 100 brilliant students have benefitted from the fully sponsored scholarship schemes, many of the graduates under the scheme have also been doing well in their careers after leaving the academic institution.



Some of the latest beneficiaries of the scheme include:

1. Osibamowo Fikunmi ( Pharmacy)

2. Obituyi Khadijat (Pharmacy)


3. Odedeji Oluwatimileyin (Medicine)

4. Aghulor Anita. ( Lady with the best post UTME result)


5. Mariam Adelaja


6. Busayo Adefeso (Kola Daisi University, Ibadan)


7. Rasheedat Fikunayomi Dehinbo (B.Sc Medical Laboratory Science) now in the 500 Level (Lead City University, Ibadan)


8. OGUNMAKINJU OLUWASEUN ADEYEMI now in 500L Medicine and Surgery, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital.


9. Including other beneficiaries in ABRAHAM Adesanya Polytechnic, Ijebu-Igbo and College of Health, Ilese

The above students had amazing results while in their 100 level and are therefore believed to be Brilliant and exceptional. Aghulor Anita for example came out top in the Post UTME and she is currently a medical student with an extraordinary result.

The SUN names Dr. Olufemi Bakre as Banker of the Year 2023.



In acknowledgment of his outstanding leadership at Parallex Bank, The Sun Newspapers, organisers of The Sun Award, have conferred the title of Banker of the Year 2023 upon Dr. Olufemi Bakre, the Managing Director of Parallex Bank. In his opening remarks at the elaborate event at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos on Saturday, Mr. Onuoha Ukeh, the Managing Director of Sun Newspaper, said the Sun Awards annually aim to recognise and celebrate Nigerians who have demonstrated remarkable success in their respective fields, despite the challenging economic conditions in Nigeria.



According to Ukeh, the year 2023 was particularly noteworthy for Nigeria, marked by political events and the removal of petroleum subsidies. Despite the myriad challenges faced by individuals and businesses, some Nigerians exhibited resilience, utilising their skills to succeed in their endeavors. He added that the individual awardees have made a significant impact on their chosen careers and interests.



The Chairman of the occasion and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, said nation-building is a collective effort, and the choice of Sun Newspapers to celebrate and reward individuals who are making great strides in nation-building is commendable. Akume congratulated all awardees and urged them not to relent in giving their very best to the nation.



Among the notable Nigerians recognised for their milestone achievement in 2023 is Dr. Olufemi Bakre, who, according to The Sun, has utilised exceptional skills to position Parallex Bank as a leading technology-driven financial institution in the country. Within less than two years of its operation as a deposit money bank in Nigeria, Parallex Bank, under Dr. Bakre's leadership, has demonstrated strong indicators of being a sustainable and profitable institution.



Dr. Bakre, a seasoned banker, commenced his flourishing career with MBC International Bank, later assuming the position of General Manager and eventually becoming the Group Head, Multilateral, Financial Institutions, and Global Custody at First Bank after MBC's acquisition in 2006. He distinguished himself by initiating and delivering the First Bank of China Representative Office. He joined FCMB in 2011 and held various positions until he was appointed Executive Director of Corporate and Institutional Banking in the United Kingdom and Nigeria. He was appointed as the Managing Director of Parallex Bank in 2021, making him the pioneering Managing Director of the bank as a commercial bank.



According to Bakre, Parallex Bank's substantial investment in digital technology has made it the preferred bank in the industry due to the efficiency, convenience, and reliability of its digital platforms. He emphasised that Parallex Bank has become highly attractive to customers due to its value-added services, such as zero account maintenance fees, free interbank transfers, free debit cards, and unique account numbers.



He said Parallex Bank is driven by a commitment to deliver premium value-adding services that meet the diverse needs of all customer segments, including individuals, corporations, and businesses, with a particular focus on SMEs and commercial entities.



Expressing humility in the face of the awards, Dr. Olufemi Bakre stated that it is fulfilling to see efforts, sacrifices, dedication, and passion being recognised externally, in addition to bearing fruit for the organization. Bakre considers the award a great honour and privilege, dedicating it to God, who has transformed his journey from grass to modest grace, and the passionate workforce of Parallex Bank.



Bakre said Parallex Bank's vision to become the leading financial solutions provider, revolutionising the customer experience through innovation, coupled with the collective determination to redefine banking services and provide customers with unparalleled opportunities, was the driving force behind receiving the award. He added that the steadfast dedication of the Board, management, and the team to delivering limitless possibilities has also garnered the trust and acknowledgment of their valued customers. He expressed gratitude to the Board of Parallex Bank for their relentless support, and the management of The Sun Newspapers for deeming him worthy of the honour.



Other notable awardees of The Sun Awards 2023 include Tobi Bakre, who won the Nollywood Icon of the Year, the founder and president of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Mr. Tony Elumelu, and Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, among others.

Alanquadri Investment Boss, Amodemaja Adeboye Preaches Hope & Positivity On His Birthday.




Life is on the upward curve for Amodemaja Adeboye, the compassionate philanthropist and chief executive officer (CEO) of Alanquadri Investment Nigeria Limited, a prosperous privately-owned Nigerian company with interests in key sectors of the Nigerian economy. For Amodemaja, it has been a story of onward and upward. His business has continued to thrive despite the economic hardship troubling the soul of Nigeria. All is well on the home front, too.

The high-flying businessman had a reason to celebrate yesterday. Amodemaja turned another year older in style. What a privilege to welcome another year full of grace in the land of the living. Expectedly, Amodemaja's in a good mood at the moment. It's a special event because it comes once in a year.

But Amodemaja wasn't in the mood for a lavish celebration to mark the milestone. Better known for his philanthropic heart, Amodemaja opted for a low-key celebration due to the current economic crisis in the country. Reflecting on the current economic realities in the country; Amodemaja decided to reach out to the less privileged in honour of his special day.


Disturbed by the increasing hardship in the land, Amodemaja apart from his philanthropic gestures has urged Nigerians not to lose hope due to the economic crisis in the country. In his birthday media chat, the successful businessman encouraged his compatriots to exercise a little more patience for the government of President Bola Tinubu to get the country out of the woods. Commending Nigerians for their resilience and patience, Amodemaja said there's light at the end of the tunnel. He said hope is on the horizon. And that this hardship shall pass, too.

A distinguished member of Nigeria's business community. Under his guidance, Alanquadri Investment Nigeria Limited has grown in leaps and bounds. Described as a brilliant businessman, Amodemaja's success is rooted in his commitment to excellence and integrity. He has built a strong reputation for excellence.


His company, Alanquadri, under his leadership became synonymous with quality and credibility. Today, Alanquadri Investment is one of Nigeria's leading private companies providing job opportunities for hundreds of Nigerians in the private sector.


Amodemaja's Alanquadri has interests in livestock farming, plantation, agriculture and so much more. Beyond his business prowess, Amodemaja is famous for his philanthropy championing various empowerment initiatives aimed at lifting his people out of poverty.

You Have Responsibility to Manage The Forest: Oludotun Charges Foresters




The Ogun State Commissioner for Forestry, Engr. Taiwo Oludotun has reminded officers of the Ministry, especially those in the forest reserves that they bear tremendous responsibility to manage the natural resources wisely and sustainably.

As managers of the forests, it is also their responsibility to report to the appropriate quarters any form of infraction in their area of operations.

The Commissioner who stated these in his opening remark at the opening ceremony of a three-day retreat organised for the management staff and heads of division of the Ministry at Ijebu -Ode, added that the retreat would provide participants with unique opportunity to reflect on practices, exchange of ideas and deepen their understanding on forest management principles.



Engr. Oludotun also said that issues of revenue generation for developmental projects and Management would not be deemphasized in as much as the government is interested in the preservation of the natural vegetation as it protects the depletion of the ozone layer.

" In as much as the state Government is interested in the preservation of our natural vegetation, as it protects the depletion of the ozone layer, it is also a thing of importance to harness the revenue that comes out of it while we try as much as possible to block leakages " He said.

He therefore charged participants to participate actively and explore new avenue for improvement and innovation while ensuring that they uphold the global highest standards of Forestry management.

Earlier in his welcome address, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mr. Timothy Olatunji highlighted benefits of the retreat to include provision of valuable opportunity to reflect on their current practices, Identify areas of improvement and collectively brainstorm on innovative solutions.

Also among the benefits according to Mr.Olatunji are:deepening understanding of Forestry management principles, current industry trends and best practices related to productivity and efficiency, facilitate knowledge sharing and exchange of experiences among participants, drawing on diverse perspectives and expertise within the group among others.

Meanwhile,later in an interview,the Project Manager Ogun State Forestry Plantation Project, Area J4 Forest Reserve, Mr. Babatunde Adebosin revealed that the retreat would have multiplying effect on the professional future outlook of the ministry, which would enable the participants to be able to think outside the box.

Contributing, the senior consultant, Abemgo & Associates, co-partner of the retreat, noted that seasoned professional will be impacting their knowledge on the participants, which would make them aware of their responsibility as civil servants and the need to have team work spirit.

Speaking on behalf of other participants, Mrs Asake Badejo and Mr. Olumuyiwa Adeogun appreciated the leadership of the Ministry for organizing the retreat, while assuring that all knowledge impacted would be used to move the ministry forward.

The retreat which had in attendance the State Head of Service, Mr. Peter Kola Fagbohun, Directors in the Ministry and some retired Management staff was rounded off on Saturday.

Court rules on Lagos community after 35 years of legal battle


The 35-year-old legal battle over the ownership of a vast expanse of land, covering 11.370 hectares in Igbo Esinsin, Ologunebi village in the Alimosho area of Lagos State, was finally settled on Friday as sheriffs and court bailiffs supervised the possession of the land by the owner.
The battle for ownership of the land reportedly began in 1989, was discontinued, and another suit was instituted in 2006, which eventually terminated at the Supreme Court.

A Lagos High Court, presided over by Justice Atinuke Ipaye, granted an Order of Possession in favour of the Ologunebi family after the Supreme Court had struck out the notice of Appeal by Oba Sule Odu Alabe for himself and on behalf of the Odo Alabe and Ajasa families.

The high court judge had in September 2011, in a matter with Suit No. ID/937/2006, ruled in favour of the Ologunebi family, prompting the judgement debtor to seek redress at the Appeal Court and Supreme Court, where the case was withdrawn or struck out for incompetence.

Justice Atinuke Ipaye, while giving her ruling on the application for Order of Possession by the judgement creditor, emphasised that it is important that litigants enjoy the ‘fruit of success’ of their legal contest.

Justice A. Ipaye also continued that “this court, having also extracted an undertaking from the judgement creditor to the effect that execution of the judgement shall not be used as an occasion to unleash violence and mayhem on the holders of third-party interest created over the subject property in the course of litigation.

She therefore ruled that “a consequential order of this honourable court be and is hereby made, granting possession of all that piece/parcel of land, subject matter of this suit situated, lying, and being at Igbo Esinsin Ologunebi village, Lagos State, whose land is more particularly described and delineated in Survey Plan No. AGB2457A dated 28th May 1980, measuring 11.370 hectares, to the judgement creditor in order to give full effect to the final judgement of this honourable court delivered on September 29, 2011 and affirmed by the judgement of the Court of Appeal in CA/L/87M/2012 delivered on the 7th of July 2015.”

Counsel to the Ologunebi family, Idowu Kokumo, urged those who were affected by the judgement and the possession order to take advantage of the situation to ratify their interest in the properties.

He also stated that his client may take full possession of the property if the affected house owners fail to ratify their ownership.

He said, “We are here this morning to execute the judgement of the High Court. The judgement was delivered over fifteen years ago. The Odo Alabe family appealed the judgement to the Court of Appeal, and they lost.”

The lawyer also added that “a subsequent appeal to the Supreme Court was struck out for incompetence. As of today, there is no subsisting appeal over the judgement of the high court.”

He therefore advised, “I hope they will take advantage by coming forward to ratify the ownership from the true owners of the land.”

He warned that “there will be a full recovery of the possession if they fail to ratify their ownership. The judgement is against the family that sold the land to them. It is in their own interest to come and ratify their ownership of the land.”

Residents of Ovia North East LG Seeks President Tinubu, IGP's Intervention Over Threat To Life From Former Community Secretary, Best Ukposisi






The elders, Youths and residents of Ogbeson N'Evbuosa Community in Ovia North East local government area of Edo state earlier today, in a peaceful protest in Benin city the Edo state Capital appealed to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Edo state government and the inspector general of Police to come to their aid and secure them from an alleged threat to lives by the activities of a former secretary of the community Best Ukposisi and others.


Speaking on behalf of the protesters the Odionwere of the community Pa. Samuel Igbinosun, displayed a clarification letter from the Palace of the Oba of Benin clarifying his position as the rightful and approved Odionwere (head) of Ogbeson N' Evbuosa village in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State.

Pa. Igbinosun alleged that the Ukposisi brothers led by Best Okposisi have been terrorizing the community over the years selling all kinds of land of the community.

According to him, two members of their community identified as Best Okposisi and Ike Okposisi are after their lives as a result of being witnesses to the unlawful and oppressive activities of the Okposisis.

He alleged that the two persons have sold almost all the land in the community and stole about #100 million Naira from the pulse of the Ogbeson N' Evbuosa community unlawfully.

He further added that, they had already petitioned the Inspector General of Police on the matter and investigation is already ongoing but, the wives of the accused reached out to the police authority and justice is about to be thwarted.

"The reason why we are here today is that, we are appealing to President Bola Tinubu, the Senate President, Edo state governor, the Palace of the Oba of Benin, security agencies and well meaning Nigerians to come to our aid over the injustice that happened in the Ogbeson community.

"Okposisi is after our lives to kill us. Himself and accomplices have stolen over One Hundred Million Naira from Ogbeson community account, sold hectares of land to unauthorized buyers. They are now after our lives to kill us. Just because we are witness to what is happening in the community.

"We have gone to Abuja and investigation is ongoing and all of a sudden we heard that the wives of Best Okposisi and Ike Okposisi have contacted IGP Solomon Arase that their husband should be released. They are now on their way to Benin as we speak. We beg the presidency to come to our aid. To make them conclude the investigation and not coverup or pervert justice."

In his response, the Chairman Nigeria Union of Journalists, Edo State Council, Comrade Festus Alenkhe assured the the protesters that the issues raised will be thoroughly investigated to ensure balanced reportage.

He thanked them for towing the line of peace during the protest: " Please, maintain peace because right now Edo State needs peace. As the 2024 election is coming, we pray nobody shall die especially in your village. Try as much as possible to stay away from anything that may lead to death."

A call put across to one of the accused Friday Okuwe was picked by his wife who said her husband wasn't around for comment.

All efforts to reach the Edo state police command PPRO for comment proved abortive as he was said to be away for official engagement.

Again, Attacker Gets Ogun Govt Approval to Renovate Eleven Schools in Ijebu Towns



... As he sets to build Blocks of Classrooms in Ijebu North, Ijebu East and Ogun Waterside


Solanke Ayomideji Taiwo



Rt. Hon. Adesegun Abdel—Majid Adekoya (Attacker) the immediate past Deputy Minority Whip, Federal House of Representatives, 9th Assembly, has secured the approval of the Ogun State government to construct and renovate several blocks of classrooms in different towns under the Ijebu North/Ijebu East/Ogun Waterside Federal Constituency.

The approval conveying the government's decision was contained in a letter through the Ogun State Universal Basic Education Board which was dated 9th of February 2024.

Adekoya who represented the good people of Ijebu North/Ijebu East/Ogun Waterside in the 9th Assembly under the Peoples Democratic Party PDP has demonstrated deep passion for education and the acquisition of knowledge and he has been unwavering and unrelenting as a champion of several projects in his Federal Constituency since he got elected into the green chambers.

He seems to have keyed into a mantra that "Education is a process of facilitating learning and imparting knowledge. It enhances the transfer of knowledge, skills, norms, morals, values, and beliefs usually from an adult to young ones, from an experienced individual to a less experienced individual or a learner. It could also be from a child to an adult but this is not common... Legacy is handed down or passed down from one period of time to another from an ancestor to predecessor. It could be some amount of money, property. it can also be seen as an inheritance."

His love for education and empowerment has become legendary in his entire constituency especially through his investment in philanthropy from primary, secondary up to tertiary institutions in Ogun state and beyond.

A week ago, Rt. Hon. Adesegun Abdel—Majid Adekoya commissioned a school hall at Abobi Comprehensive High School, Ago—Iwoye area of Ogun state. The hall which is furnished with electricity, fan and other amenities to make acquiring quality education easy for the students as well as their teachers.

Hon. Adekoya had written the Ogun State Universal Basic Education Board on the 30th of January, 2024 requesting official approval to commence the renovation of a set of schools spread across the three local government council areas in his Constituency. The statutory approval was therefore communicated on the 9th of February 2024 which grants the lawmaker the permissions to construct and renovate about eleven schools in different towns in the constituency.

In a related development, in appreciation of his very deep concerns for the development of his community, some Imobi Sons and Daughters on Friday 9th of February, 2024 presented an Award of excellence to the former Deputy minority whip, describing him as the Best Politician of the year 2024. The award was presented at his residence in Ago-iwoye, ijebu North, Ogun State.

Below is the copy of the approval leter...

I remain Committed to Making Education Accessible to our People in Ijebuland - Attacker


...as he Commissions School Hall in Abobi Comprehensive High School Ago—Iwoye


...Promises more Life Impacting projects for Ijebu North/Ijebu East and Ogun Waterside

Solanke Ayomideji Taiwo

IJEBU—EAST— The Deputy Minority Whip, House of Representatives, 9th Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adesegun Abdel—Majid Adekoya (Attacker) has said he remains committed to making education accessible and deliver on more life Impacting projects for the people of Ijebu North/Ijebu East and Ogun Waterside Federal Constituency.

Hon. Adekoya who represented the good people of Ijebu North, Ijebu East and Ogun Waterside at the green chamber in the 9th Legislative Assembly disclosed this on Saturday at the official commissioning of a hall which he facilitated at Abobi Comprehensive High School, Ago—Iwoye.

Hon. Adesegun Abdel—Majid Adekoya while addressing the press said the hall project is undertaken in furtherance of his avowed commitment towards ensuring a conducive learning atmosphere in public schools within his constituency.

In his words, “this project is in line with my pledge to provide basic amenities and infrastructures needed to boost literacy rate in order to drive the economic development and promote the aspirations of our people in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

“I will continue to give priority to education given the fact that it remains the bedrock of a bright and prosperous future for our children, who are the future leaders.

“It is also a testament that in PDP, we keep our promises, we shall do more if you give us your massive support to reclaim our mandate in the forthcoming election.”, Rt. Hon. Adesegun Abdel—Majid Adekoya said.

The school hall project comes with state-of-the-art electrical appliances as well as furniture which creates a conducive environment for students' learning activities.

In his remark, Mr Suberu, the chairman of the Parent Teachers Association (PTA), said posterity will never forget the facilitator of the project for the monumental gesture, which he noted has given them a sense of belonging after years of being neglected.


According to him, "Hon. Adesegun Abdel—Majid Adekoya has done what the people of Ijebu North/Ijebu East and Ogun Waterside and even future generations will not forget.

“He has delivered this project in record time and this will no doubt alleviate the plight faced by our children in accessing basic education”, the PTA Chairman said.

The representative from the Zonal Education Office (ZEO), Dr. Mrs Nuberu, commended the immediate past representative for his burning passion for the well-being of his constituents.

She promised that the purpose of the building will positively impact the lives of the children as well as the host community.

In their own remarks, Mr Badewa K., a teacher in Abobi Secondary School, as well as Miss Mulilat Bakare and Mr Moshood, Members of the Old Student Association, Matilukuro Matilda a Student of Senior Secondary School 3, also thanked the ex lawmaker for facilitating the school project in their school.

They said with the newly furnished school hall, access to basic education has been expanded and will rub off on the students of the school.

Re: Viral Video Indicating Attacks By Owoeye Boys At Kara, Ogun State

Setting the record straight:

The Attention of the CEO and Management staff of Owoeye & Company had been drawn to a viral video circulating on social media where some women are claiming to be scared of attacks by Alhaji Mutairu Owoeye Boys in Kara village in Ogun State

The said video is fake and doctored by enemies of progress.

The same video was circulated in the year 2023 and the incident alleged was properly investigated and charged to court by the Police:

It could be recalled that in the year 2023, same video emanated on WhatsApp loops leading to legal implications where Baba Owoeye Workers were arrested.

According to a legal advice from Ministry of Justice Department of Public Prosecutions dated 16th of November, 2023.

It reads in part as follows:

"I recommend no charge against the suspects: Ridwan
Olanrewaju, Isiaka Lawal a.k.a Saudi, Kehinde Ajani, Monsuru Ishola and Adeeko Olalekan.
Your duplicate casefile is hereby retained for record purpose. A copy of this Legal Advice is
endorsed to the Chief Magistrate (Admin.) Owode-egba Magisterial District for the information of
the Honourable Court entertaining the matter."

The General Public is hereby advised that there is no iota of truth in the video going around, kindly disregard the women crying foul, they are sponsored by opposition set to tarnish the good name and image of the Company and its Patron

Again, IBD Foundation rekindle the hope of a physically challenge boy to study in Ogun Polytechnic




........As Amebo Newspapers NG. sets to honour Alhaji Ibrahim Egungbohun with Philantropist of the year awards



Ibrahim Dende Foundation has took up the tuition fees of one Adetunji Jamiu, a physically challenged boy who lost his parents when he was 5 years old in Ogun State.


Jamiu was offered admission at D.S.Adegbenro Polytechic to study Mass Communication but he couldn't meet up with acceptance fee not to talk of tuition.


Jamiu Adetunji contacted Amebo Newspapers NG. Managing Director, Solanke Ayomideji Taiwo who posted his ordeal on his Facebook page, Princess Judith Egungbohun reacted to the post and asked for a break down of the tuition and he paid the tuition into Adetunji Jamiu's account this morning February 4, 2024.


For many years, the Ibrahim Dende Foundation (IBD Foundation), his brainchild, has been involved in activities that are designed to eradicate poverty in Yewa community in Ogun State, through offer of scholarships to indigent students of the area and empowerment programmes that are aimed to alleviating poverty.


The foundation has extended its philanthropic gestures to communities and towns within the Ilaro and Oja-Odan axis of Ogun State.


Alhaji Egungbohun has contributed materially to the growth and success of music superstars like Pasuma, Olamide, Phyno, Lil Kesh and Small Doctor.



In recognition of his outstanding philanthropic gestures, Alhaji Ibrahim Dende Egungbohun, Chairman, IBD Group will be honoured with the award of the Philanthropist of the Year by Amebo Newspapers NG this month of February, 2024.

Impact of Technology digitalization as a tool for progress and empowerment for a girl-child






In today's fast-paced world, technology and digitalization have become indispensable tools for progress and empowerment. While their impact is evident across all aspects of society, one area that has seen remarkable transformation is the education and business sectors, with a specific focus on the girl-child. The advent of technology has opened doors to countless opportunities and benefits for girls worldwide, empowering them to break barriers, excel in tech-related fields, and contribute significantly to their communities and the global economy.

This gave birth to an initiative to sensitize and enlighten young girls in a symposium: Leveraging on Technology and Digitalization for Education and Business; Focusing on the Girl-Child, which took place on the 25th of January, 2024 at CKC, Federal Housing, Kubwa in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria. Lawrentta Emmanuel a Digital/Business Development Executive, Joy Onya, a Digital Economist and Prisca Chinenye, a Business Technology Expert stepped up to this challenge to educate the girl-child on the benefits of digital technology.

Lawrentta in the organised sensitisation campaign, pointed out that the digital revolution has shattered traditional gender barriers and stereotypes, offering the girl-child a level playing field in education and business. She also noted that one of the most significant benefits of this revolution is increased access to education. The online learning platforms and digital resources have granted more opportunities to receiving quality education to girls all across the globe, breaking down limitations to access conventional schooling model. She encourged every girl-child to take advantage of this age of digital resources and technology to self build towards greater future.

Joy Onya shared her story on how she took advantage of technology to enrich her knowledge which gave her opportunities and improved her intellectual wellbeing. She went back memory lane on how she started from a very humble beginning with limited access to prime education and how within the last few years, she has improved and grown in digital economics. She pointed out that all any girl needs to grow and attain, is available online today. She also admonished every girl to be intentional on what they use the internet for. Joy counseled the young ladies to exert energy on learning which would bring more rewarding future than just the social media presence.

Prisca Chinenye crowned the delivery, focusing on the benefits and various specialisation every girl-child could consider. She detaield that, the benefits of leveraging technology and digitalization for the girl-child are numerous and far-reaching. A few of these are:
1. Equal Access to Education: Technology enables girls from all backgrounds to access quality education and resources, leveling the playing field.

2. Skill Development: Digital tools foster the development of crucial 21st-century skills, including problem-solving, critical thinking, and creativity.

3. Career Opportunities: Tech-related fields offer diverse and rewarding career opportunities, empowering girls to pursue their passions and interests.

4. Global Connectivity: Technology connects girls with peers, mentors, and experts worldwide, facilitating collaboration and knowledge sharing.

5. Empowerment: Digital literacy empowers girls to make informed decisions, advocate for their rights, and effect positive change in their communities.

6. Economic Independence: Tech-savvy girls are better equipped to enter the workforce and contribute to economic growth.

Prisca also noted that the digital revolution has ushered in a new era of possibilities for the girl-child, transforming education and business landscapes. By embracing technology, girls can break free from gender stereotypes, excel in tech-related fields, and become leaders and innovators in the digital age. She also mentioned a few notable individuals excelling in tech. Some of those are: Wuraola Oyewusi, Data Scientist & ML Expert; Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, Co-founder of Andela and Flutterwave; Ire Aderinokun, a Front-End Developer and Advocate for Web Accessibility; Prosper Otemuyiwa, Developer Relations at Microsoft; Dara Oladosu who created Quoted Replies, a Twitter bot that gained recognition and a job offer from Twitter. Others are Odunayo Eweniyi, Co-founder of PiggyVest; Ire Okupi, Co-founder of BuyCoins Africa; Oluwatobi Akinpelu, Founder of AnjolaTech, a tech company focused on providing solutions in Africa. Irewole Akande, a Software Engineer and Advocate for Women in Tech; Ire Aderinokun, a Google Developer Expert and Teju Ajani, a Product Manager at Google.

Prisca added that the digital technology sector offers a wide range of skills and specializations that girls can acquire to excel in this rapidly evolving field. Here are some skill sets and specializations she mentioned for girls interested in digital technology: Programming and Coding (Python, JavaScript, Java, or C++, Web Development using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript); Data Science and Analytics (Data Analysis & Machine Learning); Cybersecurity (Ethical Hacking & Cybersecurity Management); User Experience (UX) and User Interface (UI) Design; Cloud Computing (Cloud Platforms & DevOps); Mobile App Development (iOS or Android Development & Cross-Platform Development); Blockchain Development; IoT (Internet of Things); Big Data and Analytics; Digital Marketing (Search Engine Optimization, Social Media Marketing); Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning; Robotics; Game Development (Game Design & Game Programming); Digital Art and Animation (Graphic Design & Animation) and Data Privacy and Compliance. Prisca emphasized that any girl-child could set her mind towards any of these specialisation and achieve them.

Lawrentta brought the sentitisation programme to a close by informing participant that Enroute X, a UK tech organisation is partnering with Article8 Media to establish a STEM education centre with a reasonable percentage reserved for the girl-child. She encouraged all participants to be self motivated towards development in digital technology.

The sentisation programme was supported by NatureVantage, a health research organisation; Article8 Media, a multimedia organisation and Enroute X, a UK Software Development organisation

Land Grabbing: Community Head writes SOS To Police, Ogun State Government

Setting the record straight.......

SAVE OUR SOULS FROM THE HANDS OF IMPOSTORS, LAND GRABBERS TERRORISING EREBE IJEBU
A rejoinder to the crocodile tears of one Segun Abayomi Lawal,a political jobber, impostor and hypocritical human being




Erebe an ancient town in Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State had being a peaceful society under the exclusive control of the eight ( branches of the founding family of Erebe town, the OLOJA ADEKOYA (OFIRIGIDI) ANIKINAIYA FAMILY until recently when the Ogun State Government during the tenure of Otunba Gbenga Daniel (OGD) relocated the Sikiru Adetona College of Education, Science & Technology to Odo-Jobore directly beside Erebe. Mindful that Omu had no more vacant land in Ogun State as acknowledged in Omu's Community's submission before the Boundary Adjustment Commission of the Federal Government in 1976 and enviously motivated by the prime value of Erebeland due to it's proximity to the said tertiary institution, one Oba Oludaisi Mosuro of Omu, Oba Segun Awokoya of Irete and one Obateru Akeem of Egbin near Ikorodu conspired amongst themselves with one Banjoko alias THREECO a popular land agent in the Lekki areas of Lagos State, one Jamiu Ojetete alias Jamani, Abayomi Adelaja alias Ogunyalu, Segun Lawal alias Eraser, Moshood Osinowo and others to create one ALADE OGBE ADELAJA SOKEFUN as their FAMILY name in Erebe in a bid to claim Erebeland. Our parent ruling House, the ANIKILAYA RULING HOUSE of the Awujale of Ijebuland, Ijebu Ode vide it's letter dated 24/01/2007 warned the last Baale of Erebe, late Chief Moshood Osinowo to refrain from collaborating with the aforementioned land grabbers in their attempt to encroach on Oloja Adekoya Ofirigidi Anikinaiya's Erebeland and advised them to tender their case before the ruling house if they have an iota of legitimacy in their claim to Erebeland.
The conspirators in issue rather than explore the opportunity offered by the Anikilaya Ruling House replied the Ruling House vide a letter dated July 21st, 2008 that they have no connection whatsoever with HRM Awujale Anikilaya's family that HRM Anikilaya's son Oloja Adekoya Ofirigidi was a refugee at Erebe.
These land grabbers in their aforementioned ALADE OGBE SOKEFUN ADELAJA name took the OLOJA ADEKOYA OFIRIGIDI ANIKINAIYA FAMILY, Erebe to court vide suit: HCJ/82/2009. Not wanting to beat a retreat after been overwhelmed by the traditional history of the Oloja Adekoya (Ofirigidi) Anikinaiya family with several documentary evidences affirming same from the Anikilaya Ruling House, Ijebu Ode as well as from Imota via Ikorodu, a town founded by same our ancestor, Oloja Adekoya (Ofirigidi) and records from independent sources such as the National Archives, Wikipedia and certain authored records of over 70years, the land grabbing conspirators in their fraudulent nature sometimes in November, 2015 went in the direction of abandoning their former name ALADE OGBE, created and adopted one SANGOKOYA OFIRIGIDI, a similar name to our family name; OLOJA ADEKOYA OFIRIGIDI, gave false information to the Ogun State Government and presented one of themselves Segun Lawal as Baale over our town, Erebe.

As a pretext to keep us away from our legitimate heritage these land grabbers took the Oloja elect to court that a letter addressed thus;
The Olori Ebi,
OLOJA ADEKOYA OFIRIGIDI ROYAL FAMILY, EREBE IJEBU signed by one of the land grabbers named ABAYOMI ADELAJA dated 5th February, 2016 was forged. Senior Magistrate Idowu Olayinka of the Odogbolu Magistrate court declared that the letter in issue subject of Charge No: MOD/46C/2018 is authentic and signed by the conspirators who were dubiously trying to deny reality as the said letter alone is an incontrovertible evidence invalidating impostors' use of a similar name to our family name at the Ijebu Ode High Court to claim land at Erebe.

We had written several petitions to the Ogun State Government in this regard but the conspirators boasts of being backed by their Otunba Gbenga Daniel (OGD) who they claimed has the Nigerian Police, Ogun state Government and the judiciary in his pocket cannot be further from the truth as the land grabbers tendered forged documents, lied on oath and committed perjury to acquire 20.981 acres of the same land subject of suit: HCJ/82/2009 in another suit: HCJ/121/2015 with their new name SANGOKOYA. Contrary to the land grabbers misleading information to the public that they have a judgment covering entire Erebe land, the judgment is strictly on 20.981 acres of land and had been appealed based on the fact that it was fraudulently obtained as amongst other obvious reasons the judge rather than treating the facts of the case opted for technicality that the letter U as it appeared in EREBE IJEBU in the survey tendered by our family was traced in ink and not signed whereas we defined the location of the land as required in law.

The public are hereby informed that SANGOKOYA as son of Awujale Anikilaya WAS NOT part of the prayers sought and granted by the said court. While we have taken further steps to protect our heritage from the impostors latest (sangokoya) of Omu, the aforementioned land agents have recently being partitioning our lands, using the instrumentality of complicit police formations to take over the remaining Erebeland including 880 acres of land outside the 20.981 acres subject of appeal court litigation. To achieve their fraudulent objective the impostors have created several other aegis, such as a parallel Erebe Community Development Association and others which receipts they issue for Erebe lands illegally being sold. As at the time of making this public notice our lives are in danger as these illegal money crazy conspirators have engaged cultists and hired assassins to kill the Oloja elect of Erebe, Omoba Olawunmi Samuel, myself and other members of our family.

The parties sometimes in the year 2009 went to the Association of Osugbo Ijebuland which gave judgment in 2009 that Erebe is the exclusive business of the Oloja of Erebe, Oba Adekoya Ofirigidi descendants.

The conspirators are not only forgers of documents and history to grab land but men whose love for cheap land money has been made slaves to their stomachs.

For the records, Omu town became a landmark for Erebe area being the place where a market for sales of mat "Eni" a general trade of Erebe and environs was first established and as such visitors from Ibadan, Oyo, Ikorodu and other places usually refer to the area as Omu Eleni which earned the town her undisputed popularity this day. However, the fact remains that Erebe granted its fern farmland "Oko Imu" corrupted to Omu this day as a settlement in 1849 to refugees of the Owu war and some Igbehin-Egba migrants as approved by our ancestor, HRM Awujale Anikilaya after the Owu Ipole war of 1822 - 1829.

Sometimes in May, 2023 the conspirators ganged up with others at large with their thugs unleashed terror on Erebe community, burnt Oloja's ancestral palace, demolished same, forcefully entered the community's farmland - destroying our cash crops, removed traditional totems causing mayhem and using Police to harass innocent people and still went to report to the police that our people perpetrated those crimes in a bid to implicate us over very straight land matters. Our family members were unjustly charged to court over false information raised to the police by Segun Lawal that we burnt his fathers house at Omu till the Ogun State Directorate of Pubic Prosecution's legal advise to the court exonerated our people and exposed the fact that there is no extent which these land grabbers could not go in the pursuit of cheap land money.

These land grabbers and their client one Banjoko alias THREECO whose thugs and complicit police formations have continued to find means to kills my humble, other members of our family while parading the fraudulently acquired 20.981 acres of land judgement to be selling part of the remaining 880.981 acres of Erebe land to unsuspecting members of the public. The general public, Odogbolu Local Government, the Senator-Representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Ijebu Traditional Council, the Awujale Place and the Ogun State Government are hereby alerted of these developments and should note that;
1. Erebe towns' founding family, OLOJA ADEKOYA OFIRIGIDI ANIKILAYA FAMILY is neither the same nor connected to Owu Omu's SANGOKOYA's recently created to expand and annex Erebe land.
2. No Baale or any chieftaincy whatsoever in history has ever being made over any section of Erebeland outside the consent, approval and supervision of the OLOJA ADEKOYA (OFIRIGIDI) ANIKINAIYA FAMILY who are the legitimate owners of Erebe land.
3.Baale as erroneously been recently misrepresented by the land grabbers is relevant only in communities whose founders are not royals, it is a taboo for a Prince of credible background to be appointed a Baale.
4. Oloja which is the ancestral title of the Oloja Adekoya Ofirigidi descendants is not in the category of Baale or Rarun in Ijebuland.
2. SEGUN LAWAL and anyone else made Baale by the Olomu on Erebe territory against the interest and consent of the OLOJA ADEKOYA (OFIRIGIDI) FAMILY is an impostor who has neither authority nor connection with Erebeland.
3. It is a generally acknowledged fact that our ancestor OLOJA ADEKOYA OFIRIGIDI son of AWUJALE ANIKILAYA founded Imota town via Ikorodu, anyone trying to change the name to SANGOKOYA as is being attempted by these landgrabbers are fraudsterds and undoubtedly men with questionable character.
4. The ANIKILAYA RULING HOUSE, Ijebu Ode where late Prince Adebola Sanya was General Secretary and the incumbent Treasurer, Prince Onabanjo Segun both from our branch, OLOJA ADEKOYA OFIRIGIDI is not for sale and as such the impostors should be mindful that their days to answer for all acts of impersonation is numbered.
5. Government should sanction Obas who on the guise of chieftaincy privileges create Baales over traditionally superior territories as it is the case with Omu, Irete in relation to Erebe in a bid to grab, incite violence to benefit land for personal gains and as fronts for politicians on which behalf they deal in lands.
6. Any Obaship candidate whose business is land related should sign undertaking not to involve in land in his area as it it is the case with Onirete who has not turn a new leaf from the plethora of land grabbing accusations against him in Lekki area of Lagos and has now found Erebe town and villages as his next line of business, in company of his friend THREECO signing agreements with several Omu families to claim Erebe villages.
8. If these impostors could come out and be making false claims which we hereby disclaim, one could understand the kind of information they used to persuade His Excellncy, Otunba Gbenga Daniel (OGD) whose influence and name they claim to usually employ to circumvent the police and the judicial processes in their bid to grab our land and even claim certain acres of our land is allotted to OGD which we are anxiously waiting for him to come and take possession and tell us if one has money, influence and position, getting other people's properties and ancestry is the next line of business as his allies are claiming he does in this case.

Though, the undersigned has done all along several petitions at various times to the following governmental offices for help, which are to no avail before now
1. Ogun State, Governor's office
2. Ogun State ministry of Justice
3. Commissioner of Police, Ogun State command
4.The State Director
Ogun State security services ( SSS)

And it was discovered that same impostors went extra miles to misinform the general public and government agencies that they have a judgment declaring SANGOKOYA as a son of AWUJALE ANIKILAYA as well as covering the entire EREBE landmass. IT WAS ALL LIES FROM THE FIGMENT OF THE NARRATORS IMAGINATION. WE CHALLENGE THEM TO TENDER SAME TO THE PUBLIC
We wish to inform the public that the latest false information from these land grabbers through Segun Lawal is a ploy to defend to change the narrative for evading police service of invitation letter, evading arrest, damaging of police vehicles, shooting at police and using cultists to prevent police in exercise of their lawful duty which caused pandemonium at Erebe on the 31st of January, 2024 in which cultists engaged police in shoot out to pave the way for the shedder of crocodile tears (Segun Lawal).
He who commits no crime needs not to run away from police invitation, we as a responsible family have always honored every invitation even arrest including the unlawful arrest and detention of our over 80 years old head of family, Omoba Titilola Olawunmi at the behest of frivolous charges orchestrated by Segun Lawal. Hence if the police are investigating a claim of raising false information to the police occasioning malicious prosecution of opponents and other issues perpetrated by the land grabbers why running away and manufacturing lies to the public in search of sympathy.
The baseless narrative being pushed by these land grabbers mischievously branding our family, who are the legitimate owners of Erebeland as land grabbers is a reflection of the debased level which our society has found itself in terms of morals and integrity.

Please, I am using this medium to get to all well meaning people to come to our aid. Save us from the grab of these Owu war refugee Ajagungbales paying the good intentions of our ancestors with evil such that this expansionist campaign of the present Omu leadership won't be a repeat of what transpired in 1862 when the quarrelsome attitude of their ancestors as reported by the Europeans visitors to Ijebuland culminated in the avoidable loss of human life at Omu. We pause here.

E-Signed

Omoba Yisa Akintunde Mumuni

For and on behalf of the
OLOJA elect of Erebe Ijebu and the OLOJA ADEKOYA (OFIRIGIDI) ANIKINAIYA DESCENDANTS' UNION
Erebe Ijebu Town, Ogun State.

Land Grabbing: Community Head writes SOS To Police, Ogun State Government

Setting the record straight.......

SAVE OUR SOULS FROM THE HANDS OF IMPOSTORS, LAND GRABBERS TERRORISING EREBE IJEBU
A rejoinder to the crocodile tears of one Segun Abayomi Lawal,a political jobber, impostor and hypocritical human being




Erebe an ancient town in Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State had being a peaceful society under the exclusive control of the eight ( branches of the founding family of Erebe town, the OLOJA ADEKOYA (OFIRIGIDI) ANIKINAIYA FAMILY until recently when the Ogun State Government during the tenure of Otunba Gbenga Daniel (OGD) relocated the Sikiru Adetona College of Education, Science & Technology to Odo-Jobore directly beside Erebe. Mindful that Omu had no more vacant land in Ogun State as acknowledged in Omu's Community's submission before the Boundary Adjustment Commission of the Federal Government in 1976 and enviously motivated by the prime value of Erebeland due to it's proximity to the said tertiary institution, one Oba Oludaisi Mosuro of Omu, Oba Segun Awokoya of Irete and one Obateru Akeem of Egbin near Ikorodu conspired amongst themselves with one Banjoko alias THREECO a popular land agent in the Lekki areas of Lagos State, one Jamiu Ojetete alias Jamani, Abayomi Adelaja alias Ogunyalu, Segun Lawal alias Eraser, Moshood Osinowo and others to create one ALADE OGBE ADELAJA SOKEFUN as their FAMILY name in Erebe in a bid to claim Erebeland. Our parent ruling House, the ANIKILAYA RULING HOUSE of the Awujale of Ijebuland, Ijebu Ode vide it's letter dated 24/01/2007 warned the last Baale of Erebe, late Chief Moshood Osinowo to refrain from collaborating with the aforementioned land grabbers in their attempt to encroach on Oloja Adekoya Ofirigidi Anikinaiya's Erebeland and advised them to tender their case before the ruling house if they have an iota of legitimacy in their claim to Erebeland.
The conspirators in issue rather than explore the opportunity offered by the Anikilaya Ruling House replied the Ruling House vide a letter dated July 21st, 2008 that they have no connection whatsoever with HRM Awujale Anikilaya's family that HRM Anikilaya's son Oloja Adekoya Ofirigidi was a refugee at Erebe.
These land grabbers in their aforementioned ALADE OGBE SOKEFUN ADELAJA name took the OLOJA ADEKOYA OFIRIGIDI ANIKINAIYA FAMILY, Erebe to court vide suit: HCJ/82/2009. Not wanting to beat a retreat after been overwhelmed by the traditional history of the Oloja Adekoya (Ofirigidi) Anikinaiya family with several documentary evidences affirming same from the Anikilaya Ruling House, Ijebu Ode as well as from Imota via Ikorodu, a town founded by same our ancestor, Oloja Adekoya (Ofirigidi) and records from independent sources such as the National Archives, Wikipedia and certain authored records of over 70years, the land grabbing conspirators in their fraudulent nature sometimes in November, 2015 went in the direction of abandoning their former name ALADE OGBE, created and adopted one SANGOKOYA OFIRIGIDI, a similar name to our family name; OLOJA ADEKOYA OFIRIGIDI, gave false information to the Ogun State Government and presented one of themselves Segun Lawal as Baale over our town, Erebe.

As a pretext to keep us away from our legitimate heritage these land grabbers took the Oloja elect to court that a letter addressed thus;
The Olori Ebi,
OLOJA ADEKOYA OFIRIGIDI ROYAL FAMILY, EREBE IJEBU signed by one of the land grabbers named ABAYOMI ADELAJA dated 5th February, 2016 was forged. Senior Magistrate Idowu Olayinka of the Odogbolu Magistrate court declared that the letter in issue subject of Charge No: MOD/46C/2018 is authentic and signed by the conspirators who were dubiously trying to deny reality as the said letter alone is an incontrovertible evidence invalidating impostors' use of a similar name to our family name at the Ijebu Ode High Court to claim land at Erebe.

We had written several petitions to the Ogun State Government in this regard but the conspirators boasts of being backed by their Otunba Gbenga Daniel (OGD) who they claimed has the Nigerian Police, Ogun state Government and the judiciary in his pocket cannot be further from the truth as the land grabbers tendered forged documents, lied on oath and committed perjury to acquire 20.981 acres of the same land subject of suit: HCJ/82/2009 in another suit: HCJ/121/2015 with their new name SANGOKOYA. Contrary to the land grabbers misleading information to the public that they have a judgment covering entire Erebe land, the judgment is strictly on 20.981 acres of land and had been appealed based on the fact that it was fraudulently obtained as amongst other obvious reasons the judge rather than treating the facts of the case opted for technicality that the letter U as it appeared in EREBE IJEBU in the survey tendered by our family was traced in ink and not signed whereas we defined the location of the land as required in law.

The public are hereby informed that SANGOKOYA as son of Awujale Anikilaya WAS NOT part of the prayers sought and granted by the said court. While we have taken further steps to protect our heritage from the impostors latest (sangokoya) of Omu, the aforementioned land agents have recently being partitioning our lands, using the instrumentality of complicit police formations to take over the remaining Erebeland including 880 acres of land outside the 20.981 acres subject of appeal court litigation. To achieve their fraudulent objective the impostors have created several other aegis, such as a parallel Erebe Community Development Association and others which receipts they issue for Erebe lands illegally being sold. As at the time of making this public notice our lives are in danger as these illegal money crazy conspirators have engaged cultists and hired assassins to kill the Oloja elect of Erebe, Omoba Olawunmi Samuel, myself and other members of our family.

The parties sometimes in the year 2009 went to the Association of Osugbo Ijebuland which gave judgment in 2009 that Erebe is the exclusive business of the Oloja of Erebe, Oba Adekoya Ofirigidi descendants.

The conspirators are not only forgers of documents and history to grab land but men whose love for cheap land money has been made slaves to their stomachs.

For the records, Omu town became a landmark for Erebe area being the place where a market for sales of mat "Eni" a general trade of Erebe and environs was first established and as such visitors from Ibadan, Oyo, Ikorodu and other places usually refer to the area as Omu Eleni which earned the town her undisputed popularity this day. However, the fact remains that Erebe granted its fern farmland "Oko Imu" corrupted to Omu this day as a settlement in 1849 to refugees of the Owu war and some Igbehin-Egba migrants as approved by our ancestor, HRM Awujale Anikilaya after the Owu Ipole war of 1822 - 1829.

Sometimes in May, 2023 the conspirators ganged up with others at large with their thugs unleashed terror on Erebe community, burnt Oloja's ancestral palace, demolished same, forcefully entered the community's farmland - destroying our cash crops, removed traditional totems causing mayhem and using Police to harass innocent people and still went to report to the police that our people perpetrated those crimes in a bid to implicate us over very straight land matters. Our family members were unjustly charged to court over false information raised to the police by Segun Lawal that we burnt his fathers house at Omu till the Ogun State Directorate of Pubic Prosecution's legal advise to the court exonerated our people and exposed the fact that there is no extent which these land grabbers could not go in the pursuit of cheap land money.

These land grabbers and their client one Banjoko alias THREECO whose thugs and complicit police formations have continued to find means to kills my humble, other members of our family while parading the fraudulently acquired 20.981 acres of land judgement to be selling part of the remaining 880.981 acres of Erebe land to unsuspecting members of the public. The general public, Odogbolu Local Government, the Senator-Representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Ijebu Traditional Council, the Awujale Place and the Ogun State Government are hereby alerted of these developments and should note that;
1. Erebe towns' founding family, OLOJA ADEKOYA OFIRIGIDI ANIKILAYA FAMILY is neither the same nor connected to Owu Omu's SANGOKOYA's recently created to expand and annex Erebe land.
2. No Baale or any chieftaincy whatsoever in history has ever being made over any section of Erebeland outside the consent, approval and supervision of the OLOJA ADEKOYA (OFIRIGIDI) ANIKINAIYA FAMILY who are the legitimate owners of Erebe land.
3.Baale as erroneously been recently misrepresented by the land grabbers is relevant only in communities whose founders are not royals, it is a taboo for a Prince of credible background to be appointed a Baale.
4. Oloja which is the ancestral title of the Oloja Adekoya Ofirigidi descendants is not in the category of Baale or Rarun in Ijebuland.
2. SEGUN LAWAL and anyone else made Baale by the Olomu on Erebe territory against the interest and consent of the OLOJA ADEKOYA (OFIRIGIDI) FAMILY is an impostor who has neither authority nor connection with Erebeland.
3. It is a generally acknowledged fact that our ancestor OLOJA ADEKOYA OFIRIGIDI son of AWUJALE ANIKILAYA founded Imota town via Ikorodu, anyone trying to change the name to SANGOKOYA as is being attempted by these landgrabbers are fraudsterds and undoubtedly men with questionable character.
4. The ANIKILAYA RULING HOUSE, Ijebu Ode where late Prince Adebola Sanya was General Secretary and the incumbent Treasurer, Prince Onabanjo Segun both from our branch, OLOJA ADEKOYA OFIRIGIDI is not for sale and as such the impostors should be mindful that their days to answer for all acts of impersonation is numbered.
5. Government should sanction Obas who on the guise of chieftaincy privileges create Baales over traditionally superior territories as it is the case with Omu, Irete in relation to Erebe in a bid to grab, incite violence to benefit land for personal gains and as fronts for politicians on which behalf they deal in lands.
6. Any Obaship candidate whose business is land related should sign undertaking not to involve in land in his area as it it is the case with Onirete who has not turn a new leaf from the plethora of land grabbing accusations against him in Lekki area of Lagos and has now found Erebe town and villages as his next line of business, in company of his friend THREECO signing agreements with several Omu families to claim Erebe villages.
8. If these impostors could come out and be making false claims which we hereby disclaim, one could understand the kind of information they used to persuade His Excellncy, Otunba Gbenga Daniel (OGD) whose influence and name they claim to usually employ to circumvent the police and the judicial processes in their bid to grab our land and even claim certain acres of our land is allotted to OGD which we are anxiously waiting for him to come and take possession and tell us if one has money, influence and position, getting other people's properties and ancestry is the next line of business as his allies are claiming he does in this case.

Though, the undersigned has done all along several petitions at various times to the following governmental offices for help, which are to no avail before now
1. Ogun State, Governor's office
2. Ogun State ministry of Justice
3. Commissioner of Police, Ogun State command
4.The State Director
Ogun State security services ( SSS)

And it was discovered that same impostors went extra miles to misinform the general public and government agencies that they have a judgment declaring SANGOKOYA as a son of AWUJALE ANIKILAYA as well as covering the entire EREBE landmass. IT WAS ALL LIES FROM THE FIGMENT OF THE NARRATORS IMAGINATION. WE CHALLENGE THEM TO TENDER SAME TO THE PUBLIC
We wish to inform the public that the latest false information from these land grabbers through Segun Lawal is a ploy to defend to change the narrative for evading police service of invitation letter, evading arrest, damaging of police vehicles, shooting at police and using cultists to prevent police in exercise of their lawful duty which caused pandemonium at Erebe on the 31st of January, 2024 in which cultists engaged police in shoot out to pave the way for the shedder of crocodile tears (Segun Lawal).
He who commits no crime needs not to run away from police invitation, we as a responsible family have always honored every invitation even arrest including the unlawful arrest and detention of our over 80 years old head of family, Omoba Titilola Olawunmi at the behest of frivolous charges orchestrated by Segun Lawal. Hence if the police are investigating a claim of raising false information to the police occasioning malicious prosecution of opponents and other issues perpetrated by the land grabbers why running away and manufacturing lies to the public in search of sympathy.
The baseless narrative being pushed by these land grabbers mischievously branding our family, who are the legitimate owners of Erebeland as land grabbers is a reflection of the debased level which our society has found itself in terms of morals and integrity.

Please, I am using this medium to get to all well meaning people to come to our aid. Save us from the grab of these Owu war refugee Ajagungbales paying the good intentions of our ancestors with evil such that this expansionist campaign of the present Omu leadership won't be a repeat of what transpired in 1862 when the quarrelsome attitude of their ancestors as reported by the Europeans visitors to Ijebuland culminated in the avoidable loss of human life at Omu. We pause here.

E-Signed

Omoba Yisa Akintunde Mumuni

For and on behalf of the
OLOJA elect of Erebe Ijebu and the OLOJA ADEKOYA (OFIRIGIDI) ANIKINAIYA DESCENDANTS' UNION
Erebe Ijebu Town, Ogun State.

Unrest in Erebe Ijebu Community After Suspected Land Grabber Attacks, Destroyed Police Vehicles, Eloped With Suspect



......OGD ALLIES CAUGHT IMPERSONATING AWUJALE SHOT AT POLICEMEN AND DESTROYED PROPERTIES



EREBE — Hell was let loose at the Lagos border of Erebe Ijebu on Wednesday 31st of January 2024 as gunmen suspected to be land grabbers and cultists resisted efforts by officers of the Nigerian Police to arrest an ally of a former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel (OGD) and in the process destroyed properties worth millions in the town.

The reason for his arrest according to multiple source claimed that he was accused to have recently conspired with one Oba Oludaisi Mosuro of Omu town of OGD and another neighboring Oba Awokoya Yesufu, a well known land agent in Lekki area of Lagos State amongst others to impersonate the founding family of Erebe town, the OLOJA ADEKOYA (OFIRIGIDI) ANIKINAIYA FAMILY, a Royal line of the Anikilaya Ruling House of the incumbent Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, Ogbagba II by creating one SANGOKOYA OFIRIGIDI, a similar but fictitious name to the founding family of Erebe forged several documents raised and presented false information to the police, Government, courts of law in a bid to acquire 20.981 acres of land in Erebe town Amebo Newspapers NG learnt.


However, What broke the camel's back according to the Financial Secretary, of Erebe Community Development Association, Prince Adebowale Razak while speaking with our correspondent was that the OGD towns men of Omu relying on the fictitious SANGOKOYA had been using land grabbers led by a popular land grabber, Banjoko alias THREECO to delineate, partition and grab the entire Erebe land harras, intimidate and hired cultists and assassins who recently attempted to kill the Oloja Elect of Erebe, Prince Olawunmi Samuel Oluwasegun and certain representatives of Erebe town.


Meanwhile, The police in the course of investigating a report made to them by the Community founding family visited Iganta (Erebe) to make inquiries where one Segun Lawal, an OGD ally and a host of cultists invaded the site shot sporadically into the air and destroyed three vehicles of the police and eloped with the main suspect.

As at the time of writing this report Erebe town has remain in disarray as only the hired thugs terrorising the town are occupying the territory, organizing protests to cover their tracks.

A clergy Pastor Sanya of OLOJA ADEKOYA (OFIRIGIDI) ANIKINAIYA reliably inform our correspondent that the community is waiting to see WHETHER the invading land grabbers boast of their security from prosecution guaranteed by OGD could transfer Erebe and it's villages; Okemeri, Ikasi, Igbota, Iganta, Oke Oko, Agbafen, kajola customary ownership to their Owu migrants customary tenants (inventors SANGOKOYA OFIRIGIDI) whom their (OLOJA ADEKOYA OFIRIGIDI's) ancestor Awujale Anikilaya settled at Omu in the year 1849 after the Owu-Ipole war of 1822—1829 descendants of Awujale Anikilaya (Oloja Adekoya Ofirigidi Anikinaiya family) will retain their heritage in country where rule of law exists, time will tell.

Also, Omoba Falilat Otukoya opined that Government need to look into land grabbing activities of Obas abusing their chieftaincy privileges or prescribed authority donated to them to dabble into land issues on the pretext of chieftaincy powers by appointing their stooges as Baales over earlier settled nearby towns, creating parallel administrative structures in a bid to expand their territory or annex the land therein as it is being attempted on Erebeland in this latest scenario.

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Rework Security Architecture Framework: Showunmi Entreats President Tinubu



No sane people can insist that a clear need to restructure its policing framework will be delayed especially when it is obvious that things are getting out of hand.



Shall we wait until the people take laws into their own hands especially since it has become the norm to ethnically profile crime which is extremely dangerous?

A crime must be called a crime, all this nonsense of calling it tribal names is dangerous.



Those who draw security votes at the subnational levels must know that we are sliding into some form of ground zero.



On the specific killings of the traditional rulers in Ekiti, it is extremely provocative and suggests that those marauders have no sense of culture or good upbringing.



Those who put them to this rubbish are threatening the peaceful coexistence of this nation. All those who are remotely connected to this must be found and brought to book.



To those with responsibility to safeguard our people, that is governors, the earlier you come up with a comprehensive framework to secure our land, her people and those who live peacefully there the better.



The conspiracy of state destabilization as a tool of undermining government will not be tolerated.

There is no such thing as a highly highly-placed personality in my book when it comes to killing people, those who speak the language of those involved in this madness should call them to order immediately.



As for the president, it is time to open up to the enormous capacity that is available to stamp firm authority in this situation.



Intelligence Agencies are encouraged to profile all those who could be remotely connected with this unending, blood-draining insecurity with a matter of urgency.



Throwing money at it under security spending is not enough, it is time to bring down the sponsors of this demonic agenda. No one will allow any group under any guise to put the nation in disarray, as we owe it a duty to ensure that every inch of our country is save and every person in our country feels secured and protected. President Bola Tinubu (GCFR) do your primost duty.

May the soul of the departed find rest.



Otunba Segun Showunmi

Patriotic Citizen

Pelican Valley Holds Workers Retreat, Set To Lead Nigeria's Real Estate Industry

...Vows To Remain Beacon Of Hope To Youths

Pelican Valley Chief Executive Officer, Amb.(Dr) Babatunde Adeyemo has harped on the need for the workforce of the real estate firm to always stick to team spirit, integrity, productivity and service delivery, saying they are critical to achieving the company's value and growth targets in 2024.

Recalling that the Pelican Valley Nigeria Limited started with its flagship product - Pelican Valley Estate Laderin, over 10 years ago with a meagre amount of money, Adeyemo said the estate is a household name because of the "passion, commitment, dedication and integrity" with which the dream was pursued to turn a challenging land terrain to investors' delight it has become today.

He revealed that were the vision to be driven by the quest for quick money or profit, he would have long abandoned the project soon after its take - off, saying it took enormous investment of time and resources to surmount the daunting challenges encountered in his drive to make the location a palace where "unusual home happens."

The CEO declared with both joy and confidence that the peculiar ambience, tourist attraction and other natural tractions that the Pelican Valley provides now are not obtainable in any other estate elsewhere in the Southwest geopolitical zone of the country.

He spoke at The Podium, a mini- multi - purpose facility in the estate while giving his opening remarks during the company's annual staff retreat on Monday, January 29 which also had in attendance, its consultants from the engineering, surveying, legal, agriculture, town planning and media professions as well as the Brand Ambassador, Mr Olukayode Olaseinde.

He emphasised on the need for workers to embrace the spirit and patience of growing with the organisation to reap the joy and success of company growth, noting that he is an employer of labour who cherishes a relationship a lot and not the type that "use and dump people."

"I'm a long distance runner. I love consistency, I don't believe in use and dump. I love keeping relationship because I cherish relationship a lot. The problem with the youths these days is that they are not ready to be patient. And they are hopeless because of the situation in the country.

"We should give them hope. Average Nigerian youth believes nothing can work or change for better in Nigeria. It is imperative we give them hope to believe in this country again. Let's give them a sense of belonging," Adeyemo said.

The resource person, Dorcas James (Mrs), human resources practitioner, in her paper presentation titled, " Hardwork, Consistency and Team Work As Pathway To Real Estate Growth," said that the industry is witnessing steady growth nationwide because of the dynamism driving it.

Mrs James identified hardwork as integral part of success, strong relationship, maintaining ethical standards, properly defining team role, getting staff recruitment right to align with the team goal, making check -list and staff performance appraisal as some of the strategies Pelican Valley can adopt to achieve growth, lasting success and play a leading role in the nation's real estate sector.

She also urged the Nigerian foremost real estate firm to strive always to perform and understand that the industry is witnessing competition, even as she hammered on building efficient clients relationship, continuous learning, market research and analysis, networking, goal setting, being adaptable and ethical standards in order to survive, succeed and excel in the industry.


"You have to perform or be ready to be swallowed. There is always a big fish out there to swallow the other," she declared.


She urged the company to guard against clique, in - grouping, prejudice and consensus, saying it destroys team spirit, team goal, productivity, decision making process and hinders both individual and organisation's growth.

She said "clique" in an organisation should not be encouraged or rewarded however beneficial it seemed on the surface, submitting that it is a disruptive and destructive phenomenon.
According to her, focus and reward should only be on the team and not the clique.

In his presentation, the company's Director of Operations..... on workers productivity, revenue drive and efficient service delivery to clients as parts of the pathway to growth and success in the industry.

TEENS' CIRCLES CAPACITY INITIATIVE EMPOWERS STUDENTS WITH FREE JAMB FORM, TUTORIALS, LAPTOP BAGS IN OGUN



A non governmental organisation, NGO, Teens' Circles Capacity Initiative has empowered fifteen students in Ogun State with Free JAMB Form with Registration, Free JAMB tutorials, Free Laptop bags to assist their educational opportunities in Ifo and Ewekoro Local Government in Ogun State.


Our correspondent while speaking with the frontier of the organization, Morenike Abiola Ikotun, she said, The vision of the NGO is to have proactive and empowered teens with the drive for positive change while their mission is to build on the strength of teenagers so they can find safety, hope success, and future in life through education ,information, and innovative early intervention.


The studying materials were distributed after the screening exercise was conducted on the 25th of January, 2024 at Ifo Local Government Chamber, Ogun State.

The coordinators who made the empowerment possible were Morenike Abiola Ikotun (frontier), Toheeb Bisiriyu (project coordinator), Olajobi Olaoluwa (project secretary), Ebenezer Shalom, Folashade Olayiwola, Micheal Ikotun, Lion Princr Ola wale Olowolagba(CBT Consultant), Adesola Adeniyi, Abatti Olalekan, Victor O. Sodimu, and Oketogun Oluwaseun.


The reactions from beneficiaries was so huge as we approached them for interview, below are some of the testimonials from patient guardian and beneficiaries of the empowerment initiative.


"I really appreciate this opportunity and help the TECCIN have render may God continue to bless you Ma/Sir,u won't lack money and good things you need to survive and you shall reap the fruit of your own labour too as you want the best for us may Allah continue to guide you through every disaster in life 🤲🤲
Thank you so very much Sir/ma
I really appreciate"

"Good afternoon ma/sir
I want to say a very big thank you to the TEECIN for the scholarship,the gifts and everything.
May God continue to bless you in Allah's name"


"I want to appreciate the sponsor and organizers, (TECCIN) of this JAMB scholarship programme for the wonderful opportunity you have given to our children to benefit from this lofty and laudable iniative couple with the beautiful gifts given to them. May God bless you abundantly in return in Jesus Name."


"Good morning sir/ma
Thanks for yesterday sir,may God continue to enrich ur pocket,bless your family
All ur dreams shall come true.
Thank you very much ma/sir"

"There's no amount of words that I can say than to continue praying for the team for lifting off a great burden off the parents and may Almighty God continue to bless you all(Amen)"

Adekoya Lights Up Buruji Kashamu Community With Solar Street Lights




The Deputy Minority Whip of the House of Representatives in the 9th National Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abdel-Majeed Adesegun Adekoya known as "Attacker" has lightened up the entire Egbe Community in Ijebu Igbo in January 2024.


Egbe Community in Ijebu Igbo is a famous community that inhabited the political juggernauts in the Ijebu Igbo Constituency in Ogun state.


Rt. Hon. Adekoya said he would forever appreciate the gestures and keen interest of Late Senator Buruji Kashamu in his personality.


Attacker said further that the philanthropic abilities of Late Kashamu motivated him to distribute solar lights to Egbe Community to replenish the magnanimity enjoined with Late Kashamu.


Recall that Rt Hon Adesegun Adekoya also facilitated the famous Buruji Kashamu skill acquisition centre Ijebu Igbo which is close to completion.


The relatives of Egbe Community were delighted and thanked Rt. Hon. Adesegun Adekoya for doing what they count as good gestures to their community.

Oludotun felicitates Amosun at 66


Solanke Ayomideji Taiwo




The honorable commissioner for forestry, Engr. Taiwo Oludotun has felicitated sincerely, the immediate past Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, on the occasion of his 65th birthday.

A statement issued by his press officer on Thursday said that in a congratulatory letter to the former governor, Oludotun rejoiced with him “for legions of achievements and successes in various fields of human endeavour.”

According to Oludotun, the former governor’s “dedication to public service and contributions to nation-building, both at state and federal levels are highly commendable.”

He joined Senator Amosun’s family, friends and other well-wishers to celebrate with him on this joyous occasion.

He prayed that Almighty Allah grants the celebrant long life and good health to continue in the service of the nation and humanity.

President Tinubu urged to replace Betta Edu with Halimat Adenike





Persons With Disabilities, PWDs, in Nigeria has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to consider Dr. Halimat Adenike Tejuosho as a substantial replacement for the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu.



This was disclosed by its national secretary Alhaji Muhammed Dantani, during a press conference, during the week, in Abuja.



While commending the effort of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his bold step towards addressing matters that concern governance without compromise, Dantani noted that the President’s unwavering resolve has brought sanity into the Nigeria polity.



He said: “History shall be kind to the founder of the Renewed Hope.



“Among the exemplary actions exhibited by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu which has attracted commendation even by critics is the suspension of Mrs. Betta Edu, from her position as Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation over misappropriation of funds meant for people like us who are disabled and finding it so hard to survive this period.



“While we salute the President for his unprecedented performance, we wish to assert that the absence of a public officer should not halt the process of governance, as such Persons With Disabilities in Nigeria wishes to state as follows;



“Considering the veracity of the Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Ministry, we noted that the ministry is primed to alleviate the less privileged and downtrodden from their deplorable condition, suffice to say the ministry is in dire need of a person with a sterling record of integrity to man its affairs.



“We find it worthy to recommend Dr. Halimat Adenike Tejuosho as the most qualified as Minister for the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation in recognition of her selfless services to the nation and the less privileged, especially to us with disabilities, she is a pillar of support, she has been providing shelter, food, scholarship, paying of medical bills and many more for us, It is crucial to have individual who is a humanitarian and compassionate towards people like us to oversee the affairs of this particular ministry and that person is Dr. Halimat Adenike Tejuosho.



“The veracity of the ministry’s mission and its ability to effectively alleviate poverty and help those in need depends on the integrity of its personnel. Integrity is a fundamental quality required in any position of power or responsibility, especially when dealing with vulnerable populations. Individuals with a sterling record of integrity are more likely to prioritize the needs of the less privileged over personal gain or corruption.”



Corroborating, the PWDs who spoke in one voice, said: “Dr. Halimat’s spirit of philanthropism cut across ethnic and religious lines as she finds joy in providing succor to vulnerable Nigerians including internally displaced persons.



“Her 100 per cent free scholarship scheme for the less privileged will continue to remain a reference point as many youths have benefited and are still benefiting from it. If allowed to act, no doubt Halimat will serve beyond expectations by working assiduously to achieve the mission of the Renewed Hope Agenda of Mr President, considering she an active member of Asiwaju Support Group and was very active during the election campaign period, she is a grassroots mobiliser.



“Dr. Halimat Adenike Tejuosho humanitarian works through her foundation Queen Adenike Tejuosho Foundation can be seen and feel across Nigeria, she is also a successful business woman , an entrepreneur and into real estate and agriculture with good management skills , she is able to bring her leadership skills to her companies and have positioned them to attract both local and international partnerships, Dr Halimat Adenike Tejuosho is a linguist, she speaks English,Yoruba and Hausa languages fluently.



“We need such a woman who is fully grounded in humanitarian and management as the Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.”

If subsidy was not removed, Nigeria could have been taken over by our creditors. —Senator Rilwan Adesoji Akanbi





Senator Rilwan Adesoji Akanbi, is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC and founder, Coalition Movement for Àsiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (COMBAT). Under the auspices of South West Agenda for Asiwaju (SWAGA), he was one of those who canvassed vigorously for the election of Tinubu in the last general election. Akanbi represented Oyo State, South, senatorial district at the 8th National Assembly.

He spoke in this session on the politics and governance of Tinubu among other sensitive issues.

You were part of those at the forefront that passionately canvassed for votes for President Tinubu. How would you assess the state of the nation so far?

Professor Wole Soyinka has spoken that we should give this administration a year. A year is about 25 percent of the tenure. Assessing a government now could be unfair. Things are so hard; things look bad but the government said it is laying solid foundation. After a year, let us see what those policies they have put on the table will bring to the masses. You can assess a government through the welfare of the populace but doing any assessment now would be unfair because it’s still early in the day. Let us give them a year, at least, Campaign will start third year. Assessing a government now will be unfair because even the policies may not have started maturing.

Things are getting harder; shouldn’t it have been a case of Nigerians seeing evidences of things getting better?

You can only assess a government through the wellbeing of the citizens, as Í pointed out earlier. If you do that right now, through the wellbeing data, you may score the government low. The basic things of life are falling under luxurious items. The prices of food items have skyrocketed. There is no way you can score a government high if the minimum wage is N30,000 and the price of rice is N60,000. I am not giving excuse for them but I think what they met on the ground was not what they expected. The cost of rising debt, for example; if that subsidy was not removed, Nigeria would have been taken over by her debtors. There was no way they could continue that subsidy but the palliative arrangement was not well put together or was put in a hurry. Governance is not about Mr President alone. The cabinet, governors, ministers; all hands are supposed to be on deck but all hands are not on deck, some are under; some are on top. It is so unfortunate that the masses are suffering.

But the consolation is that government is not folding its arm.

What should the government be doing?


The government said they are putting policies together. The cost of production in the manufacturing industry has gone up by 40 percent. Manufacturing industries are not working to full capacity. No manufacturing company can function effectively without constant supply of electricity. You can’t solve multi-dimensional problems with one solution. It is so unfortunate. Constant electricity supply will create jobs, reduce the cost of production; artisans will be better off. If they can turn it around, it will ease a lot of things, as it will create employment. Most artisans rely on electricity as the cost of powering their equipment with generating sets and it is becoming unbearable. Constant supply of electricity can help turn around the economy. Also, insurgency is not disappearing; it is even getting worse in the last three months. As a result, farmers will abandon farms; cost of production is increasing. Insecurity is a major factor and it has a chain effect on food production. Farmers are abandoning their farms and the population is growing higher by the day.

You worked with great zeal in the emergence of President Tinubu under the platform of the South West Agenda for Àsiwaju (SWAGA), but so far, none of the arrowheads of SWAGA as we learnt has been ‘compensated’ through political appointment. What is the feeling of your SWAGA members presently?


I am sure they are feeling bad. I am a founding member and co-chairman of SWAGA. SWAGA came up after the EndSARS which targeted President Bola Tinubu. After the EndSARS, the rating of President Tinubu went low. I do not know why SWAGA is being neglected. Secondly, I, singlehandedly came up with another group known as COMBAT ( Coalition Movement for Àsiwaju Bola Ahmed Tiñúbu) in Oyo State. And Oyo State gave Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu the highest surplus in Nigeria, that is 265,000 surplus. The irony is that the people that are benefitting from Oyo State, some never worked for the victory of Àsiwaju.

MACJOB To Witness Infrastructural Development, Others —Says Abiodun Babajide





The newly elected National President of Macjob Grammar School Old Student Association ( MAGSOSA), Mr. Babajide Abiodun has promised to initiate more developmental projects in the School to complement the various existing projects of the outgoing executives.



The president made this known at the Annual General Meeting (AGM)/ Election of the new executives held at Macjob Grammar School, Onikolobo, Abeokuta.



He said with his experience as the former National Secretary of the Association in the last four year, new ideas would be initiated, adding that the Association is blessed with human and material resources that can facilitate monumental development in the school.



" The Association is bless with human and material resources and now, I will make sure that all MACJOBIANS work as one unifying force to bring back the glory of Macjob Grammar School and I also want to assure all our members in the diaspora that the constitution will be carefully look into to accommodate them in the next coming election". Babajide said.









He urged all MACJOBIANS sets to join hands with the new executives to move the school forward. Abiodun called on MACJOBIANS both home and in diaspora to be a good ambassador of the school.



Abiodun said more intervention programme would spring up which include payment of private teachers for the development of the students, incentives for the hardworking teachers to mention but a few would also continue, stressing that MAGSOSA would also witnessed a great turnaround during his administration.



While appreciating all members in particular the MAGSOSA elders and the outgoing executives for the huge turnout, Abiodun seeks for their advice and total support for the new executives members to succeed, saying that with unity, love and commitment, the Association would achieve more.



The event witnessed presentation of awards to best performing sets in presence of some old studentd in attendance, such as, Mr. Adedayo Somoye a former Permanent Secretary, Ogun State, Civil Service Commission and member of MAGSOSA, 1982 set, Prince Olaniyi Sobulo A Principal General,1982 set, Chief Rafiu Ayorinde,1957 set, Chief Funmi Alabi, 1971 set, Bar. Ogunseye,1980 set, Dr. Adewunmi Alayaki a Senior Director at the General Hospital, Ijaye, among others.

Jakaranda Specialist, Kehinde Ololade educate Nigerians on Cervical Cancer awareness, causes, symptoms and treatment


By Solanke Ayomideji Taiwo



ABEOKUTA — An Oncologist with the Jacaranda cancer centre Dr Ololade Dr Kehinde Ololade has educated Nigerians on the causes of Cervical Cancer, the sign and symptoms, and how to possibly manage it on a live radio program on Splash 106.7 Fm today 18th of January 2024.


Jacaranda Cancer Center, a company which specializes in radiation Oncology, clinical oncology and nuclear medicine situated in Nigeria.


According to Ololade, Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women globally with an estimated 604 000 new cases and 342 000 deaths in 2020. In Nigeria 12000 new cases and 8000 deaths were recorded in 2020. The highest rates of cervical cancer incidence and mortality are in low- and middle-income countries which reflected major inequities driven by lack of access to national HPV vaccination, cervical screening and treatment services and social and economic determinant.


While highlighting the causes, he said Cervical cancer is caused by persistent infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV). Women living with HIV are 5 times more likely to develop cervical cancer compared to women without HIV, Prophylactic vaccination against HPV and screening and treatment of pre-cancer lesions are effective ways to prevent cervical cancer and are very cost-effective.


"Cancer can be cured if diagnosed at an early stage and treated promptly, Countries around the world are working to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer in the coming decades, with an agreed set of three targets to be met by 2030." Said Ololade.

When asked how to prevent cervical cancer by the radio presenter, Dr. Kehinde Ololade said the ways to prevent cervical cancer is through boosting of public awareness, access to information and services are key to prevention and control across the life course.



He said, Being vaccinated at age 9–14 years is a very effective way to prevent HPV infection, cervical cancer and other HPV-related cancers, Screening every 3 years of 30 (25 years in women living with HIV) Women living with HIV are 5 times more likely to have cervical cancer, which when treated, also prevents cervical cancer, At any age with symptoms or concerns, early detection followed by prompt quality treatment can cure cervical cancer.



However, he said women should be screened for cervical cancer every 3 to 5 years starting at age 21. Women living with HIV should be screened every 3 years starting at age 21. The global strategy encourages a minimum of two lifetime screens with a high-performance HPV test by age 35 and again by age 45 years. Precancers rarely cause symptoms, which is why regular cervical cancer screening is important, even if you have been vaccinated against HPV.



Also, Self-collection of a sample for HPV testing, which may be a preferred choice for women, has been shown to be as reliable as samples collected by healthcare providers.



After a positive HPV test (or other screening method) a healthcare provider can look for changes on the cervix (such as precancers) which may develop into cervical cancer if left untreated. Treatment of precancers is a simple procedure and prevents cervical cancer. Treatment may be offered in the same visit (the see and treat approach) or after a second test (the see, triage and treat approach), which is especially recommended for women living with HIV.



He concluded that treatments of precancers are quick and generally painless causing infrequent complications. Treatment steps include colposcopy or visual inspection of the cervix to locate and assess the lesion followed by thermal ablation, which involves using a heated probe to burn off cells, cryotherapy, which involves using a cold probe to freeze off the cells, LEETZ (large loop excision of the transformation zone), which involves removing your abnormal tissues with an electrically heated loop; and/or, a cone biopsy, which involves using a knife to remove a cone-shaped wedge of tissue. There is also the role for surgery and chemotherapy in the management of cervical cancer.

The Collosus Hits the 85 landmark - A Birthday Tribute To Chief Abdulkareem Adebisi Akande CFR.






THE MAN WHOSE CHARACTER AND INTERGRITY BECAME THE POLITICAL CAPITAL AND COLLATERAL FOR A STRUGGLE- The Oasis in the Desert...



Everytime I see Baba Akande these days, I am reminded of the Iroko tree 🌳 in the Forest, and the Oasis in the Desert.

Baba Akande also well known as" Baba awa omo Ke ke ke"i.e [ the father of children" is a man in his own class among human beings and dare I say among political class, though may not be physically tall, but in character, he towers dizzyingly over almost all the modern day politicians .

Baba is a sharp cut and divide , spartan and austere in nature compared to many in the political class today, clearly a distinctive and distinguished representation of the old stock, principled, bold , unwavering, unshaken and unruffled by situations and circumstances. A principled fighter backed by conviction.

I have mental recollections of Baba Akande as a young boy from the days of my budding interest in political affairs, when politics was driven by purity of intentions and purpose as exemplified by the likes of Papa Obafemi Awolowo, Chief Ajibola Ige , Chief Michael Adekunle Ajasin, Dr Ambrose Ali, all of them were governors of the Unity Party of Nigeria.

Back then these calibre of politicians lived by the unwritten rule of putting the people first, to be obedient if not subservient to the code of conduct that is steeply rooted in a life of modesty and moderation not fanfare and garulity of modern day emperors that some personalities in power now exemplify. That was not what the likes of Baba Akande exemplified while in power.

Indeed they abhorred ostentation and lousy use and display of power. They earned their veneration because the power they wielded was real people driven not imposed, snatched or bought!









In those good old days [ shamefully enough that we refer to those days most affectionately and nostalgically] because of the abuses of today, since today that ordinarily by progression should be better is not, but because power in the hands of those without depth of reason, care and concern has re-interpreted today's politics and power in many ways that will make the likes of Baba Akande cringe and break out in goose bumps.

It was a typical Baba Akande who in His spartan nature and view of life and subscriber to a life of accountability that would rather choose to be impeached than to "settle" lawmakers to pass budget .. that can only be a Baba Akande.

Only a Baba Akande would leave government and still remain very modest without illicitly acquired possessions, acquired at the expense of the people's well being but holding aloft the banner of good name, sterling public service record and profile of sparkling accountability and probity.

When will we have more Abdulkareem Adebisi Akandes ?

The stock is greatly depleted and their memories of unblemished public service are fast receding,and fading into distant horizon. 😢, made worse because we are a nation of fleeting emphasis and values.

Growing up much later, I recall clearly the roles played by this ageing man ,physically , but whose convictions have also being strengthened by the age and as the years went by.

Baba Akande was like the spinal chord that strengthened the opposition in the days of our struggles, a contented man not only in terms of material worth but in terms of political adventure.

Left to Baba Akande , the politics of the South west most likely would have remained politics of the South west, in literal sense because Baba Akande is not that politically adventurous, rather would like to prevent Ideological stain and contamination, he believes that undue alliances could come with contagious realities ..

Baba Akande believes that undue alliances would imply a compromise of ideals and ideology that he has subscribed to over the years , so he was ever cautious , but his implicit trust and believe in a younger more politically adventurous, very daring political maestro who also has the means convinced Baba Akande to allow the expansionist vision , driven by no other than the JagabanBorgu, the Asiwaju of Lagos, now literally Asiwaju of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCON .

This is the synoptic trajectory from the fall of Alliance for Democracy controlled states, where all the South west states were lost to the People's Democratic Party , then portrayed and treated as a party of vermins and undying voracious if not rapacious liberals if not jackals. The attitude of the Alliance for Democracy then was isolationist and puritanical.

So after the reality of the loss of States in the South west by the rage of the tiger, the PDP, driven by President Obasanjo, hit home, it took the resilience of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, today's President to start the fight-back, it was war like! Not a piece of cheese cake,it was bloody and bloodied, limbs and lives was lost 😢 . Thank God some of us are alive to tell the story , but with deference to all the fallen heroes of those days of struggle.

We soldiered on because it was like movement, the first goal was to get back the states of the South west away from "ultra conservatives party" [PDP] as it was so portrayed then, back to the camp and safe embrace of the " ultra progressives" this was the political Catholicsm diet that some of us the younger elements were fed and raised on through our chequered political trajectory from AD to AC to ACN and today's APC!

One of the strongest human fortress and premium value collateral for the struggle in those days was Baba Bisi Akande, whose towering moral standards and reputation became our banner to push our Ideological bent, slant and posturing.

Baba Akande was the National Party Chairman from AC to APC ! He was the leader that we had as the umbrella to push hard . His moral standing and standards kept our struggles well defined and real.

Today, has Baba Akande's fears of compromise of our political Ideological standard not been compromised and diluted ? Obviously the answer is Yes, the purity of our ideology obviously stained and contaminated, because today nobody knows the difference seemingly so anymore, even some of our taskmasters in Egypt have become our Lords in Cannan! Without let , recourse or circumspection. Because as the Yorubas will say, "Iru ti dapo mo Sapati"

But did the political foray eventually become a success, Yes to the extent that today a Bola Ahmed Tinubu is now the President of Nigeria, which was almost thought to be an impossibility looking at the realities of those times.

The very high premium that is the worth and value placed on the moral and integrity quotient of Baba Bisi Akande cannot be over emphasised in the journey of the "Progressives " [if that Ideological corner still exists in our political space today ]

The joy of today is that Baba Akande's involvement in the struggles to this day is very gratifying and moreso because he is still alive and well, with his moral and integrity profile still soaring while he is still a very towering and relevant figure in the journey for national redefinition .

To know more about the man Baba Akande, it will be nice to real his autobiography to see what this man represents, his modest journey through life.

It is therefore with profound reverence that I join millions of "Awa omo ke ke ke" to wish Our Baba a very happy birthday and pray for more years in good health and well being as he takes on his role of instilling the virtues that earned him his medals in the successor generation.

This will be the most important legacy

Happy Birthday Sir.

Congressman Bimbo Daramola
#bimboEkiti.

#nitoriojoolawa

ATTACKER To Illuminate Over 180 Locations Across Ijebu-North/Ijebu East/Ogun Waterside Federal Constituency



Olasunkanmi ODUNTAN -



... In continuation of Rt. Hon. Adeṣẹgun Abdel-Majid Adekọya's Sustainable Development Projects in Ijebu-North, Ijebu East, Ogun Waterside Federal Constituency



In a significant move towards sustainable energy and community development projects, Rt. Hon. Adeṣẹgun Abdel-Majid Adekọya, an outstanding representative of Ijebu-North, Ijebu East, Ogun Waterside federal constituency in the 9th Assembly, is set to inaugurate the installation of solar lights in at least 180 locations starting tomorrow, Wednesday, 17th of January 2024.


This ambitious initiative is aimed at bringing about positive change by providing reliable and environmentally friendly lighting and solutions to different communities in the constituency.
The Solar lights will increase safety, encourage outdoor activities, and contribute to a more sustainable and energy-efficient environment in Ijebu East, Ijebu North, and Ogun Waterside federal constituency.


Hon. Adekọya's commitment to the welfare of his constituents is apparent in this proactive approach to addressing the needs of the community being a grassroots politician per excellence, the project aligned with broader efforts to harness renewable energy sources and promote sustainable practices for a better, more resilient future.


Residents are optimistic about the positive impact of this initiative, expecting improved visibility, increased safety, and increased community involvement as Solar energy continues to gain attention as a clean and cost-effective energy source.


Without exaggeration, the efforts of Rt. Hon. Adeṣẹgun Abdel-Majid Adekọya to make his constituency a mega city through landmark projects, which most of them are single-handedly facilitated by him while in office and after office will be emulated by legislators who are dreaming of delivering quality representation to their immediate constituencies.


Adekọya is dedicated to promoting sustainable development and improving living standards in Ijebu North/Ijebu East/Ogun Waterside Federal Constituency.

Pelican Valley Sends Forth Dependable Director of Operations, Ife Daniel
... CEO Vows To Be Daniel's First Salesman In His Future Endeavour


It was a moving moment as Pelican Valley Nigeria Limited, a foremost Nigerian real estate firm, sent forth her dependable and loyal staff, Mr Ifeoluwa Daniel, who will be stepping down as the company's Director of Operations on 31st of January, 2024

If there was a staff member the Pelican Valley would have wished could stay interminably, that staff was Ife Daniel because of his immense contributions to the rejigging of the firm to the path of growth and success within a short time.

And despite joining the team barely two years ago at a time the real estate company was at its low ebb due to treachery, conflict of interest and betrayal of trust exhibited by a previous key staff, Ifeoluwa was able to use his ingenuity, tact, managerial ability and wisdom to frontally tackle the attendant challenges to the satisfaction of the firm's clients.

During the brief valedictory ceremony at the Pelican Valley Estate Laderin, Abeokuta after the weekly management meeting of the firm which also had Ifeoluwa in attendance, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pelican Valley, Ambassador (Dr) Babatunde Adeyemo extolled the virtues of the outgoing Director as a loyal, diligent and committed staff.

Adeyemo reckoned that the value of service rendered by him was not something anybody could quantify in Naira and Kobo, saying the parting gift presented to ex - Director was just a symbolic appreciation for his contribution to the success story of Pelican Valley.

The CEO, therefore, heartily prayed for the success of Ifeoluwa as he left to chart a new path for his life, pledging to also give him any necessary support he needs to succeed.

"We are sending forth our highly dependable staff who have worked with us with vigour and energy. It is so unfortunate that they are leaving us with sweet - bitter feeling most especially our outgoing Director of Operations, Mr Ifeoluwa Daniel. Mr Ifeoluwa entering this organisation was highly symbolic because he really met us at our low ebb, at a very low point where we got betrayed by our past handler and to the glory of God, he has been so instrumental to the development of the organisation, righting so many wrongs, correcting things that were not done professionally. He was instrumental towards increasing and developing our organisation growth rate with over 200% within a short period of time. what amazes me much about him was that unlike the past handler, he was so diligent at work and there was no conflict of interest so far.

"Despite making his intention known to me that he would want to be a real estate entrepreneur, yet up till today, I have not seen any trace of conflict of interest or him trying to divert our clients to personal use. Ife, I want to assure you today that as you are leaving this organisation, whenever you set up your own business, I will be your number one marketer. I'm going to be your marketer because you have really done well.

" No one is perfect, you have really done well. I want to pray for you. You will never fail by the grace of God, just continue with what you are doing, you will never fail. As you are progressing, it is going to be a point of contact, the house is yours, you are free to come or call and seek support for anything and I will reciprocate because there is nothing anyone would do in this world that he will not reap the reward."

Meanwhile, a new Director of Operations, Tpl. Olumide Akintomide, a registered Town Planner and member of the body of Town Planners in Nigeria, has joined the Pelican Valley management team.

Tpl Akintomide who is coming from one of the foremost real estate firms, takes over from Mr. Ifeoluwa Daniel.

The new Director of Operations has pledged to bring his wealth of experience to bear on Pelican Valley Brand, assuring that he would raise the bar of service delivery from where his predecessor stopped.

Discovering an emerging location: As New Industries Berth Along Abeokuta - Sagamu - Interchange Corridor, Think Pelican Ecostay Apartments Now





By Babatunde Adeyemo





A new economic hub is emerging in Ogun, the Gateway State. It is happening along the corridor of Kobape - Siun - Sagamu interchange road. Multinational companies are springing up steadily on that stretch as investors continue to reckon Ogun State as their destination of choice.



The fact is well known that the Abeokuta- Sagamu Interchange road is the ceremonial route to the Gateway state capital, Ibara, Kuto, MKO Abiola Stadium, Oke Mosan, Laderin, Kobape, Siun to Sagamu interchange, which inturn, links the Lagos-Ibadan- Sagamu expressway, Ondo, Benin-Ore and by extension, the northern and South -Eastern parts of Nigeria.



On Tuesday, January 9, the Minister of Industry,Trade and Investment, Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite and the Governor of Ogun State, Prince(Dr) Dapo Abiodun commissioned two new factories and extension of the Tropical General Investment Group (TGI), at the Sagamu Inter-change, Ogun State.



This 36 - kilometre corridor also hosts one of the vast government acquired lands, guided jealousy by the Ogun State Government, which according to the government's Master Plan, the area is designed to be the emerging Dubai of Nigeria as it is expected and have began to harbour big industries, sky scrappers and the best of modern housing schemes.







It makes sense to project that with these industries being located along that stretch, it will trigger economic growth,throw up many job opportunities which will naturally drag people to gravitate towards the area.



This have began has multiple factories are established within 36 kilometres interchange corridor. such as the unfolding scenario will create increased demand for workers and managers. Other businesses such as real estate development then follow the factories to meet the pressing housing needs of the workers and foregn expertraits. This creates even more jobs and more demand for housing on this corridor withe almost 95 % of Government acquired lands.



Interestingly, one of the few modern estates around the 36 kilometre stretch Sagamu - Interchange corridor and free from government acquired lands is the Pelican Brief Estate, Pelican's Ecostay apartments and the Pelican"s Greenish acres farm Estate, amongst other state government owned estates too. The corridor also hosts the largest brewery in West African, and some existing multinational companies. The Ogun State Agro Cargo Airport is just a few distance away from the axis.





The Pelican's ranges of products on the This 36 - kilometre Siun-Kobape- Interchange corridor were conceived to be an eco - friendly setting, a serene ambience where men and nature would align to promote 'good health and longevity,' and away from the congestion of the Abeokuta metropolis.



The essence is to make Pelican's Ecostay Apartments a zero carbon emission human habitation, a tourist attraction with special built lounge, recreation areas, special built club and a Gymn centre for the comfort of the calibre of clients that had keyed into the concept.



Interestingly, Pelican Brief Estate and Pelican Ecostay apartments have a FULL government approved layout. It has its own Master plan which provides for Green Areas and at the same time, an eco-friendly place called Pelican Ecostay apartments. It is conceived to offer comfort and healthy living. Already, about N10million naira have been earmarked for buying plants and tree seedlings in phases. The concept is that a seedling will be put in each plot and compound so that in the next two or three years, one can always have a serene ambience and zero carbon emission because in the estate. There will be no home power generator in any apartment. It is going to be 100% eco - friendly in compliance with ecostay, eco - friendly concept.



in it bid to also compliment the Ogun State's Government's efforts on lighting up the Interchange corridor, the management Pelican Valley Nigeria Limited have also earmarked a whooping sum of (#20m) twenty million naira to provide an industrial solar street lighting for over for kilometres of link roads, connecting there housing projects on the corridor, admist a strategic collaboration with the Ogun State police command for a possible siting of a police station.



The estate is not a product of happenstance. On the contrary, it was deliberately sited at that particular spot in Masa Kobape area of Abeokuta to give investors peace of mind, it is a place where man and nature will align to promote good health, and longevity and away from the congestion of Abeokuta metropolis. This is why it has become increasingly important that those who cherish a good health -promoting environment should key into the estates now and not delay any further.



One stricken feature about it is its proximity to strategic to key economic indicators in the state and neighbouring states. It is 45 minutes drive from Ikeja, Lagos and less than 20 minutes from Abeokuta's Prof Wole Soyinka Train station . It is all encompassing and truly an emergence tourist attraction. The estate will host special built lounge, recreation areas, special built club and a Gymn centre. All these have been specified in the Master Plan of Ecostay apartments and the same is being extended to the Pelican Brief estate

Efforts are being regularly to make the setting as natural as possible. There is a Camel and some friendly birds in the estate. The Camel will enhance the movement of tourists.



The estate is well approved by the relevant government authority. The beauty of government approved layout estates is that in every layout of government approved estate, there is a portion mapped out for green areas, recreation, hospitals, worshipcenters and schools, it is compulsory and you can't use that portion for any other purpose. Before government approved a layout, you must have a green area, you must have a place for recreation, you must have commercial area so that nobody goes building shops in front of his apartment to sell groundnut or coconut. Such will never happen in Pelican Brief or Pelican Ecostay Apartments because there is purposefully vouched out facility space for that. There is a commercial zone. There is going to be a 5 - storey building corporate headquarters there. One floor will house Oko Opo Foundation. One floor will be for the supervision of the estate.



The last floor will be for the second passion of the promoter, which is broadcasting as plans are underway to have a Radio Station because there is going to be a convergence of bundle of knowledge there. One is referring to Nigerians who have excelled in many endeavours and they want to retire to the place. The broadcasting station will tap into their wealth of experience by bringing them to handle one or two live programmes in the envisaged Radio Station. It is going to be the knowledge base of Ogun State, the tourist attraction and future of Ogun State. What else can ask for in an estate. This is definitely the time to think and invest in Pelican Brief Estate Pelican's Ecostay Apartments and Pelican Green Acres Farm Estate at Kobape.

Tree Planting: Ogun To Distribute Tools To Foresters






In preparedness for year 2024 tree planting season, the Ogun State Ministry of Forestry is set to distribute tree planting tools across its nine forest reserves.

Commissioner in the Ministry, Engr. Taiwo Oludotun disclosed this at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, while addressing news men during an inspection of the tools, such as watering cans, wheelbarrows, head pans among others, disclosing that 2024 planting season would soon commence with about two million tree seedlings.

Engr. Oludotun explained that the agency would take steps in ensuring that the survival rate of the one million trees planted in 2023 is 80/90 percent achieved.

"Last year our plan was to plant one million trees but to God be the glory, we were able to surpass it. This year, in conjunction with our development partners and private sectors, we are targeting two million trees", he said.

Meanwhile, timber contractors in J1 and J4 in Ijebu-East Local Government Area of the state have been cautioned to avoid activities that hinder government from achieving its set goals in the forestry sector.







Engr. Oludotun stated this at a meeting with the contractors in Abeokuta, saying such activities include, planting of cocoa in the forest reserves, illegal cutting of trees, cutting of trees into flitches and illegal allocation of lands to farmers for agriculture purposes by enclave heads.

While appreciating them for their cooperation in the outgone year, the Commissioner warned that unregistered tractors, felling machines and lorries found in the forest after 6.00pm and on weekends, would be impounded by the state government, enjoining the contractors to form task force that would monitor activities of illegal occupants in all forest reserves across the state.

Responding on behalf of her colleagues, Alhaja Oluwaranti Kazzem appreciated government for its support, assuring of sustained cooperation in the new year.