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Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW ) in Lagos State, Alhaji Musiliu, Ayinde Akinsanya (MC Oluomo), could not hold back tears as he laid his mother, Alhaja Abebi, Zinat Omotonwo, to rest on Thursday and said his final goodbye.
During the burial MC Oluomo was overcome with emotions and shed a few tears.
She was buried according to Islamic rites in MC Oluomo’s house at NNPC near Ejigbo,.
Alhaja Zinat Omotonwo passed away early Thursday morning.
The aged woman, who was 87, was said to have woke up early this morning to observe the early morning Ramadan prayer, but later complained of ill health..
She died on her way to the hospital and her remains were returned home to be prepared for burial after being certified dead
The burial was held in strict adherence to government’s order of not more than 20 persons in attendance.
The NURTW chairman is the fourth out of the deceased’s five children.

http://newsday.com.ng/mc-oluomo-shed-tears-as-he-buries-his-mum-photos/
See photos from the burial

Kano born humanist, Mubarak Bala is facing calls for his execution after comparing Pastor TB Joshua with Prophet Muhammad

Mubarak had on his Facebook post while Muslims are observing Ramadan said in haussa language, ” There is no difference between Prophet TB Joshua of Lagos and Prophet Muhammad of Saudi Arabia, our own Nigeria is even better that he was not a terrorist. ”

The controversial post sparked a frenzy of responses from Muslims across the world.

Insulting the Prophet is considered blasphemous in Islam, and is a crime punishable by death.

In one response to Bala’s post, a twitter account with name @adambako7 said the man have to be killed, in the court of shari'a not even prosecuted.



Another twitter user, Dantabawa with the username @UmmarFaruk, noted that if Bala he is allowed to roam in the streets with zero charges, others like him will come up with yet again such an action!. He added that Bala has forfeited his life by his words and action.



"He must be punished according to Islamic Shari'ah law. If you feel hurt about it, then go to HELL for all we care!, " wrote another twitter handle with the name, Za Camalisticality @Camalistic

Some clerics in Kano have called in charge of issuing religious edicts in the kingdom issued a statement calling Bala"an apostate" and an "infidel," and have demanded that he be tried in court.

Muslims have begun to sign a petition online asking Facebook to block Bala on the social media platform.

Over a thousand Muslims have already signed the petition.

A recent posting thanked those who have already signed for their support and calls for even more recruits.

'We need you to work harder. The prophet deserves more respect," said one of those who have already signed the petition.

Mubarak Bala was born as a Muslim in Kano but converted to Humanist in 2014 and since then he has been writing provocative stuff against Prophet Muhammad on his Facebook page and also annoying Muslims.
http://newsday.com.ng/kanos-humanist-mubarak-bala-faces-death-calls-after-comparing-tb-joshua-with-prophet-muhammad/

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Lagos State Government has reassured residents of its commitment to protect lives and property, stressing that the responsibility will not be compromised.

The re-assurance came just as the State Police Command, acting on the orders of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, stepped up its surveillance, following the panic generated by threat letters purportedly written to some communities by a faceless criminal group, “One Million Boys”.

The group allegedly threatened that it would carry out armed robbery attacks in some listed neighbourhoods.

The police described the group as “non-existent”, adding it had strengthened its surveillance across neighbourhoods.

The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu, who led squadrons of anti-robbery policemen to various tension-soaked communities on Friday, allayed residents’ fear, saying the criminal gang called “One Million Boys” had been disbanded in several operations.

Odumosu said a new set of criminally minded people may be hiding under the gang’s name to scare the public, but he assured all that the police, in conjunction with other security agencies, would neutralise such threat.

He said: “Today, we have come out in full show of force to give you assurance that there’s nothing like ‘One Million Boys’; they are criminals. Be assured that Government is out to protect you. The police are out there to guarantee your safety and we are doing this in conjunction with soldiers, Navy, Air Force and Department of State Services (DSS) operatives.

“So, we are asking you not to panic. Go about your lawful engagements. When it is time for you to sleep, you should sleep without nurturing the fear that some faceless criminal gangs will come and attack you. Faceless people are sending letters around only to put fears in your mind. We will respond swiftly to any attack and we shall be patrolling round the State.”

Odumosu gave out emergency numbers to call in case of armed robbery attacks and cautioned residents not to burn tyres on roads because such acts damage and pose health risks to children and the sick.

The numbers are: 09010512385, 09010512286, 09010512287 and 09010512288.

The police chief said the security agencies had been carrying out land and aerial surveillance to ensure the safety of residents during the lockdown imposed by the Federal Government to tackle the Coronavirus (COVID-19).

Some of the areas visited by Odumosu and his team of combat-ready policemen include Ikotun, Pako-Ijesha, Igando, Mushin, Surulere, Festac Town, Idimu, Ikeja, Ojodu, Berger, Ogba, Fadeyi, and Onipanu among others.

This is the second time in two days that the Police commissioner will be assuring residents of their safety.
http://newsday.com.ng/sleep-with-your-eyes-closed-no-armed-gang-coming-lagos-cp-assures-residents/

Watch his first assurance here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFf4TabiM0s&feature=youtu.be

A former aide to President Goodluck Jonathan on New Media, Reno Omokri has described Abba Kyari, deceased Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, as a trusted and loyal friend of his principal.

On Friday, the presidency announced the death of Kyari who died as a result of complications from COVID-19.

The President’s Chief of Staff was on self-isolation after testing positive for coronavirus late March.

He was subsequently moved to Lagos for treatment.

In a Facebook post on Saturday, Omokri said Kyari displayed total loyalty to Buhari, one trait he admired in him.

He urged those who have any misgiving against Kyari to direct their anger to President Buhari, who appointed him as his Chief of Staff.

” Allow Abba Kyari rest in peace. If you have a friend as loyal as Abba Kyari, God has blessed you”, Omokri concluded.

Kyari will be buried on Saturday in Abuja according to Islamic rites.

http://newsday.com.ng/god-has-blessed-you-if-you-have-a-loyal-friend-as-abba-kyari-reno-omokri-mourns-kyari/

Sheer boldness by residents of OGD Esatate Abeokuta area of Lagos has led to the arrest of seven suspected armed robbers .

The suspected robbers were apprehend on Thursday morning inside the estate.

The arrested suspects were said to be among robbers terrorizing the area since the coronavirus lockdown began almost three weeks ago.

The suspects were trying to escape from a botched robbery operation in the area.

The suspects after the arrest were later handed over to the police.

Recall that residents of many communities in Ogun have had to keep watch of their communities overnight over attacks by robbers.

The robberies, according to the residents, have become an everyday affair since the lockdown to control the spread of coronavirus was announced.

Many of them said they now have to sleep during the day as they spend their nights keeping watch of the area.

http://newsday.com.ng/bold-residents-apprehend-fleeing-armed-robbers-in-ogun-video/

Watch the video of the arrest of the robbers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKLcgHZUasE

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu has allayed the fears of residents of the state.

Odumosu, gave the assurance on Monday following the attacks in some parts of the state by hoodlums.

Odumosu, who visited Dopemu, one of the areas affected, urged residents to be confident in the police and disregard any threats of attack, adding that they should stay safe and obey the stay- at- home order.

Recall that in the wake of the lockdown order, some youths were said to have invaded some homes and shops in parts of both Lagos and Ogun states, dispossessing residents of their belongings.

Reports say among the places affected are Iyana Ipaja and Agege areas of Lagos, as well as Olambe, Giwa Oke-Aro, and Ten-Ten areas of Ogun State.

Residents of some of the communities, however, resorted to keeping vigil around their homes, burning tyres on the roads and streets to ward off the criminals.

A total of 191 suspects have been arrested in relation to the incidents.

WATCH as Odumosu addresses the people :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFf4TabiM0s&feature=youtu.be

Asquare84:
Honestly I wonder what people gain by posting fake news every where, I personally watch on tvc news today when MC Oluomo was giving out package to individual in different houses. So what the game in tanishing his little contribution

This is not fake news. Go to the secretariat of any CDA in Oshodi and ask what MC gave them to share among residents. The fact that you show him on TV distributing a few of those items does not make the story a fake news.

A man has revealed what the Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Lagos State Council, Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya (aka MC Oluomo) gave his Community Development Association (CDA) to share among 100 houses in the area.

The relief materials are 2 cartons of Indomie noodles and four paints of Garri.

MC Oluomo had on Sunday shared 9 bags of Garri and cartons of noodles to CDAs in Oshodi.

There are over 70 CDAs in Oshodi Local government.

The distribution of the foodstuff was done inside the popular White House, beside the Oshodi/Isolo local government Secretariat on Oyetayo Street.

The man, who prefers to remain anonymous because of security reasons said there are over 100 house in his community.

He noted that his CDA’s executives were amused when the Chairman and the Secretary, who collected on behalf of the community presented the items to them

He said they were really disappointed because the package could barely feed 2 houses.

http://newsday.com.ng/mc-oluomo-gives-100-houses-2-packets-of-indomie-four-paints-of-garri-to-share/

See the package :

There was pandemonium in Oshodi as hoodlums popular called area boys hijacked relief materials meant to be being shared to some people to cushion the effect of the coronavirus.
The hoodlums were said to be members of Seven Streets boys in Oshodi.
The incident happened at Mabayoje Street on Thursday, April 9.
The relief materials were donated by the Chairman of the Oshodi/Isolo local government, Bolaji Muse Ariyoh.
The materials were to be distributed among APC members in Igbehinadun Ward of the local government.
Party leaders and members who had gathered at the residence of the councillor of the ward, Hon Azeez were suprised to see the area boys.
The area boys were said to have followed the bus conveying the materials from the council secretariat on Oyetayo Street to Mabayoje.
Trouble started when the area boys demanded their own share of the relief materials.
However, party leaders insisted that the materials were for party members as the Chairman as equally distributed the same materials to people and Community Development Associations in the local government.
Not satisfied with the explanation of the leaders, the hoodlums numbering over 50, overpowered the leaders and made away with the relief materials

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BAUCHI State Governor Bala Mohammed has tested negative to the COVID-19.
The governor had gone into self-isolation following his contact with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s son, Mohammed.

Mohammed met with Mohammed Atiku Abubakar in the Aero Contractors aircraft where they shock hands and exchanged pleasantries.

Atiku’s son, Mohammed, who is currently being quarantined at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, had tested positive for the virus on Sunday.

The governor was tested for coronavirus on Monday afternoon after his blood sample was taken for clinical test.

Sources at Government House Bauchi told NewsDay that the result of Monday’s test was negative but that “further tests will be conducted in the coming days.

Atiku’s son, it was learnt, came into Nigeria from Switzerland which is also battling the pandemic.
http://newsday.com.ng/bauchi-governor-test-negative-for-coronavirus/

The Kaduna State Government has named His Highness, Muhammadu Sanusi II as the Chancellor of the Kaduna State University (KASU). He succeeds the pioneer Chancellor, His Highness, Malam Tagwai Sambo, the Chief of Moro’a, who was appointed to the role in 2005.

A statement from Sir Kashim Ibrahim House announced the new appointment.

“On behalf of the government and people of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai is delighted to appoint His Highness, Muhammadu Sanusi II as the Chancellor of the Kaduna State University. In public life, His Highness has demonstrated a strong commitment to education.

“The Kaduna State Government has no doubt that as Chancellor, His Highness Muhammadu Sanusi, would provide symbolic and substantive leadership in raising the profile of KASU as an emerging centre of learning on the national and global level.

“This appointment of the new chancellor comes at an exciting moment for KASU which is transiting to a multicampus structure with presence across the state.

“HH Muhammadu Sanusi II replaces the pioneer Chancellor, HH Malam Tagwai Sambo, the Chief of Moro’a, who has served in that role since 2005. Governor El-Rufai has conveyed the profound appreciation of the government to HH Malam Tagwai Sambo for the long years of distinguished service to KASU and the state.

“Malam Nasir El-Rufai welcomes with gratitude the consent of His Highness Muhammadu Sanusi to serve as Chancellor of KASU and as Vice-Chairman of the board of KADIPA.

“The Kaduna State Government is grateful that HH Muhammadu Sanusi II continues to support and assist the realisation of the governance objectives of the Kaduna State Government.”

http://newsday.com.ng/el-rufai-names-dethroned-emir-muhammadu-sanusi-ii-as-chancellor-of-kasu/

The Peoples Democratic Party has blamed President Muhammadu Buhari for the current hardship being faced by Lagosians as a result of the ban on the operations of commercial motorcycles (Okada) and tricycles (Keke) in the state.

The party said Buhari should be blamed for terminating the initial Lagos Metro Rail Line project started by the government of Alhaji Lateef Jakande .

The project was to facilitate mass transportation within Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial nerve center, and surrounding cities.

The PDP in a statement on Thursday stated that had President Buhari not terminated that laudable project by the Lagos state government, Lagosians would not be suffering the transportation infrastructure deficit they are faced with today.

The statement was signed by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan .

Read the full statement below:

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) sympathizes with Nigerians living and working in Lagos for the excruciating ordeal they are facing following the ban on the use of commercial motorcycles and tricycles (Keke Marwa) in the state.

The party, however, noted that the ordeal should be blamed on President Muhammadu Buhari who, in 1985, terminated the initial Lagos Metro Rail Line project started by the government of Alhaji Lateef Jakande to facilitate mass transportation within Lagos, as Nigeria’s commercial nerve center, and surrounding cities.

The PDP states that had President Buhari not terminated that laudable project by the Lagos state government, Lagosians would not be suffering the transportation infrastructure deficit they are faced with today.

https://newsday.com.ng/pdp-blames-buhari-for-okada-ban-in-lagos/

Fire gutted three buildings in the Balogun market in the Lagos Island area of Lagos State on Wednesday.

The cause of the fire in the market where goods worth millions of naira were destroyed, had yet to be ascertained.

Emergency responders were still battling to extinguish the fire as of 11am.

When contacted, the General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Oluwafemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said men of the agency and officials of other agencies are currently battling it.

http://newsday.com.ng/fire-guts-balogun-market-buildings/

Less than 24 hours after abusing a woman who threw a stinging barb at her, President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie has again insulted another woman.

The lady had replied to Onochie’s tweet on Saturday on the legality of the newly formed South-West security outfit, Amotekun.

Onochie in the tweet had urged governors of the South-west to stay on the side of the Constitution because under Buhari's government, the Constitution will always win.

A Twitter user who goes by the name, Princess Bimbola Adedejia and tweets through @BimbolaAdedeji2, responded: Shey this woman go school so?.

Onochie did not find the comment funny and replied her by abusing her mother.

See Onochie's tweet below:

“Show us your mother's Twitter handle then we'll see how educated she is.

She's not on Twitter? Because she can't write! She couldn't even raise you properly."

http:///s1ff0b687200118en_ng

Since skyrocketing into a higher level of notoriety, everything Naira Marley puts his name to is met with massive fanfare these days.

Members of the Naira Marley’s No Belt gang are currently going around cities in Lagos kissing his banners and posters for his December 30th concert. The concert will take place at the Eko Convention Centre.

They are kissing the banners and posters like it was really Marley.

While the list of performers has not yet been released, it goes without saying that Marley will be headlining the show, with guest appearances from a long list of A-list artists.

The singer is currently one of the most talked-about music artistes in the Nigerian music scene.

Celebrated comedian, Owen Gee , who saw some members of No Belt gang kissing Marley’s banners shared his experience:

He tweeted: Naira Marley @officialnairam1 is currently the Nigerian artiste with the strongest fan Base, I saw members of his NO BELT gang going around kissing his banners for his 30th December show,they kissed it like it was really Marley, hmm this MARLIAN movement is not a joke.

http://newsday.com.ng/marlians-go-crazy-kiss-naira-marley-banners-and-posters/

Nollywood actor, Kayode Odumosu,has lost his sight completely after a prolonged illness.

Odumosu popularly know as Pa Kasumu has been battling with a heart-related ailment that affected his memory and eyesight.

Pa Kasumu, 66, went completely blind after failing to raise sufficient money to fund his trip to India to continue his treatment.

Pa Kasumu was first reported ill in 2013 when he suffered a partial stroke

He had gone to India in 2015 for treatment and his condition improved .

Odumosu on his return to Nigeria after his first trip to India confessed that his vision had improved due to constant use of eye drops and that he no longer feels pain in his body.

He was required to return to India two months after the initial trip.

The actor’s condition reportedly worsened in 2017 after he was unable to raise sufficient fund for the second trip to India for further treatment.

While running to source for funds for the trip, he lost his international passport in the process.

It got to a point where members of his family had to move him from his home in Abeokuta to his elder sister’s residence at Aseese, an Ogun community situated off the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

Aside being completely blind, the veteran actor also has a problem with walking. He walks with the support of people.
Pa kasumu’s present condition became public knowledge after he attended a programme launched for ailing and aging Nollywood veterans.

The programme is an initiative of Nollywood actress, Foluke Daramola.

The initiative tagged, ‘Nolly veteran SOS Project 2019’, is an offshoot of ‘Passion Against Rape and Abuse in Africa Foundation’ (PARA Africa) which the actress launched in 2015.

Daramola said she organised the event to bestow lifetime achievements awards on deserving Nollywood veterans and also kick-start a humanitarian initiative in earnest for their upkeep.

Recall that in 2013, Pa Kasumu sought help from fans to pay his medical bills.
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Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has come down hard on a former presidential candidate and founder of the New York-based news site, Sahara Reporters.

Fayose said Sowore deserves the punishment he is currently getting from the federal government.

Sowore, who was a popular critic of Fayose when he was governor, is being held by the Nigeria’s intelligence agency,, the Department of State Services (DSS).

He is charged with treason felony for organizing a 'Revolution Now" protest, which the government said was an attempt to disrupt peace in the nation.

He is also charged with cyberstalking President Muhammadu Buhari and money laundering.

Sowore has pleaded not guilty to the charges. Several weeks after meeting his bail conditions, the journalist is still being held.

Reacting to Sowore’s predicament, Fayose said Sowore contributed to making Buhari too powerful.

Fayose spoke on Wednesday when he met social media personality, Kemi Olunloyo in a drugstore in Lagos.

In a post shared on her Facebook page, Olunloyo added that Fayose also accused Sowore of destroying the country.

Olunloyo wrote: #LIVE at a drugstore in Okeja, my good friend Ayodele Fayose who I bumped into. He told me that the state of the country has really saddened him. One of the true PATRIOTS of the Federal Republic of #Nigeria. Ayo blasted Sowore openly in front of me. Pharmacy security were stunned watching. Even said Yele destroyed Nigeria.

Recall that Fayose through one of his aides, had once described Sowore as a mad man trying to blackmail influential people who refused to give him money when he asked for it.

Many Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members are mocking Sowore, saying those he was supporting then, are the same people who put him behind bars
http:///sab09fa3191128en_ng

The Lagos State Government has begun the implementation of the new national minimum wage of N30,000

The payment of the new wage will commence in the November 2019 salary cycle.
This followed the approval by the State Executive Council, according to the state’s Head of Service Hakeem Muri Okunola , in a statement on Tuesday.
Okunola said the adjustment has affected the usual date of payment of salaries in the state.
Civil servants in the state collect their salaries on the 23rd of every month.

The Lagos State salaries consequential adjustment /increase would henceforth have Grade Level (GL) 01-06=N35, 000.09; GL. 07=30%; GL. 08-10=25%; GL. 12-14=22.5%; and GL. 15 -17=20%.

The adjustment is above the one agreed by the National Joint Public Service Negotiating Council (NJPSNC), and the Federal Government’s Negotiations and Consequential Adjustment of Salaries


Recall that the two bodies produced the following figures on Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure (CONPSS), GL.01-06=N30, 000, GL. 07=23.2%, GL. 08=20%, GL. 09=19%, GL. 10-14=16%, and GL. 15-17=14%.

http://newsday.com.ng/lagos-begins-new-minimum-wage-payment/

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has raised the hope that construction works on the Fourth Mainland Bridge will begin before the end of next year.
To make this realisable, the governor on Tuesday asked interested consortia to submit Expression of Interest (EOI) forms for the project.


Sanwo-Olu in a release said the closing date for the submission of the EOIs is on the 18th of December, 2019.

The bridge, which is expected to cost over N250bn, has been in the plan of the state government for the past 17 years.

The idea of the 4th mainland bridge first came up during the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration.


In May 2015, former Governor Akinwunmi Ambode signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a consortium of firms and finance houses for the construction of the bridge.


The project, when completed, will give birth to the longest of all the bridges connecting Lagos Island to the Mainland.



The bridge will pass through Lekki, Langbasa, and Baiyeku towns – on the Lagoon estuaries – to Itamaga, in Ikorodu.


The bridge will serve as a complement to the Eko, Carter and Third Mainland Bridges and help to reduce traffic.


The bridge is expected to have a four-lane dual carriageway.

About 800 structures and shanties will be affected by the construction of the bridge to be carried out under a Build, Operate and Transfer arrangement.


The construction of the bridge will be coming 53 years after the state’s existence and 29 years after the delivery of the Third Mainland Bridge by the ex-military President Ibrahim Babangida.
http://newsday.com.ng/sanwo-olu-raises-hope-on-fourth-mainland-bridge/

Fuji star Wasiu Alabi Pasuma, who is celebrating his 62nd birthday on Tuesday (today), had a nice time last Saturday at an event in Lagos.

The party, which had in attendance almost everyone that matters in Lagos and Abuja social establishments, locked down the Lagos Island axis where it held.

Pasuma also known as 'Oganla' supplied the music as his fans and well wishers danced in celebration at the event.

One of his big fans at the event threw caution to the wind by spraying Pasuma with money as the musician showered praises on him.

The Yourba big boy was seen with bundles of money as he danced with joy and did the needful to Pasuma.

http:///s23a88aba191127en_ng

National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu will formally kick-start his campaign for the 2023 presidential election on October 1, 2019.

With his approval and support, his close associates and supporters will inaugurate his campaign organisation on the said date in Lagos.

The campaign organisation ‘ Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Campaign Organisation (ABATCO)” is spearheaded by the 57 local government council chairmen in Lagos.

The inauguration of the campaign will kick off in Oshodi/Isolo Local Government.
The event is being organised by the three council chairmen in Oshodi/Isolo local government; Bolaji Ariyoh (Osodi), Aboidun Olaleye (Isolo LCDA) and Moroof Obe (Ejigbo LCDA)

As part of the activities for the event, an independence day lecture with the theme ‘ Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the struggle for true federalism: Perspectives, Problems, and Prospects will be held.

The event is scheduled to hold at the Oshodi/Isolo Secretariat hall by 12 noon

The kick-off of the presidential campaign comes four months after the swearing-in of the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari,

The launch may finally put to end the unending speculations indicating that Tinubu will likely launch a presidential bid in 2023 to replace President Buhari.

A close aide of Tinubu, who is part of the campaign team and who pleaded anonymity because of his sensitive position in government, told our correspondent that apart from using the October 1 event to formally kick off his presidential campaign, Tinubu had been reaching out to the party’s leaders and other stakeholders across the country secretly for support, saying the “feedbacks have been very assuring.”

Recently, presidential campaign posters of Tinubu were sighted in some parts of Lagos.

In July this year, two large billboards with the picture of Bola Tinubu, an ex-governor of Lagos State and a national chieftain of the All Progressives Congress with the inscription, ‘BAT 2023’ were found at the top of a tall building very close to the Lagos Government House in Alausa, Ikeja.

http://newsday.com.ng/2023-tinubu-kick-starts-presidential-campaign-on-october-1/

Ten months after he was sworn- in as Governor of Osun State, Governor Gboyega Oyetola has finally released names of his cabinet members .

Oyetola made this known through a memo forwarded to Osun State House of Assembly on Tuesday and made available to NewsDay in Osogbo, the state capital.

The nominees are expected to appear before the State House of Assembly for screening and possible confirmation.

The nominees include;:

Adebisi Obawale
Ibitoye Felix
Sola Oladepo
Ajisefuni Abioneub
Muminu Adekunle
Ogunfolaju Christie Sola Oyehan
Oladimeji Olanubi
Agunbiade Nathaniel
Folorunsho Bamisayemi
Akeju Taiwo
Lawal azeez
Olaonipekun Henry
Adeleke Adebayo
Olamiju Olasiji
Yinusa Olalekan
Isamotu Olasunkanmi
Bola Oyebamiji
Omowaiye REMI
Jamiu Olawumi
Akande Oluwafemi
Olumide Babatunde
Olaniyan Hussein
Adeosun rasaq
Badmus rahmon
Bajare Akande
Giwa Lateefat
Tadese Raheem
Adewole Adedayo
Lawal Tajudeen
Babalola Idiat
Bolaji Aderemi
Egbemode Funke
Kareem Akande
Oyegbile Rufus
Olaboopo Olubukola

Oyetola was sworn in as Osun governor on November 27, 2018.
http://newsday.com.ng/breaking-ten-months-after-inauguration-osun-governor-appoints-commissioners/

Barring any last-minute change, President Muhammadu Buhari is set to reward embattled former governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode with a federal appointment.


Ambode has been penciled down as a strong replacement for Babatunde Fowler as Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS)

Ambode is said to have ‘reached agreement’ with President Buhari’s alter ego Abba Kyari (Chief of Staff) over the appointment.

The move is seen as re-alignment of political interests ahead 2023 general election.


Though the terms of the agreement with Kyari is not clear yet, it is said to firmly put Ambode in strong opposition to the presidential ambition of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu.

Fowler is a close loyalist of Tinubu.


Kyari recently engaged Fowler in a series of communication that appear to question the competence of the FIRS boss.


Kyari is said to have resolved to block the 2023 ambition of Tinubu
According to an Aso Rock Villa source, Kyari is already joining forces with people and groups opposed to Tinubu’s 2023 ambition

One of them is Ambode, who had fallen apart with Tinubu, the man who gave him life and made him governor.


In the space of six months, Ambode has gone from being governor of Nigeria’s most thriving state economy to being hunted down by many forces.

Besides losing out in the ministerial selection that saw an out of favour Olurinnimbe Mamora take the slot, he has also been enmeshed into a probe by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

http://newsday.com.ng/kyari-moves-against-tinubu-recommends-ambode-for-a-federal-appointment/

The Arole Oodua, Ooni Adeyeye Eniitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II has concluded plans to confer the prestigious chieftaincy title of ODOLE OODUA on Sir Adebutu Adebukunola Kesington .

The conferment will take place on October 19, 2019 at the Ile-Oodua, the Ooni’s palace, Ile-Ife.

The Odole is a special office which works closely with the Ooni in rallying the descendants of Oduduwa wherever they are in the world for unity, peace and progress of the race.

The Odole Oodua, a position once occupied by the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo and subsequently by Chief G.O.K Ajayi is a highly revered chieftaincy in Yorubaland .

Kensington is the third in the line for the position.

Adebutu, a revered tycoon and philanthropist, is the chairman of Premier Lotto Limited, a Gaming Company incorporated in 2001 to carry out the Lotto business in Nigeria.

Adebutu, fondly called Baba Ijebu, hails from Iperu Remo in the present Ikenne Local Government area of Ogun State.
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Immediate past Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers Union (NURTW) in Lagos State, Tajudeen Agbede has finally endorsed Musiliu Akinsanya alias MC Oluomo as his successor.

MC Oluomo was appointed the Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of the union by the NURTW National President, Tajudeen Ibikunle Baruwa on Tuesday last week.

Oluomo’s emergence as the new chairman follows the dissolution of the executive committee of the state chapter hitherto headed by Agbede,

Agbede and Oluomo have been at each other’s throats for a while over the NURTW chairmanship in Lagos.

Agbede, who is now the union’s National Vice President (South West), is supporting Micheal Ajulo to succeed him.

Agbede resolved to endorsed MC Oluomo followed the intervention of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, who intervened in the crisis threatening the unity of the union in the state.

Tinubu was said to have prevailed on Agbede to reconsider his stand on MC Oluomo considering the tension already created over the chairmanship tussle.

Some members of the union had on Wednesday marched on the premises of the Lagos State House of Assembly in Alausa, Ikeja, to protest Oluomo’s appointment.

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A faction of the Lagos chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) as elected a former Treasurer of the union in the state, Musiliu Akinsanya, better known as MC Oluomo as its new Chairman.

He was elected on Tuesday night in Lagos.

The outgoing chairman, Tajudeen Agbede has been having a running battle with Oluomo over who succeeds him.

Agbede and Oluomo have been at each other’s throats for a while over the NURTW chairmanship in Lagos.

Agbede, who lost the National Chairmanship position of the union to Tajudeen Baruwa in July, is supporting Micheal Ajulo to succeed him.

Baruwa was a former national treasurer before becoming the president.

Oluomo had pitched his tent with Baruwa in the national election.

Agbede was, however, consoled with the position of the first vice president of the union, which makes him the overall leader of the union in the South West.

Agbede’s decision to support Ajulo has polarised the union in Lagos.

Some members felt Agbede was becoming too powerful and therefore, there was the need to checkmate him.
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Ololade Abdulai Akinsanya, son of Musiliu Ayinde Akinsanya aka MC Oluomo has received $2.7 million in college scholarships in the United States.

Ololade lead his class as valedictorian to earn the scholarship amount.

He had the best GPA among the graduating students of Clayton County Performing Arts Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

He has also gotten more than 5 college acceptance letters including the prestigious Harvard.

He has, however, settled for Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Ololade wants to major in Linguistics and Philosophy and graduate from the university in three years time.

Ololade was ranked among some of the best students in Georgia.

The Governor of Georgia, Brian Kemp and his wife Marty Kemp honoured Olalade with a Special Honorary invitation. The event was witnessed by MC Oluomo and Ololade’s mother.

“I’m proud of him,” said Kemp at the event.

On his choice of MIT, Ololade’smother said she is thankful and happy with the choice his son has made.

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Almost four years after the gruesome murder of Olayinka Mamowora (a.k.a Mamok),, his alleged killers have been arrested.

Three suspected killers of Mamok are now in police custody undergoing investigation.

Mamok was killed on September 30, 2015 inside a barbing saloon in Oshodi while cutting his hair.

Before his death, Mamok was a very close ally and point man to the Lagos State Treasurer of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and Oshodi chapter chairman, Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya, otherwise known as MC Oluomo.

The suspects were arrested in Oshodi in the last one week Among those arrested is a leader of a faction of the NURTW in the area, Taoreed Adedigba also called Taloskibo Others arrested were Ayuba and Evans.

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Three other principal suspects, Ikechukwu Jeff (IK), MD Fred and Ibrahim Olowo are said to be on the run.

Ayuba and Fred are said to be Talo’s loyalists and members of his deadly team.

A source at the Lagos Police Command told NewsDay that the arrest of Ayuba led to the arrest of Talo and Evans.

Ayuba was arrested on Tuesday last week by operatives from the Anti-Cultism Unit of the Lagos Police Command over the spate of fighting in Oshodi.

He confessed to partaking in some of the fights and killings in the area. He also mentioned some of Talo boys as accomplice.

He also confessed that he was the one that led the team that killed Mamok in 2015. He stated that he was the one that fired the shot that killed Mamok.

The police later stormed Talo’s office in Moyosore Complex at Bolade Oshodi to arrest the other suspects named by Ayuba.

In the course of the arrest and search, three riffles were found in Talo’s office.

Talo was said to have told the police that the guns were for his members’ protection against attacks from rival groups.
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He also told the police operatives that he was ready to offer himself for arrest instead of his boys being arrested.

He was arrested on Wednesday and detained at the Anti-Cultism Unit in Gbagada.

He was later released on Thursday after bribing the police with N1.5m.

He was rearrested on Sunday after Ayuba insisted that they killed Mamok in revenge for the death of Olayemi Eniola alias Baba Esi, who was allegedly killed by Mamok on April 9, 2015.

Mamok was said to be the one that fired the shot that hit Baba Esi on the head, which resulted in his death.

Talo, a close ally of Baba Esi, who was present when Baba Esi was shot narrowly escaped death. He was also hit but managed to escape.

The source at the Police Command added that operatives are on the trail of other fleeing suspects.


He also confirmed that the three suspects have been flown to Abuja for further interrogation.

“They are now in police custody in Abuja undergoing investigation,” the source added.
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