Press Release

Ondo Bans Unions'/Associations' Activities Over Public Exploitation

The Ondo State Government has taken measures to protect residents in the state amid soaring costs and incessant increases in prices of goods and services by artisans including farm produce and food items.

In this regard, the state government has barred all Trading Unions and Associations under the umbrella of Ondo State United Artisan Group, from fixing and enforcing uniform prices of goods and services being sold/rendered by their members and non-members.

A statement by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo said the decision was taken in the overall socio-economic interest of the people of the State.

The statement:

"Government had before now, watched with discomfort and dismay, the economic suffocation of the people with unimaginable increases in prices of goods and services in markets, shops and other sales outlets across the state.

"Even without due regard for market forces, it is obvious that associations and unions are largely behind this unwholesome act.

"The state government has decided to act decisively even as the public deserves protection from this undesirable exploitation under some guises.

"Therefore, fixing market prices and imposing fixed exorbitant prices on the people under the guise of association or union must be stopped forthwith.

"Accordingly, as part of the measures, Individuals, Artisans, Traders and providers of services as well as farmers are henceforth allowed to operate, sell their produce and render any service in any part of the state as they may deem profitable, based on the principle of demand and supply and prevailing market forces. This is just as membership of associations and unions remains voluntary as provided for in the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended.

"Consequently, Government's right to regulate the activities of Trading Associations and Artisan groups has to be invoked in the interest of residents. Therefore, on no account should any Union/Association fix or enforce prices of goods and services.

"Similarly, there shall be no sale of tickets to Artisans/Traders by any Association/Union without due approval of the state Government through the Internal Revenue Service”.

"All concerned are, therefore, advised to adhere strictly to this directive as any person or group found to be flouting it will be made to face the full weight of the extant laws.

"It is to be noted too that this directive takes effect from TODAY in all markets and sales outlets across the 18 LGAs of the state".

Saw this somewhere in Lokoja, Kogi state.
Why are Nigerians so particular about title?

Most of the imported cases of Covid-19 in Nigeria are majorly transported to those states from Lagos. For this reason, some state Governors had to lockdown their borders.

As seen in the picture above, this driver used the company vehicle to transport passengers and was subsequently arrested in Ekiti.

As shared on his Instagram page, Hollywood Actor, Tom Hanks and Wife test positive to Corona Virus.

"Hello, folks. Rita and I are down here in Australia. We felt a bit tired, like we had colds, and some body aches. Rita had some chills that came and went. Slight fevers too. To play things right, as is needed in the world right now, we were tested for the Coronavirus, and were found to be positive.

Well, now. What to do next? The Medical Officials have protocols that must be followed. We Hanks' will be tested, observed, and isolated for as long as public health and safety requires. Not much more to it than a one-day-at-a-time approach, no?

We'll keep the world posted and updated.

Take care of yourselves!

Hanx!"

As shared on his Instagram page, Hollywood Actor, Tom Hanks and Wife test positive to Corona Virus.

"Hello, folks. Rita and I are down here in Australia. We felt a bit tired, like we had colds, and some body aches. Rita had some chills that came and went. Slight fevers too. To play things right, as is needed in the world right now, we were tested for the Coronavirus, and were found to be positive.

Well, now. What to do next? The Medical Officials have protocols that must be followed. We Hanks' will be tested, observed, and isolated for as long as public health and safety requires. Not much more to it than a one-day-at-a-time approach, no?

We'll keep the world posted and updated.

Take care of yourselves!

Hanx!"

WE'VE BEEN DUPED AGAIN IN IJESHA: OUR GREED KILLED US AGAIN

Like 4 months ago, a particular strange Company called "QUALITY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT NIG LTD" entered the city of Ilesa from nowhere. They firstly settled an office in Irojo and later moved to Okesa, the former Co - Operative Bank building. The company recruited Ijesha youths as staffs, they painted their office well with nice colours of paints, they put our President's portrait and that of the governor on the wall of their offices.

The major business they claim they do is "LOAN and INVESTMENT". They ask you to bring your money and get back 50% return in 15 days. They also give out soft loan up to the tune of #500,000 to individuals. Infact, you must go to Court to swear an affidavit that you want to borrow from them.

I visited their office on Monday this week and I was still there yesterday to inquire more of them while their staff and agents claimed they invest the money on bitcoin and other investments which they never disclosed. I tried to argue with them just yesterday as a learned fellow on cryptocurrency that is never possible to make that money. I saw more than enough people of different calibres, market women, farmers, Okada riders, teachers, Local government staffs, old and young etc bringing their thousands and millions of naira in cash to invest there. Surprisingly, the most gullible ones bringing their money to invest there even saw me as a stupid person who is not ready to succeed with the level of arguments I put on the staff of the company yesterday which they couldn't attend to.

To call the story short, I was on my way driving to roundabout Ilesa just about an hour ago when a darling one called me that these people are gone. I argued on phone that it was not possible until I got there myself to see. Lo and behold, they have duped us again out of our greediness. I saw people crying, putting blames on others who invited them to the fraudulent company, I saw people cursing themselves etc. THE COMPANY HAD ELOPED!

Now, who do we blame for this loss and stupidity? OUR MILLIONS OF NAIRA IS GONE AGAIN. I learnt some of our people are now presently on admission at different hospitals battling with the shock.

In the spirit of great sportsmanship, the gracious Adekunle Akinlade, saw a fallen campaign board of Dapo Abiodun while entering Ilara ward in Remo North LG. He picked it up and placed it back in its place to the rousing cheers of his watching supporters.

Akinlade, is truly a nonviolent man; preaching tolerance and healthy competition.
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A facebook user [b][/b]Akinbobola Joseph Olubunmi share picture of himself and friends drinking beer from a feeding bottle. Is this the latest trend?

A gubernatorial aspirant in Ogun State under the platform of ADC shares Chin-Chin and Cakes as souvenir during campaign.

A sign of better things to come I guess.

I celebrate God's faithfulness in the light of this young man, who is nothing but the product of the Lord's grace. As you increase in age my lovely husband, you increase in wisdom and grace; you abound in every good work; you love God and serve Him more; you are favoured and preferred above your equals; you break new grounds and set glorious pace; you are blessed in your going and coming; the Lord is shield, your glory and the lifter up of your head in Jesus Name. Amen
Ewaoluwa and I says happy birthday daddy, many happy returns

#happybirthdayLove
#happybirthdayworldbestdaddy
#soarhigher

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(As shared by the father on facebook).
This is my daughter Oluwaseun Mary Olaniyan a History undergraduate (100 Level) of Adeyemi College of Education, Indoor. SHE IS MISSING.
anybody with useful information that can lead to her being found should please report to their nearby Police Station or call my number on 08032393396.
Please do me a favour by sharing this post to 20 people.
If you are an ARBICAN, please endeavour to share the post with 30 people.
Please for the next three days (Wed - Friday), by 12midnight to 2:00a.m. wake up and pray for her deliverance. For with God, all things are possible.
We shall all celebrate her in Jesus name.

(As shared by her father)
This is my daughter Oluwaseun Mary Olaniyan a History undergraduate (100 Level) of Adeyemi College of Education, Indoor. SHE IS MISSING.
anybody with useful information that can lead to her being found should please report to their nearby Police Station or call my number on 08032393396.
Please do me a favour by sharing this post to 20 people.
If you are an ARBICAN, please endeavour to share the post with 30 people.
Please for the next three days (Wed - Friday), by 12midnight to 2:00a.m. wake up and pray for her deliverance. For with God, all things are possible.
We shall all celebrate her in Jesus name.

Comedian Asiri shared a single N100 glo card on his Facebook page and got fans talking.

Ope ilase came & picked up my father at home with higher assassin called SARS, they killed him at d palace of alase of ilase land, john adewale in d presence of kabiyesi, Ope ran away, he went to elewe eran on Wednesday & returned immediately, police is lying to us that Ope is in their custody. Ope was with kabiyesi alase yesterday along koko road, near his hotel at ilase, kabiyesi was in his venza discussing with Ope, both of u concluded that both d SARS in detention & Ope, "owo lo ma je". My father laid in d morgue, two of u are bragging that 'owo lo ma je" u shed d blood of innocent man at ur palace, from today, sword shall never cease in ur family, untimely death shall not stop in ur family, no matter how powerful u are, evil shall not stop happening in family, as u think evil so shall it be for u, God shall not be appeased for ur sake. Ope, as u terminated d life of my father, all of ur glory (children) shall not fulfill their destiny, ur life & ur generation will be terminated at d point of their breakthrough, u will not know peace & peace shall ceased in ur heart, in ur life, in ur family & ur generation from now.

Guys cannot ask girls.... ��� "HAVE U EATEN" in Nigeria again .......��
Cos when u do.. What u will hear is..
"Nope... I am broke.. Don't even have food stuff..
Right now.. I borrowed my friends phone � to chat with u.. No money� to fix my phone ��and my school fee sef... I used it to do a business��and they cheated me��I don't know how to get the � money back��All my friends that I trust Disappointed me.. And my body is doing me somehow ���I hate sickness.. Especially when I am broke ��and my landlord is on my neck... But I have raise half of my rent���still looking for who will help me with half���I hate this life... N I don't want to disturb my parents ��for money.. I know we are not too close�����������and I don't want to look like I am a beggar but I really need help now....
Anything u can send... Will send my account number to you now... Or I can come for the weekend if u send transport fare���������������������
My sister he didn't ask what's the problem of your generation.
Do you want to kill him, pls direct your problem to the right place, he is not God.

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This pictures have given insight to why the federal govt ban okrika cloths.

West Papua indigenous people, the Ngalum Uropkulin and Kasipka Tribes of Star Mountain Area with Koteka at UN Headquarters in New York, USA May 2017. This is the first time in history West Papua with Koteka at UNITED NATIONS.

Thanks for the correction. Well noted.

What I Am Proud Of (From The Past To The Present)

1.LAST WEEK IN RUSSIA,THE WHOLE HUGE COUNTRY WAS SHOCKED WHEN A CERTAIN MEDICAL STUDENT GRADUATED FROM A UNIVERSITY IN RUSSIA IN Medicine & Surgery WITH AN IMPOSSIBLE CGPA OF 5.0.THIS GENIUS DID NOT JUST SCORE 70% TO CLINCH AN "A" BUT ALWAYS SCORED 100% IN ALL COURSES HE SAT FOR.

HIS NONPLUSSED PROFESSORS ORGANISED THE EXAMS FOR HIM AGAIN (BECAUSE NOBODY HAS EVER SCORED SUCH A MARK IN Medicine & Surgery IN THE HISTORY OF RUSSIA) TO CONFIRM IF HE TRULY WAS THAT BRILLIANT BUT THEY WERE ALL FLOORED BECAUSE HE SCORED 100% IN ALL THE EXAMS AGAIN.A DEEPER INQUIRY OF WHO HE WAS SHOWED THAT HE IS A NIGERIAN AND MORE INTERESTINGLY A YORUBA.

YORUBAS HAVE MADE NIGERIA PROUD IN SO MANY WAYS SOME OF WHICH INCLUDE

2. THE 1ST BLACKMAN WHO FOUND A UNIVERSITY (i e FOURAH BAY COLLEGE,SIERRA LEONE IN THE 1830s) IN WORLD HISTORY WAS A YORUBA NAMED REVEREND SAMUEL AJAYI CROWTHER

3. THE 1ST NIGERIAN LAWYER TO DEFEND CASES IN BRITISH SUPREME COURT WAS A YORUBA NAMED Sapara Williams.HE DEFENDED HIS 1ST SUPREME COURT CASE IN 1881

4. THE 1ST AFRICAN TO OWN A MOTOR CAR WAS A YORUBA NAMED Herbert Olayinka Macaulay.HE WAS ALSO THE 1ST NIGERIAN TO FORM A POLITICAL PARTY,1ST NIGERIAN TO APPEAR ON NIGERIAN CURRENCY,1ST POLYMATH IN AFRICAN HISTORY (HE WAS A SPECIALIST IN POLITICAL SCIENCE,LAW,CIVIL CONSTRUCTION,
MUSIC TECHNOLOGY,etc) AND HIS GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER DR (MRS) STELLA ADADEVOH SUBMITTED HER OWN LIFE TO SAVE NIGERIA FROM EBOLA VIRUS IN 2014

5. NIGERIA IS PRESENTLY USING 1999 CONSTITUTION WHICH WAS A COPYCAT OF 1979 CONSTITUTION WHICH WAS ITSELF FILLED WITH IDEAS COPIED WORD-FOR-WORD FROM 2 OF OBAFEMI AWOLOWO'S BOOKS TITLED "Thoughts On Nigerian Constitution" AND "The Strategy And Tactics Of The People's Republic Of Nigeria".
IN OTHER WORDS,THE YORUBAMAN OBAFEMI AWOLOWO INDIRECTLY GAVE NIGERIA ITS CONSTITUTION

6. YORUBAMAN FELA ANIKULAPO KUTI WAS THE 1ST NIGERIAN MUSICIAN TO BE INTERNATIONALLY-RECOGNISED (BY BEING THE 1ST TO PERFORM IN ALMOST EVERY COUNTRY OF THE WORLD) AND HE WAS THE 1ST NIGERIAN MUSICIAN TO BE LISTED IN Guiness Book Of Records.YORUBAMAN KING SUNNY ADE WAS THE 2ND NIGERIAN MUSICIAN TO BE LISTED IN Guiness Book Of Records

7. YORUBAMAN Hubert Ogunde WAS THE 1ST ACTOR (FILM AND STAGE) IN NIGERIA TO BE RECOGNISED AND AWARDED ALL OVER THE WORLD.MANY OF HIS WORKS (e g Morenike Alaso Oke,Aye,Jayesinmi,
Yoruba Ronu,etc) ARE STILL TAUGHT IN UNIVERSITIES ALL OVER THE WORLD

8. YORUBAMAN PROFESSOR SOYINKA IS THE 1ST AFRICAN TO WIN NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE

9. A YORUBAMAN JUSTICE AKINOLA AGUDA CREATED AND DREW THE MASTERPLAN OF ABUJA FCT WHEN GENERAL MURTALA MUHAMED COMMISIONED HIM TO LOOK FOR A NEW FEDERAL CAPITAL FOR NIGERIA

10. YORUBAMAN LATEEF JAKANDE WAS TAGGED The Best Governor In Nigeria FROM 1979 TO 1983 DUE TO HIS MANY ACHIEVEMENTS IN LAGOS STATE

11. YORUBAMAN BABATUNDE FASHOLA BECAME The Best Governor In Africa DUE TO HIS SO MANY ACHIEVEMENTS FROM 2007 TO 2015

12. YORUBAMAN BOLA TINUBU CREATED THE STRATEGY THAT BROKE RECORDS IN NIGERIAN HISTORY AND MADE HIS PARTY A.P.C DEFEAT AN INCUMBENT NIGERIAN PRESIDENT

13. YORUBAMAN OLABISI AJALA BROKE WORLD RECORD BY TRAVELLING TO 87 COUNTRIES ON HIS Vespa MOTORCYCLE WHILE HE WAS A UNIVERSITY STUDENT AND A FILM ACTOR IN U.S.A (THE FAMOUS AJALA THAT TRAVELLED ALL OVER THE WORLD)

14. YORUBA WOMAN MRS RANSOME-KUTI WAS THE 1ST NIGERIAN WOMAN TO DRIVE A CAR AND WAS THE 1ST NIGERIAN WOMAN TO FORM A POLITICAL PARTY

15. THE MOST-PERFORMED STAGE PLAY IN NIGERIAN HISTORY IS TITLED "The Gods Are Not To Blame" AND WAS WRITTEN BY THE GENIUS YORUBAMAN PROFESSOR OLA ROTIMI

16. THE 1ST SURGEON IN NIGERIA WAS YORUBA MAN DR ADENIYI JONES

17. THE 1ST FEMALE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY IN AFRICA WAS A YORUBA WOMAN PROFESSOR BOLANLE AWE AND THE ONLY PRIVAT LAWYER IN NIGERIAN HISTORY THAT NEVER LOST A CASE WAS YORUBAMAN CHIEF ROTIMI WILLIAMS

18. THE 1ST TELEVISION STATION IN AFRICA WAS FOUNDED BY A YORUBA MAN OBAFEMI AWOLOWO.HE ALSO CREATED THE 1ST MINIMUM WAGE IN AFRICA,1ST FREE EDUCATION IN AFRICA,1ST SKYSCRAPER IN AFRICA,1ST OLYMPIC STADIUM IN AFRICA,1ST FREE HEALTH CARE IN AFRICA,1ST CULTURAL CENTRE IN AFRICA,etc

19. THE GREATEST HERO IN THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR WAS BRIGADIER BENJAMIN ADEKUNLE (Black Scorpion) AND HIS 2 ABLE SUB-COMMANDERS BRIGADIERS GODWIN ALABI-ISAMA AND ALANI AKINRINADE,ALL YORUBAS

20. MORE THAN HALF OF ALL MOTOR CARS IN NIGERIA ARE IN YORUBALAND (i e 55% OF ALL MOTOR CARS IN NIGERIA ARE LOCATED IN YORUBALAND) AND YORUBAS HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF PROFESSORS IN NIGERIA

The list is undisputably endless that's why I'm proud to be a YORUBA.

nkowaputa:
I'm looking at importation business but I'm really not sure what to import. I need advice and suggestions.

It depends on the country u want to import from. But considering the Nigerian business environment at the moment, digital items will sell very well. You can import Power Banks, Chargers, MicroSD, Flash Drives etc. Don't thank me, thank God.

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Who is inside this purdah?

Is the fault from the painter or the government?

(I don't know the right section to put it but Mr Moderator can do the needful)

What is now known as "Mammy Market" in all barracks nationwide, came to be as a result of the industry of Mrs Anthony Ochefu. Thanks to an Idoma local brew called "enyi". Now, nobody remembers to recognise this history maker and accord the honour due to her.

In 1959, Mammy Ode, a young girl from Jericho-Ugboju in the present Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State was married to Anthony Aboki Ochefu, a young Non-Commissioned military officer who had just been posted to Enugu from Abeokuta. They were quartered at the Army Barracks, Abakpa, Enugu. To beat idleness and perhaps earn some money to support her young family, Mrs. Mammy Ochefu established a business of selling soft drinks. She also prepared gruel, which is popularly called 'Umu or enyi' in Idoma, or kunu in Hausa, for sale to the soldiers in the barrack to help quench their thirst and energise them.

She soon became popular with selling "umu" as soldiers trooped to her house to buy the local brew made from guinea corn. Some of her customers were officers, who always send their batmen to buy the gruel for them, Monday through Friday and even during the weekend when they are not working.

Somehow, one of the Non-Commissioned Officers, the RSM, did not flow with the enthusiasm, which Mammy’s gruel generated among other military men in the barracks. He complained that the stuff was attracting flies into the barracks and ordered Mrs. Mammy Ochefu to stop its production and sale.

Though disappointed at the order of the RSM, she stopped the production and sale of "umu" in the barrack. For weeks, Mrs. Mammy Ochefu agonized over the fate of her business, just as officers and men of the Nigerian Army who enjoyed her brew because of its freshness and nutritional value lamented over the situation.

From several quarters, pressure mounted on the RSM for a reversal of the order. After a while, he succumbed to and directed that a section of the barrack be reserved for Mrs. Mammy Ochefu to produce and sell her "umu".

Her joy knew no bound few days after a section of the barracks was allocated to her for the purpose of selling the Idoma local brew within the barrack. She built a small stall for her business and soon, her business began to boom. Most of her customers booked far in advance for the quantity of "umu" they want to buy. Before noon, she would have finished selling the available "umu" for the day.

Soon, other women in the barracks became inspired by her industrious nature and tapped into her industry and started selling other items like burukutu, pito, palm wine, kain-kain and other alcoholic beverages in addition to peppersoup and other delights for the relaxation of the rant and file in the evenings when they close from work and they are permitted to drink alcoholic beverages.

It was not long before that portion of the barracks became known as Mammy Market. It also became a policy to establish markets inside or near military barracks in the country, initially for the exclusive use of officers and men of the rank and file.

Today, no visit to Abuja, the Federal Capital City, is complete without a taste of fresh fish in one of the Mammy Markets, especially the one attached to Abacha Barrack. Similar markets attached to paramilitary barracks are also called Mammy Markets.

After General Yakubu Gowon was overthrown in a Military putsch, Anthony Aboki Ochefu, then a Colonel, was posted to East Central State as Military Governor. So Mrs. Mammy Ochefu and her husband returned to Enugu as the First Family. As First Lady Mammy Ochefu visits the site where Mammy Market started about sixteen years earlier.

It must also be stressed too that in retirement, Colonel Anthony Aboki Ochefu and his wife incorporated a company called Mammy Markets, which was into haulage and trading.

Mrs. Mammy Ochefu is alive and lives at Otukpo as one of the prized legends of our time.

Source: Major General Kaleosho (Rtd)