News / politics

OGD flags off campaigns with mega rally, empowerment

Former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel who is also the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ogun East Senatorial Candidate for the 2023 general elections is set to kick-start his election campaign with a mega rally on Sunday, 2nd October, 2022.

According to schedule of events released by his campaign office, the campaign will commence by 11:00am at Ita Oba, Akarigbo Palace, Sagamu, Ogun State.

The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun,  is expected to be the Chief Host at the rally.

The statement mentioned  that a major highlight of the Mega Rally, which promises to be colorful, will be the Empowerment Programs which Otunba Gbenga Daniel has been known for over the years.

In recent years Otunba Gbenga Daniel has been awarding hundreds of scholarships across various Local governments amongst other multidimensional empowerment initiatives which started over 20 years ago via his pet project, The Gateway Front Foundation.

The statement itemized the prizes to be won include a Star Prize of a tractor worth about N10m. Others are a Toyota Highlander SUV as second prize and a 2.5KVA generator as third prize.

“These empowerment programs will continue as the campaign machinery traverse the length and breadth of Ogun East Senatorial District.

“The public, members of the All Progressive Congress, friends and well wishers across Ogun East Senatorial District, and beyond including Local Government Chairmen, Councilors and Party functionaries, are hereby invited to this special event,” it added.…

Law / News

Why we must clear illegal land dealings — Ogun Attorney General

The Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Ogun State, Oluwasina Ogungbade (SAN), says there is a need to clear all illegal land dealings in the State in order to further pave way for economic development and create a conducive environment for investors to thrive.

He spoke at the inaugural public sitting of the Judicial Commission of Enquiry on Land Allocation and Documentation.

The event held at the Ministry of Justice Conference room, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.

The Commissioner stated that facts about land matters would be revealed as Committee members were ready to follow proceedings to get to the root of all petitions, seeking maximum cooperation from parties involved.

In his address, Chairman of the Commission, Justice Solomon Olugbemi (retd.), noted that it was set up with terms of reference, pointing out that the key feature was to unravel illegalities in land transactions, which had prompted it to relate with relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government.

Justice Olugbemi said seven petitions would be considered at the inaugural sitting having received 56 petitions from the concerned parties, advising witnesses not to give false evidence and be ready to alter clear statements when called upon. In his remark, the Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association, Kameel Abolade urged members of the public to continue to forward their complaints to the Commission, noting that the State Government was ready to suggest ways to curb any identified illegalities in land dealings.…

News / Transportation

Sallah: FRSC to deploy breathalysers

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun Sector Command is to deploy breathalyzers to test motorists in order to detect those who drive under the influence of alcohol during the Eid al–Adha  (Sallah) festivities.

The Sector Commander of FRSC,  Ahmed Umar, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Ota, Ogun.

Umar said that any motorist who tests positive to alcohol would be subjected to a drug test.

He said that the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) would be engaged for this purpose during the festival. “We are therefore appealing to motorists to avoid drink driving during and after the festive period.

“People should not indulge in drinking and driving at the same time to prevent unnecessary loss of life,” he said.

Umar also said that any vehicle impounded because the driver violated traffic rules and regulations would not be released until after the Sallah festival.

The sector commander said that the FRSC would collaborate with the police to check Road Traffic Violations (RTV) on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

”We are also collaborating with the Navy and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps to maintain sanity during the Sallah festival on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Sagamu -Ijebu Ode-Ore Expressway.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the 2022, Eid al–Adha is expected to be celebrated on Saturday.…

Music / News

‘Report yourself to the nearest police station’ – Police instructs Portable after giving order to beat up young man

This is coming on the heels of a recent video where the controversial singer was spotted ordering his crew to beat up a young man. In a statement released by the spokesman of the Ogun State police command, the singer’s actions won’t be condoned.

Such unruly and violent behavior is not only barbaric but unbecoming of somebody who is supposed to be a role model for the youths and therefore should not be tolerated,” part of the statement read.

“In view of this, the Command is using this medium to advise Okikiola Habeeb a.k.a Portable to report himself at the nearest police station in Ogun State, failure of which his arrest will be ordered.”

“The flagrant display of impunity by portable in the viral video is condemnable and if not checked, it will send a wrong signal to the youths who are looking up to him as a role model.”

The singer recently welcomed a child with his baby mama.

Portable is a Nigerian artist who rose to fame after getting Olamide and dancer Poco Lee to feature in the now-famous hit single ‘Zazu Zeh.’

Unarguably one of the most controversial musicians of his time, the 28-year-old Ogun State indigene has been in the news for all the wrong reasons.

From fighting with show promoters, and cursing on social media to crashing his cars on several occasions, it’s been jumping from frying pan to fire for the singer.

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Crime / Law / News

Girl raped by Facebook friend who promised her N3,000, demands N50,000 for her nude photos

A 25-year-old man, Ebenezer Adeshina, has been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command for rape and blackmailing of a 16-year-old girl (name withheld).

This was disclosed by the spokesman of the Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement he issued on Tuesday.

Oyeyemi said the suspect was arrested on May 6, 2022 following a report lodged at Owode Egbado Police Divisional Headquarters by the victim, who reported that she met the suspect on Facebook sometime in 2021 and they have been chatting since then.

She stated further that her phone got spoilt along the line and she couldn’t chat with the suspect again.

But in the month of March this year, the suspect called her and asked why she didn’t chat with him anymore, to which she informed him of her spoilt phone.

The suspect there and then asked her to come to his house to collect the sum of N3,000 for the repair of the phone.

On getting there, the suspect offered her a drink, which she took, unknown to her that the drink has been laced with a sedative drug.

Immediately she took the drink, she became unconscious and the suspect used the opportunity to have unlawful carnal knowledge of her against her wish.

After having sex with her in the state of unconsciousness, the suspect took her nude pictures and started threatening to upload the pictures on social media if she didn’t pay him the sum of N50,000.

Upon the report, the Divisional Police Officer, Owode Egbado Division, CSP Muhammad S. Baba, detailed his detectives to go after the suspect.

He was eventually apprehended and he has confessed to the commission of the crime.

The Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labor Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and possible prosecution.…

News / Security

Ogun gets new Commissioner of Police as Ajogun retires

Following the retirement from service of the former Commissioner, Ogun State Police Command, Edward Awolowo Ajogun, the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has posted a new helmsman for the command.

This was revealed in a statement signed by the spokesman of the Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in the early hours of Thursday.

According to Oyeyemi, the new CP is Lanre Sikiru Bankole, a graduate of English Language from the University of Lagos.

Bankole hails from Lagos Island Local Government Area of Lagos State. He joined the Nigeria Police as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police in March 1990, and has worked in various capacities in different parts of the country such as Akwa Ibom State Police Command, Ebonyi State Police Command, Port Authority Police Command as well as Ogun State Police Command.

The new CP is a familiar face in Ogun State as he has at different times worked as Divisional Police Officer in Abigi, Sango, Agbara and Owode Egba.

Bankole has also served as Area Commander for Sagamu in Ogun State, as well as Zonal Sports Officer.

He was one time the Assistant Commissioners of Police in charge of Port Criminal Investigation Department at Port Authority Police Command.

When he was promoted to the rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police, he was posted to Interpol Section of the Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Abuja as DC Admin and Investigation from 2017 to 2020.

He got promoted to the rank of Commissioner of Police in June 2021 and was posted as CP Interpol Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Alagbon, Lagos, where he served until his current appointment as the new Commissioner, Ogun State Police Command.

The new CP has attended various professional courses within and outside Nigeria.

Notable among them are Junior Command Course, Intermediate Command Course, Strategic Leadership and Command Course at the Police Staff College, Jos, Plateau State.

He also attended Financial Crime Course at Administrative Staff College of Nigeria, Badagry, Lagos State as well as United Nations Logistics Officer’s Course at Koffi Annan Peacekeeping …

Crime / Law / News

US court postpones trial of suspended Abiodun’s aide to 2022

The fraud trial of suspended aide to Ogun Governor Abidemi Rufai, who was indicted for alleged conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, has been postponed to 2022.

A fresh ruling of the court has postponed the commencement of Rufai’s trial by five months.

Rufai was arrested at the JFK airport in New York on May 14 over alleged $350,000 COVID-19 unemployment fraud in the United States.

The Nation had reported the prosecutor submitted 97,000-page materials at the US District for the Western District of Washington at Tacoma, on July 26. The indictment alleges that Rufai used the stolen identities of more than 100 Washington residents to file fraudulent claims with the Employment Security Department (ESD) for pandemic-related unemployment benefits.

Acting US Attorney Tessa M. Gorman had said Rufai filed fraudulent unemployment claims with Hawaii, Wyoming, Massachusetts, Montana, New York, and Pennsylvania, using variations of a single email address in a manner intended to evade automatic detection by fraud systems.

The trial, earlier scheduled to commence on August 31, has now been postponed to February 1, 2022.

The new trial date is based on agreement between the prosecution and the defense, describing the case as “unusual and complex”.

Judge Benjamin Settle of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, at Tacoma said pretrial motions “shall be filed no later than December 9, 2021”, and fixed pretrial conference for January 24, 2022 at 10:00 a.m.…

News

Ogun teachers to instill discipline in public schools

The Chairman, Ogun State Teaching Service Commission, Evangelist Olalekan Ifede has admonished teachers in public schools to instill their professional skills in classrooms and also inculcate disciplines on the students, so as to extinct truancy, misconduct and misbehavior in schools across the state.

Ifede made this known while addressing teachers during usual monitoring tour to the secondary schools in Abeokuta South Local Government, noted that teachers were emulative symbols and must be conscious of legacies exhibited for students to emulate.

“Ensure that you appear neatly dressed at all times for students to replicate, as they will be accustomed to neat appearance to their mature age”, Ifede said

The Chairman, according to his media aide,  Gbogubola Alao, said that it was very vital for the teachers to embrace his/her students and treat them as their children, especially through impartation of quality knowledge and regular counseling, in order to erode vices and misconduct amongst students. Ifede added that consistent monitoring of students notebooks should be sacrosanct, so as to propel academic excellence in the schools across the three Senatorial Districts of the state.

He however, informed that schools should endeavour to seek indulgence of its communities and old students associations to come to their aid, in erection of structures, saying that this would assist the government’s ongoing reformation agenda.

Responding, the Principals in Senior and Junior secondary schools, Baptist Boys High Schools,  Olusoji Kushimo and Lasabi Olarenwaju, hailed the state government for giving priority to educational sector, noting that the state had set education stakeholders on their toes.

Schools visited include; Baptist Boys High Schools, Isaje and Ilugun High School, Elega, all in Abeokuta South Local Government area of the state.…