The Federal Government on Tuesday, 6 February, 2024, arraigned Oladipupo Adebutu before an Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta, the State capital, on seven count charges bordering on money laundering and other offences, with case number AB/10c/2023 (FRN Vs Adebutu &Ors. Recall that Adebutu, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the gubernatorial election held on March 18, 2023, was accused of criminal inducement during the poll by security agents alongside other members of his party He was alleged to have ordered through his bank the issuance of 200,000 preloaded ATM verve cards with N10,000 and distributed same on…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has been commended for his giant strides in road construction and infrastructural development in the last four and a half years. Nasarawa State Governor, Engr. Abdullahi Sule, gave the commendation on Monday, 5 February, 2024, when he paid a courtesy call on Governor Abiodun at the Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. Governor Sule who described infrastructure as catalyst for investments, expressed delight with the good road network that crisscross the State. He said: “So many projects like the Agro-Cargo Airport are going on in the State. I know about the various projects that President Muhammadu…
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has described the death of renowned African culture ambassador, Olujimi Solanke as a colossal loss to the theatre community and Ogun State. The governor also condoled with the family of the veteran poet dramatist and the people of Ipara-Remo in Remo North Local Government Area of the State. Mostly remembered by many for his television programme ‘Story land’, on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Solanke reportedly died on Monday morning after a brief illness. He was aged 82. He is survived by his wife, Toyin, children and grandchildren. In a statement, Abiodun said the…
Work is yet to begin on the reconstruction of the Abeokuta-Ota-Lagos Expressway because the Ogun State Government is still waiting for final approval of the concessioning of the road from the Federal Government. It will be recalled that the Minister of Works, David Umahi, announced in October last year, during a briefing after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Aso Villa, that the Federal Government had finally concessioned the all important road to the Ogun State Government to reconstruct after several efforts made to that effect by the Governor Dapo Abiodun-led administration. The reconstruction was to be carried…
Nigeria broke new grounds in the global mining industry on Monday, 5 February, 2024, clinching the chair of the newest mining pressure group, the Africa Minerals Strategy Group. Nigeria’s Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake was unanimously elected the pioneer Chairman of the group. Speaking at the signing of the resolution, Dr. Alake charged African leaders to forge a common front to get maximum benefits from the mineral resources on the continent. The event which held on the sidelines of the 30th edition of Investing in Africa Indaba, Cape Town, South Africa, was attended by ministers of mineral…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A Kano High Court presided over by Justice Halima Sulaiman has sentenced a housewife, Rukayya Abubakar, to life imprisonment for killing her stepchild. The prosecution counsel, Barrister Rabia Sa’ad, informed the court that in 2021, Rukayya threw her stepchild into a well, an action that led to his death. According to Sa’ad, the offence that the accused committed contravened section 221 of the Penal Code. During the trial, the prosecution counsel presented four witnesses before the court. The defense counsel, Barrister Rilwan Muhammad, pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy becauss the convict is a…
The Member representing Ibadan North East/South East Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Abass Adigun Agboworin, on Monday, 5 February, 2024, visited the scene of the fire incident, which razed some shops at the Orita-Aperin market, Ward 4 of the Ibadan North East Local Government Area, in Ibadan. Agboworin, who is also the Chairman of the House Committee on Narcotic Drugs, sympathized with the victims, urging them to trust in God for a speedy recovery from the shock and rehabilitation of their shops and goods. At the scene, the lawmaker announced a donation of N500,000 which, according to…
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday, February 5, 2024 arraigned a businessman, Alexander Adeniran Babarinde from Oro-Ago in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State over alleged involvement in contract scam, obtaining money under false pretence and forgery. Babarinde was arraigned by the EFCC, alongside his company, Ajays Engineering Limited and one Suleiman Muhammed, (who is currently at large) before Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin on eight-count charges bordering on obtaining under false pretences. The defendants allegedly obtained several amounts of money from the complainant under the guise of…
We commemorate the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), under the theme “Her Voice, Her Future: Investing in Survivors Led Movements to End Female Genital Mutilation”. We are once again reminded of the responsibility we bear to protect the rights, vulnerability and well-being of the girl child. Today, I call upon parents, particularly mothers, traditional leaders, and community leaders , where Female Genital Mutilation persists to consider the damage and irreversible health implications inflicted on our daughters. While acknowledging the progress made in the fight against Female Genital Mutilation in Nigeria, we must confront the practices…
The First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has called on Wives of Governors of the 36 states in the country to remain steadfast and supportive of one another. She spoke during the meeting she had with them at the State House Abuja under the umbrella of the Renewed Hope Initiative. The First Lady while commending them for their efforts in their various states especially to ameliorate the hardships as occasioned by the removal of the fuel subsidy appealed to them to intensify their efforts. “As we all know, the mission of the Renewed Hope Initiative which is driven by…