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Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun and his Ondo counterpart, Rotimi Akeredolu, were present at the wedding of the Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin. The Speaker on Saturday got married to Olamidun Majekodunmi, the daughter of the Ogun State Universal Basic Education Board, Femi Majekodunmi. Abiodun, via his verified Facebook page, shared pictures from the event. He wrote, “This afternoon, we attended the wedding ceremony of Rt. Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin, Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly and his heartthrob, Olamidun Majekodunmi. “The bride is the daughter of our dear father and Ogun SUBEB Chairman, Chief Femi…

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Three persons were killed on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Sunday in an accident involving two vehicles. Ogun Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says the accident occurred at Ogere, near Sapade in the state. The Sector Commander, Mr Ahmed Umar, confirmed the accident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at Ota, Ogun. He said that one other person sustained injuries in the incident. Umar explained that five persons were involved in the accident between a Nissan car with Registration Number, GH 597 LND and a Mack truck marked SMK 499 XU. “The survivors are receiving treatment at…

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The investigation of the circumstances surrounding the death and burial of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) student, Timothy Adegoke, took a twist on Saturday following an allegation that the deceased was buried by workers of the Ife Central Local Government with the consent of the police. Abiodun Williams, counsel to the detained Chairman of Hilton Hotel and Resorts, Ramon Adegoke, now wants the police to widen the scope of their investigation to cover this allegation. Williams, in a November 26,2021 petition to the Osun State Police Commissioner, claimed that some people working close to where the corpse was dumped reported…

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Barely nine days after former Chairman of National Union of Road Transport Worker (NURTW), Oyo town chapter, Mr. Azeez Akintunde popularly called Tula Oyo was taken away from his house by a combine team of security personnel tagged Operation Burst to Abuja, his children have cried out for help. One of the children of Tula Oyo, Azeez Adebayo Lanre in an interview with BBC News Yoruba said he thought it was Kidnapper that came to abduct his father on the fateful day but found out the security personnel were sent by power that be in the country. He lamented that…

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Amidst allegations that Governor Seyi Makinde has cornered all leadership positions of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the southwest zone for his allies to the exclusion of other interest groups within the party, aggrieved chieftains of the PDP in the zone are not about to end their face-off with the Oyo helmsman even as political parties prepare for the 2023 general elections, reports Assistant Editor, ‘Dare Odufowokan. With Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state now firmly in control of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the southwest ahead of the 2023 general elections, aggrieved chieftains of the party…

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The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi (Ojaja II) has suspended the embattled founder of Oduduwa University Dr. Ramon Adedoyin, as the Maye of Ile-Ife. Adedoyin has been embroiled in the suspicious death of a master’s degree student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, Timothy Adegoke, at his Hilton Hotel and Resort, Ile-Ife. He has been in police detention since the unfortunate death of Adegoke while his son who is fingered to be part of the murder, is on the run. This is the second time Adedoyin will be suspended as Maye of Ile-Ife, Nigerian Express reports. In…

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A former House of Representatives member, Hon Dapo Lam Adesina who represented Ibadan Northeast/ Southeast federal constituency from 2015-2019, has expressed disappointment on the failure of the All Progressives Congress led federal government to effect the ‘change’ the party promised Nigerians before the 2015 general elections. Dapo who was a former Commissioner in the late Ajimobi led government expressed his disillusionment on a radio programme, Bottom line, anchored by Anu Omorinde on IBR 92.5 monitored by GOALPOACHER NEWS correspondent. He noted that it was about time the truth be told saying that the APC at the centre has failed the…

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The Nigeria Police Force’s headquarters, Abuja, has directed the immediate transfer of investigation into the death of Timothy Adegoke, a master’s student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, which allegedly occurred at Hilton Hotels and Resort, Ile-Ife. Already, the owner of the hotel, Chief Ramon Adedoyin and six workers in the facility had been arrested in connection with the death. When contacted, the spokesperson for the state police command, Yemisi Opalola, said she had not been briefed on the matter. However, a source close to the police command, who spoke on condition of anonymity on Friday, told the…

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A 30-year-old woman has been arrested for supplying arms and ammunition to bandits in Zamfara State. Parading the woman in Gusau on Friday, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Ayuba N. Elkana said the woman, Fatima Lawali was arrested on Thursday, October 25 at about 9.30 pm. The suspect, who hailed from the Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area of the state, was nabbed with 991 rounds of AK-47 live ammunition. According to the police authorities, she was conveying the ammunition from Dabagi Village in Sokoto State to be delivered to a notorious bandits’ kingpin called Ado Alero who has been…

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….. Inducted Into Women Award Hall of Fame A stalwart of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Lagos State, Hon Rita Orji has been honoured with two awards for her invaluable contributions to good governance and legislative activism in the National Assembly while she represented Ajeromi/ Ifelodun Federal Constituency between 2015 to 2019. Barrister Orji who is popularly called ‘mama Ajegunle’ was presented with the two awards on Friday at Accra, Ghana. According to the organizers, the awards conferred on her were, 2021 Most Inspiring Female Political Leader and her induction into the 2021 Most Impactful Women Award Hall of…

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