Gov. Abiodun meets UK Companies on Investment Drive

The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has met with Executives of six UK-based companies in a bid to pull investments into the State.

BREAKING- POPULAR TRADO-MEDICAL DOCTOR, OKO-OLOYUN, ASSASSINATED ALONG IGBO-ORA

The president of Physiootherapists Association of Nigeria, Alhaji Fatai Yusuf, Oko Oloyun has been shot dead this afternoon by unknown gunmen along Igbo-ora-Eruwa road.

ABIODUN POURS ENCOMIUM ON LATE OGBC BOSS, DESCRIBES HIM AS EXEMPLARY

From R Ogun State Deputy Governor, Engr.Noimot Salako- Oyedele, the widow of the late General Manager of Ogun State Broadcasting Corporation, Dr. Jumoke Akinhanmi, daughter, Dunni, Son,  Tomiwa and the Chief of Staff to the Ogun State Governor, Alhaji Salis Shuaib during the funeral ceremony of Mr.Diji Akinhanmi at The African Church Rock of Ages, Owudotun Parish, Abeokuta. 

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has described the late General Manager of Ogun State Broadcasting Corporation (OGBC), Mr. Oludiji Akinhanmi, as a dedicated and well respected member of government, who served the State conscientiously and proved himself as an outstanding professional in his calling.        

From R Ogun State Deputy Governor, Engr.Noimot Salako- Oyedele, the widow of the late General Manager of Ogun State Broadcasting Corporation, Dr. Jumoke Akinhanmi, daughter, Dunni, Son,  Tomiwa and the Chief of Staff to the Ogun State Governor, Alhaji Salis Shuaib during the funeral ceremony of Mr.Diji Akinhanmi at The African Church Rock of Ages, Owudotun Parish, Abeokuta. 

Malami Revokes Statement On Operation Amotekun, Claims He Was Misinterpreted By The Yorubas

The Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami has on Thursday revoked his earlier comment about the establishment of the Western Nigeria Security Outfit which he declared illegal.
Malami whose condemnation on the outfit codenamed Operation Amotekun has since caused uproar on social media claimed he was only misinterpreted by the Six southwest governors and the people of Western Nigeria.

Sugar: Court Acquits Ex-Oyo Assembly Chief Whip

The Oyo State High Court on Thursday discharged and acquitted the immediate-past Chief Whip of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Mr. Olafisoye Akinmoyede, of complicity in the murder of a federal lawmaker, Mr. Temitope Olatoye, known as Sugar.

Olatoye was killed during the March 9, 2019 governorship and House of Assembly elections at Alape village, Ibadan, where he had gone to cast his vote. 

The slain lawmaker was a member of the Oyo State House of Assembly between 2011 and 2015. He also elected into the House of Representatives in 2015. 

The police, after the incident, arrested Akinmoyede and three other persons as masterminds of the killing and arraigned them for murder. 

But, Akinmoyede, fondly called Lafi, alongside the other three suspects – Rafiu Adebayo, Rasheed Oladele, and Kazeem Ayinde – were all set free by the court on Thursday. 

The prosecuting counsel, Mr. M.A. Ojeah, who represented the Oyo State Commissioner of Police, had filed a two-count charge of conspiracy and murder against Akinmoyede and the three other persons. 

The accused pleaded not guilty to the charges when it was read to them. 

Delivering the judgment, Justice Ademola Adegbola, discharged and acquitted the accused, saying the prosecution did not prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt. He said the prosecution was unable to prove that the accused persons were the ones that shot the deceased. 

Justice Adegbola said: “In my view, taking together the charges filed against the four defendants, the prosecution has not established any nexus to connect any of the four defendants to the offences with regard to the murder of Olatoye Temitope Sugar. 

I, therefore, hold that the prosecution has not proved any of the ingredients relating to the two charges against the four defendants.” 

“The prosecution failed totally to prove any of the ingredients of the two charges preferred against the accused persons. 

It will amount to turning on the defendants to prove their innocence, which is not a requirement of the Nigeria Criminal Justice System. 

In fact, doing so contravenes the constitutional rights of the four defendants, Section 36(5) of the 1999 constitution (as amended).”

BREAKING: Amotekun: FG, South West Govs Agree

THE Federal Government and Governors of the South West States Thursday agreed that necessary legal  instruments  will be put in place by each of the States to give legal backing to the initiative and address all issues concerning the regulation of the security structure on the establishment of the regional security outfit, Amotekun.

The Implications of the Proposed US Travel Ban For Nigeria

Should the United States slam a visa restriction on Nigeria as being currently speculated, its attendant consequences will undoubtedly be enormous. Already, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen are facing U.S. travel ban, an action U.S President Donald Trump explained, in 2017, as safeguarding America and its citizens from terrorism.
Aside Nigeria, the coming ban will have Eritrea, Tanzania, Belarus, Sudan, Myanmar, and Kyrgyzstan. According to foreign media reports, the travel ban will only apply to specific targets including government officials and to certain visa types.