Former Governor Of Oyo State, Isiaka Abiola Ajimobi is dead
Ajimobi who died at 70 had been in coma and on life support for some days after a surgery.
He however passed away at the First Cardiology Hospital, Ikoyi.
It was gathered that Senator Ajimobi, who was being treated for COVID-19 complications had been totally unconscious since last Thursday after his organs totally collapsed.
His family is expected to make a formal announcement on Thursday evening.
The former governor was rumoured to be dead last week but his aides and family members denounced the report asking Nigerians to rather pray for his recovery
Here is another brain bursting jam from MAFO 2020 crooner after being featured in two major collaborations this year (Aragbe L’aye & Sinners).
Sunday Oluwashola Olatubosun, popularly known as Shorleety, would tomorrow, Friday , June 19, 2020 drop this Classic Jam titled LIVE RIGHT as his second official single for the year. In this track, Shorleety voice out advices to all the youths most especially those who find more pleasure in all sort of illegal acts instead of learning legit work or trade that can make them someone great in future who will have freedom over his belongings and won’t hide when there’s any law enforcement agency around him/her
LIVE RIGHT is a track that bags lot of messages for both young and old, it’s a jam you need to listen to.
An upcoming Hip-hop artiste, Sunday Oluwashola Olatubosun, also known as Shorleety, said hip hop is good music that could touch souls and make a positive change in people’s lives contrary to people’s negative perception of the genre of music.
While speaking with Friday Extravaganza, Olatubosun noted that hip-hop music can change people for good and inspire them, saying that was why he chose the music genre. “Most people think there is noting inspiring in hip-hop songs. My aim is to make good songs compared to other hip-hop artistes.
Shorleety, who hails from Ekiti State but was born and brought up in Ondo State, said his aim is to become great in the music industry, to be heard all over the universe, adding that he chose music because he loves it. “It is one of the things I cannot do without, it has become part of me from my childhood,” he said.
“There are lots of artistes that I do listen to but I made Olamide Baddo my mentor because he inspires me a lot with his style of music “I have released four tracks, MAFO 2020, OSANLE and others, and I’ve done some collaborations too, presently working on my Extended play (EP).
“But I chose MAFO 2020, featuring my childhood friend, UPWIZZY, as my favourite while the track, OSANLE (Agony Of A Sad Lad) was my true life story, the sad story of my life concerning my biological mother’s nonchalant attitude, who left us, three kids alone years back uncared for. “Consequently, I had made up my mind to release a song track yearly about my agony which I would never forget.
However, there lot of challenges since I started my music career, it has been only God and no one else. I am paying my bills (studio session, bloggers, graphic designer.. etc) myself, no promoter , no sponsor, no record label.
“Even if I’m invited to a show, I’ll have to beg the DJ and MC before they could allow me to perform on stage. I just got my Dad’s support late last year but still paying the bills myself. But I believe in God. Sooner or later, my helper will locate me.
Shorleety, however, advised his colleagues in the music industry not to relent, keep on with the good work and should not take someone else as competition because if they do, they may not discover the vibe and talent in them. You will be copying that person’s pattern which might not be your way, see no one as your rival, keep the code, Zero Hate, Zero Competition, do things right and make God first and don’t look down on anyone,” he stated.
The Founder of Sotitobire Praising Chapel Akure, Prophet Alfa Babatunde, will begin defence next Thursday in the ongoing trial at the Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure over the disappearance of one-year-old Gold Kolawole in his church last year.
The court presided over by Justice Olusegun Odusola also admitted as exhibit, one of the retrieved phones of Prophet Babatunde from the 7th defendant, Peter Anjorin.
The last prosecution witness, Mr Johnson Adebayo, of the Department of State Service, DSS, while giving evidence testified that he was only directed by the management to lead the 7th defendant, Peter Anjorin, to a vehicle to pick his personal property, within the DSS premises.
Adebayo, said the 7th defendant who was accompanied by a Lawyer, Akinyemi Omoware, picked three phones from the car, including one Samsung Galaxy note 10, which he said, belonged to him.
“After some days, the management sent for me. On arrival, I met the 7th defendant in the office. It was then I realised that the last phone picked by the 7th defendant, Samsung Galaxy note 10, belonged to Alfa Babatunde.
The court, however, admitted the phone as exhibit.
The prosecution led by the State Attorney General and Commissioner for justice, Mr Adekola Olawoye, closed it case with the 9th witness.
Justice Odunsola, however, adjourned the case till June,25, 29, and 30, 2020 for commencement of defence in the case, while June 23, earlier scheduled for bail application still remains.
Five men have been dragged before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged attempted murder and malicious damage.
The defendants, Akeem Bolarinwa, 37, Osunniyi Julius, 60, Owah Godwin, 35, Alabi Okoro, 34 and Matthew Isaac, 38 are facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, attempted murder and malicious damage.
According to the prosecutor, Insp. Oriyomi Akinwale, told the court that the defendants committed the offence on June 14, in Ado-Ekiti.
He alleged that the defendants conspired, attempted to murder one Kehinde Adeosun.
He also alleged that the defendants maliciously damaged one Bajaj motorcycle belonging to Dolapo Precious.
According to him, the offences contravened Section 516, 320 and 451 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.
The prosecutor told the court that the case file was duplicated and forwarded to office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for advice.
The pleas of the defendants was not taken.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Adefumike Anoma, ordered that the defendants should be kept in the police custody pending issuance of legal advice.
A three man panel of the Court of Appeal has affirmed the suspension of comrade Adams Oshiomhole as Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
In a judgment delivered by Justice Mohammed Lamido, the three man panel dismissed Oshiomhole’s appeal for lacking in merit.
The panel accordingly affirmed the decision of an Abuja High Court which had in early March ordered the suspension of Oshiomhole as APC National Chairman.
Ondo State workers got a basketful of good news on Tuesday, June 16, 2020 as Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu Aketi, SAN, directed that 3,650 deserving workers should be promoted before the end of this year.
This contained in a press released and signed by the Press Secretary (print) to the Governor Akeredolu, Mr Falodi Fisayo.
“This is just as the governor allayed the workers’ palpable fears over the state government’s plan to sack or retrench some of them in spite of the fact that salary payment is taking a major toll on the state’s finances.
Representatives of labour unions in the state rose to applaud the Akeredolu-led government when the state Head of Service, Mr. Dare Aragbaye, told them at a well-attended press briefing at the Cocoa Conference Hall of the Governor’s Office in Akure that all the deserving 3,650 workers would get their financial benefits up to date.
Aragbaye said Governnor Akeredolu equally took the administration of pension and gratuity of retirees seriously.
He said: “In his avowed determination to translate his electoral promises to actions, this administration has released the total sum of N6.12 billion for part payment of the backlog of unpaid gratuity inherited in 2017.
“This feat was achieved through monthly release of N200 million to the fund for part payment of gratuity to pensioners. This is in addition to the payment of six months arrears of pension out of the seven months inherited from the immediate past administration in 2017.”
The Head of Service added that the current administration also implemented the 33 percent basic pension increase for pensioners in Ondo State Public Service up till October 2014 along with the N30,000 minimum wage.
With the implementation of the 33 percent basic pension increase, Ondo State took the lead among its colleagues in the South-West.
Due to his government’s love for the senior citizens, the governor has reduced the number of needed documents for processing pensions from 30 to 14 and eliminated the activities of exploitative syndicate and fraudsters hitherto associated with pension process.
Job applicants also got a piece of the good news on Tuesday. Governnor Akeredolu approved the recruitment of 1,000 teachers with B.ED & NCE qualifications. Two hundred vacancies are for candidates with B.ED, while 800 are for those with NCE holders.
The recruitment exercise will start within the next two weeks, as prospective candidates are urged to visit SUBEB portal for further information. Also, Akeredolu-led government gave approval for the recruitment of health workers to fill the existing vacancies.
In order to fill the personnel gaps identified in the critical areas of the Primary Heald Care sector in the 18 local government areas of the state, the governor approved the filling of 432 vacancies in its different cadres.
The recruitment exercise, which will be facility-based, would commence in no distant time, as prospective candidates are to visit ODSPHCDA portal in due course.
The eight witness in the on going trial between the state and the founder of Sotitobire Praising Chapel, Alfa Babatunde, over the missing 13-months old child, Kolawole Gold in November 10, 2019 gave evidence today before the Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, with video clips played as an evidence.
As at the last sitting, the prosecutions led by Mrs Grace Olowoporoku, sought the court for permission to add more witnesses in the case which the court granted after series of arguments by the defence counsels.
However, the eight witness, Mr Akanbi Adekunle, a technician of the department of State Service, was today in the witness box before Justice Olusegun Odunsola, and testified on how he was directed to supervise during the taken of statement from 1st to 6th defendants.
How he was also directed to extract a video clip from a Hp laptop labeled karaole, recovered from one Niyi Egunjobi of the media department of Sotitobire Praising Chapel Oshinle, Akure during the cause of investigation in the case. He added that the video clip contained a press interview and a rally held by the first defendant, founder of Sotitobire,Alfa Babatunde.
According to him, he copied the video from the HP laptop belonging to Niyi Egunjobi, of media department Sotitobire, with the use of his official flash drive which he later transfered and burnt into eight CDs. He tendered the CDs to the court as exhibits.
Adekunle added that he was also directed by the management to supervise the recording of the statements for the 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 defendants. “These statements were recorded with my official Sony digital video camera recorder with serial number DCRSX33E , which came with a USB cable and a memory card and was sanctified.
Mr Olusola Oke, lawyer representing the 1st, 2nd and the 4th defendants, acknowledged the fact that 2 CDs were served on him and a certificate of identification, But rejected the video clips said were not relevant according to section 84 in the evidence act.
He prayed the court to reject both the certificate and purported video stating that it was predated.
After series of arguments, the court declined the counsel’s prayer and received the video clips as exhibits. The video clips were played in the courtroom for both parties to watch.
The video revealed where Alfa Babatunde had boasted that he had nothing to do with the case unless the parents of the child would come through the right channel, and beg before he could pray for the recovery of the missing child.
In this video , the operative of the department of State Service asked him what he meant by the word ” come through the right channel and beg”. He responded in the video that ” it is because the parents of missing child has told the Deji of Akure at his palace that he has not been praying concerning the missing child, and I expected them to come to me, so that we can pray together.”
According to the statement of Omodara Olayinka, the 2nd defendant in the case, worker at the Church children department , who had been worshipping in the church for three years, and incharge of the children attendance, confirmed that Kolawole Gold, was brought to the church on that day by two women.
In her statement through the video clips played in the courtroom, she said, the child was duly registered on that day and after some minutes, one of the women came to feed the child with rice served in a nylon. Thereafter, the second woman also came with juice but I cannot ascertain if the feeding child was the one that got missing. Also, I do not know the mother of the missing child until the missing alert.”
Adding that she, other ushers and the parent of the missing child sworn to an oath at Deji’s balance.
However the prosecutions which today led by the Ondo state Attorney General Mr Adekola Olawoye, sought the court for an adjournment.
Odunsola, adjourned the case till tomorrow June 16, 2020 for continuation of hearing.
