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Tears as rain wreaks havoc in Ibadan
Residents of Wire and Cable/Ita Faaji/Oganla/Agbofieti as well as Tioya on Amuloko road in Ido and Ona-Ara Local Government Areas of Oyo State, yesterday, were seen in groups discussing the calamity that befell them as their homes and roads were washed away by heavy rainfall.
The rain, which was supposed to be a blessing to many due to the heatwaves in the past few months, turned to sorrow.
One of the affected residents, Olarenwaju Ajibola, said he spent more than two hours driving on the bad road from Gbekuba area through Agbofieti before he could get to his house at Ita Faaji, a trip which he said normally takes him about 10 minutes.
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Police rescue abducted church worshipper in Ogun
Police rescue abducted church worshipper in Ogun
The Ogun State Police Command announced on Friday that Oladapo Seyifunmi, one of two worshippers kidnapped at the Celestial Church of Christ, Oriyarin Parish, Mowe in the state’s Obafemi/Owode Local Government Area, has been released.
SP Omolola Odutola, the state police command’s spokesperson, confirmed this in a Facebook post.
Odutola wrote, “We are pleased to inform members of the public that one Oladapo Oluwaseyifunmi, Shepherd of the Celestial Church kidnapped, has been rescued through the relentless combing of the forest by policemen, hunters, VGN, and Amotekun. He has been reunited with his family.”
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Seyifunmi and Oluboboye Abiola were reportedly kidnapped from the church on Thursday after gunmen stormed in.
On Friday, Odutola verified the two worshippers’ abduction via the police’s X handle.
She said, “Reports at my disposal showed that on March 28, 2024, unidentified gunmen invaded a celestial church around Oriyarin village, Mowe, and abducted one Oladapo Seyifunmi, Oluboboye Abiola, and escaped through the thick forest behind the church.
Police rescue abducted church worshipper in Ogun
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Tompolo defies Tinubu, buys frontpages of nine newspapers to mark President’s birthday
Tompolo defies Tinubu, buys frontpages of nine newspapers to mark
President’s birthday
In defiance of a directive of President Bola Tinubu, Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, on Friday bought the frontpages of at least nine national newspapers to celebrate the 72nd birthday of the President Bola Tinubu.
The Presidency on Sunday said the President would not want any lavish celebration and no adverts for his 72nd birthday on March 29 in view of the melancholic mood of the nation.
Tinubu also “enjoins friends and associates who may wish to place goodwill advertorials to kindly donate the money to charity organisations of their choice in his name”.
But Tompolo on Friday placed birthday messages for Tinubu on the frontpages of at least eight national dailies.
Tompolo, it was learnt, must have spent an average of N10 million for each of the front-page advert.
Tompolo is the chairperson of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, an oil pipeline surveillance firm that tackles crude oil theft in the Niger Delta region.
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Defamation: Court orders arrest of prophet, two others
Defamation: Court orders arrest of prophet, two others
Justice Olaolu Olanipekun of Oyo State Magistrates’ Court 7 sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, has issued a warrant for the arrest of a prophet of a Cherubim and Seraphim (C&S) church, Ojo Amos (aka Elewuogbo).
Elewuogbo is on trial for alleged defamation of character of the Founder of One Love Family, Sat Guru Maharaj Ji.
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Elewuogbo and a Lagos-based blogger, Gbenga Asabe, had, through publications, accused Maharaj Ji of selling human body parts for money rituals.
The court also granted request for consolidation of the cases against Elewuogbo and Asabe brought by Maharaj Ji’s counsel, Dapo Akinosi.
Akinosi prayed the court that since the facts were related, they should be merged. The court granted the application and adjourned the case till April 30.
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