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  • Two die, five injures in Ogun road crash

    A lone accident involving a commercial bus along Siun – Kobape stretch of the Abeokuta – Sagamu road has left two women dead and five others injured.

    The Mazda bus marked marked KSF 347 XG took off around 7:55 am at the popular Kuto garage and was carrying 14 passengers to Ijebu – Ode when one of its tyres gave along with the chassis at the Siun – Kobape area.

    The driver lost control of the wheel, rammed into a concrete structure on the road median, somersaulted and in the process, two female passengers were thrown out of the window – and died.

    The Operatives of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) were sighted helping evacuating victims and directing traffic.

    The Public Relations Officer of TRACE, Babatunde Akinbiyi, who confirmed the accident, said it was a lone accident that happened when the bus’ front tyre by the driver’s side, pulled out with the chassis while on motion.

    “When the vehicle lost control, it ran into the road divider, hit the electric pole by the side and somersaulted. It was in the course of the somersault that two female passengers were thrown out of the vehicle, because they didn’t wear seat belts and died.

    “Remains of the dead passengers were deposited at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu, while three of the injured were taken to the same OOUTH and four others taken to Owode General Hospital, Owode,” Akinbiyi said.

     

  • Ogun commissioner tasks council chairmen on waste disposal

    Chief  Jide Ojuko, the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Ogun, has urged chairmen of Local Governments  and Local Council Development Areas ( LCDAs ) in the state  to ensure proper waste disposal so as to prevent outbreak of diseases.

    Ojuko said this when he visited some local governments and LCDAs in Ogun East Senatorial District on Tuesday.

    The commissioner said that all hands must be on deck to ensure a clean environment to prevent outbreak of epidemics.

    He warned that government would not hesitate to sanction any erring council area that treats environmental sanitation with levity, pointing out that the task of keeping the environment clean is the responsibility of all.

    “Sanitation is key; it should be seen as a matter of priority. Refuse should not litter the markets, the highways and our roads.

    “We should imbibe the culture of cleanliness and not wait for an epidemic to happen before we start doing the right thing,” he said.

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    He urged political office holders in local councils to work together with career officers to map out ways of making life more meaningful for   rural dwellers.

    The commissioner pointed out that grants given to councils by the state government was meant to assist them in providing social amenities like boreholes and roads.

    Ojuko noted that the essence of creating additional 37 LCDAs was to open up rural communities and make the people feel the impact of   government.

    In their responses, the Chairman of  Sagamu Local Government Area, Hon. Femi Kafaru, and his counterpart from Remo Central LCDA, Hon. Seyi Odumuyiwa, said their administrations had repaired roads, provided potable water and embarked on rural electrification projects.

    The chairmen also said they constructed public toilets in markets as part of measures to ensure a cleaner environment.

    NAN

  • FGGC Sagamu celebrates 40th anniversary

    FGGC Sagamu celebrates 40th anniversary

    A special building to be used for skills empowerment will be inaugurated on Saturday as part of the 40th anniversary of the Federal Government Girls’ College (FGGC), Sagamu.

    The building, endowed by an old girl resident in the United Kingdom, will be equipped with sewing, soap making machines and others to be used to teach pupils of the college vocational skills they can earn a living with apart from their academics.

    Principal of the school Mrs Agnes Owolabi, said at a briefing to mark the anniversary that the old girl would be on hand for the centre’s inauguration along with other prominent alumni of the institution and guests.

    “An old girl is constructing an empowerment building. She will be coming down with the equipment.  She has asked us to help her look for experts that will train these students; that she would be paying them for the service, she said.

    Abiodun said it was just one of the many projects by old girls to support the college outside what the Federal Government had done.

    “Our old girls have been fantastic – different sets have done a lot.  The USA alumni bought 200 chairs for the e-library; some provided projector and laptops; the 97 Set bought smart boards for all the SS3 classes ; while the 94 Set renovated the SS3 block; some others built VIP toilets and borehole,” she said.

    Abiodun said the school had achieved a lot in the education of the girl-child in its 40 years of existence.  She said its 1,828 pupils are taught to be morally upright and academically sound by 187 teaching and non-teaching staff on government payroll – with an additional 72 employed by the Parents-Teachers Association.

    “Our achievements have been largely made possible through the high moral and academic standard maintained by the school in the last 40 years.We have produced highflying technocrats and prominent women who have been contributing to the socio – economic prosperity of the nation,” she said.

    She expressed satisfaction with the support she had enjoyed as principal since her posting to the school in 2015.  She said in her modest way she had contributed to improved performance in mathematics.

    “When I came, the students did not like Mathematics.  I introduced a maths policy – breakfast lessons, we made Prep time compulsory, and we deployed experienced teachers who have gone for coordination to teach the terminal classes,” she said.

    Other programmes featured during the anniversary week included: planting, candle light procession, debates, quiz, inter-cultural competition, cultural and music concert day, and inter-house sports competition.

    Tomorrow, the school would host parents for the PTA Day, a Jumat service and a novelty match between old girls and current pupils.

    The week-long programme of events will climax with a thanksgiving service on Sunday.

     

  • Ogun to spend N30.7bn on roads in 2018

    Ogun to spend N30.7bn on roads in 2018

    Ogun Government says it will spend N30.7 billion on the construction of roads across the state in 2018.

    The state’s Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr Olamilekan Adegbite, stated this on Monday while defending the ministry’s 2018 budget before members of the House of Assembly Committee on Finance and Appropriation, in Abeokuta.

    Adegbite said that part of the amount would be used to settle the bill of contractors of ongoing road projects in major towns of the state, adding that some roads would be constructed through direct labour.

    He disclosed that N5 billion had been budgeted for continuous maintenance and repairs of new roads in the state.

    He explained that the main objective of the 2018 budget was the completion of the 20 ongoing road projects, covering about 357.11kilometres across the state.

    “The government will construct additional 500 kilometres of durable asphalt roads in major towns of the state.

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    “I want to apologise for the delay in the work done on Ijebu bridge; initially funds were very tight but I can tell you categorically that contractors have gone back to site on the bridge.

    “Also, the Sagamu-Ogijo road, contractors are also on site and work has commenced on the road.

    “The government has commenced the process of the establishment of one asphalt plant in the state,” he said.

    The commissioner said that the ministry had proposed N38.9 billion as capital expenditure for 2018, saying that N445 million was earmarked for recurrent expenditure.

    He said that N345 million was expected revenue for the ministry.

    The Chairman of the committee, Mr Olusola Bankole, advised the ministry to ensure that there were good road network across the state.

    Bankole urged the ministry to liaise with the Federal government to fix major roads in the state.

    Other lawmakers who spoke decried the deplorable state of Lagos-Abeokuta, Sagamu-Ogijo and Owode-Ilaro and Emuren road, and called on the ministry to find a lasting solution to the roads.

    NAN

  • Title Defence: Sagamu bubbles for Anthony Joshua

    Title Defence: Sagamu bubbles for Anthony Joshua

     

    With just few hours to the all-important showdown between Anthony Joshua and Carlos Takam, the sleepy town of Sagamu has become a beehive of activities as residents trooped out in their numbers to support their son in what they have dubbed a must win encounter.

    Anthony Oluwafemi Joshua is defending his heavyweight world title for the fourth time against French- Cameroonian Carlos Takam.

    The event, hosted by the Joshua family partnering with Kwese Sports had people of all ages and from all works of life congregate at the Pa Joshua Memorial Hall to see how their illustrious son dismantle  willy Takam.

    Sagamu holds a special place for Joshua as the heavyweight champion spent a year schooling within the vicinity during his teenage years. He has often stated that the discipline inculcated in him during his boarding house years in Sagamu made him the tough and successful boxer he has become today.

    The heavyweight world champion faces Takam at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday evening as he looks to retain the titles he fought so hard to win against Wladimir Klitschko.

    With an anticipated crowd of 80,000 people set to gather in the Welsh capital, Joshua would not be blamed for feeling some nerves.

    But judging by his Instagram snap, Joshua has not been struck by any fear ahead of that encounter.

    He wrote as a caption to the social media photo: ‘Feeling fight day fresh #stayhungry’.

    The Nigerian born British fighter came in at the largest weight of his career, a full stone heavier than Takam, contrary to promoter Eddie Hearn’s predictions.

    Joshua commented when asked: ‘I don’t know what’s happened. I’ve been starving myself.

    ‘I’ve trained hard so maybe it’s the extra running. Maybe I’m filling out naturally as I’m getting older’

    He has turned 28, but insisted: ‘I’ve never felt better and fitter in my life. ‘

  • Mob kill Badoo suspect in Ogun, set corpse ablaze

    Mob kill Badoo suspect in Ogun, set corpse ablaze

    An irate mob on Wednesday attacked a young man suspected to be a member of the deadly  Badoo cult, beating him thoroughly before setting ablaze at Magbo Ogijo area of  Sagamu,  Ogun State.

    The Nation learnt that the mob had accused the suspect of being in possession of severed head of a baby and thereafter, began to strike with blows and sticks until struck him down.

    It also gathered that the state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, whose convoy was heading to Ogijo at the time for an official visit, ran into the burnt suspect.

    The mob and other crowd that had gathered on sighting the police convoy fled the scene, fearing they could be arrested.

    But Policemen on the CP’s convoy quickly evacuated the remains of the suspected cultist.

     

  • Excitement in Sagamu over Joshua’s victory

    Excitement in Sagamu over Joshua’s victory

    •Fed Govt to invite boxer

    The euphoria that greeted the victory of Anthony Olufemi Olaseni Joshua over Wladimir Klitschko in the world heavyweight title fight at Wembley Stadium, England continued yesterday in Sagamu, his Ogun State ancestral home.
    Large banners adorned the house of his great-grandfather, Prince Daniel Adebambo Joshua, at Ijoku in the heart of the city.
    There is a big picture of the boxer. Besides it are the British flag and the green-white-green Nigerian flag.
    There were banners also at the Ita Oba  Park where a viewing centre, which had over 2000 fans, was put up for the Saturday night fight.
    Some residents, who saw one of our reporters taking photographs of the banner, were excited. They shouted: “World champion!”.
    Anthony’s uncle, Adebambo Joshua, who spoke on behalf of the family at the Baba Josh Memorial Hall, said he was a bit nervous before the fight started because victory could have gone either way.
    He said: “My heart was in my mouth throughout the fight, especially when he suffered a knock down in the sixth round. I was afraid he would not recover and we all prayed for his victory and when he eventually won, we were all excited.”
    Adebambo recalled how the family and the fans at the viewing centre went wild in jubilation and partied all-night because a “son of the soil” had achieved a great feat.
    “It was celebration galore after Anthony’s victory. We were in front of the king’s palace and celebrated the hard-earned victory over a worthy opponent, who had been a famous face in the world of boxing,” he said.
    Victory, as they say, has many fathers, which may account for many trying to identify with the pugilist. However, Adebambo noted that they were not just identifying with the champion but have been backing him since he started his career as an amateur rank.
    Adebambo said: “We have been supporting him and we will continue to do that. We have prepared for the fight and that is why the youth in conjunction with Yinka Mafe, a member of the Ogun State House Assembly put up the viewing centre.
    To the Elepe of Epe, Oba Adewale Osiberu, who is superintending over Sagamu since the demise of the Akarigbo of Remo, Oba Michael Sonariwo, the victory is for all. He called on youths to emulate the feat.
    “He is young and we pray that he will stay on top for a long time,” he said.
    Oba Osiberu, who is related to Anthony’s mum, Yeta (Yetunde), promised that a facility would be converted into a gym where youths could practise the sport.
    The Federal Government plans to invite Joshua to Nigeria.
    Information, Culture and Tourism Minister Lai Mohammed in a statement, said the government had congratulated the British professional boxer of Nigerian descent, for defeating Ukranian Wladimir Klitschko to become the unified World Heavyweight Champion.
    Mohammed said Nigeria was proud to be associated with the champion.
    “My heart is in Nigeria, my heart is in Britain. I am a Nigerian man by blood, yes,” the minister quoted Joshua as saying in a recent interview.
    He added that the boxer, in the interview, also listed the secret of his success as pounded yam, eba and egusi – all Nigerian cuisines.
    The minister hailed Joshua for his humility, despite his success.
    He also extolled his “undying spirit, coming off the canvas after he was knocked down by Klitschko in the sixth round to win by a technical knockout in the 11th round of their pulsating fight”.
    Joshua, who made his professional debut in 2013, was born in Watford to a Nigerian mother and a British father of Nigerian and Irish descent.
    Some of the early years of the 27-year-old champion were spent in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, before he returned to the UK halfway through year seven to join Kings Langley Secondary School.
    Growing up on the Meriden Estate in Garston, Hertfordshire, Anthony was called ‘Femi’ by his friends and former teachers.

  • Five die, others injure in Ogun road crash

    Five die, others injure in Ogun road crash

    Five persons were killed on Thursday in an auto accident at the new Makun – Sagamu (Ogun State) stretch of the Lagos – Sagamu expressway when an 18-seater passenger bus collided with a truck.

    Four male passengers and one male in the bus died at the accident scene according to a Witness.

    Also, the Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, told journalists that the truck and the bus were going in the direction of  Lagos when the accident occurred.

    Akinbiyi said information gathered from the TRACE Operatives which were at the scene for rescue operation suggested that the bus crashed into the truck from the rear following poor visibility and downpour that occurred at that area.

    He noted that Governor Ibikunle Amosun and his security aides who happened to be travelling to Lagos at the time, helped control the gridlock caused by the accident.

    The security details also assisted in taking victims to the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu.

    “The governor was on his way to Lagos when his convoy suddenly met the gridlock caused by the accident which occurred at the New Makun City along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway involving a truck and 18-seater commercial bus.

    “Some of the security details had to disembark from their vehicles and trekked forward only to discover it was an accident.  Immediately, the governor was aware he ordered that the injured should be quickly conveyed to the hospital, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu.

    “The two victims who died instantly at the scene were equally taken to the morgue of the same hospital. Three others among the injured later died in the hospital.

    “Our men who on ground at the scene of the accident said the downpour must have blurred the vision of the commercial bus, making him to rammed the bus into the truck from behind,” Akinbiyi said.

     

  • Sagamu awaits govt’s nod to fill Akarigbo stool

    •Five in race for vacant position

    No fewer than five princes are in the race for the stool of Akarigbo of Remo Land, even as residents of Sagamu await government’s nod to enable the ancient town pick another monarch.

    The stool became vacant following the transition of Oba Adeniyi Sonariwo on July 25 last year.

    Those eyeing the stool are Akeem Akibu, a director with Glo, Ibukun Alayo, a London-based businessman and Mutiu Adebayo, Sagamu-based mechanical engineer. Others  are 79-year-old Prof Gabriel Ogunmola, a retired professor of Chemistry and Lead University Chancellor and Victor Babatunde Ajayi, a chartered accountant and partner, Babington Ashaye & Co.

    Their interest is coming more than six months after the former monarch joined his forebears.

    It was learnt that the Torungbuwa ruling house will produce the next monarch. The family, The Nation gathered, will begin the selection process immediately after the conclusion of the rite of passage for the former royal father.

    The family is expected to route its request for an approval from the state government through the chieftaincy unit of the Sagamu Local Government  and the Ministry of Local Government & Chieftaincy Affairs.

  • Four arrested for murder in Ogun

    Four arrested for murder in Ogun

    The Ogun State Police Command has arrested four persons for an alleged killing of 52 years old woman, Sidikat Onasanya,  at Imoro village near Ogijo area of Sagamu.

    The suspects –  Adewale Abimbola, Monday Benzon, Mukaila Azeez, and Shodeinde Oluwafemi, who are said to be land grabbers,  were arrested last Wednesday following information provided by Wasiu Onasanya, the deceased’s son.

    Onasanya  complained that he was in the village a day earlier around 9pm when the suspects stormed their area and attacked him with dangerous weapon.

    According to him, while the suspects  were making  effort to abduct him to unknown destination, his mother, the late Sidikatu Onasanya, attempted to prevent them but fell when they shoved down violently.

    The Nation gathered that the woman became unconscious and was quickly rushed to the Mount Zion Hospital, Ikorodu but was confirmed dead by the Doctor.

    The Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said upon the complaint of Onasanya,  the Divisional Police Officer,  Ogijo Police Division, Mr Tijani Muhammed, led a team of Policemen to the scene and arrested the suspects after exchange of fire between them and the Police.

    Abimbola added that other members of the gang  escaped into the nearby bush while 23 expended ammunitions and two live cartridges were recovered from the scene.

    The Police Spokesman also said the remains of the deceased have been deposited at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital(OOUTH), Sagamu for autopsy.