Second term: SWEGOP congratulates Makinde, hails appointment of Sulaimon Olanrewaju as CPS

The South West Group of Online Publishers (SWEGOP) has congratulated the Oyo state governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde over his second term inauguration.

SWEGOP in a statement, on Tuesday by the Chairman, Mr Olayinka Agboola and the Public Relations Officer, Mr Remi Oladoye also hailed the appointment of Mr Sulaimon Olanrewaju as the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor.

The group also congratulated President Bola Tinubu and other governors in the South West over their inaugurations.

The group urged the people of the state and Nigeria at large to support the new governments at both state and federal level. 

While calling on the president and governors to fulfill their campaign promises to the people, SWEGOP wished them the very best as they pilot the affairs of the states and country.

Timothy Adegoke: Court sentences Rahman Adedoyin, others to death by hanging

Dr. Rahman Adedoyin, the owner of Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife was on Tuesday sentenced to death by the Chief Judge of Osun state, Justice Oyebola Ojo.

Adedoyin, alongside two of his staff, were condemned to death over assassination of a postgraduate student of OAU, Timothy Adegoke.

According to the facts of the case presented by the prosecution attorney, Femi Falana, SAN, the hotel owner and two of his employees were found responsible for the unlawful killing of the deceased and a conspiracy to commit murder, the Chief Judge stated in her ongoing ruling.

Timothy Adegoke Oluwadamilare was reportedly killed at Hilton Hotel, Ile Ife when he lodged at the facility on November 5, 2021.

EFCC laments over siege on Lagos office by DSS, describes the development as shocking

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has described the blockage of its Lagos office by the Department of State Services (DSS) as shocking.

DSS on Tuesday morning barricaded entrance of No.15 Awolowo Road, Ikoyi office of the anti-graft agency with armQoured personnel carriers. Thereby denying officials of the Commission entry into the premises.

Responding to the incidence EFCC described the development as shocking giving the fact that the Commission has cohabited with the DSS in that facility for 20 years without incident. 

"By denying operatives access to their offices, the Commission’s operations at its largest hub with over 500 personnel, hundreds of exhibits, and many suspects in detention have been disrupted. 

"Cases scheduled for court hearing today have been aborted, while many suspects who had been invited for questioning are left unattended.  

"Even more alarming is that suspects in detention are left without care with grave implications for their rights as inmates.

"All of these have wilder implications for the nation’s fight against economic and financial crimes.

"The siege is inconsistent with the synergy expected of agencies working for the same government and nation, especially when there are ongoing discussions on the matter," the Commission's statement reads in part.

Police ransacks house of sacked Oyo PMS boss, Mukaila Auxiliary, recovers amunition, chams (Video)

The Oyo state police command has recovered weapons and ammunition from the apartment of the sacked chairman of Park Management System (PMS), Mukaila Lamidi, popularly known as Auxiliary.

A source, while confirming the development on Tuesday, May 30, said that the ammunition were discovered after some police operatives stormed Auxiliary's residence in Ibadan, Oyo state capital.

He added that Auxiliary was able to escape, however, some of his loyalists who were in the building were arrested by the police.

Meanwhile, security operatives have been reinforced to the metropolis at the time of filing this report.