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  The annual one week-long Iganmode Annual Cultural Festival, “Odun Omo Iganmode Afeleja,” has been scheduled to hold from December 13 to December 19, 2021 with the theme; “Culture: A Module For Sustainable Leadership In Nigeria.” According to the Chairman of the Central Planning Committee of the event, Aare Ayodele Bankole, the festival opens on Monday  December 13 with the Osugbo Prayer session, which he said will come up at the Olota of Ota Palace. This was just as the Olota of Ota, Oba (Professor) Adeyemi Obalanlege (Lanlege Ekun II, Arole Iganmode) called on all residents, companies, and individuals, “who have chosen Otta as their home or are indigenes to support us to have a successful outing.” Buttressing the view of the monarch, Aare Bankole added at a press briefing, which was held at Oba Isiyemi Hall, Olota Palace on Wednesday that as part of the activities for the festival, there will be a free Medical Outreach program to cater for the aged and the less privileged m...

Many residents of Ogun State across the three Senatorial districts; Ogun Central, West and East, have expressed their views on the performances of Governor Dapo Abiodun. Majority of the respondents, who commented while the governor inspected nine projects across five local government areas on Saturday, 30th October and through WhatsApp messages. They agreed that Governor Dapo Abiodun deserves a second term. This, they attributed to his people-oriented projects, which they said have placed him above his predecessors, adding that the Gateway State deserves the services of “such a committed and hardworking public officers to further move the state forward.” Here are some responses by the residents, who were chosen indiscriminately across the senatorial districts. Setting the ball rolling, Mr. Tajudeen Alabi, a 46-year-old trader from Ibara, Abeokuta, the state capital, stated that Governor Dapo Abiodun has brought governance nearer to the people, adding that he has proven to be a round pe...

 Onibata Isaga Family Pahayi/Isaga Orile, Ile Onibata Ago Isaga Pahayi, Ogun State has written an appreciation letter to HRM, Oba (Dr.) Kehinde Gbadewole Olugbenle, MFR the Olu of Ilaro and Paramount Ruler of Yewaland for honouring their son, Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola with the chieftaincy title of Aremo of Yewa Land. The letter entitled; “Letter of Gratitude And Appreciation,” dated October 23, 2021 and addressed to the respected monarch, was signed by Olori Ebi and Akinrogun of Pahayi, Elder Chief M.A Ogundimu. The family expressed their appreciation to the revered monarch for the honour and prayed for God’s guidance for the traditional ruler. They said in the letter that “the Onibata Isaga Family Pahayi/Isaga Orile appreciates you for honouring our son, Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola (YAY I) as Aremo of Yewa Land. “On behalf of our son, we Onibata Family appreciate you and your support and all the Yewa Traditional Council for the honour as Aremo of Yewa Land. We sincer...

Former governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun and one of his aides have been fingered in the crisis that occurred at the palace of the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo during a factional congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state on Saturday October 16. Security sources within the state revealed that the immediate past governor and his henchman, one Honourable Mikky Kazeem, a former member of the House of Representatives is currently being investigated by the police over the ugly incident. The police had on Monday paraded about six suspected thugs alleged to be loyalists of the former governor. The suspected hoodlums were said to have confessed to the Police that Hon. Mikky Kazeem, a former SSA to Amosun sponsored them and gave them the guns and other ammunition found on them. While parading the suspects: Ibrahim Amoje, Yusuf Afeez, Olaide Sodiq, Adewale Ogundele, Femi Oke and Balogun Olawale Dhikrullai, the police had said that a British Beretta pisto...

  Facts emerging about some reports on the Obaship tussle in Itele-Awori Kingdom area of Ogun State have pointed to some false claims by a group of people that identified themselves as members of Adogun Itele Family in the community. The said family had written a petition dated August 9, 2021 to the Chairman of the Ogun State House of Assembly Committee on Local Government and Chieftancy Affairs, Oke Mosan, and alleged that the Olota of Ota, Oba Kabiru Adeyemi Obalanlege connived  with the state Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Moruf Afolabi Afuape to sell the Onitele stool to Ademola Asorota at a sum of N100 Million. The letter was titled: Re: Fraudulent Sale Of Itele-Awori Kingdom And Election Over The Stool Of Onitele Of Itele-Awori Vacant Stool And The Criminal Breach Of Trust By Commissioner For Local Government And Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Moruf Afolabi Afuape And Threat To Cause Bloodshed In Itele By Olota Of Ota, HRM Oba Kabiru Adeyemi O...

The appointment of Hon. Segun Ojolowo as the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Housing to Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State about a year ago was a welcome development to the people of Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government, who saw it as a round peg in a round hole. And indeed Ojolowo has not disappointed both the Governor and the people since he got into office, and as a way of "paying the Governor back positively for counting him worthy to serve the gateway state," the SSA has been reaching out to the people of the local government to further promote the cause of the Governor and the All Progressives Congress (APC).  He has made it a point of duty to reach out to his people in Ado-Odo/Ota Constituency on a regular basis. This man of means and character doles out N5,000 to 10 members of the APC on a weekly basis, a gesture he has been doing since his appointment by the Governor as SSA. With this initiative, a lot of party members now troop to ward meetings and convincing neighbours ...

More controversies are trailing the senator representing Ogun West Senatorial District, Tolu Odebiyi over his ancestral lineage. Odebiyi is claiming to be from Iboro in Yewa area of Ogun State and he is believed to be a son of the late Senator Jonathan Odebiyi, who was the Minority Leader in the second republic senate under the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), founded by the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo. But facts are emerging that Tolu Odebiyi is not from Iboro and that some things are being covered up in relation to his claim that Chief Jonathan Odebiyi was his biological father. People are pointing to the contradictions in the claims of Tolu Odebiyi in the forms he filled before he was appointed as the Chief of staff to ex-governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State. In the said form, Tolu Odebiyi said he attended primary and secondary schools in Okemesi in Ekiti State, whereas he was silent on his state of origin. The question people are now asking is that how did he get to Okemesi that he f...