OYO NEWS MAGAZINE

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A 27-year-old man, Sylvanus Ubong Sunday, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment for sexually exploiting a seven-year-old girl. Sunday was convicted by a Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State for human trafficking offences. The convict, from Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, was arrested by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in November 2017 following a report from a mother that Sunday was sexually exploiting her seven years’ old daughter. Head, Press and Public Relations Unit, NAPTIP, Nneka Aniagoh, said: “Preliminary investigations revealed that he was also sexually abusing another girl, aged 10 and he was subsequently arraigned on a two-count charge of sexually exploiting the two girls aged seven and 10, a punishable offence under Section 16(1) of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015.” Delivering the judgement, the presiding judge, Justic...

The PDP gubernatorial aspirant in oyo state, Engr Seyi Makinde has challenged Gov Ajimobi to name at least 10 of the 36 foreign companies which he claimed have been attracted to the state through the efforts of his administration in the last seven years to justify huge public fund wasted on over 57 foreign trips the governor had embarked on to Uk, Us, Middle East and Scandinavian countries ostensibly to woo foreign investors in the last seven years. Governor Ajimobi, in a statement to mark the Democracy Day had listed a number of achievements but Makinde said his painstaking research reflects the very opposite of the governor’s claims as most medium and Small scale industries have closed down due to unfavourable business climate in the last seven years. In a statement issued by his organisation and signed by Prince Dotun Oyelade, Makinde debunked as straight forward lies, the claim that 4000 Oyo state indigenes were employed by the fairy tale 36 companies and that ...

In a news monitored by our online journalist has revealed that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commenced full investigations into the financial flow of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to unearth alleged billions of naira fraud. The EFCC investigations followed the declaration of over N5 billion by the registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, as revenue generated by the admission board for the 2017 financial year as against a paltry N5 million declared by previous registrars of the organization. Following the declaration, the Federal Executive Council, (FEC), in September 2017 ordered a probe into the administration of the past heads of JAMB over the poor revenue remittance in the past. Our correspondent gathered that Unity Banks, one of the series of banks, which transacted businesses with JAMB during Ojerinde’s tenure has been invited to make statements on their financial dealings with the admission board. “I can tell you that an in...

At the age of 89, this amazing and inspiring woman graduated in the class of 2018. Ella Washington has no desire to stop here! Ella proudly walked across the graduation stage on Saturday, May 26, to receive her associate degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from Liberty University. She was born in rural North Carolina. As reported by CBS Newsreports, in order to help with her family’s farm, Washington dropped out ofschool in the sixth grade. After getting married, she moved to Washington D.C. Her plans for the future is to pursue her bachelor’s degree in history from the same university in Virginia. She enrolled in Liberty’s online program back in 2012. It took her six years to complete her degree. Washington said: “ Education will help you make the best life for yourselves and those who come after you." Ellen Mitchell, her daughter gave testament to her mother’s passion about learning. "Her desire for learning and for pursuing an education became a family tradi...

A high court of the Federal Capital Territory has sentenced a former Taraba state governor, Jolly Nyame, to 14 years in prison without an option of fine.Nyame was found guilty of 27 out of 41 counts of alleged diversion of public funds while he served as governor of Taraba state. He was charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly diverting N1.64 billion while he served as governor between 1999 to 2007. The judge sentenced the defendant to four different terms in prison, after finding him guilty of receiving gratification, obtaining public funds without due consideration, criminal breach of trust and gratification.  The various sentences include a time of prison for two, five, seven and 14 years respectively. The judge Adebukola Banjoko however noted that the terms are expected to run concurrently, meaning he would serve 14 years in jail unless the conviction is upturned by a higher court. In the lengthy judgement that lasted over four h...