Busy Ashton-on-Ribble junction shut due to two-car crash
A busy Ashton-on-Ribble road and junction is closed due to a crash. Preston Police have closed Tulketh Brow outside Rhodes House between where it meets Waterloo Road and Watery Lane. […]
Singer/songwriter Tems was one of the three Nigerian musicians that headlined the 2023 NBA All-Stars Weekend game. The event came off on Sunday, February 19,…
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<h2>The immediate past Senior Special Adviser to <a href="https://www.naijanews.com/topic/ogun-state/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ogun State</a> Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Vocational and Technical Education, Joseph Odemuyiwa, is dead.</h2>
<p><strong>Naija News</strong> learnt that Odemuyiwa, aged 66, reportedly died on Tuesday in a ghastly accident on his way to Ibadan.</p>
<p>Confirming the demise to Punch, the lawmaker representing Remo North State constituency, Dickson Awolaja, described the news of Odemuyiwa's death as sad.</p>
<p>He said, <em>"I just confirmed from a friend not long ago. Prof was said to be going to Ibadan when he had the accident. This is sad."</em></p>
<p>Odemuyiwa was once a lecturer at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, and Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, both owned by the state government.</p>
<h2 class="mvp-post-title left entry-title"><a href="https://www.naijanews.com/2023/12/21/school-children-artisans-now-involved-in-cultism-in-ogun-dapo-abiodun-cries-out/">School Children, Artisans Now Involved In Cultism In Ogun </a></h2>
<p>In other news, <a href="https://naijanews.com/topic/dapo-abiodun/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Dapo Abiodun</a> has expressed worries over the increasing spate of cultism in the state.</p>
<p>Speaking at the South-west Zonal Conference of State Directors of Security, held at Mitros Hotel, Ibara GRA, Abeokuta, the state capital, Abiodun expressed concern that even artisans and schoolchildren were now being drawn into cultism.</p>
<p>According to Abiodun, the Nigerian security forces desperately need to comprehend the driving forces behind this kind of involvement, the causes of the rising rates of cult member murders, violence, and the lures that draw people to join these groups in the state.</p>
<p><strong>Naija News</strong> reports that the governor also asked the DSS to investigate the concerning rise of cultism in the state.</p>
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A Lancashire council leader has warned against trying to renegotiate the county’s devolution deal now that Labour is in government. Stephen Atkinson, who leads Conservative-controlled Ribble Valley Borough Council, told […]
