The Daily Advocate News

   One of the leading political support groups in Ogun West senatorial district, DA/YAYI Liberators have heaped praise on the senator representing Ogun West senatorial district in the red chambers, Senator Dr. Solomon Adeola Olamilekan (Yayi),  The Aremo of Yewa land for his unbelievable achievements within the last six months of representing the zone.  The founder of the group, Comrade Ibrahim Fayomi, who is popularly known as Olumako, said this while speaking on a radio programme in Otta during the week. Comrade Ibrahim said that with the number of projects ongoing across the senatorial district coupled with the massive empowerment programmes of Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, one can say such is unbelievable.  Comrade Ibrahim said since the inception of Ogun West Senatorial District, the district has never had a senator with such a track record of constituency project delivery and massive empowerment programmes going on simultaneously.  "What we see f...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, to its headquarters located in Jabi area of the Federal Capital Territory. The invitation came less than 30 minutes after the President, Bola Tinubu announced Edu’s immediate suspension from office and after she was denied access to the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

  A businesswoman, Funmilola Eniola Oyewale and her 3 children, Oyewale Ayodeji Samuel, 12 years old, Oyewale Oreoluwa Racheal, 7years old and Oyewale Ezekiel Okikola, 4 years old, who were abducted on Sunday, August 13th, 2023 by gunmen in Atan community, Ota district in Ado Odo Ota local government, Ogun State, has regained their freedom after payment of N55m ransom. The husband, Ayokunle Oyewale told our correspondent on Tuesday, 24th of August, 2023 that the kidnappers demanded a N100m ransom but later reduced it to N55m. A senior member of the family also confirmed that the husband later negotiated with the kidnappers and paid N55m to secure the release of his wife and 3 children who were earlier kidnapped on Sunday night at the entrance of their residence while returning from an outing. According to her husband, “She was released in a border town between the Republic of Benin and Nigeria on Monday, 23rd of August, 2023 after spending ten days with the kidnappers. They hid her...

Political thugs on rampage Mayowa Olulana, Lagos Nigeria. It was reported on 25th of February that a labour party agent was attacked while performing his agency duties in Lagos. The scene suddenly became that of a planned attack after a man named Adedube Bankole Adebayo of number 6 Uncle Easy street,Agodi LASTMA, Off Odongunyan Ikorodu Lagos on 25th February 2023 was assaulted at the election polling booth where he served as Labour party agent in Lagos. According to him, the assault matter got sparked when he refuses to allow the thugs positioned to the polling unit alter election results numbers while it seems their political parties were losing out to the Candidates of Labour party which Bankole represented at the poling unit. Adedube Bankole was seriously injured after he tried preventing the thugs compromising election results from his unit for the election. He was quickly rushed down to Genesis hospital Lagos,where he spent four (4) months before he could be recuperated from the w...

  A 33 years old woman Olaide Adekunle has been arrested by men of Ogun state Police Command for selling her 18 months old baby at the rate of #600,000 to yet to be identified buyer. The suspect was arrested following a complain lodged at Sango divisional headquarters by the woman's husband, one Nureni Rasaq, who reported that his wife, Olaide Adekunle, left home to Lagos on the 15th of March 2023 with their baby girl by name Moridiat Rasaq, but returned home without the baby.  He stated further that all efforts to know what happened to the baby proved abortive as the woman was unable to give any reasonable account of whereabout of the said baby.  Upon the report, the DPO Sango division, CSP Dahiru Saleh, detailed his detectives to go after the said woman, and she was promptly arrested.  On interrogation, the suspect confessed that she has sold the baby to someone in Lagos at the rate of six hundred thousand naira (#600,000). When asked the reason for her action, she...

   A staunch supporter of the All Progressive Congress and a grassrot political mobilizer in Ado Odo Ota local government, Comrade Ibrahim Fayomi popularly known as Olumako has sent a powerful signal to an Ota based SSA calling him a Crow bird who does nothing but to perch on eggs laid by other birds. Though Comrade Olumako is yet to mention the name of the said SSA, he said people should watch out for the full gist.  More details later...........

  Men of Ogun state Police Command on Wednesday 12th of April 2023, successfully repelled armed robbery gang who invaded the popular phone market in Okelewo area of Abeokuta.  The armed robbery gang numbering about eight, stormed the market popularly known as "TARMARC" at about 5:30 p.m, started shooting sporadically and cartering away expensive phones.  Distress call was quickly made to the police at Ibara divisional headquarters, consequence upon which the DPO Ibara division, CSP Abayomi Adeniji quickly mobilized his anti robbery and surveillance teams in collaboration with men of Amotekun corps and moved to the scene.  On sighting the policemen, the robbers engaged them in gun battle, but due to the superior fire power of the policemen, the hoodlums took to their heels.  They were hotly chased and with the assistance of the market men, one of the robbers later identified as Adeniji Sakiru 32 years old was apprehended. Unfortunately, one Dayo Bankole, a trader...