Oyo SWAN set to hold Oyo Sport Summit.

Dalung,Ajimobi, Adeyemo, Oke confirmed as Special guests

 

By Ayo Ademokoya

All roads lead to the D’Rovans hotel Ibadan on the 30^th of November 2016, venue of the first Oyo State Sports Summit.

According to the Chairman of the Sports Committee of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, Oyo state chapter, Mr Samson Akindele who reaveled that the Sports Summit is an initiative of  Niyi Alebiosu led Executive of the Association whose target remain to revive sports on the pacesetter state.

“The new excos of Oyo SWAN swung into action by inaugurating various committees within the association which would be very active in working for the dreams and progress of the association and one of them is the Sports committee comprising about seven members and my humble self as the chairman.

“For quite some time now we all will notice that that Sport is practically dead in the state and there is need for stakeholders to come together and talk about these problems beleaguering sports in the state.

Not only Shooting Stars is dying, other sports too are clamouring for attention while sports facilities in the states are dilapidated. All of us involving in the sports business in one form or the other are feeling these brunt and as stakeholders we cannot fold our arms to see everything go into oblivion.

The new exco has swung into action by inviting the General Manager of Oyo State sports council, Mr Gboyega Makinde to come and speak on the topic titled; State of Sports in Oyo state, while a foremost Sports Marketer in the country, Mr Steve Akadiri has also been invited to talk on Privatisation and Sport Marketing.

Other panellists invited by the association are Chief Adegboye Onigbinde, Dr Felix Owolabi, (MON)Honourable Dapo Adesina, Mr Shola Akinwale to mention but few.

A communiqué from the summit is expected to be forwarded to the State governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi after wards

Meanwhile,the Executive Governor of Oyo State His Excellency,Senator Abiola Ajimobi,the honourable Minister for Youth and Sports in Nigeria, Barrister Solomon Dalung, Speaker,Oyo State house of Assembly ,Rt Hon. Michael Adeyemo and the Honourable Commissioner for Youth and Sports in Oyo State,Barrister Yomi Oke have all been confirmed to grace the occassion.

Rashidi Yekini Foundation set to honour Obaje

By Ayo Ademokoya.

Chairman of Wikki Tourists FC, Honourable Isa Matori is set to lead siblings of the 2015/16 highest goal scorer in the Nigerian Professional League, Godwin Obaje to receive the Rashidi Yekini Highest goal scorer award schedule for Dipo Dina stadium, Ijebu- Ode, venue of the Gold Cup competition on Saturday, 26^th of No

vember,2016 .

According to the facilitator and founder of the foundation, Barrister Jibril Mohammed the presentation of the giant plaque and a cheque of 100,000naira would be presented to the prolific scorer who emerged the highest goal scorer in the just concluded league is a promised fulfilled to encourage outstanding striker at the end of every leagues season.

“Rashidi Yekini Highest goal scorer has come to stay because this is the second edition of the annual award named after one of the most prolific goal scorer Africa ever produced in Nigeria, late Rashidi Yekini who died on the 4^th of May 2012.

“We want to thank the organisers of the Gold Cup Competition who has formed a synergy with us to make this year’s edition a reality. After deliberating on so many factors, we deemed it fit to hold the presentation over there in Ijebu Ode,Ogun state  because of Wikki Tourists  involvement in the tournament and they are playing Lobi Stars of Markurdi.

Meanwhile, Chairman of Wikki Tourists FC of Bauchi,Honourable Matori is set to lead families and friends  of Godwin Obaje to the event on Saturday   to receive the award on behalf of the football prodigy.

Kobi Nasiru,the spokes person of Wikki Tourist confirmed that Obaje is out of the country to CSKA Moscow where he is finalising a deal to ply his trade in Europe with the former club of Ahmed Musa.

“ Obaje has served us diligently and the club cannot stand in his way from  furthering his career abroad, that is why my chairman has left no stone unturned to bring his family members to receive the award on his behalf.

HOW SPACE FM BOSS, BUNMI ATEKOJA DIED..

HOW SPACE FM BOSS, BUNMI ATEKOJA DIED..

As Deji Oshibogun,(CEO) wept profusely

She is irreplaceable.... staff,

By Ayo Ademokoya

More facts about the sudden death of  the Head of  Station, Space FM Radio Ibadan ,late Mrs Oluwabunmi Atekoja popularly called ‘bumshaka’ emerged  on Wednesday morning when www.harohkah.blogspot.com.ng  join thousands of sympathisers who thronged the  Obafemi Awolowo office of the foremost radio station in Ibadan apparently to pay condolence to  befitting the golden lady of the media industry in Oyo State whose sudden death occurred at about 6pm on Monday evening

Unconfirmed report gathered by www.harohkah.blogspot.com.ng revealed that Mrs Atekoja was a bit hypertensive and could have died of cardiac arrest as she was said to have had heart attack last Saturday at her Felele Rab residence in Ibadan. She was said to be unconscious and was revived at the nearby hospital (Tobi memorial) in Felele.

Grief was written on the faces of every staff of Space FM as they struggle to carry with the business of the day while a condolence register was opened at the entrance of the station in her honour as posters of her Obituary pasted all around the offices in the magnificent building.

According to our source who prefer anonymity,

“Outwardly Aunty Bunmi  looks really hale and hearty as she was always at her best doing her job as the HOS, but deep down she looks tired . We were told that she was rushed to the hospital on Saturday when she suddenly collapsed and were told she was discharged the following day and certified fit.

She came to the office as usual that fateful Monday morning full of life because she drove herself to the office and back home at about 5pm when she felt uncomfortable and decided to go to the hospital.

She was said to have branched to thank her neighbour who helped her to the hospital when she collapsed on Saturday and had the attack immediately she got home. She was rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.

“This is someone with a lot of ideas on how best to run this place because she is brilliant, intelligent and energetic,she had the drive to drive every one to the promised land and death has taken her barely 3months of her assumption as the head of the station. We never knew that when she said goodbye on Monday she was saying good bye forever, this is shocking!” She concluded

 Another staff of Space FM who also spoke in camera said that not until we(himself and the chairman) were told that an ambulance should be brought to take her to the mortuary that Monday evening when we rushed to the hospital she was  did it dawn  on us  that bumshaka is truly gone !, Is this how humans died? He asked.

Meanwhile the Chairman and founder of Space FM and former governorship aspirant in Ogun state, Otunba Deji Oshibogun was said to recover from the rude shock of losing one of his priceless asset to the cold hand of death and wept uncontrollably like a baby even at the office the following day (Tuesday) While his wife Yeye Olufunke Oshibogun could not believe that Bunmi is gone. Efforts to reach the Chairman  for his comment proved abortive as he was said to be out of office and his phone unreachable at the time of filing this report..

Bunmi Atekoja was born on the 16^th of August 1971 and married to Mr Kunle Atekoja and had to beautiful daughters.

She joined Space FM radio on the 2^nd of January 2014 as the head of marketing and was just prompted as the head of station barely 3 months ago.

Her corpse has since been deposited at the mortuary, Teju Hospital, Ring Road Ibadan.

May her soul rest in peace.

TRAGEDY IN IBADAN!!! As survivors narrates divine escape from Trailer that kills Seven in Ibadan at the weekend

TRAGEDY IN IBADAN!!!

As survivors narrates divine escape from Trailer that  kills Seven  in Ibadan at the weekend

By Ayo Ademokoya

“I’m lucky to be alive today not by my own power as the whole thing happened within a minute.”

This and many more are some of the submission of Kafaya who on Monday morning narrated how it all happened and how she narrowly escaped being crushed by the rampaging trailer that killed 7 innocent people at the round-about junction, New -Garage, Ibadan on Saturday evening to www.harohkah.blogspot.com.ng

“We were sitting here (pointing at the shop) together with Iya Ope ( who was the 7^th person to be crushed) at around 6:05pm when we saw the trailer coming from the Iwo road/Toll gate axis of the express. I believe the driver headed that way when he knew that the break of the trailer has failed.

“He did not know that the round- about has been enlarged because he must have been conversant with the old round about which was easy to navigate to podo/ Ijebu road unfortunately two Okada man was by the road and the trailer crushed the two of them and dragged the bodies along with him

“We weren’t expecting the trailer to face our side but immediately the driver knew that facing the Akala way to Odo-Ona would be much more a disaster because a lot of people, passengers and Okada riders are so much busy at that point in time.

He suddenly swerved back towards the Podo/Ijebu side before we could open our eyes the trailer jumped straight towards us, crushed four people inside the tricycle (Marwa) and killed the driver and three passengers inside it instantly.

"We ran for our live towards the opposite direction but Iya Ope could not make because she ran towards the shop not knowing that the trailer was actually heading towards the shop.

Her body was dismembered; her head cut off immediately. It was a tragedy.

The most unfortunate thing was that Iya- ope just came back to the junction not quiet ten minutes as she has been out since morning.

In fact she just did a wedding ceremony for her daughter recently and just last week Monday, some

members of her family came to stop her from selling Paraga ( hot drinks) at the joint.

Another eye witness ,Yusuf deals with electronics materials and the owner of the shop that was crushed by the trailer corroborated the story and said that the victims has been taken to Adeoyo state hospital. He however said that the driver is currently been detained at the Orita-Challenge divisional Police Station pleading to Nigerians to assist them not to allow the culprit go scot free.

Saturday 14^th of November marked the 10^th month when a trailer killed scores of people at the same spot.

Remains of 3SC Stars defender Izu Joseph, to be buried 3rd December.

Remains of 3SC Stars defender Izu Joseph, to be buried 3rd December.

• Club in full support of burial arrangement

By Ayo Ademokoya

All is now set to commit to mother earth the remain of 3SC star defender Late Mr Izu Joseph, who was brutal murdered in October  by Military men from the Joint Task Force  in Rivers State t on the 3rd of December, 2016 in his hometown of Okarki, Rivers State according to his family... 

 According to a statement credited to his brother Izu Reuben,

'We as a family have chosen date for his burial which is schedule for the 3rd of December in Rivers State.

 'Further burial arrangement would be announced at least a week before his burial on various media..

In as much as we demand justice for the brutal killing of my brother we however leave them to the imminent wrath of God and only God will judge the killers of my innocent brother. We are still looking for Justice.' He insisted

 We will also organise a press conference where eye witnesses would give vivid and shocking account of how the incident happened on that fateful day

'We want to thank everyone for your unflinching support during this trying period.

Meanwhile, the club where he last played for is fully involved in the burial arrangement of the slain football and all hands are deck by the club management to assist the family in whatever capacity as Iu was a committed player for shooting stars when he was alive.

We are out to reposition Accord Party... Abiola Ajaja

We are out to reposition Accord Party... Abiola Ajaja

By Ayo Ademokoya

One of the foremost Leaders of the Accord party,  Honourable Dr Bukola Ajaja, has urged Accord party faithful in the country especially in Oyo state to stay calm and be law abiding in their quest to reposition the party so as to reflect and operate in line with the party’s constitution and the constitution of a true, democratic political party of the federal Republic of Nigeria and rescue it  from impunity, nepotism, imposition and selfish interest of the privilege few who are out to destroy and destabilise the mega-party before leaving.

In a Press statement released and signed by the factional party secretary of  Accord Party in Oyo State and made available to Daily Sun, Mr Igbinsola Sunday which dealt with salient issues on the imbroglio of the National Secretary of the party, the position taken by INEC on the issue among others, The communiqués released  further revealed  that that accord Party is now undergoing restructuring which will see the party as a liberal party that believes in true democracy unlike the dictatorial manner which the party is been ran in the past

“We implore the general public to disregard any directive from the former National Secretary, Dr Nureni Adisa because he has since been relieved of his post while Mr Abdurahman Muhammed is the only Acting National Secretary of Accord party  representative of the  National Working Committee who has the right to speak on behalf of the National Secretariat of Accord in Oyo State,.

“Also, INEC can not disqualify any result of the State congress submitted to its office because all procedure of Pre and Post Congress was dully followed and observed for the conduct of the state congress under the Electoral Act of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“We have served INEC an Expate Motion by Oyo State High over the conduct of the state Congresses Election of Accord party and soon INEC and the general Public would know real Accord Party members when the case is determined. Igbinsola concluded.