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Rashidi Ladoja, a former governor of Oyo State, has been appointed as the 44th Olubadan of Ibadan, according to President Bola Tinubu.

On Friday, Tinubu’s convoy arrived at around 2:25 p.m.

Lucky Aiyedatiwa, Biodun Oyebanji, and Ademola Adeleke, the governors of Ondo, Ekiti, and Osun states, also accompanied him.

Read more about Ladoja’s appointment as 44th Olubadan here.

Seyi Makinde, the governor of Oyo State, welcomed Tinubu with open arms.

The President had left Abuja to head to Ibadan, the capital of the Oyo State, to witness the coronation.

On Friday, he left for the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja at about 12:45 p.m.

Tinubu will lead other dignitaries in Ibadan as they observe the monarch’s installation at Mapo Hall.

President Bola Tinubu has left Abuja for Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, to witness Rashidi Ladoja’s coronation in the new Olubadan of Ibadan land.

Read more about Ladoja’s appointment as 44th Olubadan here.

On Friday, the President departed from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja at about 12:45 p.m.

Tinubu will lead other dignitaries in Ibadan as they observe the monarch’s final installation at Mapo Hall.

The President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has been given the order to establish an eight to ten-member team to assess the suitability of Nnamdi Kanu, the self-declared Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader.

Also read: The judge cites Nnamdi Kanu’s medical transfer request to the CJ for resignation.

Justice James Omotosho questioned Kanu’s lawyer about whether the health issues that he claimed might prevent him from a second standing trial.

Justice Omotosho issued the order while ruling on Kanu’s request to be moved to a private ward at the National Hospital for urgent medical care because he is alleged to have a life-threatening illness.

The judge ordered the team, which had been set up by the NMA’s president, to evaluate the Department of State Services’ (DSS)’s (SAN) health facilities to determine whether they were sufficient to treat the defendant’s illness.

The team is also trying to determine whether Kanu’s request to be transferred to the National Hospital was justified, and whether his medical condition threatened to prevent him from standing trial.

Additionally, Omotoso mandated that the National Hospital’s Chief Medical Officer or his representative be a team member.

Within eight days of today (September 26, 2025), he mandated that the team’s chairman and secretary sign the report’s findings and place them on the court registry.

To advance the UNDP’s commitment to sustainable development in Nigeria, the UNDP has signed a memorandum of understanding with Channels Television.

Elsie Attafuah, the UNDP Resident Representative, was met by Dr. John Momoh, the head of the diplomatic and foreign desk, as well as the Chairman of Channels Media Group, Dr. John Momoh.

The partnership’s benefits will be demonstrated by effective, cost-effective advocacy, public engagement, digital content on development issues, and success stories to promote peace, harmony, and prosperity.

The UNDP resident representative stated that she was anticipating the partnership’s potential for young Nigerians and innovators and the resulting prosperity.

Momoh assured the UNDP that Channels Television will continue to influence international affairs and aid youth in achieving their goals.

“This is going to be fascinating,” he declared. We only want things to get better, and we want things to stay the way and the way they have always been with the UNDP.

Let’s see what we can do to help shape the world’s affairs and ensure that we can help the youths in particular learn how to advance their lives and achieve their goals in a world that is supposedly turbulent at this time, he said.

According to Attafuah, Channels Television will be crucial in amplifying the voices of the things happening in Nigeria and Africa, including technological advancements and other areas.

The UNDP resident representative said, “We’re living in a time of uncertainty, whether it’s because of wars or because of economic volatility, but we’re also living in times of opportunities, technological advancements, demographic dividends, and other things.”

However, we also live in a time of contested influence, where influence can be found in stories, values, and narratives. And I believe that Channels and the media will have a significant impact, she continued.

A missing four-year-old girl has been found by police in Ondo State, along with a child-trafficking syndicate that operates in Ondo, Delta, and Anambra States.

Sunday Kingsley of Alagbaka Extension, Akure, reported that his daughter Jesinta vanished while staying with her mother, Sunday Happiness, on February 3, 2025.

Olusola Ayanlade, a spokesman for the State Police Command, made this known in a statement released on Thursday and made available to journalists in Akure.

One Sunday Kingsley ‘m’ of Alagbaka Extension, Akure, reported that his 4-year-old daughter Jesinta Sunday, who was living with his wife, One Sunday Happiness ‘f’, had vanished on February 3rd, 2025.

“The investigation was discreetly moved to the State Command Headquarters’ Monitoring Unit.” The child’s mother, one Nneka Onah “f,” was placed in the custody of the child’s mother, along with Sunday Happiness “f,” at the Ondo Correctional Centre before being later granted bail.

Ayanlade revealed that one Sunday Kingsley, the complainant, reported to the police that the missing child had been spotted in Asaba, Delta State, on July 9, 2025.

He claimed right away that the Command’s Gender Desk Team immediately took the child back, successfully recovered her, and transported her back to Akure in safety.

Further details about the syndicate’s capture were made clear in the statement:

One 30-year-old Amaka Chukwuemeka’ f’ who admitted to having purchased the child for $3,700,000 (Three million, seven hundred thousand naira) was also detained during the operation.

She further revealed that one woman, one Mabel Esimai’f, 58 years old, who introduced her to another woman, one Chinaza Owoh’f, 38 years old, gave her the child’s birth certificate, enabling her to obtain forged documents in the process.

Mabel Esimai was arrested as a result of this discovery, which prompted further investigation. She made it clear during questioning that she had been given the child by one Chioma Okechukwu’f’, who was 37 years old, and had been given the instructions to find a buyer.

Adebowale Lawal, the police commissioner in Ondo state, praised the Gender Desk Team’s accomplishments. He further instructed the team to continue looking into the matter so that all collaborators are found guilty and the suspects are properly prosecuted.