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Guinness Nigeria donates foods and beddings to Ibadan flood victims

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Guinness Nigeria Plc has restated its belief in corporate intervention in the society as well as doing business in a manner that continues to improve the lives of people. The company paid a courtesy visit to the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade I (OFR) and

Residents of 'to be demolished' house in Ibadan prostests against Governor Ajimobi

AS the seven-day quit notice given by Governor Abiola Ajimobi to owners of structures on waterways in Ibadan metropolis expires on Wednesday, residents of houses marked for demolition have vowed to resist the planned demolition. This came as some of the rescuers who helped survivors of the flood disaster that inflicted havoc on Ibadan metropolis are asking for compensation. Though, some residents at Odo-Ona Elewe claimed that over 200 houses had been marked, the Oyo State Government, through Governor Abiola Ajimobi’s Senior Special Adviser on Public Communication, Dr. Festus Adedayo, said it had not counted the number of houses that would be

Glo Nigeria donates toll free line as it sympathises with Ibadan flood victims

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Telecoms giant, Globacom has commiserated with the government and people of Oyo State over the flood disaster which ravaged the state capital last Friday. Speaking through its Executive Director, Human Resources, Mr Adewale Sangowawa, the company charged the people of the state to regard the incident as an act of God. He however prayed that God would grant the families who lost their relations and property, the fortitude to bear the irreparable losses. Meanwhile, the company has donated a toll free line through which the people of the state could contact government and its agencies in order to give information and seek aid. The toll free line 07056990012 was issued through the company’s  Public Sector Department and

Pictures from the scene of the flood that kills many people in Ibadan, Oyo State Nigeria

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     MR. Sikiru Adisa, one of  the survivors of the flood disaster that killed many residents in Ibadan, yesterday, said he lost his four children and an aged father to the flood that ravaged the city on Friday. This came as the state is said to have commenced the distribution of relief materials to victims of the flooding even as Ogun State Government expressed shock over the flood, saying that the disaster was very unfortunate. Adisa said this when Deputy Governor, Chief Moses Alake, visited his residence. Similarly, residents of Odo-Ona Elewe and Challenge areas have been forced to relocate to another area following the flood disaster. Vanguard gathered that some corpses believed to be victims of the flood were seen floating in some areas at Agbowo. At Orita-Challenge and Odo-Ona Elewe, prayers were organised during the burial of five persons whose corpses were recovered. Among them were a father and his son, an aged woman and another middle-aged woman. A...