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Explosive: Ooni Of Ife’s Game Of Thrones, Lies, Scandals and Royal Secrets

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The recent royal rumble has left many speechless and confused. The ooni and his wife, two love birds that were once celebrated are now in a messy media entanglement that has left everyone speculating what could and might have caused the royal rift.

To shed more light on the royal debacle Society Reporters NG gathered that Olori Wuraola has been sighted in Lagos and not in Abuja as widely reported. Society Reporter NG stands by its previous story that headlined Ooni’s father the Baba Oba Aderopo Ogunwusi as the cause of the alleged failed marriage. According to palaces sources the plan to chase olori wuraola was hatched by Aderopo Ogunwusi and carried out by the Ooni.

How did this rumor spread and get into the media? Fresh facts indicated that the ooni leaked the story that has since gone viral.

The young monarch is responsible for the story of olori wuraola’s alleged infidelity seeing the light of day in the first instance. Ooni wanted olori wuraola gone from the palace at all cost. He cannot chase away an olori due to her inability to conceive but the only way he can get rid of his once beloved queen is to accuse her of infidelity so he, Ooni, cleverly fueled the media with stories of her infidelity and few days later hinted the media with the names of two prominent businessmen who had philanthropic connections to the throne. The Ooni had series of meetings with the king makers where he was advised to to fix the problem that never in the history of the stool has there been such distasteful scandal involving an Ooni and his olori. The Ooni agreed to debunk the stories that his marriage had collapsed. Cleverly, the Ooni’s media team took to social media to do as instructed by the oonirisa to tell the world “THE ROYAL MARRIAGE BREAK UP STORIES WERE MERE DISTRACTIONS AND THAT HIS MAIN CONCERN NOW AS OONI WAS PROMOTING YORUBA CULTURE AND TRADITION GLOBALLY” as a strategy for damage control.

Since ooni failed to achieve olori Wuraola’s quick departure from the palace, he that started the fire had to quickly put out the fire. According to palace sources the day to day happenings at the Royal Palace is nothing short of the popular TV series called GAME Of THRONES”.

In this particular episode of Ooni’s game of thrones he made two innocent men collateral damages. In the defense of these two innocent men, it must be categorically emphasized that no man in their right senses would dare the gods to have an affair with the wife of the supreme head of the Yoruba race.

Ooni can debunk all these stories from now back to the days of oduduwa, but the fact remains he is not a credible eccentric. Few months ago olori wuraola orchestrated an anti domestic violence awareness walk in lagos alongside other prominent women that were against domestic violence. Palace sources verified that the olori’s walk was a pointer to this crisis and that was when the world should have realized her desperate cry for help.

Sources close to the Ooni’s first wife; bukola, said the marriage to ooni was plagued by the Ooni’s father and sisters constant meddling in their marriage and now history is about repeating itself with olori wuraola.

Ooni ‘s father and the sisters directed the affairs of his marriage and one would wonder why this is so? This is simply because the Ooni is their only source of income. Their constant financial pressure on the young monarch caused a serious fight between them and olori wuraola. The unemployed family accused olori wuraola of spending ooni’s wealth in beautifying herself whereas the olori who was self made before she got to the throne had more money in her bank account than the entire Ogunwusi family put together.

Palaces sources were so infuriated by the way the sisters lord over them. A particular insider said the three sisters are very uncouth in parading themselves about Ife and Lagos as yeye Obas in all forms of indecent behaviours (this is another story for another day)

However, his first wife Bukola has since moved on with her life, keeping a low profile and steering clear from the royals.

Palace sources said the Ooni’s character has made it difficult for any woman to live with him because it is very difficult to keep up with his constant manipulations and mind games. According to a friend the monarch confided in, the Ooni is experiencing problems in impregnating his olori. Ooni ogunwusi and olori wuraola have tried IVF ‘s and still no luck. There have been several stories planted in the media by the monarch that the royal couple were expectant which was all a farce.

Ooni ogunwusi is facing constant pressure to bear a child and since he knows he is shooting blanks like the Americans would say and he cannot father any more children his father Aderopo Ogunwusi hatched the plan to throw dirt on olori wuraola as an excellent exit strategy for the olori and to conceal the well kept royal secret that Ooni ogunwusi is lacking in the men’s department.

What is the fate of the royal marriage? In my opinion no man should ever sin this much against his wife.

Will olori wuraola stay with her beloved and continue to be the weakest link in the marriage, even after packing her loads from the palace?

Or will olori wuraola endure this game of thrones through thick and thin till another olori comes knocking?

 

—— To be continued!

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Dozie Mmobuosi’s Tingo Group: Fake Farmers, Phones, and Financials—The Fraudulent Nigerian Empire That Never Existed……Part 1

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Tingo Group is a holding company that claims to operate primarily in Nigeria in multiple business segments, including (i) food processing and sales (ii) mobile handset sales & leasing and (iii) an online food marketplace called “Nwassa”. The company has a fully diluted market capitalization of ~$1.5 billion as of this writing, with a recent peak market value of $3 billion as of May 22nd, 2023.

The company first went public in August 2021 on the OTC market through a reverse merger with a Thai company that originally intended to acquire a third-tier crypto exchange.

In December 2022, the company entered the Nasdaq by closing another reverse merger with a listed Chinese fintech company. The company was renamed Tingo Group Inc and the ticker changed from MICT to TIO on February 27, 2023.

Tingo was founded in 2001 in Nigeria by “Dozy” Mmobuosi, who currently serves as the CEO of Tingo Group Holdings, the group’s key holding company entity. He has gained international attention, gracing the cover of GQ Africa in December 2022.
Regularly described by media as a billionaire, Dozy made further waves in February 2023 when he attempted to buy Sheffield United, an English football team recently promoted to the Premier league. The deal stalled over questions about whether Dozy’s financial resources were genuine.

Part I: Red Flags In Dozy’s Background

Tingo Group Holdings CEO “Dozy” Mmobuosi Appears To Have Fabricated His Biographical Claim To Have Developed The First Mobile Payment App In Nigeria
We Contacted The Actual Creator Of The App Who Called Dozy’s Claim “A Pure Lie”
Despite his claims to be a successful billionaire entrepreneur, we found numerous red flags related to Dozy.

In a May 2020 interview, Dozy told a detailed origin story of what would later serve as a key biographical claim; how, in 2002, he developed the first mobile payment platform in Nigeria. Per the story, he partnered with a bank on the venture after he couldn’t find an easy way to send money to his brother.

At the end of the interview, Dozy claimed he could not mention the product or the bank due to confidentiality reasons:

“Understandably, I can’t mention the product or the bank in question for the sake of confidentiality.”

The lack of disclosure of the mere name of a company built and sold over 15 years ago runs contrary to the norm for essentially every other successful startup founder’s story.

Regardless, his reticence to disclose the name of the app seems to have gone away. The Tingo website now claims Dozy helped launch Nigeria’s first SMS banking solution called “Flashmecash”. Per the website:

“In 2002 he (Dozy) led the design and launch of Nigeria’s first SMS Banking Solution (Flashmecash), later sold to FMCB who still use it today.”

We reached out to Flashmecash’s actual creator, Deji Oguntonade, whom we verified as the inventor via check of Flashmecash’s patent, along with web searches. He informed us that Dozy’s claims were “totally false” and shared a WhatsApp post he wrote to Nigeria’s top fintechs and regulators making clear that Dozy’s claims were a “pure lie”.

The post provided a detailed background on the app, which Oguntonade reiterated had no connection to Dozy.

Dozy Claimed To Have Received a PhD In Rural Advancement From Malaysian University UPM In 2007
We Contacted UPM To Verify The Degree. They Wrote Back Saying No One By His Name Was Found In Their Verification System
In his Tingo biography, Dozy claimed to have received a PhD in Rural Advancement from Malaysian university UPM in 2007. We contacted the school to confirm this credential. An administrator in the graduate studies department confirmed that the database has records from 2007 and earlier, but that Dozy’s name, including several variations we tried were “not found for verification”.

In 2017, Dozy Was Arrested And Faced An 8-Count Indictment Over Issuance Of Bad Checks, According To The Nigerian Economic And Financial Crimes Commission
In 2017, Dozy was arrested in Nigeria and faced 8 charges including conspiracy, obtaining by false pretense and issuance of approximately U.S. $70,000 in bad checks, according to the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The case was later settled in arbitration, according to local media and company filings.

In 2019, Dozy Claimed To Launch “Tingo Airlines” And Posted Social Media Messages Encouraging Customers To “Fly With Tingo Airlines Today”
Media Outlets Uncovered That Tingo Had Photoshopped Its Logo On Pictures Of Airplanes. Dozy Later Admitted To Never Owning Any Actual Aircraft
In August 2019, Dozy launched Tingo Airlines, which declared share capital of £1 billion, according to UK company records.

Per reporting by The Athletic, November 2020 Facebook messages urged customers to “fly with Tingo Airlines today”.

The company also had an Instagram page where it posted photoshopped pictures of planes with a Tingo logo on them. The page was removed after observers noticed that the planes had too many windows and were missing a door, owing to a poor photoshop job.

In 2019, Dozy Claimed To Launch “Tingo Airlines” And Posted Social Media Messages Encouraging Customers To “Fly With Tingo Airlines Today”
Media Outlets Uncovered That Tingo Had Photoshopped Its Logo On Pictures Of Airplanes. Dozy Later Admitted To Never Owning Any Actual Aircraft
In August 2019, Dozy launched Tingo Airlines, which declared share capital of £1 billion, according to UK company records.

Per reporting by The Athletic, November 2020 Facebook messages urged customers to “fly with Tingo Airlines today”.

The company also had an Instagram page where it posted photoshopped pictures of planes with a Tingo logo on them. The page was removed after observers noticed that the planes had too many windows and were missing a door, owing to a poor photoshop job.
In April 2023, Tingo’s Co-Chairman Wrote A Public Letter To Dozy, Filed With The SEC, Saying He Could Not Approve The Company’s Annual Report And Felt It “Necessary To Recuse Myself By Resigning” Due To “Many Critical Questions, Comments And Recommendations” That Went “Unanswered And Unheeded”
In September 2021, Christophe Charlier was named co-Chairman of Tingo Inc., tweeting at the time that he was “excited” to work toward “transforming rural farming communities.”

However, less than 2 years later, in April 2023, Charlier resigned suddenly, stating in a letter addressed to Dozy and filed with the SEC:

“I have made numerous efforts to implement best corporate governance practices…Despite my efforts…many critical questions, comments and recommendations which I have sent to management and the Board have once again remained unanswered and unheeded. As a result, I will not be in a position to approve the 10K for 2022 prepared by management and feel it necessary to recuse myself by resigning from the Board”

To Be Continued…………….

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EFCC quizzes ex-Women Affairs Minister Pauline Tallen over N2 billion fraud

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday quizzed the former Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, over alleged fraud.

A source close to the commission said the ex-minister, who arrived at the Abuja zonal command of the commission on invitation at noon, was still being grilled by investigators of the commission till late Friday night.

Though details of the allegations against the ex-minister were sketchy, a source familiar with the case informed that it bordered on alleged corrupt enrichment to N2 billion.

Part of the money was allegedly diverted from the African First Lady Peace Mission Project.

The spokesman of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren, could not be reached for confirmation.

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Gov. Makinde Appoints Perm. Secs, Accountant General, Executive Secretaries 

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Governor Seyi Makinde has approved the appointment of Kikelomo Adijat Adegoke as the substantive Accountant General of Oyo State.

 

 

 

The Head of Service, Mrs. Olubunmi Oni mni, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja.

 

 

 

Oni said the appointment took effect on Thursday, May 26, 2023.

 

 

 

The Oyo State Governor has also approved the appointment of eleven Permanent Secretaries in the civil service.

 

 

 

The Permanent Secretaries include: Dr. Olabode Ladipo; Dr. Oyewole Tunde Aremu; Abosede Esther Owoeye; Ismail Abass Adebukola Bioku; Folajinmi Daramola Oni; Dolapo Oluremilekun Popoola; Hakeem Toyin Salami; Tajudeen Raji; Paul Amole Okunloye Oyekunle; Bassir Kolawole Kazeem and Taiwo Olafimihan Adewale.

 

 

 

Governor Makinde also appointed two Executive Secretaries. They include Olusola Orobode and Muibat Olaide Lasisi.

 

 

 

The Head of Service said the appointments came as a result of thorough screening and outstanding performance of the affected officers.

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