STORY OF JACOB ODULATE, THE MAN WHO INVENTED ALABUKUN POWDER OVER 100 YEARS AGO.

STORY OF JACOB ODULATE, THE MAN WHO INVENTED ALABUKUN POWDER OVER 100 YEARS AGO.

Alabukun, one of the oldest drugs in Nigeria and even  is still very relevant and popular today. However, not many know the Jacob Odulate aka Blessed Jacob, a Nigerian pharmacist, inventor and entrepreneur and  the brain behind the brand that has remained relevant selling in all parts of Nigeria, Benin republic, Cameroon, Ghana and some parts of Europe. Jacob Sogboyega Odulate aka Blessed Jacob was born into a polygamous family in 1884.

He was originally from Ikorodu in Lagos State but later moved to the neighbouring Ogun State. At age 14, he trekked for three months from Ikorodu before reaching Abeokuta to establish himself.

Blessed Jacob managed to create a brand from what served as his consulting room and workshop in Abeokuta. His modest headquarters was at the Sapon Area, not far from where he later built his famous three-storey building in Ijemo Agbadu. In 1918, he invented the legendary Alabukun powder which is now a hit in the world’s most populous nation and in other West African nations.

He sent his children to study at some of the best universities in Durham, Newcastle, United States of America and London. e.g Mrs. Folake Odulate (later to become Chief. Mrs. Folake Solanke) who is the first female lawyer in Nigeria to wear the silk and she also became the first female Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). In 1966, she established the first law firm by a Nigerian female at Ibadan, Oyo State and named it Alabukun Chambers in honour of her great father.

Apart from making the drugs, the energetic Blessed Jacob also produced other brands like Alabukun mentholine, other preparations and an annual journal called Alabukun Almanac which was widely distributed in Abeokuta and eventually all over Nigeria between the 1920s and 1950s. 

He died in 1962 at age 78.

What a hard working and dedicated man.

His Alabukun drug is still on sale till date.

Hon. Fatoba's Achievements In Highlight And Why He Should Be Re-Elected.

Hon. Fatoba's Achievements In Highlight And Why He Should Be Re-Elected. 

....Tested, trusted, dependable and Reliable 

BILLS:

1.    Federal College of Nursing and Midwifery Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state (Establishment) Bill, 2022 (HB. 1904).

2.   National Rice Production, Processing and Research Institute, Igbemo, Ekiti state (Establishment) Bill, 2022(HB. 1905).

3. Root Crops Production and Research Institute, Igede Ekiti, Ekiti State (Establishment) Bill 2022

Motions:

1. Urgent Need to Address the Impact of Recent Ravaging Flood Disaster in parts of Nigeria (Co-Sponsor)

2. Urgent Need to Investigate the unwarranted Extortion of Truck Operators and other Port users by the Law Enforcement Agents at Apapa Port to forestall a breakdown of Law and Order.

3. Motion to Protect Telephone Subscribers from Exposure to Breach of Privacy and Fraud and Loss of Money

4. Need to Investigate Banks’ Lending Practices, Protect Borrowers from Exploitative Interest Rates and Promote Economic Development.

5. Need to investigate the plan sales or privatization Niger Delta Power Holding Company.

PROJECTS:

Irepodun Ifelodun Local Government:

● Construction of fully equipped ICT Centre at Eyemote Comprehensive High School,  Iyin Ekiti

● Construction of fully furnished Block of Classrooms at Igbemo Comprehensive High School

● Construction of fully furnished Block of Classrooms at Are/Afao Community Comp. High School.

● Construction of fully furnished Block of Classrooms at Awo Community High School.

● Construction of Block of Classrooms at Muslim Nursery/Primary School, Awo-Ekiti(Ongoing).

● Construction of fully furnished Block of Classrooms at Ekiti Baptist High School, Igede – Ekiti

● Construction of fully furnished block of Classrooms at Science School, Iyin Ekiti

● Completion of Town Hall at Igede - Ekiti.

 

● Construction of fully equipped ICT Centre at Eyemote Comp. High School, Iyin - Ekiti.

● Disbursement of money for empowerment programme.

● Supply of instruction materials and uniforms at Eyemote High School, Iyin - Ekiti.

● Supply of instruction materials and uniforms at Ekiti Baptist High School, Igede - Ekiti.

● Supply of instruction materials and uniforms at Awo Community High School, Awo - Ekiti.

● Provision of tables, chairs, Computers and generator at Omodewa Nursery and Primary School, Iworoko Ekiti.

Ado - Ekiti Local Government:

● Construction of fully equipped Erelu Bisi Fayemi Health Centre at Adekunle Fajuyi (Irewolede) Estate, Ado - Ekiti.

● Construction of fully equipped ICT Centre at Christ’s School, Ado - Ekiti

● Construction of fully equipped ICT Centre at Ado Community High School, Ado - Ekiti.

● Construction of fully equipped ICT Centre at All Souls Anglican Grammar School, Ado - Ekiti.

● Construction of fully furnished 6 Classrooms at Ado Grammar School, Ado - Ekiti.

● Construction of fully furnished Block of Classrooms at AUD Comprehensive High School, Ado - Ekiti.

● Installation of Solar Street lights at Bisi Egbeyemi Market, Ado - Ekiti.

● Installation of Solar Street lights from Fayose Junction Adebayo to Oke-Ila junction, Ado - Ekiti.

● Installation of Solar Street lights at Ereguru, Ado - Ekiti

● Installation of Solar street lights along Mathew/Asamo Odo-Ado, Ado-Ekiti.

● Installation of Solar street lights at Egbewa, Ado-Ekiti.

● Installation of Solar Streetlights in some parts of Irewolede estate, Ado-Ekiti.

● Construction and Asphalting of 800 meters Road  at Isinla Community, Textile Area, Ado-Ekiti.

● Thirty (30) beneficiaries of cash donation (empowerment programme). 

● Provision of solar powered Borehole at Olorunsogo Community, Ado - Ekiti.

● Provision of table, chairs and laboratory equipment at Ola Oluwa Muslim Grammar school, Ado - Ekiti.

● Provision of generator and instruction materials at Ado Community High School.

● Provision of instruction materials and uniforms at Christ’s School Ado - Ekiti.

● Provision of instruction materials and uniforms at All Souls Anglican Grammar, School Ado - Ekiti.

● Provision of instruction materials and uniforms at St Stephen Anglican School, Okesha, Ado - Ekiti.

 

● Intervened in getting the transformer at Olorunsogo Community energized. 

● Renovation of NURTW office at Ado-Ekiti

● Donations of Cancer screening machine and Two Anaesthesia machines to EKSUTH

Other benefits enjoyed by members of our constituency in both Ado and Irepodun-Ifelodun Local Government Areas are:

● Sponsorship of JAMB tutorial classes for applicants

● Thirty (30) beneficiaries of COVID-19 NIRSAL loan totalling Twelve million naira (₦12,000,000) 

● Ten (10) beneficiaries of 2nd COVID-19 NIRSAL palliative/ loan totalling Six Million naira (₦6,000,000.00)

● One hundred (100) beneficiaries of N-Power programme

● Two hundred and thirty six (236) beneficiaries of empowerment programme

● Fourteen (14) beneficiaries of Agro training - ₦50,000.00 each

● One hundred and sixty (160) beneficiaries of survival fund - ₦30,000.00 each

● One hundred and fifty (150)beneficiaries of Artisans/Market women fund - ₦20,000.00 each

● Recruitment of Two (2) N-Power Independent Monitors

● One hundred and one (101) beneficiaries of N-Power programme

● Sponsored and distributed COVID-19 palliative

● Donation of fifty (50) Hair-clippers to Barbers’ Association

● Procurement and distribution of twenty (20) vulcanizing machines to selected vulcanisers. 

● Supply of sixty (60) chemical spraying equipment

● Supply of wheelchairs for the physically challenged people

● Secured federal jobs / employment for constituents at: NSITF (1), NSCDC (2), NDLEA (2), Correctional Services (3), Police (2), Airforce (1), Ministry of Labor (2), National Population Commission (1).

● Sponsored twenty (20) people for handcraft Training 

● Eleven (11) beneficiaries of Business support grant totalling Nine hundred thousand naira (₦900,000.00)

● Distribution of farming equipment to farmers

● Facilitated trainings and empowerment for farmers

● Provided hand sanitizers, nose masks, food items during COVID-19 lockdown in 2020.

● Provided financial support to constituents during COVID-19 lockdown.

● Made donations(Fund/Materials) for community development across the Constituency

● Facilitated supply of relief materials worth millions of naira from National Emergency Management Agency for victims of flood and other natural disasters.

● Empowerment for constituents with motorcycles, Sewing machines, Generators, Deep Freezers, grinding machines, etc. and cash donation to some selected members of the constituency.

READY TO SERVE: VOTE HON. FATOBA OLUSOLA STEVE TO REPRESENTS THE NOBLE PEOPLES OF EKITI CENTRAL FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY 1 AT FEDERAL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2023.

God's own project: Comr. Odebunmi Idowu, ID Aluta ready to deliver.

God's own project: Comr. Odebunmi Idowu, ID Aluta ready to deliver.

Leadership is not a position, it consists of actions with transparency and to set high example of integrity, honesty and to strive for welfare of all. 

*Comr. Odebunmi Idowu,  (ID ALUTA) is a grass rooter  who has a clear objectives, not Just an ambition to represent his people, also an objectives on how to bring about development to his people. He's a good leader who has a clear goal to achieve for both youths and adults in Oye constituency II, Ekiti State.

Politics is about credibility, performance, accountability and transparency, these could only be achieved when the willpower falls in the hands of the loyalist, a lenient person, God's fearing man who has the zeal and enthusiasm to serving humanity as priority, Comrade Odebunmi Idowu popularly known as ID ALUTA has the right intentions for the development of Oye Constituency 11 that will usher in the new directions across the wards of the constituency and liberate the common man from the claws and shackles of poverty. 

 

✓ Surely, with ID ALUTA, Oye Constituency II will be politically emancipated.

 VOTE CREDIBILITY

 VOTE TRANSPARENCY

 VOTE ACCOUNTABILITY

 _VOTE COMRADE ODEBUNMI IDOWU AS EKHA OYE CONSTITUENCY II, 2023._

Oye Constituency II: Comrade I.D Aluta For Effective Representation, Quality Service Delivery.

Oye Constituency II: Comrade I.D Aluta For Effective Representation, Quality Service Delivery.

According to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, citizens exercise their sovereignty through their elected representatives at the national and state levels.

The bible says when the righteous rules, the people rejoice, hence politics is meaningful to the electorate when a man with fear of God is entrusted with respresentive responsibility; a man who is zealous, enthusiast and will make service to humanity his priority. A man whose watchword would be credibility, excellent performance, accountability, transparency among others.

Of a truth, desire of every electorate in politics is a leader who thinks about the future. A leader who is concerned about preparing the youths to be better engaged for self reliance. A lot of youthful and useful generation needs just a small push with an enabling environment to scale through and weather the storm.

People need to change the way they think. It’s not enough just to talk about tackling problems in our society, people with the right ideas; people who have ideas of using good governance to turning the society around should be the ones representative responsibility is saddled with.

There is no doubt that the people of Oye Constituency II, Ekiti State, yearn for a better and quality representation at the State House of Assembly. Like the creator of the universe, God’s question, the people of Oye Constituency II, for long ago, have been asking – who should we send, who would go for us, who will bear our burden at the state House of Assembly that we too will feel the impact of government and good governance in our area. Worry not, Oye Constituency II, a man has risen to your calls . Comrade Odebunmi Idowu also known as ID ALUTA is ready to be your hears and eyes, as well to let your voices heard at the Ekiti State House of Assembly. Comrade Odebunmi would be a good respresentive on the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC, at the House of Assembly.

He is capable, dependable, accessible, committed to good and effective representation. He won’t be a rubber stamp lawmaker if elected. He grew up in the local communities and so knows where the shoe pinches the people. He is one of you.

His pedigrees at the Students Union Government during his school days speak for him. Surely, with ID ALUTA Oye Constituency II will be politically emancipated.

VOTE CREDIBILITY

VOTE TRANSPARENCY

VOTE ACCOUNTABILITY

VOTE COMRADE ODEBUNMI IDOWU AS EKHA OYE CONSTITUENCY II, 2023.

THE HISTORY AND MYSTERY OF BILIKISU SUNGBO SHRINE IN IJEBU ODE, OGUN STATE, SOUTH WEST NIGERIA 🇳🇬

THE HISTORY AND MYSTERY OF BILIKISU SUNGBO SHRINE IN IJEBU ODE, OGUN STATE, SOUTH WEST NIGERIA 🇳🇬  

The burial place of the legendary and biblical Queen of Sheba, locally known among Yoruba people as Bilikisu Sungbo, has turned a place of worship and tourism in Nigeria. Millions of people visit annually from different parts of the world to share the mystery surrounding Bilikisu Sungbo grave-turned-shrine located in Oke-Eri, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, Nigeria. 

The historical queen, Bilikisu Sungbo, was said to have traveled all the way from Ethiopia down to Ijebu-Ode where she died and was buried. The natives of Ijebu-Ode hold strong and popular claims about the identity of the controversial Bilikisu Sungbo. They claimed that she was the Queen of Sheba mentioned in the bible to have visited the wise king Solomon at height of his powers. They also claimed that Bilikisu Sungbo was the Quranic Queen Baliqs of Ethopia (from which the name Bilikisu was derived) who visited king Sulaiman. Another source has it that Bilikisu Sungbo was a wealthy woman and the leader of a group of women potters who traveled to far away places. Also, she was believed to possess supernatural powers with which she dug ditches around villages in Ijebu-Ode.

The tradition of the Ijebu people forbid women and dogs to visit the spot where Bilikisu Sungbo was buried. At the shrine, there is a small open ground with no grass growing on it. This place is said to be the place where the ancient queen was washed before being buried, and because of her supernatural powers, no plant or grass can ever grow on the spot.

In 1995, Bilikisu Sungbo’s shrine was added to the cultural category of UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Bilikisu Sungbo ‘grave-shrine’ will forever remain a pride of Ijebu-Ode people.

Source: Gossip House.

Researcher: Comr. Olamide Akinwumi James.

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MEET MR. AKINTUNDE ROTIMI, A MAN MOVED BY PASSION TO SERVE, AND MISSION TO ENHANCE POLITICAL PRODUCTIVITY IN IKOLE/OYE FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY.

MEET MR. AKINTUNDE ROTIMI, A MAN MOVED BY PASSION TO SERVE, AND MISSION TO ENHANCE POLITICAL PRODUCTIVITY IN IKOLE/OYE FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY.

Leadership is the ability to transform vision into reality without fuss. The attainment of good governance is a function of effective leadership, especially when judging in the light of Onah’s (2005) assertion that the attainment  of organizational goals would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, if there were no specific individuals with  the authority and responsibility to plan, organize, coordinate, lead and control activities. Therefore, the need for good leadership becomes unequivocal.

The Good people of Ekiti North 1 (Ikole/Oye) Federal Constituency deserve a better political shift into an Era of Mandate's Productiveness where every constituent shall be a part of the government and in return, shall enjoy the dividend of their votes.

Legislative roles among other administrative and governmental businesses are logical and required men with a high level of legislative understanding, a dignified mind who can speak out, who through his presence at the Green chamber can advocate and express the needs of his constituents.

Mr. Akintunde Rotimi, is a man full of passion to serve the good people of Ekiti North 1 (Ikole/Oye) Federal Constituency as Member House of Representatives. He is able
He is capable
He is durable
He is dependable
He is accessible
He is a liberal politician
He is well educated
He is connected
He is outspoken
He is articulated
He is committed to good and effective representation.

Legislative roles among other administrative and governmental businesses are logical and required men with a high level of legislative understanding, a dignified mind who can speak out, who through his presence at the Green chamber can advocate and express the needs of his constituents.

AkinọmọAkin understands the ROLE of an Effective Representative and is prepared.
R - Robust Representation
O - Diligent Oversight
L - Legislative Activism
E - Empowerment of Constituents

AkinọmọAkin, ambition and motivating factors centre on, Birthing a Good Representation, Having the masses interest in the centre of Representation, investing in Human Capital Development of the Constituent with life lifting & Meaningful Empowerments and Effective utilization of Constituents entitlements.

Mr. Akintunde Rotimi' God Divine Project for Ekiti North 1 (Ikole/Oye Federal Constituency) Member Federal House of Representatives 2023.

Support, Canvas and Vote for Mr. Akintunde Rotimi comes 2023

Together, let's rescue our constituency by voting in the best as our MHR comes 2023

Comr. Olamide Akinwumi J,
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Ekiti State.

Remember S.T SOAP 🧼 that was very popular in the 80s and 90s right?.

Remember S.T SOAP 🧼 that was very popular in the 80s and 90s right?.
This is the story of The Rise And Fall OF The Promising Indigenous Band.

Late Alhaji Safiriyu Tiamiyu’s quality item, S.T Soap, immediately turned into an easily recognized name during the 80s into the 90s, due to its potency, packaging, and rhythmic advert jingle which practically turned into a public hymn, particularly in the South West, which obviously was responsible for the fame and excessive demand in the market by all.

In 1979 Alhaji Safiriyu Tiamiyu popularly known as S.T began what was referred to as S.T Soaps Limited with the amount of 5,000 naira (N5000). In an interview with L’abe Orun Program, Alhaji Safiriyu Tiamiyu said he got N3000 from his father after which he added his own N2000. Before starting S.T Soaps Limited, Alhaji Safiriyu Tiamiyu was buying Garri from Auchi and reselling it in Lagos.

The business kept expanding, S.T Soaps extended from the passageways of his home to raising a cutting-edge processing plant in Ijebu-Mushin, Ogun State. Alhaji Safiriyu Tiamiyu Worked and thrived from his monstrous industrial facility, with huge loads of laborers in his workforce Notwithstanding his small degree of Education, Alhaji Safiriyu Tiamiyu understood the significance of commercials on viable showcasing, he contributed a gigantic entirety on being noticed despite the huge amount of money it cost him, the brand’s Jingle on the then Radio Nigeria and across media houses actually inspires nostalgic musings. By the mid-’90s, the organization grew from the popular S.T Soap to making polythene products having over 1,000 labour force the majority of which were indigenes of Ijebu-Mushin.

You’ll definitely remember the S.T soap advert that goes thus:

Call: Ose S.T mare oo
Response: eee
Call: Ose S.T mare oo
Response: eee
Call: Okan dara fun we lasan
Response: eee
Call: Okan dara faso fifo
Response: eee
Call: Elo S.T ke ridi oro wa
All: Gbogbo kokoro ara ojobo, gbogbo idoti yen o le raiye, eela ishaka ewa bi gba lo, on foso mo kii jaso o sa, ole koko kii jewo o jare.
Call: Ose S.T mare oo
Response: eee

Alhaji Safiriyu Tiamiyu’s irregular downfall started in October 2004 when the assembly line laborers at his S.T Soaps Limited started to racket for a “staff association” with the excuse that they were being used as a slave in the manufacturing company. Alhaji Safiriyu Tiamiyu was purportedly disappointed with the possibility of a staff association inside the premises of his business, he contended that the thought isn’t proper in a sole ownership enterprise, the S.T Soaps Limited staffs who affirmed that they are being abused by the organization’s administration, started a protest by abandoning their tasks. During the dissent, one of the staff of S.T Soaps Limited purportedly damaged a mixing machine worth five million naira. This incensed Alhaji Safiriyu Tiamiyu who welcomed the police to capture the miscreant however on getting to the scene the police terminated irregularly noticeable all around and captured everyone they discovered including non-staffs and outsiders.

One of the locals (a deaf kid) was said to have been hit by a stray bullet. The police contribution made a total pandemonium, the residents were angered, they promised to annihilate the manufacturing plant, S.T Soaps Limited if the arrested indigenes were not delivered from police custody, the old women threatened to protest naked with a left foot sandal and a left earring, realizing the consequences of his actions, Alhaji Safiriyu Tiamiyu called for the released of the protesters and everyone arrested at the scene.

Eventually, Alhaji Safiriyu Tiamiyu had to give in to the demands of his workers by giving room for a labour union despite the fact that S.T Soaps Limited was a sole ownership enterprise just to allow peace reign. However, in an interview, he claimed that allowing the workers’ association worsened the issue and the employees started feeling high and mighty.

He said they started demanding an increment in salary incessantly and they were wasting the company products unnecessarily. He gave an instant when they would mix soda used in making soap after which they would abandon the mixed soda and request for a meeting with their employer, Alhaji Safiriyu Tiamiyu himself. If he couldn’t show up due to one reason or the other, they would refuse to work and waste the mixed soda.

Alhaji Safiriyu Tiamiyu maintained that those usually spearheading such acts were the indigenes of Ijebu-Mushin, he said they had a sense of entitlement since Alhaji Safiriyu Tiamiyu himself wasn’t an indigene of Ijebu-Mushin. To curb the wastage of resources and motivate a smooth flow of activities in the organization, Alhaji Safiriyu Tiamiyu sacked about fifty of the indigenous employees encouraging the unethical acts but it only worsened the issue as the whole community was displeased with this particular action.

It took the mediation of the police D.P.O and a well reputable chief of Ijebu-Mushin to suppress the developing unsettling influence, the two players; Alhaji Safiriyu Tiamiyu and the S.T Soaps Limited staffs were called to a roundtable and a mutual ground was reached in the month of November 2004.

However, on Friday, May 13th, 2005, five policemen from the Elewe-Eran police station, Abeokuta, stormed the processing plant, S.T was arrested, one lepper from a nearby town called Baba Oníkèké had implicated him in a kidnapping and ritual case, Baba Baba Oníkèké who was a lepper asserted that Alhaji Safiriyu Tiamiyu routinely purchases human parts from him. Baba Oníkèké insisted that he sold two human eyes to Alhaji Safiriyu Tiamiyu for Two thousand naira. When Baba Oníkèké was told to identify Alhaji Safiriyu Tiamiyu, he couldn’t point out who Alhaji Safiriyu Tiamiyu was between him and his managers.

On hearing this, Alhaji Safiriyu Tiamiyu’s first house, second house, and office were scoured by the police, however, nothing was found, the legal dispute ranges for a while yet the case was at last excused by His revered, O.S Moronfolu of the Magisterial district, Chief Magistrate court, Ijebu-Ode on June 7th, 2005 Following these occurrences, unfortunately for him, the ritual allegation case against Alhaji Safiriyu Tiamiyu ruined him. As someone who used to be very popular and prominent on the Ijebu social scene and even beyond, he suddenly went low, while his once thriving and booming soap business, S.T Soap also went under and comatose; which ultimately forced him to leave the scene, and retired into more private and secluded life for years, with nothing virtually heard about him or his whereabouts.

Alhaji Safiriyu Tiamiyu couldn’t recapture his feet, His once-mighty industry, S.T Soaps Limited became history. He went into depression, his life never stays as before. In an interview, he said his greatest mistake in life was employing a larger percentage of Ijebu-Mushin indigenes anytime he had to recruit workers. He maintained that they had a great sense of entitlement and strongly believed that they are the reason he was successful.

Affirming the toll which the ritual allegations had on him and his wave-making and profitable soap business. A case, he believed was maliciously orchestrated by his detractors, at that time but the deed is done. No one heard anything about the great Alhaji Safiriyu Tiamiyu of S.T Soaps Limited again until October 5, 2020, when the news that he kicked the bucket filtered out. The great indigenous industrialist died at the age of 64 following quite a while of engaging an undisclosed ailment.

Alhaji Safiriyu Tiamiyu was survived by many wives, children, grandchildren, with a vast estate. According to family sources, he was laid to rest the same day he died according to Islamic rites.

Story credit: @Yorubaness
Researcher: Comr. Olamide Akinwumi James.
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