Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta There was drama at the Oke Mosan, the secretariat of the government of the western Nigerian state of Ogun today when Governor Ibikunle Amosun locked out his Deputy, Prince Segun Adesegun and three of his Commissioners for coming late to the office. Apart from the Deputy Governor and the Commissioners, there were some [...]
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta No fewer than 160 illegal schools have been shut by the present administration in the western Nigerian state of Ogun, the education ministry said. Commissioner for Education,Science and Technology, Segun Odubela, said government has begun the second phase of clampingdown on illegal schools. Odubela recalled that first of the five cardinal programmes of [...]
A 21-year old woman has died inside a soakaway pit two weeks before her wedding. The deceased identified as Akinjolie Idowu Wuraola was said to be four months pregnant when she fell into the soakaway pit at her residence at 2, Believer Street, Oluwo Opeilu, Ikija in Ogun state, southwest Nigeria. Wuraola, a native of [...]
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) of the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State today began a four day warning strike to press home their demand from the State government after several ultimatums have been ignored. JOHESU comprises National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Medical and Health Workers [...]
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta The Ogun State government has assured traders whose shops were demolished in the course of the on-going road construction across the State that modern shopping malls will be built for them. The assurance was given by the governor of the State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun during a meeting with representatives of traders and [...]
Three members of a family, Isioma Ufili, 4, Victoria Ufili, 30 (mother) and Favour Nkiruka Ufili, 26, have died after eating a meal of yam flour, better known as amala. The mother, Victoria, prepared and served the meal at their 85, Opeilu Road, Agbado, Ogun State, southwest Nigeria. The family’s last born, a nine-month old [...]
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Justice Olanrewaju Mabekoje of the Ogun State High Court 3, Isabo, Abeokuta this morning adjourned till July 5 and 11, 2013, the continuation of the hearing of the charges against the former governor of the State. Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned the former governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel on [...]
