Tag: Abeokuta
Rainstorm Wreaks Havoc In Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga Heavy rainstorm wreaked havoc in Lagos on Sunday as properties worth millions of naira were destroyed in some…
NLC pickets petrol stations
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) Ogun state chapter today picketed some filling stations in the state over hoarding…
Primate Akinola: My abductors took my shoes, my shirt
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The immediate past primate of Anglican Church, Peter Akinola who was abducted by gunmen in Abeokuta yesterday and…
Lai Mohammed: Jega’s credibility gone with Anambra poll
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta As controversy continues to dog the 16 November governorship election in the eastern Nigerian state of Anambra,…
Danjuma gives N500m to youth training centre
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Businessman and former defence minister for Nigeria, General T.Y. Danjuma, has announced a donation of N500m for…
3 fake herbalists docked for 419 fraud
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Three fake herbalists were on Tuesday docked at the Isabo Magistrate court, Abeokuta, Ogun state, western Nigeria…
Police give robbery suspects hot chase
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta There was palpable fear today within Abeokuta, capital of Ogun state, western Nigeria, when men of the…
Akinola blasts clerics, urges Jonathan to justify election
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Former Archbishop and Primate Metropolitan of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) and former President of the…
Man arrested for setting fire on six youths wet with petrol
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Six boys were set ablaze by a middle-aged man Tuesday night in Ago- Oko area of Abeokuta,…
D’Banj, Olamide Ready To Rock Abeokuta
Abeokuta will this weekend host some of Nigeria’s favourite artistes on the 8th leg of Star Music Trek. On 27…
Soyinka to Nigerian students: ‘don’t be discouraged’
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has urged Nigerian students, especially those residing in violence-prone areas of the…
ASUP strike: Amosun offers mediatory role
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of the western Nigerian state of Ogun has assured students of polytechnics in the…
Police quiz more officials over WAEC fees fraud
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Over 20 officials from the Ogun State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology have been arrested by…
Amosun locks out deputy, aides over lateness
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta There was drama at the Oke Mosan, the secretariat of the government of the western Nigerian state of…
Amosun Flags Off Climate Protection Project
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, southwestern, Nigeria has declared his government’s readiness to support the initiative…