Tag: Ogun State
Ogun Update: PDP loses House of Reps seat
Aremo Adekoya Adesegun Abdel-Majid, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic candidate in the 28 March House of Representatives election in…
No place for criminals in Ogun, says Amosun
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun says he is committed to ensuring that the state is not considered by criminals as…
Night guard, ex-convict arrested for armed robbery in Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Ogun State Police command is not leaving any stone unturned in chasing armed robbers out of the…
Amosun approves payment of backlog of deductions
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun has announced the commencement of payment of backlog of co-operative deductions and leave…
Ogun Judge orders detention of 7 journalists, snake frees them
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Justice N.I. Agbelu of the High Court 1, Ota ordered the arrest and detention of seven journalists at…
Two arrested in Ogun for attempting to exhume corpse
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Two persons were arrested on Sunday night by the officers of the Nigerian Legion, Ado Odo/Ota local government…
Hoodlums attack NAFDAC officials in Lagos, Ogun states
Officials of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and mobile Policemen attached to its enforcement…
Osinbajo, Amosun remake portraits
Vice President of Nigeria, Prof Yemi Osinbajo and the Governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun have new official portraits.
Teenager killed over land dispute
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta & Yusuf Mohammed One person was allegedly killed when suspected land grabbers stormed Oke-Ore community in Atan, Ado-Odo/Ota…
Two arrested in Ogun for robbing bank customer
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Two armed robbers who trailed and robbed a resident on Nasiru street, behind The Bell University, Ota in…
‘Offensive’ Question: Gov Amosun’s High-Handedness
Governor Ibikunle Amosun’s decision to fire six officials of the Ogun State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, including a…
Ogun Lifts Ban On RTEAN
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Ogun State government has lifted ban on the activities of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria…
8 dead in Ogun auto crash
No fewer than eight persons died on Monday in a multiple accident at the Onipepeye end of the Sagamu-Abeokuta expressway…
OPIC Begins Work On Isheri New Estate
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta As part of its rebuilding mission across the nooks and crannies of Ogun State, an arm of housing…
Tribunal Reserves Judgement In Kashamu’s Election
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta National and state Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, western Nigeria, has…
Obasanjo Library Hosts PR Colloquium On Nigeria
The Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, is set to host a colloquium on Thursday 13 August titled Image Makers Perspective…
Accident claims 10 lives in Ogun
No fewer than 10 persons lost their lives in an accident involving two trucks and two commercial vehicles at Ogunmakin…
Beware Of Excessive Use Of Force — Ogun CP Warns Officers
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Abdulmajid Ali, has again warned officers and men of the command against…
Thugs Disrupt Ogun LG Transition Committee Swearing In
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta There was pandemonium on Thursday as people scampered for their lives when hoodlums disrupted the swearing in ceremony…
Baby stolen at naming ceremony in Ogun
A 20-month old child, Opeyemi Ogundele was reported stolen on Sunday during a naming ceremony in Abeokuta. NAN learnt that…
Police, Robbers In Gun Battle, 2 Killed
Yusuf Muhammed The police at Agbado Crossing Police Station, Ayila in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, On Sunday engaged a five-man…
Ogun LG aspirant escapes assasination
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A local government chairman aspirant, Ekundayo Olusola escaped assassination by whisker as gunmen stormed his residence at the…
Eid-el-Fitri: Amosun, Kashamu, Monarch sue for peace
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state, Southwestern, Nigeria has described the activities of Boko Haram as a shame…
Killer of Ogun magistrate sentenced to death
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Justice Abiodun Akinyemi of the High Court 4, sitting at Isabo, Abeokuta today sentenced a 26-year-old house help,…
Slain Iyaloja: Ogun CP promises to arrest killers within a week
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Barely 24 hours after assumption of office as new Commissioner of Police in Ogun state, CP Abdulmajid Ali,…
Don’t patronise illegal motor parks, garages – Ogun Police warns
Jamiu Yisa The Ogun State Police Command has warned the general public particularly, the residents of Ogun against patronising illegal…
We Almost Beat MFM, Says Handsworth Boss
Team Manager of Handsworth Football Club of Sango Otta, Ogun State, Tajudeen Olasukanmi, has boasted that his team would have…
Ogun residents in last minute rush for BVN registration
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Long queues were witnessed in many banks in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital as residents made last minute rush…
Container Falls, Kills All Occupants Of Bus
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A container fell and crushed a fully loaded commuter bus, killing all passengers of the bus Friday afternoon…
A New Approach To Holy Pilgrimage
Temidayo Oluwatosin/Abeokuta Pilgrimage to Jerusalem has always been for religious purpose, but in a bid to maximise the benefits of…