Tag: Ogun State
2015: INEC lifts ban on political campaigns in Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in Ogun state on Thursday disclosed that it has lifted the embargo…
Ogun lawmaker’s mother abducted
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Mrs Racheal Hazzan, 65, mother of the lawmaker representing Odogbolu State constituency in the Ogun state House of…
Ogun FRSC arrest 31,695 offenders in 8 months
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun said it apprehended and prosecuted no fewer than 31,695 traffic offenders between…
Awujale, Governor Fashola in secret talks
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola of Lagos state today paid a visit to the Awujale and Paramount ruler of…
We’ll not condone environmental depletion – Ogun govt.
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun State government has declared that it will not condone any industrialists whose activities pose a threat to…
Quack Doctor Arrested Over Patient’s Death
Kayode Aponmade A fake doctor identified as Femi Olabisi Akindele, 48, has been arrested and charged with allegedly killing a…
We’re vulnerable to Ebola, Ipokia people cry out
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Residents of Ipokia community in Ipokia local government area of Ogun state, southwest, Nigeria have called on the…
Develop oil-rich Tongeji Island, Amosun tells FG
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state has urged the Federal Government to develop the oil-rich Tongeji Island, which shares boundary…
Hajj: Last batch of Ogun pilgrims arrives Saudi Arabia
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The last batch of pilgrims from Ogun state early Monday arrived the city of Medina, Saudi Arabia to…
Ogun postpones resumption date of schools to Oct. 8
The Ogun Government on Friday in Abeokuta announced 8 October as the new resumption date for private and public schools…
NSCDC arrests electricity vandal in Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Bashiru Remilekun Adekunle, 30, is currently in custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Ogun…
Headlines, Metro, News, Politics
Gov Amosun Bombs Gbenga Daniel
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, western Nigeria, Wednesday declared that the former governor of the state, Otunba…
Ogun community contributes to purchase own transformer
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta After waiting endlessly for over a year to receive the pledge from the state government to allocate a…
Hajj: Ogun pilgrims perform lesser Hajj in Mecca
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The first and second batches of the Ogun state pilgrims to Mecca and Medinah for this year’s hajj…
Missing couple found in SSS cell in Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Sixty-five days after they were declared missing, Islamic Cleric, Uztadh Abdul Ganniyu Jumah and his wife, Muinat, were…
Ex-LG boss joins Ogun guber race
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Former Chairman of Ifo local government council in Ogun state, Dr. Sikirulai Ogundele has joined the governorship race…
Ogun to introduce insurance as subject in secondary schools
The Ogun government on Wednesday announced plans to introduce insurance as a subject in the curriculum of public senior secondary…
Ogun police arrest four for duping couple N14.5mn
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Four suspected fraudsters; Shehu Salam, Mrs Risikat Oriyomi, Mrs Sola Babalola and a physically challenged man, Wasiu Ajani…
Cultist attack community head as residents flee
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta All hell let loose over the weekend when suspected cult boys numbering about ten stormed the house of…
Ogun intending pilgrim slumps, dies at Hajj seminar
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Pandemonium struck on Thursday at the final seminar organised by the Ogun State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board at…
Homeowners’ Charter: Ogun alerts public on fraudsters antics
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Members of the public have been warned by the Ogun State Government to watch out for fraudsters that…
Ogun LG boss suspended for ‘gross misconduct’
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Chairman of Imeko Afon local government council of Ogun State, Isiaka Wale Aderounmu was today suspended from…
Two Ogun lawmakers defects to PDP
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Two lawmakers who were elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun state, southwest,…
Bankole denies governorship ambition
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Former Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole has dismissed rumours that he will be…
Ebola: Ogun pilgrims assured of hitch free trip
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun State government has assured all Muslim Pilgrims of their safety against the deadly Ebola Virus, stating that,…
Osoba must not accept Amosun’s apology – Sen. Obadara
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Senator Gbenga Obadara, representing Ogun Central Senatorial district on Wednesday said that former governor of the state, Aremo…
Boko Haram has not invaded Ogun, says Police PRO
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Deputy Superintendent Officer, DSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi has dispelled rumours that…
Ogun private schools kick against new resumption date
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta National Association Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), Ogun state chapter yesterday expressed their dissatisfaction at the Federal Government’s…
Amosun And Ogun Housing Delivery
By Femi Onasanya My recent visit to the three newly constructed housing estates in Abeokuta by the Senator Ibikunle Amosun-led…
No plan to impeach Amosun – Assembly member
Olaleye Ojumoke and Saromi Omotoyosi Nurudeen Akinpelu Aina a legislator representing Ado Odo\Ota 1 in Ogun state, House of Assembly…