Tag: Ogun State
I can never fight Osoba, he is my leader – Amosun
Ogun state governor, Ibikunle Amosun has stated categorically that he can ‘never fight’ Chief Olusegun Osoba, a former governor of…
Education is Priority of our Government – Amosun
Abiodun Onafuye, Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, southwest, Nigeria has emphasized that education remains the highest priority of…
The Poor State Of A Cattle Slaughter Yard
By Emmanuel Osodi The poor state of slaughter slabs, meat processing, ineffective meat inspection services and the resultant risk of…
TRACE reads riot act to motorists in Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta With the “ember” months three days away, motorists in Ogun state have been warned by Traffic Compliance and…
Monarchs, residents battle over Oro shrine
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Crisis is brewing in the sleepy community of Onigbedu in the Ewekoro local government area of Ogun state…
Knocks For OGD Over Comments On OOU Students’ Protest
Abiodun Onafuye Former governor of Ogun State, who is now a chieftain of Labour Party, LP, in Ogun State, Otunba…
Governor Amosun: A Man Of The People
By Ade Osijo Whenever a situation compels me to travel outside my populated abode in Apapa, Lagos state, as a…
Osoba and I will resolve differences – Amosun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state, southwest, Nigeria has revealed that peace talk is ongoing to resolve the…
Man drowns saving his child in Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Pandemonium struck Sunday evening when a commercial driver identified as Oluwagbeminija Oluwasanya Rhodes drowned at Ogun river in…
Amosun promises prompt payment of arrears to midwives, nurses
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state, southwest, Nigeria has assured protesting Midwives posted to Ogun state by the…
Ogun government shuts down OOU
The Ogun state government has ordered the Governing Council of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) to shut the school ‘immediately’, to…
Ogun students commend govt.’s for school fees reduction
Ogun students have expressed joy following announcement on Tuesday by the state government that school fees in state-owned tertiary institutions…
Ebola: Ogun bans wildlife hunting
By Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta In a bid to ensure that the Ebola Virus Disease does not make its way to Ogun…
Guard Hangs Self At Mr. Bigg’s
Nkem Taiye-Ulebor & Okanlawon Taiwo Circumstances surrounding the suicide committed by a security guard at the popular eatery, Mr. Biggs,…
Jonathan Can’t End Boko Haram —Pastor Oritsejafor
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Only religious leaders, not President Goodluck Jonathan, can end the insecurity pervading the country, especially the northern region.…
‘We Are Coming’: Robbers Write Estate Residents
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Residents of Elerinko Estate in Ijoko-Ota in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, western Nigeria, have received…
Daniels vows to oust Amosun in 2015
Funsho Balogun In an extensive and no-holds-barred interaction session with journalists at Kresta Laurel Complex, Maryland on Tuesday, Gbenga Daniels,…
Daniel accuses Amosun of destroying Ogun state economy
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Former Ogun state governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel has continued to pick holes in the programmes of his successor,…
Ogun Teachers Protest Career Stagnation
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Hundreds of Secondary School teachers in Ogun state today stormed the office of the Chairman of the State…
Nigerian lawyer charged with N13m fraud
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta An Abeokuta-based lawyer, Idris Tajudeen Olufemi has been arraigned before a Magistrate Court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta for…
Police Recover Body Of Missing Bank Manager
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The body of a manager of a commercial bank, Mr Habeeb Olatunde, 44, who was declared missing since…
Islamic Cleric, Wife Abducted
Kazeem Ugbodaga & Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta An Islamic Cleric, Ustadh AbdulGaniy Jumah, has been abducted at gunpoint by yet to be…
Police arrest son for killing father at RCCG Camp
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested Tolani Ajayi, a 21-year old student of the Department of History and International…
Opelope Anointing Set For Ado-Odo
Kayode Aponmade As activities marking the 14th and 4th anniversary of Dunni Olanrewaju’s Opelope Anointing Record Label and Foundation respectively…
Great Ade Samson Thrills At Oris Bar
Kayode Aponmade Juju musician, Great Ade Samson has commenced his regular Friday show at Oris Bar Spot, Agbado Crossing, Ogun…
Jilted Graduate Commits Suicide
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A young graduate, Oluwatosin Otaiku, has stabbed himself to death because he was jilted by his fiancee. The…
Akarigbo succeeds Awujale as Chairman Ogun Council of Obas
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Akarigbo and Paramount ruler of Remoland, Oba Michael Adeniyi Sonariwo as being inaugurated the new Chairman for…
Amosun to reabsorb Daniels’s recruits
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Respite finally came the way of 2,000 workers sacked by Governor Ibikunle Amosun in 2011 as they are…
Eight dead, seven injured in accident
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta At least eight persons were confirmed dead while seven others were seriously injured when a truck carrying a…
Amosun promises cars, furniture, others to Ogun councillors
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, southwest, Nigeria on Friday 27 June approved the purchase of new cars…