Tag: Ogun State
Police Arrest Oba In Court
There was a mild drama on Tuesday at Ota High Court, Ota, Ogun State, southwest Nigeria when the police stormed…
Soyinka Gets Awo Prize
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka will today be named the first recipient of the Awolowo Prize for Leadership. He will…
Nigeria Better Off As A Two Party State –Osoba
A former governor of Ogun State and a chieftain of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Chief Segun Osoba, on…
Virginity Test: Doctor declares school principal sane
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Revd. Olufunke Aladeojebi, the suspended Principal of Ajuwon High School, Ajuwon- Akute in Ifo local government area…
Childless Nigerian Couple Crushed To Death
It was a black weekend as a childless man and his wife who both work with the Lagos State Government…
Oba Sent To Prison For Contempt
An Ota High Court, Ogun State, southWest Nigeria has sentenced Lasisi Kolapo Ogunseye to two months imprisonment for contempt. Chief…
Oyebande’s Future Ambition
To Coach Tunde Oyebande Adeshina, the dream of any football coach in Nigeria today is to get the opportunity to…
Governor Amosun dangles carrots to investors
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Government of the Western Nigerian state of Ogun says its reform programmes and policies in all sectors…
Jinad: I Can’t Be Typecast
Yoruba movie producer and actress, Habibat Jinad, says she is versatile and cannot be limited to a role. Habibat, who…
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Man dies watching Nigeria-Ivory Coast match
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta An engineer with Nigeria’s Federal Road Maintenance Agency, FERMA collapsed and died yesterday in Abeokuta, capital of…
Fire Guts Lotto Office in Ijebu Ode
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Fire said to have been sparked by a faulty air conditioner gutted a lotto office in the western…
Gbenga Daniel: I’m Being Persecuted
By Kazeem Ugbodaga & Eromosele Ebhomele Former governor of Nigeria’s western state of Ogun, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has, in a…
Student and kidnap gang arrested, victim rescued
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta A gang of Nigerian kidnappers, including a student of Olabisi Onabanjo University has been arrested by the…
Nigerian company shut after explosion kills 6
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE The management of the Nigeria Distilleries Ltd (NDL) located at the Ijako area of Sango-Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria…
Robbers attack ex- deputy governor
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta The former deputy governor of Nigeria’s western state of Ogun, Alhaji Abdul Rafiu Ogunleye was early this…
Obasanjo Causes Stir At Remembrance Day
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo caused a stir this morning at the Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration in Abeokuta, Ogun State,…
30 Nigerians killed in fresh oil pipeline fire
No fewer than 30 Nigerians, suspected to be oil thieves died in a pipeline fire at Arepo village, in Ogun…
Amosun spares TASUED, appoints new VC
An indication that Governor Ibukunle Amosun may have changed his mind about merging Tai Solarin University of Education, Nigeria’s first…
347 NIPOST retirees died In 3 years
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta The retired workers at the Nigerian Postal Services, NIPOST today in Sagamu paralysed activities at the town’s…
347 NIPOST Retirees Died In 3 Years –Ashade
At least 347 retired workers of the Nigerian Postal Services, NIPOST, have died in the last three years. This was…
How Generator Fume Wiped Out Family Of 5
The cause of death of five members of a family in Robiyan, Ijoko, Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State,…
Obasanjo: Don’t write off Nigeria yet
Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has expressed optimism about the ability of the country to rank among the greatest…
Obasanjo’s mansion gutted by fire
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta A section of the multi-million naira mansion of the former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo was up in…
Ogun state sheds inherited debt burden
The Commissioner for Finance in the western Nigerian state of Ogun, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, said on Friday that the debt…
Police Rescue 3 From Oro Shrine
The police in Ogun State have arrested seven people in connection with the attempted murder of three brothers, who were…
Man Stabs Landlady’s Son To Death Over N50
The police in Lagos, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have arrested an okada rider identified as Igali for stabbing a landlady’s…
Accident: Students Protest Death Of Collegues
Socio-economic were paralysed this morning at Itori in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State southwest Nigeria, as students of…
Why Kidnapping thrives in Nigeria
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) for Lagos and Ogun, Mr Mamman Tsafe, has attributed the high rate of kidnapping…
Amosun suspends Ijebu East council officials
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, in Western Nigeria, has suspended the chairman and members of the…
Wife of Ogun state lawmaker kidnapped with friend
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Folasade, wife of the lawmaker representing Ijebu North-East State Constituency in Ogun state southwest, Nigeria, Samson Onademuren…