Tag: Ogun State
Generator Fume Kills 3 Friends
Three friends identified as Saka Adeosun, 15, Kadri Akanbi, 20 and Wale Kola Ola, 18, have died in their sleep…
We Lost Everything To Fire Disaster —Kara Cow Dealers
The victims of Wednesday night’s fire disaster in Kara Village, Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, have continued to count their losses.…
Fire Razes Kara Village near Lagos
Fire razed Kara Village in Ogun state, southwest Nigeria, Wednesday evening. The village borders Lagos. The fire disaster was said…
Wole Awolowo’s Death, A Big Loss —Amosun
Gov. Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has described the death of Chief Oluwole Awolowo, the son of the late sage,…
Ogun NBA Set To Fight Corruption
The Ogun State chapter of the Nigerian Bar Association has resolved to fight corruption in the judiciary and agitate for…
Cattle traders at Karra Market get quit notice
The government of the western Nigerian state of Ogun has handed a final quit notice to cattle traders and other…
I8 students arrested over cultism
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta No fewer than 18 students of two public secondary Schools in the western Nigerian state of Ogun…
Baby & Family of 4 paraded for robbery
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta A two month old baby, her mother, a senior secondary 3 student in Abeokuta, in the western…
Amosun appoints Ogun’s first female attorney-general
On a day observed worldwide as International Women’s Day, Governor Ibikunle Amosun of the western Nigerian state of Ogun has…
TASCE matriculates 900 students
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Nigerian students have been advised to take vocational training serious as it remains the antidote to the…
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…