Tag: Ogun State
Ogun state denies ceding land to Lagos
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta The Ogun state government has denied speculations in some quarters that it has ceded its land in…
6 Suspects Arraigned, Remanded In Prison
Six accused persons including a 60-year old community leader alleged to have masterminded the killing of three NNPC officials trying…
Another robbery gang arrested in Sagamu
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Less than 24hours after the police command in Sagamu in Sagamu local government area of Ogun state,…
Abeokuta Hosts Obey, Abiodun
Abeokuta, capital of Ogun State, will erupt with excitement next Friday, as two juju music legends, Evangelist Ebenezer Obey-Fabiyi and…
Kidnapping: Hotelier Quits Ijebu Ode
A popular hotelier in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria, Segun Ayobolu, has closed down all his business outfits in the…
Tinubu Installed Field Marshal Of Egbaland
The ancient town of Abeokuta, capital of Ogun State, southwest Nigeria was agog today as the former governor of Lagos…
Abducted Nigerian businessman freed
Abiodun Onafuye, Abeokuta Alhaji Safiriyu Araba, the Nigerian businessman, popularly known as Aranse-Oluwa, who was kidnapped Sunday by some unidentified…
No words from kidnappers of Nigerian businessman
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Contrary to rumour making around and posting on the social network, Facebook that the kidnappers of the…
Tinubus to get Egba Highest titles
The national leader of Action Congress of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be conferred with the traditional title Aare…
U-17 Squad Play Ogun Team In Cricket Friendly
The Ogun State Cricket Foundation, a Non Governmental Organisation, established to promote and develop the game of cricket in Ogun…
K1’s palatial home in Ijebu-Ode
Fuji Music Star, Wasiu Ayinde, K1, leads family and friends into his new multi-million naira Ijebu Ode country home FUNSHO…
Nigerian paedophile,62, arrested by police
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Police in Ogun state, western Nigeria have arrested a 62 year old man, Mr Alabi Ibraheem who…
Why Fashola, Amosun Failed To Resolve Ode Omi Crisis
Although, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State and his counterpart in Ogun State, Mr. Ibikunle Amosun, were able to resolve…
Driver on phone in fatal crash
An accident has happened in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital, after the driver of a lToyota Tundra, deep in a…
Ogun Allots 500 Hectares of Land To Lagos state
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta In furtherance to the southwest government plans for socio-economic and political regional integration, the Ogun state government…
Sheila, widow of Tai Solarin dies
Sheila Mary Solarin (nee Tuer), the widow of Dr. Tai Solarin, founder Mayflower School in Ikenne, Ogun State and one…
33 women going for burial party drown
A commercial bus conveying mostly women on a burial trip from Lagos to Benin plunged into River J4, near Ogbere…
Petrol tanker kills one in Ijebu-Ode
A tanker loaded with fuel on Tuesday exploded on the Erunwon highway in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun state, killing one person and…
Students Protest In Ijebu-Ode
Students of Tai Solarin College of Education, TACOED, Ijebu in Odogbolu local government area of Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria, this…
Wife of Osun Speaker rescued, abductors arrested
Wife of the Speaker of State of Osun House of Assembly, Mrs Muibat Salaam, was on Saturday rescued from her…
Tears as FATGBEMS Petroleum owner buried
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta The remains of the Chairman and chief Executive Officer of Fatgbems Petroleum, Alhadji Abdul Fatai Olalekan Akanmu…
Police meet Ogun PDP warring chiefs
The Assistant Inspector General of Police in Charge of Lagos and Ogun, Mr Mamman Tsafe, on Wednesday in Abeokuta, held a…
Amosun pledges even development in Ogun State
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta The Ogun state governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has promised to ensure fairness in the distribution of social…
Ogun Assembly Passes Bond Bill
Abiodun Onafuye, Abeokuta The Ogun State House of Assembly today passed the executive bill sent by the state governor, Senator…
Encomiums as Adegbite buried in Abeokuta
Abiodun Onafuye, Abeokuta The body of the late Secretary General of Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Dr. Abdul Lateef…
Kidnapped hotelier freed after ransom paid
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Respite came the way of Segun Oyebolu, the boss of popular Citi Hotels and Suites, Ijebu Ode, in…
Kano, Ogun states go tough on illegal schools
The Ogun state government has announced plans to clamp down on illegal private nursery and primary schools operating in the…
Ogun state sets up body on football
The Commissioner of Sports in Ogun State, Mr Olugbenga Otenuga,on Tuesday in Abeokuta inaugurated an 11-man advisory committee to support…
Man Throws Hot Water, Burning Stove On Wife
A middle-aged man identified as Oladimeji Fowowe has been arrested by the police at Iju Police Station Red House, Lagos…
Okocha Is My Role Model
Sylvester Chikezie is a player of Handsworth Football Club that won last year’s Ogun State Challenge Cup. He spoke with…