Tag: Ogun State
MAPOLY expels 14 students, proscribes union
No fewer than 14 students of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun, have been expelled for their roles in the…
Killed by robbers: The tragic death of an undergraduate
Abiodun Onafuye, Abeokuta Late Sunday 9, September, 2012, Wunmi Adebayo, a 21 year-old 200 level student of English Language of…
Ogun College Crisis: Govt, Unions’ Talks Deadlocked
The meeting between the state government and the unions at Tai Solarin College of Education,TASCE, Omu-Ijebu in Odogbolu local government…
Ogun College Crisis Worsens
The crisis rocking Tai Solarin College of Education, TASCE, Omu-Ijebu in Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State, southwest Niigeria…
Otenuga Tasks Team Ogun Over Sports Festival
The Ogun State Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Gbenga Otenuga has assured that Team Ogun are working hard for the…
Over 80 per cent of Ogun state prisoners await trial
No fewer than 1,660 inmates out of the 2,016 inmates in prisons in Ogun State are currently awaiting trial for…
Amosun lifts ban on transport unions, launch 77 buses
The Ogun Government on Thursday lifted the ban on the activities of transport unions in Ijebu-Igbo and Ijebu-Ode local government…
Father Sleeps With Daughter For 7 Years
A 45-year old bricklayer, Elijah Olusesi who has been having sex with his 14-year old daughter (name withheld) since she…
Ogun ACN Stalwart Is Dead
The Chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Ogun Central Senatorial District, Chief Segun Taiwo, died this morning…
Ogun workers held in 4km long traffic gridlock
Thousands of State and Federal Civil Servants in Ogun State were today held down in traffic by a gridlock that…
Governor Amosun replaces OOU VC, Registrar
Governor Ibikunle Amosun’s government in Ogun State has appointed Professor Saburi Adesanya as the acting Vice Chancellor of the state…
Commuter Dies, 9 Injured In Auto Crash
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A fatal accident occurred Monday afternoon in Awowo village, along Abeokuta- Lagos expressway in Ewekoro local government area…
ACN Chief, 4 Others Held With Stuffed Ballot Boxes
Jamiu Yisa An Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, chieftain identified and four others were this morning caught with stuffed ballot…
Low turn out in Ogun council polls
Voter apathy, generally low turn out reported in the election to elect councillors and chairmen in the 20 local councils…
LG Election Holds Tomorrow In Ogun
Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission, OGSIEC, is set to conduct local government elections in the state tomorrow. The OGSIEC has…
Ogun Pupils Write Entrance Exam
Primary school pupils in Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria will sit for the Common Entrance Examination across the 20 local government…
Amosun: Illegal structures cause Ogun flooding
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun state Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has said that illegal structures are responsible for the flooding in the…
Court halts Ogun council polls
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday restrained the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) from conducting the local…
Electoral body lists candidates for Ogun council polls
The Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) on Wednesday officially released the list of candidates cleared for the 21 July,…
Ogun electoral commission clears 89 for polls
The Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) has so far cleared 89 chairmanship candidates from 28 political parties to contest…
Youngest Doctor Emerges At Babcock’s 10th Convocation
Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, marked its 10th convocation ceremony on Sunday, 3 June, 2012. It was a well attended…
Fire Guts Redeemers Varsity Female Hostel
There was commotion at the Redeemers University in Mowe, Ogun State this morning as fire gutted Queen Esther Hall, one…
Students Groan As Banks Remain Shut At OOU
Students are groaning as banks in Olabisi Onabanjo University, OOU, Ago Iwoye in Ijebu North local government area of Ogun…
Banks still shut in OOU, Ijebu-Igbo
Longe Omolaja/Ago Iwoye, Banks on the campus of Olabisi Onabanjo University in Ago Iwoye are still shut despite the efforts…
124,000 Ogun state residents have AIDS
About 124,000 residents in Ogun are living with HIV/AIDS, Mr Olaokun Soyinka, the state Commissioner for Health, said on Thursday. Soyinka…
Man, 87, Killed With Acid Over Land
Members of the family of Alhaji Muniru Okeowo, 87, who was allegedly killed with acid on Thursday at his residence…
Nigeria Police foil bank robbery in Abeokuta
The Nigeria police in Abeokuta foiled a robbery attempt at a branch of Guaranty Trust Bank in Kuto, a statement…
Ogun Declares War On Robbers
The Ogun State government has purchased five Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) as part of efforts to beef up security in…
Nigerian town gets monarch 4 years after
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun has installed Kehinde Olugbenle as the new monarch (Olu of Ilaro) for Ilaro in Yewa…
Rainstorm Wreaks Havoc In Ogun
A heavy rainstorm Thursday evening wreaked havoc in Abeokuta metropolis in Abeokuta South local government council area of Ogun State,…