Tag: Ogun State
Shuaib replaces Makinde as Ogun Customs Controller
By Adejoke Adeleye/Abeokuta Controller Bamidele Makinde has handed over to Deputy Controller Ahmadu Bello Shuaib as the new controller in…
Ogun govt bans fees, levies in schools
Arigbabu said the state government’s free education policy is still in place.
Armed policemen storm Wale Adedayo’s council in Ogbere
Adedayo, a journalist was not in the office when the policemen arrived. But he alerted the world about their presence…
Ogun company drags police officer to court over land dispute with Winners Chapel
The mining company accused Adegbite who is serving with Zone 2 Command, Onikan in Lagos state of abusing his privileged…
Gunmen kidnap ex-FCE provost, driver in Ogun
Ajayi was abducted with his wife and driver after 7 p.m. at Ikija village in the Olodo axis of the…
Ogun traditional ruler Oba Bankole crushed to death by truck
Bankole who was the Olu of Onibuku was crushed to death by a truck with registration number EPE 252 XF.
Nigerian troops intercept truckload of Indian hemp being smuggled from Ghana
He explained that the troops acted on a tipoff and conducted stop-and-search operations on Ajilete Road in Yewa South Local…
Hike in petrol price: Ogun motorists, commuters in shock
Onabanjo said that it was unbelievable that the fuel that he bought for N488 per litre at one of the…
Tinubu to Nigerians: Pray for me
Tinubu made the appeal during his visits to Oba Sikirulah Adetona the Awujale and Paramount ruler of Ijebu land and…
Tinubu in Ogun today, to visit Awujale, Alake
The visit is significant. After announcing his plans to contest the presidential election in January 2022, Tinubu launched his consultation…
Poor hygiene: Ogun threatens to shut down eateries, fast food outlets in 7 days
Ogun Commissioner for Environment, Mr Ola Oresanya handed down the ultimatum after an inspection visits to some of the affected…
Ogun: Gunshots as hoodlums snatch ballot boxes in Gov. Abiodun’s hometown
The hoodlums, whose number could not be ascertained, had invaded the polling unit on motorcycles and started shooting into the…
Ogun: Custom generates N231.2m from seized goods in 2 months
The NCS through its State Area Controller, Comptroller Bamidele Makinde said this in a press briefing held in Ogun Area…
Naira crisis: Ogun boils again, three banks set ablaze (Video, photos)
Videos on social media show that Union Bank, First Bank and Keystone Bank have been set on fire by the…
Criminal elements planning to disrupt peace enjoyed in Ogun – CP Mba
Mba, therefore, warned that the police would not fold its arms and allow persons with criminal intentions, to hide under…
Naira notes: Ogun files application at Supreme Court to join suit against FG
Ogun among others, submitted that policy has left several residents of the state stranded, cash strapped and frustrated leading to…
Investments in energy, agriculture crucial to sustainable economic growth – Abiodun
Governor Dapo Abiodun called for more public private partnership, stressing that Ogun state was extremely committed to partnering with the…
Redesigned Naira notes: CBN intensifies sensitization of Nigerians
Adejoke Adeleye/ Abeokuta The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has intensified its campaign on the new naira notes towards the…
‘No part of Ogun will be left out of infrastructural development’
Abiodun gave the assurance on Thursday during the commissioning of 5.7 kilometre Oru-Awa-Alaporu Road in Ijebu North Local Government Area…
Banks in Ogun have sufficient new naira notes to dispense to public – CBN
The CBN also said its monitoring of activities of banks in Ogun state for the past two weeks have revealed…
Huge crowd as Atiku/Okowa campaign train hits Ogun
The PDP presidential candidate and his running mate, met with the PDP State Executive at the Party Secretariat at NNPC/Oke-Mosan…
Woman falls off husband’s motorcycle in Ogun, dies
The incident happened as the husband of the deceased lost control in the process of avoiding a head-on collision with…
Ogun govt orders fuel stations, eateries others to provide toilets
By Adejoke Adeleye/Abeokuta Ogun government has mandated fuel stations, eateries, markets and other public facilities in the states to provide…
Yuletide: FRSC establishes mobile court for erring drivers
FRSC said the exercise was aimed at checking the excesses of drivers that could lead to loss of lives through…
Attacks on our offices will not stop 2023 election – INEC Chairman
Adejoke Adeleye,Abeokuta The National Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof Yakubu Mahmood has assured the people of Ogun…
Quacks taking over our profession in Ogun, Medical Doctors cry out
By Kazeem Akande The Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria (ANPMP) wants Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun…
Firm unveils plan to build $3bn refinery in Ogun
The refinery project would sit on 800 hectares of land that had already been acquired in Ipokia area of Ogun…
I was duly elected by state govt – Ogun monarch, Oba McGregor says
Adejoke Adeleye/Abeokuta The new monarch of Ilaho community in Abeokuta North Local Government of Ogun state, Oba Alex McGregor has…
Flooding: Ogun govt allays fears over Oyan Dam
Ogun government said Oyan dam is presently operating at just 56 percent of its water carrying capacity, so there is…
Customs intercepts cartridges, locally made guns in Ogun
Ejibunu said the smugglers surrendered the weapons and ran into the bush when the officers of the unit engaged them,…