Tag: Ogun
Ogun’ll be best governed if I’m elected governor-ADC Aspirant
A governship aspirant under the platform of Africa Democratic Congress (ADC), Gboyega Isiaka has assured that Ogun State will be…
Lightening strikes 3 dead in Ogun
Three unidentified men, suspected to be in their early twenties, died on Thursday after being struck by lightning following a…
Eid-El-Fitr: FRSC deploys 1,000 personnel
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has deployed over 1,000 personnel including regular and special marshals to major highways in…
June 12: Ogun declares Tuesday public holiday
The Ogun State government has declared Tuesday, 12 June, 2018 work free to enable residents and other stakeholders to mark…
2 die in Ogun auto-crash
Two persons died on Monday night in an accident involving a blue Nissan pickup van and a Volvo truck on…
Easter: FRSC arrests 505 for traffic offences in Ogun
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) apprehended no fewer than 505 traffic offenders in Ogun during the 2018 Easter festivities,…
2 Pupils Killed By Suspected Mentally Challenged Man
A suspected mentally challenged man on Monday hacked to death two pupils of Saint John’s Anglican Primary School in Agodo,…
Ogun Customs Command seizes 88 packs of cannabis sativa
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun Command, has seized 88 packs of Cannabis sativa also known as weeds and 42 compressed…
Fuel scarcity: DPR commended for effective monitoring
Some residents of Sango-Ota near Abeokuta, Ogun, have commended the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) for ensuring that officials of…
Road Accidents claim 166 lives in Ogun
Road accidents have claimed 166 lives in Ogun State in the last 11 months, says the Ogun State Sector Commander,…
NNPC quiz: Ondo, Ogun emerge winners
Ondo and Ogun States emerged first at the zonal final of the annual National Quiz Competition sponsored by the Nigeria…
Ogun Assembly To Pass Wildlife Preservation Bill
The Chairman, Ogun House of Assembly Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, Mr Adeyemi Harrison, on Monday said the Forests and…
APC Chieftain Promises Quality Representation If Elected
Mr Abayomi Fasuwa, an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Atan, Ijebu North-East Local Government Area, Ogun, says he will…
9 Fleeing Cult Members arrested in Ogun
Nine suspected fleeing cultists have been arrested by the police at Iperu Remo Town and Isara Area of Ogun State,…
Lassa Fever Contact Rises To 106 In Ogun
The Ogun State Government on Sunday said that the number of suspected contacts of the Lassa fever had risen to…
Lassa Fever: Suspected Patient Under Watch
A 22-year-old man in Abeokuta, who has allegedly contacted Lassa Fever, is under medical observation at the State General Hospital,…
Why We Approached World Bank For Loan—Ogun Govt
The Ogun government on Monday explained why it approached the World Bank to secure a $350 million loan.
Driver Arrested In Ogun Over Manslaughter
A 30-year-old driver, Hafeez Malomo, was on Monday docked at the Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun for allegedly driving in…
Ondo, Ogun Meet To Resolve Boundary Issues
The Ogun and Ondo State Governments on Thursday met to resolve the boundary issues between the people of Atijere in…
Ogun Community Alleges Extortion By IBEDC Officials
Some electricity consumers in Adeleye Aparadija Community in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun on Friday accused officials of Ibadan…
Ogun To Build Museum In Honour Of Music Icon, Obey
The governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has pledged that his administration will build a museum in honour of…
Fire kills 2, razes filling station, shops in Ogun
Two people were feared dead and several others were injured on Thursday as fire razed a filling station at Adigbe…
Resident doctors begin strike in Ogun
Resident doctors in Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria have begun indefinite strike to demand for non-implementation of the skipping of Consolidated…
Police deploy intelligence to tackle crimes in Lagos, Ogun
The new Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 2, Abdul-Majid Ali, on Monday promised to deploy robust intelligence in tackling…
Abuja, Ogun workers ignore NLC strike
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja, Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta: Majority of the workers in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory and Abeokuta, Ogun State, ignored the…
Kidnappings: Police train school guards in Lagos, Ogun
The police in Lagos and Ogun states have embarked on the training of security guards in schools in order to…
Ogun workers suspend strike
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Leadership of the Labour Unions in Ogun state, western Nigeria, has called off the strike action in the…
Lawmaker escapes lynching by angry Ogun workers
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta If not for the quick intervention of some leaders of labour union in Ogun State, western Nigeria, the…
Workers’ strike paralyses Ogun, hospitals, schools, courts shut
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Activities across Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, were paralysed Monday following workers’ strike in the state. Civil servants at…
Lassa Fever: Ogun reopens closed hospitals
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Central Specialist Hospital and Rubee Medical Center, both in Ota in Ado-Odo/Ota local government area of Ogun State,…