Ogun State
27 Sep 2023
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun Command, said one person died while two sustained injuries in a multiple crash on Ota-Idiroko Road on Wednesday.
27 Sep 2023
Following the directive by the Federal Government that this year’s Independence Day celebration should be low-key, Ogun State Government has cancelled all arrangements in respect of the anniversary.
26 Sep 2023
The Ogun government has cancelled all arrangements for an elaborate national independence anniversary on Oct. 1, following a directive from the Federal Government that the celebration should be low-key
25 Sep 2023
A successful tactical operation carried out by the Ogun State Police Command has led to the arrest of notorious cultists in Ogun State.
21 Sep 2023
A lawmaker in the Ogun State House of Assembly, Damilare Bello Mohammed, has been arrested for his alleged involvement in a cult clash in Sagamu over the weekend. Five suspected cultists were also arrested alongside Mohammed in connection with the incident that started on Wednesday and continued till Sunday, leading to several deaths. Other five…
21 Sep 2023
The Ogun State governor Dapo Abiodun has directed the Bureau of State Pensions, to commence immediate payment of gratuity worth N1billion to pensioners in the state. The Permanent Secretary in the Bureau, Adesoji Adewuyi, during an interview with journalists in his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta said the N1b gratuity was released to ease and bring…
18 Sep 2023
Seven suspects have been arrested following Sunday’s cult clash in Sagamu Local Government Area in Ogun State. Confirming the incident, spokesperson of the Ogun State Police Command Omolola Odutola said the suspects were arrested after a raid led by an assistant commissioner of police. The police spokesperson said four persons lost their lives following the…
18 Sep 2023
About 20 people, including three secondary students, have been feared dead in renewed clashes between the Eiye and Aiye confraternities in Sagamu, Ogun State, according to an eyewitness. But the spokesperson of the Ogun State Police Command, SP Omolola Odutola, said the number of those killed was not up to 20 and did not give…
16 Sep 2023
The residents of Laderin and Olokuta, in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, took to the streets to protest the deplorable state of Olokuta Road early on a rainy Saturday morning. In a display of unity, the residents braved the rain, clutching placards as they voiced their frustrations over the appalling condition of Olokuta Road, which…
14 Sep 2023
An Ogun High Court in Ijebu Ode has dismissed an ex-parte application filed by the suspended Chairman of Ijebu East Local Government, Wale Adedayo. Adedayo asked the court to stop further investigations and actions by the councillors probing him on financial mismanagement allegations. But in its ruling the presiding judge, Justice Ayodele Omoniyi, threw out…
12 Sep 2023
An Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun, on Tuesday, sentenced a 25-year-old man, Lekan Adewale, to 12 months’ imprisonment for breaking into a house to steal a cellphone and other items valued at N386,000. The Police charged the convict, whose address was not provided, with stealing, burglary and conspiracy, after he pleaded not guilty to the…
12 Sep 2023
Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun has defended the recent demolition of the five-story building owned by Olufunke Daniel, the wife of former governor Gbenga Daniel. Abiodun during an inspection of the reconstruction of the 8km Mowe/Ofada Road in the Obafemi/Owode Local Government Area of the state on Monday said the demolition was not politically motivated…
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