Ogun
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A senior worker at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abeokuta, Ogun State, Oluwaseun Adeniji, has died after reportedly jumping into a well in the Obantoko area on Sunday evening. According to a source close to the situation, the late FMC worker had been battling mental health challenges and had previously undergone treatment for the ailment.…
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Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Tuesday said his administration has completed the formalities of allocating about 100 hectares of land at Ode-Omi in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of the state for the purpose of siting a Naval Base and Dockyard for the Nigerian Navy. Abiodun also stated that the state government has…
3 days ago
Tragedy struck yesterday when gunmen, suspected to be hired assassins, shot and killed the Shepherd-in-charge of a Celestial Church of Christ (CCC) in the Idiroko border town of Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State on Sunday morning. The deceased, identified as Yomi Adetula, was shot dead inside his church around 11 a.m. while preaching.…
17 Jan
The Ogun State Government has stated that it is considering signing the death warrants of condemned criminals sentenced by competent courts to serve as a deterrent to those who may want to commit heinous crimes in the state. The state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Oluwasina Ogungbade (SAN), made this known on Friday…
17 Jan
Major stakeholders from the old Ijebu Province have resolved to set up a harmonisation committee to settle differences as they pursue their quest to create a new state among the federation's states. This decision was reached at a consultative meeting on Friday at the palace of the Akarigbo of Remoland, Oba Babatunde Adewale Ajayi. The…
17 Jan
The wife of retired Assistant Inspector General of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has been abducted from her residence in the Arepo area of Ogun State late Thursday night. The Ogun State Police Command confirmed the incident in a statement released on Friday. Reports indicate that the victim was attacked by four masked men as she…
14 Jan
A 20-year-old man, Yayah Oseni, on Tuesday appeared before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun for allegedly breaking into a shop and stealing a grinding machine worth N200,000. Oseni, whose address was provided, is charged with stealing and burglary but he pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge. The prosecutor, Insp E. O. Adaraloye, told…
14 Jan
Two men, Abdullateef Olasunkanmi and Sunday Morice, were on Tuesday arraigned before an Ota Magistrates’ Court, Ogun, over alleged theft of a cell phone worth N120,000. Olasunkanmi, 18, and Morice, 28, whose addresses were not provided, are being charged with stealing, assault, malicious damage and breach of peace. The Prosecutor, Insp E.O Adaraloye, told the…
13 Jan
An Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun, on Monday, sentenced one Waheed Salako, 46, to three months imprisonment for obtaining N200,000 under false pretences. The convict, a POS operator, whose address was not provided, had earlier pleaded not guilty to the two-counts of obtaining money under false pretences and stealing. Delivering her judgment, the Magistrate, Mrs…
12 Jan
Sherif Oyeniyi, an Ogun State resident, inflicted bodily injury with a razor blade on Ahmed Owolabi, a 27-year-old motorcyclist from the Onimane Magada Ibafo region of the state. This incident occurred on Saturday and was reported to operatives of the Ogun State Police Command by the brother of the injured motorcyclist, Alani Muritala. Muritala informed…
11 Jan
The Ogun Government says it has put measures in place to end security challenges in the state, following the reported bandits’ invasion of the South-West. The Special Adviser to Gov. Dapo Abiodun on Media and Strategy, Kayode Akinmade, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta and made available to newsmen on Friday. According to…
10 Jan
The Police Command in Ogun,has confirmed confirm that three people sustained injuries in an accident at Abule Ojo Junction,near Alagbole in Ogun. The Command’s Spokeperson, CSP Omolola Odutola, who confirmed the incident in a statement issued to newsmen on Friday in Ota.said that the accident occurred on Wednesday. Odutola explained that accident ,which involved a…
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