Ogun State
4 hours ago
Suspected armed robbers have killed the director of finance at the governor's office Taiwo Oyekanmi. A witness said the robbers waylaid the homemade bullion van conveying Oyekanmi shortly after he left a branch of Fidelity Bank in Abeokuta, the state capital. According to the witness, the victim's vehicle was ascending the overhead bridge in the…
21 Nov
The Ogun State Government on Tuesday began the demolition of illegal structures and shanties along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to position the state as the industrial hub of Nigeria. Farouq Akintunde, the Senior Special Assistant to the State Governor, Dapo Abiodun on Environment, led the task force that carried out the demolition exercise. Akintunde said the…
20 Nov
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has called on foreign investors to make the Special Economic Processing Zone in the state the destination of choice while considering investing in Nigeria. Abiodun, who spoke as guest on CNBC Africa, at the weekend, on the sidelines of the Intra-African Trade Fair put together by Afreximbank in Cairo, Egypt,…
19 Nov
Ogun State is to benefit from a N500 billion financial support being packaged by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in conjunction with Access Bank.
16 Nov
Ogun State Government and the United Kingdom (UK) Government have formally flagged off the execution of collaboration to develop public transportation infrastructure in the state.
13 Nov
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has said the state-owned Agro-Cargo International Airport will be a game changer in the nation’s aviation sector.
9 Nov
The Ogun State Government has commenced construction work on the Sagamu-Papalanto-Ilaro road.
8 Nov
The governor of Ogun, Dapo Abiodun, has promised justice for the rape victims of a secondary school teacher in the state identified as Olaniran Lateef Adewale.
8 Nov
Irokun community in Ilaje Council has faulted the claim by the Ogun State Government that the community is not part of Ondo State. According to the regent of the community, Princess Adeyinka Abejoye-Ogunyemi, her people were prepared to endure any hardship to resist the purported territorial ambitions of the Ogun State Government. While faulting the claim…
8 Nov
A middle-aged man, yesterday, died of electrocution in Obantoko area of Abeokuta, Ogun State, while fixing an electrical fault for his neighbour. The Guardian gathered that the deceased electrician was engaged by one Elijah Adenekan of Unity Estate in Aregbe area of Obantoko, Odeda Local Council of the State, to help rectify an electrical fault. There…
4 Nov
A thinking leader is a planning leader. There is no gainsaying the fact that Nigeria, especially given the multifaceted challenges with which it currently has to contend, needs leaders with strategic foresight: a unique ability to identifying current and future trends and initiate sustainable plans to respond to them.
4 Nov
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has called for cooperation between the state and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in critical sectors such as housing, energy transition, Information Communication Technology (ICT), women empowerment, job creation and employment.
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