Some young people, especially graduates, see cocoa farming as a poorly rewarding business meant for only the aged people who have resigned to fate. They think farmers, and by extension cocoa producers, have nothing else to show for their labour and drudgery except a beggarly existence. These perceptions are not only false but also far…

Efforts by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to make the Supreme Court expeditiously hear the appeal on the leadership tussle of Ogun State Chapter of the party suffered a setback yesterday as the matter was adjourned till December 5, 2018. The party had filed an appeal at the apex…

The Nigerian Prisons Service, Ogun State Command, has registered 35 prison inmates for the 2018 National Examination Council (NECO) examination that will commence on November 15, 2018. On Tuesday, the State Prison Service spokesman, Victor Oyeleke, said the 35 inmates were drawn from three of the six prisons in the state. Oyeleke said, “The approval…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan yesterday adjourned the suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party against the Chief Adebayo Dayo-led executive committee in Ogun State till November 20, 2018, after striking out the motion for extension of time to appeal. The court struck out the application for time extension based on the objection…

The recent impeachment in Ondo State House of Assembly in which the Speaker, Bamidele Oloyelogun, and his deputy, Ogundeji Iroju, share some similarities to the political discord in Ogun State. However, what happened in Ondo appeared to be more about the unfinished political battle of interests during the 2016 governorship primary of All Progressives Congress…

During our primary school days, there was always a day set aside for the release of the results of our promotion examinations. We often awaited the arrival of that day with bated breath. That day held your future in its womb. If you scaled through the examination you would go to the next class and…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday met with three state governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the South West geo-political zone at the Presidential Villa, Abuja The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the affected governors included Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun, Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo and Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti NAN gathered that…

In Ogun State, fresh allegations against National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole have emerged. He is alleged to have annulled result of 26 House of Assembly candidates in the state. The fate of the 26 winners remained unknown after the curtains fell on the submission of names of candidates for 2019…

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has commenced distribution of relief materials to over 1,800 households affected by the July 13, 2018, flash flood disaster in Abeokuta, Ogun State. NEMA, in conjunction with the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), through the Ministry of Environment, presented relief materials to first batch of 125 beneficiaries at the…

The Ogun Government said it had spent N18.6 billion on the construction and provision of roads across the state between January and August. Arch. Olamilekan Adegbite, the State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, said this while playing host to the House Committee on Works and Infrastructure, on oversight visit to the ministry in Abeokuta. The…

Following the news on October 20, 2018 when a 67-year-old woman gave birth to her first child through the In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) process, Dr. Taofeek Ogunfunmilayo of Atoke Medical Centre, Abeokuta, Ogun State, has urged women not to give up in their quest for children as age does not matter. He said though the…

Men of Ogun State police command have arrested a 23-year-old Taiwo Olatokunbo for the gruesome murder of a man simply identified as Christian over a N200 bottle of beer in Ijebu-Ode area of the state. According to a statement signed by the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi, the incident happened on Saturday…