About 17,000 people living with the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in Ogun State are currently being treated by the National Agency for the Control of Aids (NACA). Director-general of NACA, Dr. Sani Aliyu, told journalists in Abeokuta, the state capital, yesterday that a survey was going on to determine the number of Aids patients…

The secretary of the Ogun State Boxing Association, David Osuolale, has expressed delight at the choice of Abeokuta as the host city for GOtv Boxing NextGen Search 4. Speaking in a telephone interview, the boxing administrator said the choice of Abeokuta is a good development for boxing as a sport and young boxers in the…

Coming a few days after President Muhammadu Buhari declined assent to the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB), after 17 years in the works at both chambers of the National Assembly, the impression created by last Monday’s refusal of the presidency to sign the Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2018 into law was that the development was a…

The Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (NIS), Ogun State chapter has called on the State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun to create an office of Surveyor-General as an extra ministerial department. The chapter Chairman, N.B. Ashaye who made the appeal in Abeokuta, the State capital explained that creating such an office would enhance productivity and service delivery.…

Ogun State government says nothing could be farther from the truth like the insinuation that the relationship with its workforce is fractured. According to the state Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Basorun Muyiwa Oladipo, there is no iota of truth in the allegation of unsavoury relationship between both parties.   The former state House of…

For Nigeria to move forward, the country needs honest, credible and committed leaders who would sacrifice their personal interest to the general good of the people.

Minister of State Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire[/caption]Herbal and alternative medicine practitioners in the country have been encouraged to work towards finding a cure for cancer through medicinal plants.

There were strong indications that the recent expulsion of Senator Buruji Kashamu, representing Ogun East senatorial district in the Senate, would bring to an end the protracted crisis bedeviling Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). It all began about a decade ago, when the former governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, failed to install…

The 7th Quarterly Meeting of the Secretaries to the Governments of the All Progressive Congress- controlled states commenced in Abeokuta on Thursday with a focus on enhancing policy implementation. Gov. Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun, who declared the event open, said the meeting was the brain-child of the Progressive Governors Forum(PGF). Amosun said the meeting had…

A former Governor of Kaduna State, Mukthar Ramallan Yero, has declared his intention to run for the state governorship election next year on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He said he had suffered humiliation and persecution in the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government because of his commitment to restore good governance when…

The Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) on Friday announced the death of one of its operatives, Badru Malik, who was knocked down on the Owode-Ijako Road in Ota. Mr Seni Ogunyemi, the Ogun TRACE Corps Commander, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota According to him,…

Winners have emerged in the southwest regional finals of the ongoing 2018 Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Science Quiz Competition. Out of the six Southwest states of Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Oyo state, three winners will represent the region at the national finals slated for September in Abuja. The representatives who emerged from…