Rotary International, District 9110, comprising Lagos and Ogun states has installed its 40th District Governor, Bola Oyebade. Oyebade, at the investiture and fund-raising event, said the major project of his service year was the war against prostrate cancer.   The project entails screening of 2,000 men and building a prostate cancer centre at Olabisi Onabanjo…

The Federal Government will deploy 19,000 Solar Home Systems (SHS), using a Rural Electrification Fund (REF), which was established to provide more equitable access to electricity across the country.

Ogun State Government has expressed readiness to extend agricultural opportunities to the Women Entrepreneurs and Professional Development Network (WEPAN), as well as other women groups

Four persons were on Saturday crushed to death in an accident involving a DAF truck and a commercial bus around Capital Hotel on Ijebu Ode-Oru road.

The sum of N26 million interest-free loan was, yesterday, presented to 11 beneficiaries by the wife of Ogun State Governor, Mrs. Bamidele Abiodun.

An armed robbery suspect was yesterday shot dead in Ikenne, Ogun State during a gun duel with the police, while others escaped with gunshot injuries.   It was learned that the incident, which occurred around 5:00 a.m followed a distress call to the Ikenne police division that a group of armed robbers had blocked the…

One year after the exit of democratically elected Local Council officials in Ogun State, the delay in the conduct of the council poll is gradually giving rise to doubt and anxiety...

Ogun State government has approved N87.3 million as payment of the state counterpart funds for the implementation of the Federal Government/International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Assisted Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) in the state. The VCDP is a project with the objective of enhancing incomes and food security of rural farming households engaged in…

With the rapidly changing scenarios in the housing industry, mounting unemployment and home shortages in the country, property owners and realtors are tests running a new marketing strategy that offers prospective investors a piece of land in Lagos and Ogun states through a swap programme.  The scheme, which is new, may not be professional as expected,…

In Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, Israel Akojede and his wife, Mama Esther, have died a few hours apart having lived together in marriage for 72 years.   The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that their deaths, which occurred at Gbonagun Obantoko area of Abeokuta, had Mr. Akojede reported dead around 3:00 a.m. on Friday,…

Sets Aside N50million As Compensation For Victims Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has appointed Justice Solomon Olugbemi (rtd) as Chairman, Judicial Panel of Investigation on alleged cases of Police brutalities against citizens of the state. The appointment was in line with the resolution of the National Economic Council at its meeting on Thursday. The…

In commemoration of the cancer awareness month, the wife of the Ogun State Governor, Mrs. Bamidele Abiodun has carried out the free breast and cervical cancer screening for women in the state.