Ownership of the oil-rich Eba Island has torn the neighbouring Ogun and Ondo State governments apart. The controversy followed the recent disclosure of President Bola Tinubu’s approval for the commencement of commercial oil exploration at the island, said to border both states, reports Daily Trust. Governor Dapo Abiodun made the disclosure on ...
•Tinubu The long-awaited status of Ogun State as an oil-producing state is set to materialise following the approval by President Bola Tinubu for the commencement of commercial oil drilling at Eba, Ogun Waterside. Governor Dapo Abiodun disclosed this yesterday while receiving the Flag Officer Commanding, Western Naval Command, Rear Admiral Abu...
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has expressed concern over the surge in kidnapping incidents in Ondo, Kwara, Ogun, Osun, Niger and Plateau States, just as it condemns the reported attack on women who were at the gate of the Kwara State Government House on a Save Our Soul (SOS) mission. A press statement yesterday by [&h...
Ogun and Lagos state say heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua and another passenger are stable after comprehensive clinical assessments conducted on them at a Lagos medical facility. This was contained in a statement jointly signed by the Special Adviser to the Governor of Ogun State on Information and Strategy, Kayode Akinlade, and the L...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has commenced probe into the widespread and scientifically-verified lead-poisoning disaster ravaging Ogijo, a densely populated community located at the Ogun-Lagos States border. Responding to the alarm over the incident, the Senate summoned the Ministers of Environment, Health, Solid Minerals, Labour and Employment...
•SouthWest Joint Security Stakeholders The Joint Security Stakeholders for Oyo, Ogun, Lagos and Osun states have reassured residents of the South-West states and travellers that there will be adequate security and safety of lives and properties around their shared border areas and highways during and beyond the Yuletide. The committee gave thi...
•Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State The Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, has ordered industries and companies operating in the state to commence the registration of foreigners in their employ for proper documentation. This, he said, was part of the security measures being put in place to address security breaches in recent times, reports Ch...
•Tanker explosion The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency has confirmed that a woman sustained injuries while three vehicles were destroyed in the tanker fire that occurred along the Abeokuta–Sagamu Expressway today. It was earlier reported that the fire began at about 1 a.m. after a 33,000-litre tanker overturned due to exces...
•Ogun Commissioner of Police, Lanre Ogunlowo The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Ogunlowo, has said that the command is investigating the purported arrest of the State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Abayomi Tella, and two staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Toryem Joe-Stans, and Mandara Amina Mamman, at ...
An explosion has rocked a storage building belonging to the Nigerian Army at its Ilese Barracks, in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State. The explosion occurred in the early hours of yesterday, Thursday, August 14, 2025, and was followed by a fire outbreak, reports Channels TV. In a statement, Army spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Appolonia Anele confirmed th...
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