Operatives of the Ogun Police Command, yesterday, engaged suspected kidnappers terrorising travellers on Sagamu Ijebu-Ode-Benin expressway in a gun battle, killing two of them. The police also rescued three Indians and recovered a total sum of N7.9m and 1500 Indian Rupees, suspected to have been part of the ransom collected from victims, repor...
•Emergency workers moving some flood victims to safety in Lagos State The Ogun State Government has asked residents in floodplain areas to relocate to safer ground before the rain commences fully. The rain, according to the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NIMET) and the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), would commence in March and e...
Electric poles and cables worth millions of naira were destroyed on Sunday, as a result of a rainstorm in Ado-Odo/ Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State. This incident has plunged over 40 communities in the council area into darkness till the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) can fix the damaged poles and cables, reports [&hell...
•Ogun protest The Nigeria Labour Congress, Ogun State Chapter, has joined their counterparts across the country to protest the prevailing hardship occasioned by fuel subsidy removal and attendant skyrocketing prices of goods, particularly food among others. The leadership of the NLC disclosed that the two-day rally slated for today and tomorro...
•Governor Dapo Abiodun In a bid to cushion the effect of the rise in the prices of goods in the country, the Ogun State Government has purchased 100 truckloads of rice to be sold at cheaper rates to residents of the state. The state governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, stated this yesterday while speaking at a […]
•FRSC officials controlling traffic The Ogun State Sector Command of Federal Road Safety Corps today issued a traffic alert to the motoring public disclosing the complete blockage of Ota-Idiroko Road in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state. The gridlock was said to have been caused by multiple crashes involving a truck, two tricy...
•Former Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo The Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Oludaisi Elemide, today, stepped down a motion moved by a member representing Abeokuta North State Constituency, Babatunde Tella, and co-sponsored by five other lawmakers suspending the former Speaker Olakunle Oluomo for fourte...
•Ladipupo Adebutu The 2023 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Oladipupo Adebutu, alongside five others today appeared before Justice Abiodun Akinyemi of the state High Court, Kobape Road, Abeokuta over seven-count charge bordering on vote buying and other offences in a case number AB/10c/2023 (FRN Vs Adebutu ...
•Police Ogun State Police Command today confirmed that its operatives have arrested 11 suspects over the resurgence of cult clashes in different parts of Abeokuta over the weekend during when four souls were said to have perished The Police Public Relations Officer of the state command, Omolola Odutola disclosed this to newsmen today. Odutola ...
Today, the Ogun State House of Assembly swore in Hon. Oludaisi Elemide as the new Speaker of the House. Elemide, representing Odeda State Constituency, is a third-time lawmaker in the Assembly. His emergence followed the impeachment of Hon. Olakunle Oluomo on January 23 as the Speaker of the Assembly, reports Nigerian Tribune. Recall that 18 [...
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