The Gateway Games 2024, currently ongoing in Abeokuta, witnessed thrilling performances across multiple disciplines, with Team Kwara, Team Ogun, and others making impressive statements in their respective events. In volleyball, Team Kwara delivered a dominant display, sweeping Team Katsina 3-0 in straight sets (25-10, 25-19, 25-18), reports Th...
•Real estate A Real Estate firm, BuyLetLive has revealed that Lagos and Ogun states recorded the highest property price increases in 2024, with growth rates of 39.46 and 30.48 per cent, respectively. The firm in its new report said the development marked a shift from 2023, when Oyo and Anambra led with increases of 29.89 […]
•Bags of rice There is tension in parts of Lagos and Ogun states over rumours that there is deadly rice in circulation. Parents and relatives send voice messages to their loved ones, warning them against buying or consuming rice at this time because a foreign trader had invoked the spirit of Ogun deity after her […]
The Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State, Tunde Oladunjoye, has passed away. Oladunjoye, who was a consultant to Governor Dapo Abiodun on Media, reportedly died abroad while battling an undisclosed illness, reports Saturday Trust. A statement from his family confirmed that Oladunjoye died yesterday. “It is w...
•Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State addressing the press yesterday All is now set for the 22nd edition of the National Sports Festival in Abeokuta, Ogun State as Governor Dapo Abiodun yesterday embarked on another tour of the facilities meant to host the event. The governor, during an assessment of the work done on the […]
•Lassa Fever The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, has declared an outbreak of Lassa Fever in the state with a casualty. The commissioner said that the hemorrhaging viral fever recently claimed the life of a 25-year-old female National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member who fell sick in Ondo and was brought to […]
•Prison Two mothers and eight other inmates have regained freedom from the Nigerian Correctional Centre, Ibara, Abeokuta, Ogun State. The inmates – three women and seven men, were held for not meeting their bond requirements after committing various crimes, reports Daily Trust. Of the three women set free, two of them are nursing mothers. The ...
A magistrate’s court in Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State has sentenced 21-year-old Adebanjo Segun to six months in prison for stealing a fowl. In a statement released today, Ogbonnaya Dyke, the Public Relations Officer for the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, Ogun State Command, revealed this. Segun’s problems allegedly started on February 19, 2...
Telecommunications operators have said that the strike embarked upon, yesterday, by members of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has started affecting telephone operations, especially within Lagos and Ogun states. It also called for urgent intervention and amicable resolution to the standoff between the police and...
•The entrance to IBEDC office in Abeokuta, Ogun State  The Ogun State office of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) has been put under lock and key as electricity workers commenced an indefinite strike over minimum wage and staff welfare. They said the action is necessary because of alleged non-implementation of the new minimum...

