•Governor Dapo Biodun of Ogunde State The Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission has fixed Saturday, November 16, 2024, for the local government election in the 20 local government areas of the state. The chairman of the commission in the state, Babatunde Osibodu, disclosed this in a statement today. He said Thursday, August 8, 2024, is [...
•Protesters Protesters across several states in the nation took to the streets today, to express their discontent at the economic hardship and growing hunger In all of this, these aggrieved demonstrators decided to drive their point home by reciting the old national anthem “Arise O Compatriots”, reports Channels TV. Tagged #EndbadG...
•Governor Dapo Abiodun The Take It Back Movement (TIB) has announced designated take-off locations across Ogun State for the #EndBadGovernance protest, which begins tomorrow, Thursday, August 1. According to the group, the convergence points for participating citizens of the protest include MKO Abiola Stadium in Abeokuta, the state capital; Sa...
•Oro festival Ikenne – the hometown of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo in Ogun State – was yesterday thrown into chaos as some youths and security operatives clashed over Oro festival in the community. It was gathered that the youths had stormed the streets and set up bonfires at strategic locations in protest against […]
The Ogun State Government has confirmed 25 cases of Cholera in seven local government areas of the state, with one casualty from Ijebu North local government in the Ogun East Senatorial district of the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, gave the figure in Abeokuta, the state capital during a press briefing […]
•Cholera outbreak The Ogun State Government has confirmed the outbreak of cholera which has claimed the life of a 62-year-old woman with five persons hospitalised. The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Tomi Coker, said the incident happened in Ijebu Igbo, Ijebu North Local Government Area. The incident occurred four days ago. A source in the...
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...

