Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) on Friday said a commercial motorcycle passenger was crushed to death at Hamadiyah Junction, Oju-Ore, Ogun. Mr Adekunle Ajibade, the South-West Area Commander of TRACE, confirmed the incident to the New Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota. Ajibade explained that the...
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By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – Ogun State Police Command has arrested two persons, Akeem Usman and Niyi Ifadowo, for allegedly killing 18-year-old 100-level Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) student, Quadri Salami, for rituals. The Command’s spokesman, SP Omolola Odutola,, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on...
An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, sentenced a 45- year-old native doctor, Micheal Oyewole, to 12 months imprisonment for killing his neighbour’s cow. The convict, who resides at Araromi Alakaloko Olomore area in Abeokuta, pleaded not guilty to the three-count charge of conspiracy, theft and willfully and unlawfully...
Ogun State Police Command has denied torturing a suspected cultist, Seyi Samson, to death. Samson was arrested by the Ogun State Police Command over cult-related activities and has been in police custody. Reports emerged that the 39-year-old was tortured by the police while in custody, but the...
The mutilated body of a missing 12-year-old boy, John Soyinka, was on Monday found in a bush at Kotogbo community in Asero Estate, Abeokuta. Soyinka was declared missing a week ago and the matter was reported at the Obantoko Police Station in Abeokuta. The Police Public Relations Officer,...
Operatives of te Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested a 76-yea -old man in Abeokuta for allegedly raping and impregnating a 16-year-old girl. Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development in Ogun, Mrs Adijat Adeleye, told newsmen in Abeokuta on Saturday that the septuagenarian would...
The Federal Government is ready to support Adire, a locally-produced fabric, with some form of subsidy to enhance its production. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Mrs Betta Edu, disclosed this to newsmen on Saturday during her visit to the Adire mall at Itoku in Abeokuta....
The Police command in Ogun says it has arrested two minors for allegedly setting their school on fire in the Isheri-Olofin area of Ifo Local Government. Superintendent of Police, Omolola Odutola, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Monday....
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday called for more investments in the manufacturing sector to tackle unemployment, poverty and boost the economy. Obasanjo made this call in Abeokuta while speaking at the unveiling of the Luxe Regal Brand of Royal Chairs produced by Olatunde Prestige Limited, located...
Operatives of the Police Command in Ogun on Monday arrested the impeached Chairman of Ijebu-East Local Government (LG), Mr. Wale Adedayo, at his residence in Ijebu-Ife. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adedayo had recently raised some allegations about the Gov. Dapo Abiodun-led administration in...
Several political party members claiming to be loyalists of former Gov. Ibikunle Amosun on Friday in Abeokuta rejoined the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun. The state governor, Dapo Abiodun, received the members, who were from the 20 local government areas (LGAs) of the state, at the Presidential Lodge...
The Police Command in Ogun on Tuesday said it had arrested two security men for allegedly shooting a man in the eye as a result of a misunderstanding in Sango-Ota area of the state. The police spokesperson in the state, SP Omolola Odutola, who confirmed the incident...
Three persons were confirmed dead while one other sustained injuries when a Toyota Sienna car plunged into the Omo river around Area J4 on the Sagamu-Benin expressway on Saturday. Mrs Florence Okpe, the Public Education Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, confirmed the incident to...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Ogun State Police Command has detained a native doctor identified as Babatunde Kolawole, for been in possession of a fresh male human corpse, was arrested and handed over to its personnel at Ado/Odo-Ota area of the state. The Command’s spokesman, SP Omolola Odutola,...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun 1 Area Command, has intercepted 1,245 live ammunition concealed in bags of foreign rice in the state. The Area Comptroller, Bamidele Makinde, at a news conference on Monday in Abeokuta, Ogun, said five old vehicles were intercepted by the Roving B Team...
The Ogun State Police Command on Sunday in Abeokuta said it has apprehended one Akeem Owonikoko, a suspected armed robber, along the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode-Benin Highway. SP Omolola Odutola, the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), in a statement said Owonikoko was arrested after an operation led by ACP Omosanyi...
The Police Command in Ogun says it has arrested one Sunday Dosunmu, a prison returnee, while trying to use fabricated keys to unlock cars at Leme area of Abeokuta on Saturday. SP Omolola Odutola, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on...
Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun on Tuesday held a closed-door meeting with Chief Olusegun Obasanjo at the former President’s residence in Abeokuta. Abiodun who addressed journalists after the meeting which lasted for about one hour, declined comments on the details of the meeting He, however, spoke on the removal...
A traditional ruler in Ogun, Oba Abraham Bankole, has been crushed to death by a truck on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Bankole was the Olu of Onibuku in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of of the state NAN gathered that the truck, with registration number EPE 252...