The Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), said tragedy was averted on Thursday as a tanker, loaded with 33,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), fell at Odo-Sede, Akeja area, along Osi-Ikola in Ogun. The South-West Area Commander of TRACE, Mr Adekunle Ajibade, told the News Agency...
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Gunmen shot a traditional chief in Sagamu, Ogun dead on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the three-man gang shot the chief in his head at close quarters. He has since been buried according to Islamic rites. Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Abiodun...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun II Area Command, has released a detained bullion van with N24.489.500.00 belonging to Access Bank Plc in Abeokuta. The Service in a statement on Sunday via its X (formerly Twitter) handle, said Bullion van was impounded in...
The Ogun Police Command has arrested a 43-year-old pastor, Clinton John, for allegedly defiling a 16-year-old girl (name withheld) at Agbado area of the state. The command’s Spokesperson, SP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Ota on Saturday. Odutola explained...
Ogun State Police Command has arrested a couple, Mba Moses and Florence Moses, for allegedly killing one Mark Kalu after the victim sustained injuries from a fight between them. The Command’ spokesperson, SP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abeokuta...
Three inmates of the Correctional Centre in Ijebu Ode Local Government Area of Ogun have escaped from custody. The escapees scaled the fence of the facility and bolted away on Saturday, Spokesman of the Nigeria Correctional Service in Ogun, Mr Victor Oyeleke confirmed in Abeokuta on Tuesday. He...
Two persons died while six others sustained injuries in an auto crash on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Tuesday. Mrs Florence Okpe, Spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun confirmed the lone accident involving a Toyota bus carrying eight persons. She attributed the accident to over speeding and...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – An unidentified man, believed to be an electricity cable thief, was found electrocuted on Monday on Mowe 33KV feeder at Ashipa village on Abeokuta/Sagamu expressway. The Regional Head, Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), Mr Abdulrazaq Jimoh, confirmed the incident in a statement...
No fewer than 10 persons died in an accident that occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Tuesday. The Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, Mrs Florence Okpe, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta. She noted that the accident involved Iveco truck marked KRA...
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...
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...