The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has given the Federal Government two weeks to increase the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS). The association made this known on Saturday in a communique issued at the end of the extra-ordinary council meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) held in...
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Energy giant, Total Energies in collaboration with the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has reiterated their commitment to provide social impact initiatives focused on youth development in the country. This assertion was made at the graduation and close – out ceremony of Adolescent 360 TotalEnergies Health and Economic Empowerment...
Gunmen on Sunday have kidnapped an officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Popoola Olasupo, along Fidiwo axis on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that Olasupo was kidnapped at about 6:30 am on Sunday morning while going to his duty...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun says it welcomes the filing of petition against the re-election of Gov. Dapo Abiodun by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Oladipupo Adebutu. Adebutu and PDP filed a petition challenging the outcome of the March 18 election at the...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun 1 Area Command, says it generated N44,857,053,50 in the state between January to March, this year. The Area Comptroller, Bamidele Makinde, disclosed this in statement made available to newsmen in Ota, on Friday. Makinde said that the proceeds of revenue generated which was...
The police command in Ogun on Wednesday, paraded 24 suspected cultists, who were allegedly responsible for various cult clashes and armed robberies in different parts of the state. SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), paraded the suspects at the Command’s headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta. Oyeyemi...
The police command in Ogun has arrested a suspect, allegedly connected with the kidnap of a journalist, Oluseun Oduneye, at Mobalufon area of Ijebu Ode on March 9. SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Tuesday, said that the suspect...
The Idiroko Unit Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has warned motorists against driving with expired drivers licences and worn out tyres to stem unnecessary road crashes during the forthcoming Easter celebrations. Mr Akinwunmi Olaluwoye, the Unit Commander of FRSC in the area, made this known in...
. Hon. Ladi Adebutu, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the March 18 election in Ogun, has vowed to reclaim his “stolen mandate” at the election petition tribunal. He said this while addressing members of his party, shortly after some PDP House of Assembly members-elect had collected their...
Leaders of Sari and Akore communities in Ado-Odo/ Ota Local Government Area of Ogun on Monday appealed to Gov.Dapo Abiodun to save their communities from incessant attacks by suspected land grabbers. They made the appeal in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in Ota . The community...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday in Abuja called on INEC to review the March 18 Ogun governorship election result. Its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba told a news conference that the party rejected the declaration of Gov. Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – The Ogun State Police Command has arrested five suspected members of a ritual gang, which specialises in exhuming corpses from graves and removing body parts for rituals. The Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this in a statement in Abeokuta on Sunday,...
An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court, on Friday, sentenced a 21-year-old man, Abeeb Magaji, to 14 years imprisonment for attempting to steal from the court’s premises in Isabo. Magaji, whose address was not provided, pleaded guilty to the three-count charge of intent to commit felony, unlawful damage and causing breach of...
A woman, on Sunday, died on her way to church, after falling off her husband’s motorcycle at Fajol axis of Obantoko area in Abeokuta. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the incident happened as the husband of the deceased lost control in the process of avoiding a...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – The Police command in Ogun State have arrested three suspects over an alleged attempt to kill a police officer, Akinpelu Sunday, while carrying out his duties at Orile Imo in Obafemi- Owode LGA of the state. The command’s spokesman, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the...
A couple – Kehinde Fatinoye and Bukola – has been killed in a mysterious fire incident shortly after returning from a New Year/Crossover service in Abeokuta, Ogun State. According to the police, a suspect has been arrested in connection with the death of the duo who reside in the...
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested two brothers for allegedly kidnapping a woman and her nine-year-old son for ritual purposes. The suspects were arrested following information received by policemen at Oja Odan Divisional Headquarters that the two brothers were allegedly in negotiations over the phone to sell a...
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has dismissed the report that it has opted to work with another political party for the 2023 general elections because it no longer has candidates. National Chairman of the party, Chief Ralph Nwosu, made this known at a news conference on Monday in Abeokuta. He...
Ogun have been officially announced as the next hosts of the National Sports Festival (NSF), their second hosting after their first one in 2006. Youth and Sports Development Minister Sunday Dare, made the announcement on Saturday in Asaba during the closing ceremony of the 21st NSF. Dare said five...
The Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun 1 Area Command, says it has seized goods worth N4.88 billion between Feb. and Dec.6 in the state. The Area Comptroller, Bamidele Makinde, made this known during a press conference in Idiroko, Ogun, on Wednesday. Makinde said that the command, during the period under...