By OLA MODUPE, Abeokuta – The Ogun State Police Command on Sunday said it had arrested a 27-year-old man, Ibrahim Sikiru, for allegedly killing his father with a machete at Onipanu area of the state. The Police Spokesman in Ogun, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement issued...
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday harped on the need to strengthen democracy in Africa. The duo made the call in Abeokuta during the opening session of a two-day democracy conference held at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library. The conference, organised by the Coalition...
Former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo has said some presidential aspirants for next year’s general elections should be in jail if the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) did their jobs effectively. Obasanjo stated this while speaking during an...
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has said that he would soon officially declare his intention to contest the 2023 presidential race. Atiku stated this on Saturday, after a closed-door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo at his residence, in Abeokuta, Ogun. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Atiku...
No fewer than 17 persons were burnt to death on Friday in an accident involving a Mazda bus and a tanker at Isara Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, Mr Ahmed Umar, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – Operatives from Ogun State Police Command have arrested a couple with fresh human parts hidden in their house. The command’s spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Saturday in Abeokuta, the state capital. The couple, Kehinde Oladimeji (aged 43)...
The National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, on Saturday visited the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo, in Abeokuta, to seek his support for the presidential ambition. After a closed-door meeting with Gbadebo, at his Ake Palace, Tinubu told a larger gathering that he...
Police authorities in Ogun State have paraded four teenage suspects believed to have killed a young girl for a ‘money-making’ ritual in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The command’s spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, while parading the suspects on Monday said the suspects confessed to have lured their victim to an...
Ahead of the APC National convention in February and General Elections in 2023, the Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun is confident that the President Muhammadu Buhari will give necessary guidance to ensure that equity and justice is reflected within the party’s zoning formula. The Governor expressed this view...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says over 300 lives were lost in various road accidents in Ogun State in 2021. Mr Ahmed Umar, the FRSC Sector Commander in the state, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Sunday and signed by the command’s Public Education Officer,...
Nigeria’s Music star, David Adeleke, a.k.a Davido, has said that he graduated with Second Class Upper honour from the university. The Nigerian-American artiste took to his verified Twitter page on Tuesday to announce the grade and warned against boasting about one’s intellectual. He wrote, “Wonderful! me I finished uni...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – Tragedy was averted on Tuesday as a 40-feet container fell at the Ado-Odo/ Ota Local Government Area of the Ogun State. It was gathered that the accident, which occurred at about 7. 00 a.m., was as a result of over speeding and reckless driving....
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Ogun for the inauguration of some projects executed by the state’s Governor Dapo Abiodun. He was received by Abiodun and other top state government officials at 10.40 a.m at Mojoda area in Ijebu-Ode, where he cut the tape for the inauguration of the...
President Muhammadu Buhari will embark on a state visit to Ogun State on Thursday, January 13. The President was billed to visit the Gateway State on December 21, 2021 but the official visit was postponed indefinitely. In a statement issued on Sunday by Kunle Somorin, the Chief Press Secretary...
A couple residing at Ilara area of Ode Remo, in Remo North Local Government Area of Ogun State have been arrested for selling their one-month-old baby for the sum of N50,000. The police public relations officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi who disclosed this in a press statement said the buyer is...
FRSC in Ogun State on Saturday cautioned motorists against excessive speeding as the Lotto to Deeper Life construction zone of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway opened for the Yuletide. The Sector Commander, Mr Ahmed Umar, stated at Ota, Ogun State, that the opening of the construction zone was part of decisions...
The Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) in Ogun has proposed N1.50 billion as its total budget estimate for 2022 fiscal year. Mr Lekan Kuye, the Executive Secretary of SUBEB disclosed this while defending the 2022 budget proposal of the board before members of Ogun House of Assembly on Thursday...
A pastor, Peter Taiwo and his wife, Elizabeth Taiwo have been arrested for allegedly conniving to defile a 16 years old choir member of the church in Alaja Oke, Saje area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a suspected notorious serial killer, Ibiyemi Wasiri who has been on the wanted list of the command in connection with two murder cases. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi disclosed this in...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta- The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of three persons along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Sunday in an accident involving two vehicles. The accident occurred at Ogere, near Sapade area of the state. The Ogun Sector Commander of FRSC, Mr Ahmed Umar,...