Team Bayelsa has maintained its lead on the medals table at the ongoing National Sports Festival (NSF) in Ogun. Bayelsa garnered 30 gold, 12 silver and 13 bronze medals five days into the festival to maintain a comfortable lead. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that the...
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Team Bayelsa has maintained its lead on the medals table of the ongoing National Sports Festival (NSF) in Abeokuta, Ogun. Bayelsa amassed 19 gold, 10 silver and eight bronze medals four days into the festival. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the official medals table released by the...
Police Command in Oyo State has arrested one of its personnel who accidentally shot dead a 14-year-old secondary school student, Kehinde Alade, in Ibadan on Tuesday. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Adewale Osifeso, disclosed this in a statement issued in Ibadan on Tuesday. He said the officer responsible for the...
Containerised shops were destroyed on Tuesday following an explosion involving a diesel-laden tanker behind the Alake Sports Complex in Ijeja, Abeokuta. The explosion occurred just behind the fence separating the Sports Complex from the Ijeja community, triggering panic among nearby residents. Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),...
A stray bullet fired by a policeman has allegedly killed a teenage boy on his way to school in Ibadan on Tuesday. An eyewitness account stated that the incident occurred at the Ibadan airport junction, along Old Ife Road. According to a commercial motorcyclist, Dauda Oseni, the deceased, with...
President Bola Tinubu has said that sports remained a tool for national integration and cohesion. He stated at the opening of the 22nd National Sports Festival, tagged ‘Gateway Games’ 2024 on Sunday in Abeokuta. Tinubu who was represented by the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, said that for decades, sports...
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun has promised a cash reward of N2.5 million for any state athletes who wins gold medal at the 22nd National Sports Festival (NSF). Abiodun made the promise when he visited the athletes’ camp at Babcock University, Ilisan-Remo, Ikenne Local Government Area of the state...
Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo has charged the state contingent to the 22nd National Sports Festival in Ogun to bring home gold medals and make Edo proud. Okpebholo gave the charge on Friday while addressing the 774-member team shortly before they departed Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium to Abeokuta for the...
Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun has promised to focus on strengthening its presence in all the local government areas in the state. The State PDP Youth Leader, Mr Sunkanmi Oyejide, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
By OLA MODUPE, Abeokuta – Troops of the 81 Division, Nigerian Army, operating under the 35 Artillery Brigade, have apprehended a man for allegedly trafficking human parts at Kulanla Odomola in Ogun. The division’s spokesman, Lt.-Col. Olabisi Ayeni, disclosed this in a signed statement on Sunday. Ayeni said the...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has destroyed heaps of illicit drugs weighing about 1.6 million kilograms of assorted illicit substances seized across Lagos, Ogun and Oyo state, in what is till date the largest volume of seizures to be set ablaze at...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – No fewer than 18 persons including an officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) have been confirmed dead in an accident at Gbaga on the Ikorodu–Sagamu Road, on Saturday. FRSC spokesperson in Ogun, Mrs Florence Okpe, confirmed the incident in a statement issued...
Officials of the Ogun State Government and community leaders hailed Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG) and NNPC Gas Marketing Limited (NGML) for their partnership in the reconstruction of a key community road that was commissioned on Thursday (April 3) in Ado – Odo Otta Local Government Area. The 4.5km Ilogbo...
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun has felicitated with Muslim faithful on the 2025 Ramadan, saying that the period has enriched the country spiritually. Abiodun said this in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Lekan Adeniran on Sunday in Abeokuta. He commended Muslim faithful for their prayers...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun has warned motorists against carrying inflammable substances, such as gas, that may ignite fire explosions during the Eid-el-Fitr celebration. The Ota Unit Commander of FRSC, Mr Wasiu Ogunmefun, issued the warning while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
Police Command in Ogun has arrested eight suspected Secondary School cultists who engaged in cult activities at Ifo High School in the state. The Command’s Spokesperson, CSP Omolola Odutola, confirmed the arrest in a statement, issued to newsmen in Ota on Saturday. Odutola explained that on March 21,2025, at...
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun on Wednesday pledged to make Olumo Rock the top tourism destination in Nigeria through focused government intervention and investment. He made this pledge while inspecting the Olumo Rock Tourist Centre in Abeokuta, emphasising its cultural and historical significance to Egbaland, Ogun and Nigeria, at...
A 14-year-old boy, Timothy Amosun, in Junior Secondary School 3, has died after a rainstorm destroyed Mayigi Community Comprehensive High School in Ilase, Ogun. The Ogun government confirmed the incident on Wednesday through a statement by Mr Lekan Adeniran, Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Dapo Abiodun. The News Agency...
Police Command in Ogun State has confirmed a police officer, Insp Ajele Oloyede, allegedly shot himself in the Igbesa area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Omolola Odutola, confirmed this in a statement issued to journalists in Ota, Ogun state, on Sunday. He said before who the tragic...