Ogun State Police Command has assured that abductors of Mr Tunde Osifowokan, Manager of the Flourishing Poultry Farm in Odogbolu, would soon be apprehended. Commissioner of Police in Ogun, Mr Abiodun Alamutu, who disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Abeokuta on Wednesday, said the state Police Command would...
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By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – No fewer than 9 persons were injured in a gas explosion at a steel company in Ogijo, Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State. The explosion occurred on Sunday at Phoenix Steel Mills in Ogijo. The command’s spokesman, SP Omolola Odutola, confirmed the incident...
An Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun, on Friday remanded nine persons for allegedly kidnapping and killing six girls for ritual purpose. The Police charged the defendants, whose addresses were not provided with kidnapping, murder, robbery and conspiracy. The defendants are: Moses Aruwaji, 45, Adebayo Azeez, 32, Mariam Aruwaji,...
A suspected money ritual killer on Thursday in Abeokuta narrated how he and other accomplices lured seven women to their deaths through a dating application. The 32-year-old, who was paraded by the police command in Ogun, confessed to being a member of a ritualist gang which specialised in...
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Ogun branch, on Monday began a five day warning strike over nonpayment of 40 per cent peculiar allowance by the state government. The state JUSUN Chairman, Mr Olanrewaju Ajiboye, who spoke to newsmen in Abeokuta, said that it embarked on the...
The Ogun Police Command on Thursday arrested a seven-man gang that specialised in trading in human parts for rituals. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Abiodun Alamutu, said that a human heart and two kegs filled with human bodies were parts of exhibits recovered from the suspects. CP Alamutu...
A 400-level female student of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) in Ago-Iwoye, Adaeze Jaja, has allegedly committed suicide in a hotel room. The spokesperson of the Ogun State Police Command, Omolola Odutola, confirmed the incident to newsmen on Tuesday in Abeokuta. She said the 31-year-old was reported to have...
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Food, Beverages and Tobacco Senior Staff Association (FOBTOB) on Tuesday held a peaceful protest against the National Agency Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC)’s directive to shut down companies manufacturing alcoholic sachet drinks. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...
Officials of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Tuesday, began enforcement of ban on sachets of alcoholic drinks in Osun. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the NAFDAC officials visited some of the factories where the alcoholic beverages were being produced...
Ladi Adebutu, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the 2023 general election in Ogun, was, on Tuesday, arraigned before a state High Court sitting in Abeokuta. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adebutu was arraigned, alongside nine others, even as the Federal Government amended the...
The Police Command in Ogun, on Monday, confirmed the death of some suspected cultists in cult-related clashes in Abeokuta, the state capital. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Omolola Odutola, confirmed the incidents to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta. Odutola said...
The Police Command in Ogun have rescued nine out of the 10 members of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos kidnapped by gunmen last Thursday on their way back to Lagos from Ibadan. Commissioner of Police in Ogun, Mr Abiodun Alamutu, confirmed the release at a news briefing...
A Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) governorship aspirant in Ogun during the 2023 general elections, Segun Sowunmi has dragged the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party to court for failing to convene a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting. Sowumi filed the suit marked (FHC/ABJ/CS/T024) at the Federal High...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – A 30-year-old woman, Olubunmi Ajayi, has been arrested on Monday by the Ogun State Police Command for attempting to drown her five-month old baby. The command’s spokesperson, SP Omolola Odutola, disclosed news of the arrest in a statement. She said a “good Samaritan”,...
The 35 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Abeokuta, handed over 176kg of seized Indian hemp to the NDLEA on Thursday in Abeokuta. The brigade’s spokesman, Lt. Mohammed Goni stated in Abeokuta on Saturday that the Garrison Commander, Col. Legborsi Nule, represented the Brigade Commander, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Aminu,...
The Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACEC) said an articulated vehicle crushed a man to death while three others were injured in an accident at Toll-Gate, on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway on Saturday. Mr Adekunle Ajibade, South-West Area Commander of TRACEC, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
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...
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...