Ogun State, Nigeria, World News & Stories
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On Tuesday, protesters surrounded the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national secretariat in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The demonstration touches on the controversies surrounding Sheriff Oborevwori, the Delta State House of Assembly Speaker and PDP candidate for governor in the general elections of 2023. Because of apparent irregularities in his certificates, Sheriff Oborevwori was disqualified on…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s candidate, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Lagos Governor and All Progressives Congress (APC) national Asiwaju Bola
Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has expressed anger at a viral video depicting claimed members of the National Association of Seadogs, also known as the Pyrates Confraternity, insulting the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in a song. In the one-minute, six-second film, the members, clothed in red and white,…
On Monday, July 25 2022 hundreds of youths and women in the sleepy town of Ijebu Ode, Ogun State held a rally in celebration of athletics hurdler Tobi Amusan, who became the first-ever Nigerian athletics world champion and record holder, The PUNCH reports. Ijebu Ode-born Tobi Amusan, 25, ran a time of 12.12secs – shaving…
The Awujale and other royal fathers in Ijebuland on Monday unanimously endorsed Governor Dapo Abiodun for a second term in office. Leading other traditional rulers, the Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, was quoted by the Nigerian Tribune as saying: “You have worked assiduously these past three years and three months…
Abeokuta Club at 50 Faces at the 50th anniversary of Abeokuta Club held in Abeokuta, the State Capital. The club is a social and cultural club that became a movement shortly after its inception. Today, Abeokuta Club has become one of the leading social clubs in Nigeria. The clubhouse is based in Abeokuta, the capital of…
The Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Charles Soludo, on Friday played host to his primary school teacher, Dr. Angela Mebirim, who taught him during his primary three days in Enugu. Dr. Angela Mebirim, who hails from Mbaise in Imo State, was said to have lived in the same neighbourhood with the governor’s family during their days…
APC Ogun state has berated an ex-governor of the state, Senator Ibikunle Amosun over his comment that Governor Dapo Abiodun rigged the 2019 governorship election. The party said Amosun, a chieftain of the APC, was suffering from “political amnesia and out-of-office loneliness.” APC, in a statement relesed in Abeokuta on Saturday by its Publicity Secretary,…
Nigeria’s golden girl, Tobi Amusan has successfully defended her Commonwealth Games 100m hurdles title after crusing to the first position on Sunday at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, UK. Tobi finished in a time of 12.30s to set a new Games Record and also secure Nigeria’s 10th gold medal in what has been an amazing…
The week began on a dolorous note. Gloomy, sepulchral. Early Sunday morning, a ghoulish video began to make the rounds, in which abductors of the train passengers held since March 28 were being brutally beaten up, with their captors threatening fire and brimstone against everyone in the country. It was a very sad spectacle. A…
