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About Nine suspected cultists were arrested in Ajegunle area of Ibogun, Ogun State during cult fight. The spokesperson of the Ogun State Police Command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi in a press statement said the clash was between members of the Eiye and Alora confraternities. According to the DPO, CSP Samuel Oladele, while the fight was going…
Dapo Abiodun, The Ogun State Governor, has disclosed that Lagos and Ogun state governments are planning to commercialise three federal roads — Ikorodu-Ogijo-Sagamu, Epe-Ijebu-Ode and the Lagos-Ota-Abeokua roads. The Governor said Lagos and Ogun states were planning to go into Public Private Partnership for the construction and rehabilitation of the three roads. Dapo said this…
Dr Dapo Abiodun, The Ogun State Governor has inaugurated 4.92 kilometres AIT/Raypower and Ikola-Osi Ota-Navy roads in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state. Dapo on Wednesday said his administration would continue to consult residents of the state on infrastructural projects they wanted the government to undertake. He said, “These roads will serve as a…
Alkali Usman, The acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), has said that the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) created a vacuum which is challenging efforts by the Police to tackle insecurity in the country. He stated this on Thursday at a presidential briefing organized by the Presidential Communications Team at the statehouse in Abuja.…
Yahaya, a major general, will replace Ibrahim Attahiru who died in a military plane crash alongside 10 others. Acting director of defence information, Onyema Nwachukwu, released a statement announcing Yahaya’s appointment on Thursday. Yahaya was the former general officer commanding 1 Division of the Nigerian army. READ ALSO : U.S. judge has until next week…
Federal prosecutors in the western Washington district have appealed the release of Abidemi Rufai, a senior special assistant to Gov Dapo Abiodun accused of fraud by the Washington Department of Labor Security for unemployment fraud last year – and now a western district judge has until June 4 to review the appeal to decide. Last…
Former Governor of Ogun State, Olusegun Osoba, on Tuesday, described the first 16 years after he left office as governor of the state as traumatic. Between 1999 and 2003, he served as Ogun State Governor before he handed over to his successors, Gbenga Daniel, and Senator Ibikunle Amosun. Osoba spoke in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta at the…
THE Action Alliance has is against the decision of the Ogun State Electoral Commission on the payment of a non-refundable deposit of N200,000 and N100,000 for the Chairmanship and Councilorship candidates, respectively. The party in a protest letter addressed to the chairman, OGSIEC, showed the fault move by the electoral body, describing it as ‘inconsistent…
During the 279th MPR meeting held today in Abuja, Godwin Emefiele , , the CBN Governor assured Nigerians that digital currencies will have a place in the country. Godwin said, “We have carried out our investigation and we found out that a substantial percentage of our people are getting involved in cryptocurrency which is not the…
Dr Faisal Shuaib ,The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency on Tuesday said it was not clear yet when the Federal Government would take delivery of next batch of COVID-19 vaccines. Shuaib said this in Abuja during a press conference organised to update the public on the status of COVID-19 vaccination.…
