Ogun State, Nigeria, World News & Stories
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In Ogun State, Governor Dapo Abiodun on Friday condoled with the family and friends of the former editor of the Sunday Times, Mr. Gbolabo Ogunsanwo. The witty columnist died early Friday. President Muhammadu Buhari has also joined family, friends, and the media industry to mourn celebrated journalist and former Editor of Sunday Times, Mr. Gbolabo…
After 200 years of its existence, Olooji community near Ijebu Ife in Ogun East, Nigeria has experienced power supply for the first time ever with the official inauguration of a 100KWP solar-powered off-grid electricity system on Saturday. The excited sleepy community of about 4,500 people, the local leaders said, had never had a power supply…
A group of former Niger Delta militants, the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA), has asked the region’s governors to explain what they did with over N50 trillion they got from the oil-producing states 13 percent derivation funds. The militant group faulted the governors on the seven-point demands handed over at a consultative meeting with the…
Ogun State Appropriation Bill 2021 is ready. Prince Dapo Abiodun will in line with section 121 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, (as amended) present the Ogun State 2021 budget estimates to the State’s House of Assembly on Wednesday, 2nd December 2020. A press release from the Clerk of the House and Head of Legislative Services, Mr Deji Adeyemo, showed…
The Ogun State environmental sanitation for the month of November will hold on Saturday, November 28, 2020, starting from 7.00 am to 10.00 am. This is according to a release signed by the Commissioner for Environment, Hon. Abiodun Abudu-Balogun According to the release, there would be no restriction of movement across the 20 Local Government…
ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) branches are divided over whether to accept the Federal Government’s offer and call off their ongoing strike. The union will harmonise the positions of zones and branches at a meeting in Abuja today. With some branches insisting that the government must meet all the demands before the strike is…
The Ogun Department of Industry, Trade and Investment plan to take advantage of the government’s current policy to encourage the use of Adire’s clothing in schools by setting up a clothing institute in fiscal 2021 that will allow entrepreneurs to produce more to export duty-free products to the United States under the Act. -The African…
The Ivorian forward was one of the standout performers as the Gunners advanced to the last 32 of the Europa League Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has heaped praise on Nicolas Pepe after he scored a goal in their 3-0 win over Molde in a Uefa Europa League game. Four days ago, the 25-year-old who was sent off in…
Unknown gunmen have shot a prominent traditional ruler in Ondo State, Oba Israel Adewusi who was the Olufon of Ifon. Ifon is located in Ose Local Government Area (LGA) of the state in south-west Nigeria. The Oba was said to be returning to his town from Akure, the Ondo State capital where he went for…
To promote economic, political, and international relations with neighboring countries, the Ogun State government has announced it will prioritize teaching French in schools in the state. Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu, represented by the Governor’s Special Adviserr for Primary and Secondary Education, Mrs. Ronke Soyombo, who hinted this on the French International Day 2020 organized by the Ministry of Idi-Aba,…
