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I am an indigene, you can’t stop me from contesting! Senator Olamilekan Adeola, the senator representing Lagos West at the National Assembly, made this declaration on Sunday when he formally declared his intention to contest the Ogun State governorship election in 2019 on the platform of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The senator also…
This was the reaction of the Governor when elders from Ogun West Senatorial district had a meeting with him at his Oke-Mosan office in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The elders came to dissociate themselves from a reported endorsement of Senator Solomon Adeola by Ogun West consultative forum. Amosun: “It will not be under my…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission says it will on Tuesday arraign Mrs. Maimuna Aliyu, the mother of Maryam Sanda who allegedly killed her husband, Bilyamin Bello. The police had last week arraigned Maryam before an FCT High Court sitting in Jabi for allegedly killing her husband who is the son of…
Yewande Oyediran, a former staff of the Department of Public Prosecution in the Oyo State Ministry of Justice, who was convicted of manslaughter for killing her husband Lowo, was on Monday handed a seven years jail term by Justice Muntar Abimbola of the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan. Yewande, a lawyer, was accused…
PRESIDENT Buhari Monday implored the 36 governors to pay all workers their salaries before the Yuletide so that workers will have a joyful Christmas celebrations. He, therefore, directed the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, the Minister of Economic Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma and the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun…
Wole Soyinka was born in Abeokuta, Ogun State on July 13, 1934. After studying at the University College, Ibadan, he went to the University of Leeds, United Kingdom. He later worked with the Royal Court Theatre in London and wrote plays that were produced on stage. He won the Nobel Peace Price in Literature in…
I am committed to the stand and direction of the administration as regards the 2019 Ogun West agenda. Ogun State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Bimbo Ashiru, has debunked social media reports of his resignation. He made the clarification on Friday shortly after an executive meeting in the Governor’s Office in Abeokuta. He described the…
See event gallery below The first edition of ‘Ijebu WordPress Meetup,’ tagged ‘Meet, Greet and Network”, aimed at bringing WordPress Ijebu Community together was held Saturday, November 18, 2017. The meeting or meetup in WordPress parlance took place at Geo-Bajas Hotel, Ijebu Mushin near Ijebu Ode. WordPress Ijebu Community is a group of local WordPress users,…
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Thursday convicted an 87 year-old woman, Maria Seriki, of dealing in 10.3 kg of Cannabis Sativa. The judge, Justice Hadiza Rabiu-Shagari however, ordered that the convict be remanded at the Lagos State Old People’s Home, pending the time a member of her family, willing to take proper…
According to a report on Premium Times a 24-year-old man, Ehioboh Lucky, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly impersonating businessman Mike Adenuga to perpetuate internet fraud. The PRO of the command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspect opened a Facebook account in the name of Mr. Mike Adenuga to defraud innocent people.…
