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The matriarch of the Awolowo family, Chief Hannah Idowu Dideolu(HID) Awolowo, is dead. Mama, as she is fondly called by many, died early today. She was 99. She would have turned 100 on November 25 this year. Mama Awolowo died shortly after a meeting on Saturday with her family members. Yeye Oodua, as she is…
The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja has ordered the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mr. Solomon Arase and other relevant security agencies in the country to arrest the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki. In a ruling this afternoon, the tribunal headed by Justice Danladi Umar issued a bench warrant against Saraki following…
According to a report by Amina Mohammed of Premium Times online, President Muahmmadu Buhari has ordered the immediate withdrawal of official and diplomatic passports of former public office holder. Her report as monitored online is below: The Nigerian Immigration Service has directed former Nigerian public office holders to immediately surrender official and diplomatic passports issued…
The youth wing of the pan Igbo socio-cultural association, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has demanded an unconditional apology from human rights lawyer, Festus Keyamo for dismissing the outrage by Ndigbo over their exclusion in federal appointments as “noise making”. Keyamo had while defending President Muhammadu Buhari against allegations of deliberate exclusion of the South-East in his political…
Nigera’s immediate former President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Dr Akinwumi Adesina and Ms Aruma Oteh on their appointments at the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank respectively. The duo were in the former president economic team. These appointments, Jonathan said, serve as a testimony to the fact that his administration had a good…
The Lagos State government at the weekend vowed to ensure strict enforcement of the Road Traffic Law 2012, restricting trailers and long vehicles from plying the metropolis between the hours of 6am to 9pm. The permanent secretary ministry of transportation, Oluseyi Whenu who spoke with journalists on the backdrop of the fatal accident involving a…
Sagamu, September 2015 oguntoday.com.ng, the leading online news portal on Ogun State, today announced the opening of her online shop section of the popular website to the general public. The company, which prides itself as, “your online #1 go to place for entertainment, sport, politics, business news about Ogun State, Nigeria and the World”, will…
The Ogun State Police Command while acting on a tip-off that the robbers were sighted at Molipa/Ikangba area in Ijebu Ode about 5:30 am on Saturday has arrested some suspected armed robbers who robbed and raped some innocent people of the state. The police operatives who are attached to Igbeba Division of the command swung…
The Governor of Ogun State, Mr. Ibikunle Amosun, has called on residents to be hopeful, noting that the current challenges across the country were but a passing phase. He reiterated his total support for the policies and programmes of President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that “they will bring within our reach and attainment the dreams of…
Former Nigerian football star, Ogun State born Segun Odegbami has announced his intention to vie for the office of FIFA’s president. This was annouced by his campaign chief Ade Adeagbo on Wednesday. The election of a new FIFA president will take place Feb. 26 next year in Zurich, Switzerland. FIFA has never had an African…
