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Karim Benzema announced his retirement from international football less than 24 hours after France’s dramatic World Cup final loss to Argentina. Benzema was part of France’s squad for the tournament in Qatar, but he suffered a thigh injury that forced him to withdraw. On his 35th birthday, he announced his decision. “I made the effort…
Doyin Okupe, the director-general of the Peter Obi presidential campaign, was found guilty of violating the Money Laundering Act by a federal high court in Abuja. Okupe was charged with 59 counts of money laundering and diversion of funds totaling N702 million by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in 2019. He appeared before…
Dapo Abiodun, the Governor of Ogun State, has issued an Executive Order establishing the Ogun State Social Investment Programme. On Wednesday, Abiodun signed the Order in his office in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, saying it would help to alleviate poverty and hunger by ensuring equitable distribution of resources to the vulnerable, poor, and widows, among others. The…
Dapo Abiodun, Governor of Ogun State, commissioned the 4.5km Molusi College Road in Ijebu-Igbo, Ijebu-North local council of the state, yesterday, with a pledge to provide solar light to rural areas not connected to the national grid. The governor also stated that electric transformers would be distributed to improve power supply at the grassroots level,…
GOVERNOR Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State announced yesterday that the Federal Government would designate the state-owned Agro Cargo International Airport as the country’s non-oil export terminal. The governor, who made the announcement during the 5th Coronation and 60th birthday reception of the Chairman, Ogun State Council of Obas and the Akarigbo of Remoland, Oba Babatunde…
Everything is in place for the inaugural edition of the 5-Aside Street Soccer Competition dubbed “Iseya Cup 2022.” In an interview with journalists in Abeokuta, the Ogun State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Dr Oluwadare Kehinde, said the competition would help the state discover talents who would represent the state in national and international competitions.…
Olamide Famuwagun of the Punch wrote in a report published on the media house’s website on how residents of the Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of Ogun State suffer the loss of loved ones due to the lack of required health personnel in Ibiade General Hospital, a facility expected to serve the entire council. Sodiq…
Ganiyu Shina, 49, of Oguji Street, Obantoko, Abeokuta, was arrested by men from the Ogun State Police Command for bathing in blood at a community river in the Kotopo area of Odeda Local Government. He claimed he was instructed to do so by a herbalist. Members of the community spotted the suspect at the River…
Hon. Adekunle Akinlade, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) deputy governorship candidate in Ogun State, has revealed that the party has returned to the ballot box to contest the 2023 general elections in Ogun State as a result of the new electoral law. According to Akinlade, PDP candidates in Ogun who were sacked by an Abeokuta…
The Ogun State chapter of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) threatened to close all of its outlets if the Department of State Security followed through on its threat to clamp down on its members on Wednesday. Last week, the DSS gave the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and oil marketers a 48-hour…
