Ogun State, Nigeria, World News & Stories
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The fourth budget of the Ogun State governor’s administration has been presented to the House of Assembly. On Thursday at the session, the appropriation measure known as the “Budget of Continued Development and Prosperity” was presented to Olakunle Oluomo, Speaker of the Assembly. Mr. Abiodun suggested N472.25 billion as the state government’s planned 2023 budget.…
In an interview with Daud Olatunji of the Punch, the PDP senatorial candidate for Ogun Central, Olumide Aderinokun, said, among other things, the Nigerian economy is in a state of emergency. According to him, the economy is in critical condition and needs urgent rescue. He lamented the current price for a loaf of bread hitting…
Ogun declares war on kidnappers. The state government assured residents and travelers passing through the state of adequate security before, during, and after the Yuletide season. The government also stated that it would step up efforts to rid the Ogun State corridor of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway of kidnappers and other armed gangs by providing more…
The Governor of Anambra state, Charles Soludo, on Thursday evening said the purported investment of the sum of ₦1,955,535,247.00 (an equivalent of approximately $12,616,356.43 at the then average CBN exchange rate of ₦155.00/$1) by one of his predecessors in office, Peter Obi, is worth next to nothing. Obi is the presidential candidate of the Labour…
Fuel scarcity has persisted across Ogun and Lagos states, as some filling stations visited sell the commodity at N210 and N200 per litre. Based on our investigations, only a few NNPC filling stations well established retailers like Total, Oando, etc are selling premium motor spirit (PMS) at N179 per litre. Many others have boldly adjusted…
Some alleged hoodlums have set fire to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office at Iyana Mortuary in Abeokuta south, the capital of Ogun State. According to the DAILY POST, the hoodlums scaled the outer gate, stormed inside the grounds, and set fire to the INEC building from the back. They were claimed to have…
Dapo Abiodun, Governor of Ogun State, announced on Wednesday that Gasoline Integrated International has expressed its willingness to build a N3 billion refinery in Tongeji Island, Ipokia Local Government Area of the state. In a statement, the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Kunle Somorin, stated that the Chairman of the company, Dr. Lukman Bolaji, stated that…
I’ve decided to reduce the size of our team by about 13% and let more than 11,000 of our talented employees go. CEO Mark Zuckerberg Meta, Facebook’s parent company, announced 11,000 job cuts on Wednesday, the most significant in the tech giant’s history. The layoffs come as Meta faces a number of challenges in its…
Tagged, ‘Celebration of economic potential’ the maiden edition of the Ogun waterside seafood festival is scheduled for December 15, 2022. The event, as reported by The Cable, will take place at the “scenic waterfront of Iwopin town”. The event, which is described as a celebration of Ogun state’s tourism and economic potential, is a “three-phase…
LG Display has displayed a thin, lightweight, stretchable, and twistable micro-LED screen, which the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (MOTIE) of South Korea hopes will boost the country’s electronics industry. The display division of Korea’s sprawling LG Corporation stated that the full color RGB, 100ppi resolution screen, which ranges in size from 12 to…
