Ogun State, Nigeria, World News & Stories
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Senegal forward Sadio Mane will miss the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar after suffering an injury on Tuesday at the Allianz Arena in Munich. According to the PUNCH, the Bayern attacker was taken off after only 20 minutes of the game against Werder Bremen, which ended 6-1 in favor of the Bundesliga champions. Senegal’s…
The Ogun State So-Safe Corps, Idiroko division, has arrested Timileyin Abayomi for allegedly stealing a motorcycle. At around 3 p.m. on Monday, the suspect was apprehended in Ilashe, Ipokia Local Government Area, Ogun State. According to So-Safe spokesperson Moruf Yusuf, told DAILY POST that the suspect identified himself as a transport union worker and a…
SIR: Tai Solarin College of Education” (TASCE), Omu-Ijebu, Ogun State has been in the news in the last five years for all manners of reasons. Things reached the climax mid-2017 when the Senator Ibikunle Amosun administration stopped payment of salaries and subvention for good 16 months. The Dapo Abiodun administration assumed the mantle of leadership with…
The chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mohamed Buba Marwa, has sought collaboration with other African countries to combat illicit drug trafficking and abuse. According to Marwa, effective intelligence sharing and increased cooperation among African nations will help the continent overcome the daunting problem of illicit drug trafficking and abuse. This was…
A United States District Court for the Central District of California has sentenced Ramon Abass Olorunwa, popularly known as Hushpuppi, to 11 years and three months in prison for fraud. On Monday, November 7, the 40-year-old was sentenced by United States District Judge Otis D. Wright II, who also ordered Abbas to pay $1,732,841 in restitution…
After being imprisoned for five months for publishing a news story about Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun, claiming that he was arrested and convicted in Miami, United States of America in 1986, a journalist, Olamilekan Hammed Adewale Bashiru, has been released. Bashiru was arrested by DSS operatives in Abeokuta and released, but he was arrested…
According to the Ijaw Youth Council, the Federal Government of Nigeria failed Bayelsa State on Tuesday by failing to adequately address the humanitarian catastrophe brought on by the flood calamity. This comes as the council has called for the resignation of Sadiya Farouq, the minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management, and social development, for saying…
ROYAL OAK, Mich./ATLANTA, Ga., Nov 8 (Reuters)-Americans in closely contested elections on Tuesday decided whether Republicans would take control of Congress, which would give them the authority to obstruct much of President Joe Biden’s agenda over the next two years. Despite Democratic warnings about the erosion of abortion rights and the eroding of democratic norms,…
After an eight-month strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Senator Shehu Sani criticised the Federal Government’s decision to pay lecturers only half of what they were paid. Senator Sani, who served as Kaduna Central’s representative in the National Assembly from 2015 to 2019, claims that no member receives a pay cut for being…
By Abdulrazak Banjo With the arrival of the multi-million naira Prodis Hotel & Suites, the hospitality landscape in Sagamu has changed. The 13-bedroom, 4-star hotel is located in the serene part of downtown Sagamu, off hospital road, by the LBC Hall. The hotel, features a VIP lounge, a large-capacity car park, standard hotel rooms and…
