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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…
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…
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…
Obas and leaders of thought in the Yewa axis of Ogun State have declared their readiness to support the re-election bid of the state governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, for the 2023 governorship election in the state, saying that his tenure has brought tremendous development to Yewaland and the Ogun West senatorial district. The Olu of…
Traders on Ogun State’s Lambe-Matogun road have recounted their losses after a fuel tanker exploded on Saturday, destroying their shops and properties. The fire is said to have destroyed five shops worth millions of naira, including electricity cables. According to residents, the petrol tanker crashed around 8 a.m. The residents had put out the fire…
President Muhammadu Buhari paid glowing tributes to the late Professor of Geography and Urban Regeneration, Akin Mabogunje, on Saturday, describing him as a distinguished public policy expert, an advocate of good governance, approachable and extremely humble to all who met him. At the church service for Mabogunje’s burial on Saturday in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State,…
Dapo Abiodun, governor of Ogun State, has promised to repair one side of the 32km Sango-Ota-Ijoko and Olambe-Akute-Alagbole roads in the state’s Ado-Odo Ota and Ifo Local Government Areas by December. The governor assured residents that his administration would repair one side of the 32km road’s existing dualised section by December. Abiodun, who made the…
Following the threat of an attack by suspected bandits, residents of Ogere and Isara in Ikenne and Remo-North Local Government Areas of Ogun have been paralyzed. Our correspondent learned that a message purportedly written by bandits planning to attack the communities of Ishara and Ogere was being circulated. “I was in a prayer group yesterday…
In Sagamu Local Government, Ogun State, a commercial motorcyclist collaborated with other men to gang-rape an 18-year-old female passenger. The incident occurred on Tuesday in Ogijo, Sagamu Local Government Area, Ogun, according to reports. Emmanuel Thompson and Joshua Godwin, two of those who had forceful intercourse with the teenager, were arrested, according to police. Read…
