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Firm said it is ready to invest $500m on tree plantation for paper production in Ogun State.A statement by the Ministry of Industry, trade and Investment, Ogun State, said on Thursday.It said a working partner Prince Bayo Ikujenyo, in Dahua, disclosed this when the Commissioner, Industry, trade and Investment, Kikelomo Longe, paid a visit to…
Dapo Abiodun, The Ogun State Governor, has disclosed that Lagos and Ogun state governments are planning to commercialise three federal roads — Ikorodu-Ogijo-Sagamu, Epe-Ijebu-Ode and the Lagos-Ota-Abeokua roads. The Governor said Lagos and Ogun states were planning to go into Public Private Partnership for the construction and rehabilitation of the three roads. Dapo said this…
Dr Dapo Abiodun, The Ogun State Governor has inaugurated 4.92 kilometres AIT/Raypower and Ikola-Osi Ota-Navy roads in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state. Dapo on Wednesday said his administration would continue to consult residents of the state on infrastructural projects they wanted the government to undertake. He said, “These roads will serve as a…
THE Action Alliance has is against the decision of the Ogun State Electoral Commission on the payment of a non-refundable deposit of N200,000 and N100,000 for the Chairmanship and Councilorship candidates, respectively. The party in a protest letter addressed to the chairman, OGSIEC, showed the fault move by the electoral body, describing it as ‘inconsistent…
Three persons on a motorcycle were crushed to death on Sunday night by a truck around Ago Oko in Abeokuta. The Spokesman, Babatunde Akinbiyi, Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Mr Akinbiyi explained that the accident occurred at 8 p.m. He also stated that…
Granting Rufai bail is dangerous If he does escape to Nigeria, extradition will be extraordinarily difficult or impossible because of his ties to the Nigerian government The U.S Department of Justice (DoJ) has written a letter to the United States Magistrate Judge in the Eastern District of New York, Ramon Reyes, on why it is…
The Ogun State police command, Ijebu Ode division, has arrested a 47-year-old woman, Olanshile , for allegedly stabbing her husband to death. According to the spokesperson of the command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the woman attacked her husband when she discovered he had impregnated another woman. Jimoh Nasirudeen, the deceased, 51, is said to be a co-butcher…
Confusion overcomes the Oshodi area in Lagos when several soldiers rave and destroy the vehicle. Videos posted on social media by some residents show a moment when panicked traders try to hide while others follow. Several travelers also posted photos of the wrecked vehicle on Twitter. Although the cause of the crisis is not clear,…
A United States federal magistrate court in New York ruled Wednesday that Ogun State Governor’s Special Assistant, Abidemi Rufai, charged in last year’s $650 million unemployment fraud in Washington state cannot be released before his trial. The special aide to the Ogun State Governor, arrested Friday in New York as he attempted to leave the US, had asked a federal court to release…
Two people have been reportedly killed and three others injured in an explosion in ex-governor Gbenga Daniel’s Conference Hotel in Abeokuta, Ogun State. According to reports, the incident occurred around 12 pm when a technician was filling an automatic door at the entrance of the hotel. Reports indicated that the technician and one other person…
