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Governor Dapo Abiodun has approved a 500 million take-off grant for the state’s Health Insurance Scheme. The state Governor made this known during the presentation of the 2021 fiscal budget at the floor of the State House of Assembly, Oke – Mosan, Abeokuta. He said the strategy was adopted by the administration to further enable…
Police officers in Ogun State have discovered a baby factory at Ofada-Mowe in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the State. Ten victims including four pregnant girls and four children were rescued. The rescued girls are between the ages of 13 to 24 and are from the southern states of the country. One of the victims,…
The Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, presented the N339 billion budget for 2021 tagged “Budget of Recovery and Sustainability,” to the Ogun State House of Assembly. This was disclosed by the Governor on his twitter account on Wednesday after he presented the budget proposal to the House. He added that the budget will remain focused on…
Ogun State Government has unveiled HIV self-test kits, which will be available across the State, to avail individuals the opportunity to take HIV test in their homes or other private locations, thereby increasing awareness of the infection for people who are reluctant to know their status. Wife of Ogun State Governor, Mrs. Bamidele Abiodun, while…
Abeokuta — Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, top industrialist and business mogul, Chief Kessington Adebutu, traditional rulers, and Christian clerics in Ogun State were part of the gatherings at the N100m launch for the new secretariat of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the state. The well-attended ceremony held at the Marque section of…
Agbara in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State is one of the most industrialised towns in the country but bedevilled with dilapidated infrastructure, particularly roads. living in Agbara has become a nightmare as the rich and the poor cry over the condition of the Atan-Agbara Road, which has made commuting on it excruciatingly…
In a bid to further minimise the spread of HIV/AIDS, Ogun State Government through the Agency for the Control of AIDS ( OGSACA) has intensified efforts by increasing the HIV Testing Services (HTS) sites from 86 in 2014 to 431. Commissioner for Health, Dr.Tomi Coker who revealed this during a press briefing organised by OGSACA in commemoration…
In Ogun State, Governor Dapo Abiodun on Friday condoled with the family and friends of the former editor of the Sunday Times, Mr. Gbolabo Ogunsanwo. The witty columnist died early Friday. President Muhammadu Buhari has also joined family, friends, and the media industry to mourn celebrated journalist and former Editor of Sunday Times, Mr. Gbolabo…
After 200 years of its existence, Olooji community near Ijebu Ife in Ogun East, Nigeria has experienced power supply for the first time ever with the official inauguration of a 100KWP solar-powered off-grid electricity system on Saturday. The excited sleepy community of about 4,500 people, the local leaders said, had never had a power supply…
Ogun State Appropriation Bill 2021 is ready. Prince Dapo Abiodun will in line with section 121 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, (as amended) present the Ogun State 2021 budget estimates to the State’s House of Assembly on Wednesday, 2nd December 2020. A press release from the Clerk of the House and Head of Legislative Services, Mr Deji Adeyemo, showed…
