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Held, First WordPress Ijebu Meetup, Tagged Meet, Greet & Network

See event gallery below The first edition of ‘Ijebu WordPress Meetup,’ tagged ‘Meet, Greet and Network”, aimed at bringing WordPress Ijebu Community together was held Saturday, November 18, 2017. The meeting or meetup in WordPress parlance took place at Geo-Bajas Hotel, Ijebu Mushin near Ijebu Ode. WordPress Ijebu Community is a group of local WordPress users,…

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Young Man Impersonates Mike Adenuga, Allegedly Defrauds Victim Of N1 Million

According to a report on Premium Times a 24-year-old man, Ehioboh Lucky, has been arrested by‎ the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly impersonating businessman Mike Adenuga to perpetuate internet fraud. The PRO of the command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspect opened a Facebook account in the name of Mr. Mike Adenuga to defraud innocent people.…

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2019: Ashiru Emerges Ijebu-remo Candidate

Ahead of the 2019 governorship election in Ogun State, the Ijebu-Remo Governorship Agenda Elders Forum, yesterday, picked Ogun State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Otunba Bimbo Ashiru as its consensus candidate. Ashiru was said to have defeated former Deputy Governor, Segun Adesegun, Senators Gbenga Kaka and Olorunnimbe Mamora, Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Olumuyiwa Oladipo,…

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Government Urged To Fix Agbara-atan Road

Some concerned residents of Agbara industrial area have urged the Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun to fix the deplorable Agbara-Atan road to prevent further deaths that occur on the road. Agbara Industrial Area is home to foremost multinational firms, like GSK, Nestle, Unilever, P&G, Flour Mills of Nigeria, Hayatt, Reckitt Benckiser and dozens of others.…

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Protest Greets Granting Of Three Kidnappers Bail In Owode

Protest has greeted the admission of three suspected kidnappers to bail by an Ogun Magistrate’s Court, sitting in the Owode Egba area of the state. The defendants – Habibat Oyesanya, 52; Olubunmi Tajudeen, 36 and 40-year-old Morenike Shittu – were granted bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties each in like sum by…

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Ilaro Agog For Oronna Ilaro Festival Of Harmony

Oronna Ilaro Festival is a celebration of the triumph of the Ilaro people of Ogun State. Africans are best known for festivals because of the need to celebrate after series of combative issues that have affected the society through wars, slavery, and colonialism. These festivals have distinct and undisputed historical backings, rich cultural heritage and…

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Ogun 2019: Lagos’ll Always Be Breeding Ground For Ogun Governors – Yayi

THE Senator representing Lagos West and governorship aspirant in Ogun State, Senator Olamilekan Adeola popularly known Yayi has explained why both the previous and incumbent elected governors in Ogun State were produced from Lagos State. Senator Adeola said hardly would any democratically-elected governor, who had served in Ogun State, claim not to have roots in…

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Ogun 2019: Okupe Predicts Victory For Accord Party

According to former Senior Special Assistant to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe, with the present crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State and the infighting among members of the ruling All Progressives Congress in the State, Accord Party is set to liberate Ogun people from the two major political parties. The former Senior…

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Ogun Earmarks N50bn For Moshood Abiola Uni, Ogun Poly

Ogun State government has set aside the sum of N50billion for the take off the Moshood Abiola University of Science and Technology (MAUSTECH), Abeokuta, and the newly established Ogun State Polytechnic, Ipokia. The state governor, Ibikunle Amosun, disclosed this on Saturday during the Treasury Board meeting for the 2018 budget preparation held at the Obas’…

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