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Baglo and 50 others leave PDP for APC. Baglo, real name Raheem Ajayi is Otunba Gbenga Daniel’s aid. He was Special Adviser to the ex-Governor on Youth and Sports. Ajayi said he and others had elected to team up with the APC following the party’s resolve to field an Ogun West man in the 2019 gubernatorial election. They were…
Ogun Government has begun the audit of the staff of all its personnel in all tertiary institutions across the state. The Auditor-General of the state, Mr. Babajide Olubanjo, made this known to newsmen on Saturday during the exercise at the D.S. Adegbenro ICT Polytechnic, Itori in Ewekoro Local Government Area. Olubanjo, represented by the Principal…
Femi Ogboonikan writing in Thisday Live dissect the revolutionary declaration by the Ogun State governor, Ibikunle Amosun to support Ogun West Senatorial District to produce the next governor of the state which has thrown the state’s political landscape into confusion. The announcement by the governor of Ogun State Ibikunle Amosun, to support Ogun West Senatorial…
The Punch says the Nigerian Senate on Thursday approved the move by the Ogun State Government to obtain a ₦125b or $350m loan from the World Bank. The approval followed the adoption of the report by the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts at the plenary on Thursday. The committee, which is chaired by Senator…
The majority leader of Ogun State House of Assembly, Hon. Yinka Mafe, Wednesday, said he has instructed his lawyers to institute a court action against the Nigerian Police, Ogun State command, for allegedly attacking him late Tuesday night. Mafe told our INDEPENDENT correspondent that no fewer than 50 security officers loaded in eight vehicles bombarded…
The Ogun State Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Honourable Muyiwa Oladipo has disclosed that culture and tourism are veritable tools needed for uniting the country at a time when the unity of the country was being put to test. Oladipo who made this known in Kaduna, at the 30th edition of the National Festival of…
Less than eight hours after they were dislodged, the Buruji Kashamu faction of the party has regained the control of the party secretariat on IBB Boulevard, Abeokuta. The Sikirullai Ogundele led new executive of the Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had earlier on Monday dislodged the factional chairman, Engr. Bayo Dayo,…
A newly established group, Oliver Circle of Nigeria has stressed for improved collaboration between government and the private sector to fast track socio-economic development of the country. The pioneer President of the group, Chief Fassy Yusuf made the call in a statement ahead of the investiture of new executive members led by Prince Rasaq Kunle…
The newly inaugurated state executive committee of the Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party led by its chairman, Sikirulahi Ogundele, on Monday formally took over the secretariat from the Bayo Dayo-led executive. The new executive took over the party secretariat located along Presidential Boulevard, Oke Mosan Road, Abeokuta, around 1.45pm. The new executive…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP on Saturday conducted a congress to elect new executives to run the party’s affairs for the next four years in Ogun State despite a court order banning the exercise. The congress took place at Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta under the watchful eyes of national officials from the party, the…
