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Glitz, Glamour, Grandeur All At Ojude Oba 2015

Ojude Oba 2015 was glitz, glamour and grandeur all roll into one event. Ojude Oba festival holds on the third day of every Eid-el-Kabir. The Festival which usually mark the end of Sallah festival in Ijebu land threw Ijebu Ode city agog on September 26, 2015 as dignitaries from all works of life, politicians, business giants,…

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Hid Awolowo Dies At 99

The matriarch of the Awolowo family, Chief Hannah Idowu Dideolu(HID) Awolowo, is dead. Mama, as she is fondly called by many, died early today. She was 99. She would have turned 100 on November 25 this year. Mama Awolowo died shortly after a meeting on Saturday with her family members. Yeye Oodua, as she is…

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Ogun Today Opens Online Shop Section

Sagamu, September 2015 oguntoday.com.ng, the leading online news portal on Ogun State, today announced the opening of her online shop section of the popular website to the general public. The company, which prides itself as, “your online #1 go to place for entertainment, sport, politics, business news about Ogun State, Nigeria and the World”, will…

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Police Arrests 8 Notorious Armed Robbers In Ijebu Ode

The Ogun State Police Command while acting on a tip-off that the robbers were sighted at Molipa/Ikangba area in Ijebu Ode about 5:30 am on Saturday has arrested some suspected armed robbers who robbed and raped some innocent people of the state. The police operatives who are attached to Igbeba Division of the command swung…

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Governor Urges Ogun Residents To Be Hopeful

The Governor of Ogun State, Mr. Ibikunle Amosun, has called on residents to be hopeful, noting that the current challenges across the country were but a passing phase. He reiterated his total support for the policies and programmes of President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that “they will bring within our reach and attainment the dreams of…

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Cult War Leaves Two Dead, Scores Injured In Ogun Communities

Two persons were feared killed and many injured yesterday in an attack and counter attacks by suspected cult groups in four communities – Agodo, Elega, Iberekodo and Adatan, in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State. For close to three hours, there was pendomonium in the affected communities. Residents, who came out early, ran…

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Opic Warns Against Illegal Encroachment

Ogun State Property & Investment Corporation (OPIC) also better know as Ogun State Housing Corporation has warned members of the public to desist from unauthorised buying and selling of its landed properties or putting up buildings on any of the Corporation’s estate without necessary approval from it. This note of warning was sounded to members of the…

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Ogun Calls For Voluntary Compliance On Market Sanitation

The Ogun State Government has again called on residents especially market Men and Women across the State to make market environmental sanitation exercise a daily voluntary affair. The State Deputy Governor, Chief (Mrs) Yetunde Onanuga who made the call in a press release described market environmental sanitation as an action geared towards improving the quality…

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Monarch Calls For Unity Among Remo People

According to reports monitored online the people of Remo land have been called upon to make unity their watchword in order to have a fair share of the dividends of democracy being distributed all over the state by the Government. Oba Timothy Akinsanya, the Ewusi of Makun, made the call while speaking with the Sagamu…

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Ogun State Property And Investment Corporation (opic) To Deliver 1,000 Housing Units Annually

The Managing Director, OPIC, Mr. Babajide Odusolu has promised that the corporation under his watch will deliver 1000 units of housing across the OPIC Estates annually.This he said is its organisation way of complementing the State Government efforts at making the State an industrial hub for economic growth. Mr. Babajide disclosed this at a press conference in…

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