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The Ogun State Amotekun Corps in Sagamu has arrested four suspected cultists for allegedly stealing phones and accessories. The suspects were identified by the Commander of the Amotekun Corps in Ogun, David Akinremi, as Abiodun Durojaye (32 years), Ganiyu Femi (19 years), Ariwoola Toheeb (22 years), Olufemi Olawale (18 years) and Umar Abdullahi (28 years).…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State yesterday chastised Senator Tolu Odebiyi of Ogun West for claiming that Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, refused to accept reconciliation within the ruling party. According to the party, the immediate past governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, refused to be reconciled despite the intervention of the revered Awujale…
The appointment of two additional Commissioner-nominees sent to the Ogun State House of Assembly by Governor Dapo Abiodun has been confirmed. Mrs. Olufemi Ilori and Mr. Jamiu Odetogun, the nominees, appeared before the House on Wednesday for screening. The confirmation of the nominees, whose names were recently sent to the Assembly by the Governor, came…
In a lawsuit involving him, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and two others, the Appeal Court in Abuja ruled in favor of factional governorship candidate of the PDP in Ogun State, Segun Sowunmi. According to the lawyers, the judgement in Sowunmi’s suit against the party, Ladi Adebutu and co, means that unless otherwise ruled, he…
Ogun State Government has threatened to sanction fake pharmaceutical operators in the state, says it would no longer tolerate their illegal activities in the gateway state. Dr Kayode Oladehinde, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health said this during the 8th Mandatory Orientation Programme for Patent and Proprietary Medicine Vendors in the state. The programme was…
Happiness Odeh, a student at the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) in Abeokuta, was purportedly killed by her kidnappers. According to reports, Odeh won the Miss MAPOLY beauty pageant on August 3, 2022. On Tuesday evening, the ND2 Mass Communication student was kidnapped on her route to Ipara Remo. The beauty queen was kidnapped along Iperu…
The Awujale and other royal fathers in Ijebuland on Monday unanimously endorsed Governor Dapo Abiodun for a second term in office. Leading other traditional rulers, the Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, was quoted by the Nigerian Tribune as saying: “You have worked assiduously these past three years and three months…
Abeokuta Club at 50 Faces at the 50th anniversary of Abeokuta Club held in Abeokuta, the State Capital. The club is a social and cultural club that became a movement shortly after its inception. Today, Abeokuta Club has become one of the leading social clubs in Nigeria. The clubhouse is based in Abeokuta, the capital of…
APC Ogun state has berated an ex-governor of the state, Senator Ibikunle Amosun over his comment that Governor Dapo Abiodun rigged the 2019 governorship election. The party said Amosun, a chieftain of the APC, was suffering from “political amnesia and out-of-office loneliness.” APC, in a statement relesed in Abeokuta on Saturday by its Publicity Secretary,…
The Ogun State cargo airport will be ready for flight operations before the end of this year, 2022. With the runway almost completed, the airport will be ready to receive its first plane before December. This was revealed to the media by the state Commissioner for Information, Abdulwahab Odusile while taking a group of selected…
