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A teenager, 16-year-old Barakat Mayowa of Ita Otu, Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of Ogun State has accused the Ogun State Commissioner of Environment, Honourable Abiodun Abdul-Balogun, of sexual harassment. Barakat recounted her ordeal in the hands of the commissioner. According to the teenager, the sexual harassment occurred in the commissioner’s apartment on Thursday, December…
The popular Cinema Road in Sagamu, Ogun State has be renamed Anthony Joshua Road by Chairman of the Local Government, Gbenga Banjo. The council boss, Banjo named the road after the World Heavyweight champion on Tuesday. According to Banjo, the decision to rename the road after the heavyweight champion was made in order to appreciate…
The Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, says his administration would harness opportunities abound in the State, and put in place structures that depict a ‘new Ogun State’ in 2021. Governor Abiodun who stated this when he received members of the Institute of Directors of Nigeria (IOD), who paid him a courtesy call in…
Ogun State Government has started training for 3,505 cooks under the National Homegrown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP), with the view of increasing them with knowledge about the best practices and application of COVID-19 protocols. Wife of Ogun State Governor, Mrs. Bamidele Abiodun, while flagging–off the training and distribution of cooking utensils to the cooks in…
Ogun State Government has raised the sum of N6B for youth empowerment in the 2021 appropriation bill. Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun confirmed this during the presentation of the bill christened; ‘Budget of Recovery and Sustainability’, to members of the State House of Assembly, at the House of Assembly Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. The amount budgeted…
The Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun gave the assurance during the celebration of this year’s annual Oronna festival with the theme ‘Festival of Grace’ in Ilaro. He assured that his government would be just and fair in the distribution of developmental projects across the State. Abiodun who was represented by his Deputy, Engr. Naimot…
In its effort at putting an end to open defecation by 2025, Ogun State Government has announced a document, which would serve as guiding template for the attainment of open defecation free status. Commissioner for Rural Development, Engr. Taiwo Oludotun said this at a day stakeholders sensitisation workshop on “Clean Ogun State-Use the Toilet”, commemorating…
Speaker of Ogun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Olakunle Taiwo Oluomo, has guaranteed members of the State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), led by Comrade Waheed Oloyede, of the Assembly’s Commitment to the welfare of the elderly and the physically challenged, as he is putting together a bill that will create…
Several people were feared missing, killed and properties worth billions of naira destroyed by flood waters, on Friday, following a torrential rain in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. In Ijebu Ode, a thunderstorm that accompanies the rain in the town was alleged to have killed three men. Areas affected in Abeokuta included Kuto, Ijaiye, Amolaso,…
Following the signing of ‘’letter of intent’’ between the Ogun State Government and In-vivo, France-based agency, at the State House in Abuja, to regenerate 108,000 hectares of degraded lands in the forest and game reserves of Imeko and Aworo in the State, Governor, Ibikunle Amosun has assured people of the State of greater benefits Addressing…
