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Yayi: Kinsmen Tells Amosun He Is An Indigene, He Is Our Son

On the heels of Governors’ Amosun declaration that he won’t allow a non-indigene to succeed him, the Kinsmen of the embattled Senator, who is the target of the governor’s statement, under the aegis of Isaga descendants Union in Ogun State have cleared the air on the senator’s disputed origin, declaring that , he is an…

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2019: No, You Can’t Stop Me From Contesting Adeola Tells Amosun

I am an indigene, you can’t stop me from contesting! Senator Olamilekan Adeola, the senator representing Lagos West at the National Assembly, made this declaration on Sunday when he formally declared his intention to contest the Ogun State governorship election in 2019 on the platform of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The senator also…

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2019: No Way, I Won’t Hand Over To Non-indigene – Amosun

This was the reaction of the Governor when elders from Ogun West Senatorial district had a meeting with him at his Oke-Mosan office in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The elders came to dissociate themselves from a reported endorsement of Senator Solomon Adeola by Ogun West consultative forum. Amosun: “It will not be under my…

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Ashiru Denies Resigning From Amosun’s Government

I am committed to the stand and direction of the administration as regards the 2019 Ogun West agenda. Ogun State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Bimbo Ashiru, has debunked social media reports of his resignation. He made the clarification on Friday shortly after an executive meeting in the Governor’s Office in Abeokuta. He described the…

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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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