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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…
Unknown gunmen have shot a prominent traditional ruler in Ondo State, Oba Israel Adewusi who was the Olufon of Ifon. Ifon is located in Ose Local Government Area (LGA) of the state in south-west Nigeria. The Oba was said to be returning to his town from Akure, the Ondo State capital where he went for…
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…
Oyo State Governor, Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde on Wednesday announced he was ready to deploy Amotekun corp members to all the state’s 351 wards. He said this while attending the passing-out ceremony of the Amotekun Corps in Oyo Town. Amotekun is a regional security outfit conceived by South-West states. “This afternoon, we held the passing-out ceremony…
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…
A church in Abeokuta the Ogun State capital, Treasure House of God, last weekend, fed and gave out cash and other items worth millions of Naira to 4,700 less privileged people in the gateway state. The beneficiaries of the charity gesture include widows, widowers, youths, students and the physically challenged in line with the corporate…
For the former Vice- Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Rahmon Bello, the dance may just have started. He has been celebrated by several groups and many people after leaving office about two months ago. But some top shots in his Yewa, Ogun-West base, seem to have a grander idea of what should mark…
A Nigerian man, Chidimma Amedu has taken Facebook post to a whole new level when he posted an unusual advert on 30 December 2017 asking any woman interested in being his wife to reply. He also said he was ready to tie the nuptials knots on 6 January, 2018. “Am of age and I am…
Undergraduate beheads mother. The Police Command in Osun on Monday said it had arrested one Joseph Mark, a 25-year-old undergraduate of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Ondo, who beheaded his mother on Sunday. The Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Folashade Odoro, told newsmen in Osogbo that the incident happened at about 6:30 am, at…
The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, the Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’adu Abubakar and the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Achebe, are to lead many other dignitaries to the new Akarigbo installation ceremony. The new Akarigbo, Paramount Ruler of Remoland is…
